Brown has been a resident of the Briarwood community for around six years, noticing the building on 614 Briarwood Drive come up for sale after the pandemic. A new father, Brown felt a pull more strongly than ever to leave behind a legacy not only for his child but for Jacksonians of all ages to thrive, build and dream.

Our team produces all content for each issue of ELEVATION, the journal of the Mississippi Heritage Trust. This publication showcases historic preservation efforts throughout the state.

In Jackson, there is something for everyone. From our vast culinary offerings to our rich architecture, arts and history, your Jackson experience will excite your senses!
Our content team produced all written and design content for the Tour Guide for Visit Jackson.

Alongside the new green popping up from the ground, Jackson is cultivating compassion for our neighbors in need. Learn about different Jackson organizations that are showering love on others and growing deeper roots in the community - and how you can be involved.

If you haven’t heard, Jackson is celebrating its bicentennial in 2022. And it’s going to be a historic homecoming. Fact is, we want to welcome everyone back home to join us. Jackson folks who’ve made their way to places far and wide—across the country or across the globe—this is your chance to travel back and get in on the big shindig. We have events and happenings 200 years in the making. So make sure to be here for this momentous, yearlong occasion. Wherever you are, it’s time to come home and join the party.

History professor and Margaret Walker Center Director Dr. Robert Luckett returned to Jackson in 2009 as a Civil Rights historian - "Mecca" for the movement.