Video: Pontotoc Main Street Manager Awarded

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PONTOTOC, Miss. (WCBI) — A proud Pontotoc main street manager is the latest recipient of the Charles O. Beasley Award of Excellence.

Main Street Manager Ellen Henry Russell is selected from among her peers in Jackson Thursday at the 25th Anniversary observance of the Mississippi Main Street Association. According to Russell, downtown Pontotoc is the heartbeat of the community when it comes to economic development.

“Lot of cases in Mississippi and other states also, a lot of strip malls came up in bypass areas and that type thing. And so we turned more to our downtown area to keep it strong and healthy. Because if your heart is healthy everything else is going to make it,” said Ellen Henry Russell, Pontotoc Main Street Director.

Russell who received $1500 in scholarship is helping when she represents Pontotoc and Main Street Association at the next conference held in Atlanta next May.

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