WIGGINS, Miss. (WLOX) – Stone County Economic Development Partnership and Mississippi Power recently conducted a Market Assessment in Downtown Wiggins. The assessment took a deeper dive into gap analysis, custom trade areas, and a 2-3 year plan on what downtown will look like in the future. Executive Director of Stone County Economic Development Partnership, Betsy Rowell said five years ago, downtown Wiggins didn’t look anything like it does now. “Five years ago, you and I would’ve had this conversation with my car and your car in the street. It has been phenomenal in those five years. We are standing in front of Southern Turnings which used to be an ice cream shop,” Rowell said. The partnership is working on a plan to continue adding charm to downtown by focusing on beautification, using vacant store fronts to display art, and recruiting new businesses like Brick St. Social Barbershop. “We’re all from Wiggins. We see value in Wiggins, and we want to make our community a better place of course we could’ve gone to another place to do this, but we want to make Wiggins unique and cool,” owner Jeffrey Peters said. Since opening five months ago, the barbershop has been […]
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