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Downtown Development Corporation reports new businesses, state façade grant and small-business incubator growth

3089052 · April 23, 2025
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Beth Ann Simpson, director of Jackson Downtown Development Corporation, reported 21 new downtown business openings in 2024, a state façade-improvement grant of $300,000, and progress on incubator tenant transitions and public art installations.

Beth Ann Simpson, director of the Jackson Downtown Development Corporation, briefed the Madison County Board of Commissioners on downtown economic and artistic development activity on April 21.

Simpson said 21 new businesses opened downtown in 2024, producing about 56 new jobs and $7.6 million in public and private reinvestment…

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