Dorothy Davis, Communities of Shalom executive director, at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the Farish Street Green Commons, Thursday, June 5, 2025 in Jackson, Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Local officials and community leaders posed to cameras Thursday morning on Farish Street as they dug their ceremonial shovels into the symbolic dirt pile in front of them. The symbolism, they hope, is the continued momentum around rebuilding the historic but largely abandoned downtown Jackson neighborhood.
