Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Friday, September 20, Mayor Toby Barker was joined by Ward 1 Councilman Jeffrey George, University of Southern Mississippi President Dr. Rodney Bennett, Forrest County District 5 Supervisor Chris Bowen, House District 102 State Representative Missy McGee and representatives from The University of Southern Mississippi to discuss the construction of an 8-foot multi-use...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – A third draft for an update to the 1982 Animal Control Ordinance is now available for review by City Council members and the community. Since April, stakeholder groups, community members and more have provided feedback to shape the scope of the drafted ordinance. For comparison, below are the progression of documents made...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – Unanimously, the Hattiesburg City Council has adopted the resolution to approve the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget. For a full look at the budget, see the links below: Fiscal Year 2020 – Budget Narrative Fiscal Year 2020 – Budget Also linked below is a video summary addressing the highlights of the FY 2020...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Monday afternoon, Mayor Toby Barker was joined by Ward 2 Councilwoman Deborah Delgado and State Representative Missy McGee to announce a $120,000 grant from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and Federal Highway Administration. When matched with around $70,000 of local funding through the new 1% restaurant/hotel tax, this...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Wednesday, September 11, the City of Hattiesburg will host its annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at 8:40 a.m. It will take place at Hattiesburg Fire Station #1 and will include the national anthem performed by violinist John Eze Uzodinma II and a keynote address by Major General (retired) Jeff Hammond. “Nearly 3,000...
On Tuesday, Sept. 3, a second draft of the update to the city’s Animal Control Ordinance will be on the Hattiesburg City Council agenda. This past Friday, the American Kennel Club issued a release regarding the update – and we wanted to take a few moments with you today to present a timeline for how...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Tuesday, September 3, the Hattiesburg City Council will review a second draft of updates to the 1982 Animal Control Ordinance. A proposed draft outlining updates to the ordinance was presented to Hattiesburg City Council members on July 1. Since that time, stakeholder groups, community members and more have provided feedback to...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – In honor of National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, Mayor Toby Barker was joined by Vice President of Forrest Health, Millie Swan, to cut the ribbon on the city’s second Mothers’ Lounge at Jackie Dole Sherrill Community Center on Friday, August 30. The Mothers’ Lounge is a dedicated space at the City of Hattiesburg’s...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – The City of Hattiesburg announces two additions to its roster of employees with Regina Melson as a senior planner in Urban Development and Sid Gonsoulin as the construction manager for parks projects in Administration. Melson comes to Hattiesburg with more than 15 years of planning experience, most recently from the City of McComb...
Hattiesburg, Mississippi – On Tuesday afternoon, Mayor Toby Barker was joined by Ward 2 Councilwoman Deborah Delgado to announce a significant sewer project that will include repairing and replacing much of the Tuscan Avenue sewer line and one block of the Penton Street sewer line. “We continue to make strides in responsibly addressing infrastructure needs...
