5th Graders at Poindexter Elementary Plant Garden at School
During the past few weeks the 5th grade class at Poindexter Elementary was preparing to plant a garden at their school. Students learned about sustainability and what types [...]
Neighborhoods
Coop-A-Doodle-Doo, Cooperative Community Project
Each day, Pecan Park Elementary School students living between Claiborne Avenue and Valley Street walk to and from school on a sidewalk that is trashed, overrun with weeds [...]
Poindexter Elementary Gets Garden
This past week Keep Jackson Beautiful helped build a vegetable and fruit garden for Poindexter Elementary School located at the corner of Rose and Robinson Road. Marsha [...]
Jackson Zoo Releases Master Plan
Over the past year the Jackson Zoo contracted with PJA, a Seattle-based architecture firm specializing in zoo design, to complete a ten year plan for the zoo. The Jackson Zoo [...]
Poindexter Elementary “Walks to School” & Paints Mural
This past Friday, over 60 students from Poindexter Elementary participated in their schools first “Walk to School” day. Walk to School day is an event that [...]
WJ Block Party Photos & Video
Dozens of West Jackson community residents gathered at 1433 Grand Avenue to celebrate and have a good time on Friday, September 18th. Above are the pictures from the event [...]
Z.A.P.P. Receives a $4,000 Dollar Grant
The Zoo Area Progressive Partnership (ZAPP) received a $3,000 dollar grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank. The grant is a 3 to 1 match with BankPlus and they gave $1,000 [...]
West Jackson through Pictures
Pictures can say a thousand words. Click on the pictures below to see all the GREAT things happening in West Jackson! Please feel free to send us your pictures of our [...]
Juneteeth Celebration at Battlefield Park, Saturday
The City of Jackson, in conjunction with the Juneteeth Jackson Foundation, WRBJ 97.7, and Jackson Black Pages, presents Juneteenth Jackson 2015, set for Saturday, June 20 at [...]
Battlefield Park Gets Butterfly Gardens
Battlefield park sits on the corner of HWY 80 and University Blvd. and is one of the largest parks in the city. The park features play areas for children, a community center, [...]