Starkville's Cotton District in National Spotlight

Starkville's Cotton District has been featured as one of 40 communities around the nation in "This Is Smart Growth," a new publication from the International City/County Mangement Association and the Smart Growth Network. The publication illustrates "how communities can turn their values, visions and aspirations into reality using smart growth techniques to improve the quality of development," writes Geoffrey Anderson, director of EPA's Development, Community and Environment Division. The Cotton District, which has been developed by current Starkville Mayor Dan Camp, was recognized in "This is Smart Growth" as a place designed for people. "Places that are designed with people in mind show careful attention to the experience each person will have with the street, the sidewalk, the buildings, and the surrounding environment," the publication states. Starkville was the only city in Mississippi to be recognized in the new edition of "This Is Smart Growth." Other communities receiving recognition were Charleston, SC, Chattanooga, TN, Kentlands, MD, and Portland, OR.

For a link to "This Is Smart Growth", click here.