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Neighborhood Night at the Park
Laurel Street Park was the place to be on Sunday evening, April 13, for Neighborhood Night at the Park. This annual event featured food, music and family fun!
Music was provided by Barry Ledford & Friends. A big thank you to Pizza Shack and Basil's for providing pizza and cookies.
Neighborhood Night at the Park was sponsored by Friends of Laurel Street Park and Belhaven Garden Club. Click the link at right for more information about Friends of Laurel Street Park.
April 2008: Belhaven College Unveils Entergy Pavilion
Belhaven College unveiled the new outdoor Entergy Pavilion on April 4, 2008, honoring the long-standing relationship between Entergy Mississippi and Belhaven College. The impressive stone structure in the center of the campus will provide a beautiful setting for outdoor performances in theatre, dance and music, while affording the campus a unique and stunning focal point.
When not in use for performances, the nine fountain spouts will create dancing waters, synchronized to music, and constructed by the company that builds similar fountains for Walt Disney World and city centers around the world. Find more information here.
March 2008: Easter Fun at Laurel Street Park!
The annual Easter Parade and Egg Hunt at Laurel Street Park was held on Sunday afternoon, March 16 at Laurel Street Park. Sponsored by the Belhaven Garden Club, kids enjoyed a parade, egg hunt, and snacks.
January 2008: GBNF Welcomes New Directors and Officers
Four new GBNF directors came on board in January 2008.
John Schmidt and Scot Ehrgott have been appointed by Belhaven Heights Community Association. John has lived on Madison Street in Belhaven Heights since July 2006. He is an international territory manager for Metaris Hydraulics. He replaces Jim Kopernak, whose term expired at the end of 2007. Jim served as board chair from July 2005 through 2007. Scot, a traffic engineer with MDOT, resides on Whitworth Street. He replaces Melvin Priester, who resigned last fall.
Tom McRee has been appointed by Belhaven Improvement Association. Tom is in the real estate business and has lived in Belhaven about 12 years. He replaces Louisa Dixon, whose term expired at the end of 2007. Louisa completed a six-year term in 2007, and served as board chair from 2003 to July 2005.
Jimmy Keeton has been appointed as an at-large member of the board. Jimmy lives on Belvoir Place and is Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs at UMMC. We welcome John, Scot, Tom and Jimmy to our board, and look forward to the skill they bring to GBNF.
GBNF’s new treasurer is Zella Tohill. Zella is a longtime resident of Belhaven. She is a CPA with Summers, Green and LeRoux, LLP. Zella replaces Tom Wiygul, who has been GBNF’s Treasurer for the previous four years.
New GBNF board chair Marsha Cannon
Also in January the board elected a new chair, Marsha Cannon, and a new vice chair, Tasho Katsaboulas.
January 2008: Friends of Laurel Street Park Announces New Committee Members
Friends of Laurel Street Park is pleased to announce its new committee members for 2008 and 2009: Tara Ellis (Chairman), Cassidy Anderson, Crystal Anderson, Christine Barron, Quin Breland, Dawn Denton, Matthew McLaughlin and Zella Tohill.
The committee is working on several exciting events to take place in the park. The committee is also working on hiring a landscape architect to develop a long-range plan for the park. This spring a neighborhood meeting will be held to allow interested neighbors to provide input to the landscape architect. The goal is to have the master plan ready to present to the neighborhood by late spring/early summer.
Friends of Laurel Street Park is a committee of GBNF which works to improve and maintain our neighborhood’s playground and park with the cooperation and assistance of the City of Jackson parks department. “Friends” is comprised of a representative from five neighborhood organizations – Belhaven Garden Club, Belhaven House and Garden Club, Belhaven Improvement Association, Belhaven Heights Community Association and GBNF, plus three at-large members.
January 2008: Blues Marathon Dashes Through Belhaven
The Mississippi Blues Marathon raced through Jackson on Saturday, January 5, 2008 bringing runners through parts of Belhaven. Runners enjoyed the experience of racing through our historic neighborhood!
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