Global music industry leaders coming to Cleveland in April Special to The Bolivar Bullet An event that has been years in the making will finally take place in Cleveland this spring. The Music Tourism Convention, produced by Sound Diplomacy, a global research and strategy consultancy specializing in economic and community development through music, the City […]
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Became effective January 1 and were based on 2020 Census data By Jack criss The Bolivar Bullet The Bolivar County Board of Supervisors, in November of last year, adopted, authorized and unanimously approved a new redistricting plan based on, and in compliance with, 2020 Census data for supervisory districts and the realignment of county voting
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Key objectives for 2023 have been outlined and are in the works By Amile Wilson The Bolivar Bullet Founded in 1948, the Cleveland Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 75th Anniversary this year. Serving as the umbrella organization for tourism and Main Street as well as traditional Chamber of Commerce and economic development
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Phase 1 of building construction underway By Denise Strub The Bolivar Bullet Eighteen years ago, the Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation was formed and this year, physical evidence of its existence began to take shape. “We bought the land for the foundation center in 2007 and broke ground in 2019,” said Founder Freddie White-Johnson, who
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Cleveland tax revenue figures are very promising By Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet Last week, The City of Cleveland received new numbers from the Mississippi Development Authority regarding tourism-based revenue–and the numbers were impressive. “We got the tourism tax for September this past week, and it came in at $113,899– a 20.68% increase over the
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Optimism Abounds in the City of Cleveland by Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet The City of Cleveland continues to grow, develop, diversify and improve acting as a model town, not only for other Delta communities, but also for similar-sized municipalities across the state. With a population right at 11,200 according to the 2020 United States
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Christmas event is huge for city and county By Jack criss The Bolivar Bullet The 2022 “50 Nights of Lights” celebration will kick off in downtown Cleveland on Saturday, November 12, beginning with Cleveland’s Holiday Open House at 10:00 a.m. This year promises to be even better than last year’s, according to Chamber of Commerce
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Business located at Cleveland Municipal Airport By Angela Rogalski The Bolivar Bullet Blues Air offers flight training to the general public, rents aircraft, sells aviation fuel and does aerial surveys and aerial photography. Phillip Krasner and Ike Brunetti are the owners and the business has been located at Cleveland Municipal Airport since 2017. Krasner said
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August 29 event was well attended and numerous awards were given The Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Foundation held its Annual Banquet Monday, August 29, at The Gin in the West End District. Nearly 250 Chamber and EDF members, community residents, elected officials, and local leaders attended which serves as an opportunity
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New works placed at BPAC By Jack Criss The Bolivar Bullet The Matthews-Sanders Sculpture Garden, located in Cleveland in front of Delta State’s Bologna Performing Arts Center, the Grammy Museum and downtown, revealed its new selection of sculptures late last week in what Nan Sanders called their “maybe the best collection of work yet.” Sanders
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