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Music Lab to begin Feb. 1
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer

Tue,01/24/17-5:27PM , 247 Reads
ArtPlace Mississippi is accepting applications for Delta Music Institute’s Mobile Music Lab.

This is a free 12-week program for students in grades seven through 12 to learn about songwriting, music performance and audio engineering skills.
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Leflore County District 1 Supervisor Sam Abraham, left, temporarily takes a turn in fellow Supervisor Robert Moore’s chair. Moore was absent from Monday’s meeting. Next to Abraham are District 3 Supervisor Anjuan Brown and Board Attorney Joyce Chiles.

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Board grants tax relief on leases
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer

Tue,01/24/17-1:00PM , 193 Reads
The Leflore County Board of Supervisors started their third meeting of the month Monday discussing leases.
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From left, Deborah Temple of Little Rock, Arkansas, senior manager of entrepreneurship, Communities Unlimited; Timothy Lampkin of Clarksdale, CEO Lampkin Consulting Group, LLC and Higher Purpose Co.; and Yvonne Sparks of St. Louis were presenters at Thursday’s forum sponsored by the Federal Reserve, “Tapping the Community Reinvestment Act for Community and Economic Development.” Development leaders, bankers and others from Greenwood and the surrounding area attended.

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Businesspeople learn about reinvestment act
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Sun,01/22/17-3:14AM , 207 Reads
In community development circles, the rubber often meets the road when a project gets financing. But getting there takes a skilled driver in an up-to-date vehicle with good gas mileage.
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The Community Kitchen at the corner of Johnson and Walthall streets often feeds the homeless of Greenwood.

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How many homeless?
By KATHRYN EASTBURN - Staff Writer
Sun,01/22/17-1:00AM , 286 Reads
Volunteers, social workers and advocates for the homeless this week will survey all of Mississippi outside Jackson and the Gulf Coast, including Greenwood, trying to locate and quantify those who live without the benefit of a dwelling place.
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