A Clean Party: your Mayor’s Invitation
Can you help? Saturday Dec. 2nd Civic Auditorium 7:30am. We want you to attend a Clean Up Party. 56624049185/
Commissioner Turner Shouts Out for Public Works Dept.
City of Clarksdale Commissioner Willie Turner, Jr. gives a loud shout out to The Department of Public Works for the GREAT job they are doing in the City of Clarksdale. The Commissioner says “some people don’t realize what it takes to operate with limited funds and staff. Thanks for the consistency in improving the City.” […]
Brownfield Advisory Board Meeting
The Brownfield advisory board met today to discuss properties that could potentially have environmental issues. The City received a $300,000 Brownfield grant to do assessments on properties that could have environmental issues. The advisory board has applications for these assessments that can be obtained from Mac Crank and David Walker.
Dec. 2nd: a Day of Civic Pride
The City prepares for city wide cleanup on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 7:30 a.m. Numerous organizations from the city and many citizens of the community will be present and divide into areas throughout the City to help “cleanup Clarksdale”. Garbage bags were donated by Keep America Beautiful.
Clarksdale Bluesman Passes On
RIP Robert “Bilbo” Walker (CLARKSDALE – via Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art) One of the last Mississippi Delta bluesmen of his generation has passed. 80-year-old ROBERT “BILBO” WALKER has moved on to his beloved Promised Land. The duckwalking, zoot-suited blues-rocker had been undergoing cancer-related treatments in California since his King Biscuit and Clarksdale’s […]
An In-Office Thanksgiving Dinner
City of Clarksdale Clerk Cathy Clark had a festive Thanksgiving dinner in her office, and a good time, and great food, was had by all.
Good Clarksdale Citizen goes Viral
(MEMPHIS, via WMC Channel 5 Action News) Clarksdale Walmart employee, Tracy Conner’s act of kindness recently went viral under the tagline “We’ve forgotten how to love one another.” “Kindness, compassion, empathy and patience goes a long way, even in Walmart,” Channel 5 says in a Facebook post. This came from a woman at a Clasrksdale […]
Mayor Espy visits The Delta Byrd
City of Clarksdale Mayor, Chuck Espy, visits Delta Byrd, a new business that just opened across the Sunflower River from historic downtown Clarksdale.
City attends Brownfield Grant Training
Clarksdale City Clerk Cathy Clark, IT Specialist Warren Mathews and Code Enforcement Officer David Walker attended the Region IV Brownfield Training in Atlanta, GA. The November training was for administration and operational execution of a $300,000 Brownfield Grant to conduct hazardous material assessments on various properties identified throughout Clarksdale.
Mayor and Commissioners meet with Senator Wicker
Clarksdale Mayor, Henry Espy, and Commissioners Bo Plunk, Ken Murphey, Willie Turner, Jr., and Ed Seals meet with Coahoma County officials, Paul Pearson, Pat Davis, Johnny Newson, Will Young, and Darrell Washington in MS. Senator Roger Wicker’s office in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. This late October trip marks a unified effort to coordinate […]