Kudzu Coffee
Yazoo City Based Business Is Thriving Before taking on this Kudzu Coffee adventure, Yazoo City native, Natalie Whitehead, worked as a Physical Therapist’s Assistant. “I was furloughed during Covid in 2020 and decided Yazoo City needed a coffee shop,” says Whitehead. In February, 2021, Whitehead started her business “in a small food truck […]
Cuz Studio & Sound
The special business of music and recording Originally from northeast Mississippi, Chris Parks, the owner of Cuz Studio in Merigold, has been in the Delta for twenty-five years. After “a memorable visit” to Delta State when looking at colleges, Parks moved to Cleveland to attend school on a football scholarship in 2000. While […]
Delta Drilling in Tunica
A business that treats their customers like family Delta native, Chris Shockley, is the owner of Delta Drilling of Tunica, Inc. located at 1645 Old Highway 61 South in Tunica. Born in Helena, Arkansas, he lived there until his family moved to Tunica in 1984 “My family has been in the Delta for […]
Thrive Wellness in Tunica
Working to Promote Health With a Holistic Approach This past April, Bethanne Graves and her husband, Chuck, decided to buy Bash Fitness, a gym located at 1263 Main Street in Tunica. Because Graves was the studio manager for the previous owner at that time, she felt confident she already had an understanding of […]
Steve Rosenthal
Steve Rosenthal, a Delta native and current Director of Economic Development for Sunflower County, is passionate about helping people in the Delta have a better quality of life. Rosenthal’s family owned and operated Ben Fried’s Department Store in Indianola for 89 years. He says the store was his grandfather’s entire life and Fried continued to […]
Beth Foley
Beth Foley Barnes is increasing access to the arts in Leflore County in her position as Executive Director at ArtPlace Mississippi in Greenwood. Barnes is originally from a small town in Northeast New Jersey called Hillsdale. She attended Fordham University and graduated with a Business degree with a concentration in Marketing. “After college, I worked […]
Billy Johnson
Fourth generation Delta native, Billy Johnson, the President of the MS Wildlife Heritage Museum, Leland Blues Project Director, and Highway 61 Blues Museum curator, is teaching people about the accomplishments of Mississippians. Johnson attended MDCC, before he transferred to Delta State for a semester. He then attended Ole Miss for a short time before […]
Amanda Delperdang
Amanda Delperdang, the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Mississippi Delta Nature and Learning Center in Greenville, is educating communities about the importance of nature. Originally from Utah, Delperdang received her Fine Art degree at Utah State and then decided to join Teach for […]
Chrissy Garner
Chrissy Garner, Advertising and Marketing Manager at Tunica Convention & Visitors Bureau, is making an impression on the tourism industry in the Delta. “I’m originally from central Arkansas and grew up there starting at the age of five,” says Garner. “My parents have always been very supportive of me. My dad passed in 2004, but […]