GSDP hires Barret as new membership director
The Greater Starkville Development Partnership named Heath Barret, the Mississippi State University coordinator of transfer recruitment, as its newest director of membership development, CEO Jennifer Gregory announced Monday.
City sets interview date for prosecutor applicants
Aldermen will hold a special meeting 5 p.m. Monday at the Greater Starkville Development Partnership to interview city prosecutor candidates.
Gregory: Restaurant Week may spur future culinary tourism
Starkville Restaurant Week organizers say they hope the inaugural event will put the city on the map as a culinary destination.
Jennifer Gregory, Greater Starkville Development Partnership CEO, confirmed Wednesday 32 restaurants will participate in the city’s inaugural Restaurant Week. The event begins Monday.
GSDP officials name market board members
Community development officials have picked the first members for the newly formed Starkville Community Market Advisory Board, and that group will hold its first meeting Feb. 27.
Gregory assumes CEO duties for GSDP
It’s now official: Jennifer Gregory is chief executive officer for the Greater Starkville Development Partnership.
Gregory, who joined the GSDP in 2009 as vice president of tourism and its Main Street Association manager, has been the acting CEO since last May.
TVA power expansion to aid Starkville development
STARKVILLE — Expansion plans by the Tennessee Valley Authority will give Starkville a new tool to recruit businesses.
TVA will build a 14-mile stretch of transmission lines that will cut through Clayton Village on Highway 182 past the Thad Cochran Research Park. The transmission lines will be completed by spring 2013.