Tra DuBois – The Mastermind Behind World Class Athletic Surfaces
By Becky Gillette • Photography by Timothy Ivy If you happen to be among the estimated 172 million people who viewed the Super Bowl in 2018, then you saw playing field graphics that were created by a small, family-owned company in Leland named World Class Athletic Surfaces. That same company makes the paint and stencils […]
Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter- Steering Ole Miss to Greater Economic and Academic Gains
By Becky Gillette • Photography by Timothy Ivy [themify_button bgcolor=”blue” size=”small” link=”https://deltabusinessjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Vitter.pdf”]Download PDF Version[/themify_button] Alot has happened in the almost three years since Dr. Jeffrey Vitter took the helm as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi. Ole Miss is the Flagship University of the state, considered the best-known college in the state with the largest […]
Shad White New State Auditor, Values Public Service and Accountability
By Becky Gillette • Photography by Timothy Ivy Mississippi’s newest and youngest statewide office holder, Shad White, thirty-two, appointed as State Auditor by Gov. Phil Bryant recently after the resignation of former State Auditor Stacey Pickering, grew up in the small town of Sandersville, which is located near Laurel. His family sometimes struggled to put […]
John Lundy – From the Delta to the U.S. Capitol
By Becky Gillette • Photography by Timothy Ivy John Lundy grew up on a farm in Tribbett, a small community outside of Leland, where his dad was farm manager. His backyard was 1,000 acres of cotton. He loved ag, and got his degree in ag economics from Mississippi State University (MSU). He would never have […]
Enterprising Deltans Juggle Demands of Full-Time Job With Sideline Businesses Meeting the “side-hustle”challenge
By Becky Gillette There is an old saying, “If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.” That might fit the bill for a number of business people in the Delta who manage to juggle full-time jobs with side businesses. Morgan Wheeler […]
Beth Williams- Putting Greenwood first
There is always something interesting and fun happening in Greenwood and, in many cases, you will find that Beth Williams is involved. Williams is the new president of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce and is also the general manager of one of the state’s finest upscale boutique hotels, The Alluvian Hotel. Williams’ involvement in the […]
Woods Eastland- The New 2018-2019 Delta Council President
By Becky Gillette • Photography by Timothy Ivy Woods Eastland had an unusual childhood for a boy born in the Delta. For three months each year he worked on the farm that had been in the family since the 1880s. The other eight or so months he lived in Washington D.C., where his father, James […]
Ron Nurnberg Teach for America
Education is the key By Becky Gillette • Photography by Timothy Ivy Ron Nurnberg is deputy executive director for Teach For America (Mississippi), a non-profit organization that’s mission statement is to enlist, develop, and mobilize as many of our nation’s most promising future leaders as possible to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity […]
David Nutt’s Reunion in Madison
A development dream By Becky Gillette • Photography by Tom Beck Reunion in Madison, arguably the most upscale, multi-faceted, planned community ever developed in Mississippi, came about almost as an accident. And, several former Delta residents now have homes in Reunion and commute to the Delta for work. Attorney David H. Nutt purchased the 2,100-acre […]
Hugh Balthrop’s Sweet Magnolia Gelato – Adding a Delta twist to a traditional Italian classic
By Becky Gillette • Photography by Timothy Ivy Clarksdale resident Hugh Balthrop got interested in making ice cream and gelato from superior ingredients for his wife, Erica Balthrop, and their three children. He set out to simply make a better, healthier product, something that wasn’t mostly air like some commercial ice creams. His products were […]