Strickland, mayors celebrate lower Mississippi River basin program
“Simply put, the Mississippi River corridor is America’s original Main Street — and it should be treated as such,” said MRCTI co-chair, Mayor Errick Simmons, of Greenville, Mississippi. (The Daily Memphian file)
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“Simply put, the Mississippi River corridor is America’s original Main Street — and it should be treated as such,” said Greenville, Mississippi mayor Errick Simmons.
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This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an editorially independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in partnership with Report For America and funded by the Walton Family Foundation.
Keely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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