Mississippi Main Street Charrettes

The MMSA planning charrettes operate on three key tenets: utilizing an asset-based approach, addressing the community in a holistic manner, and conducting the exercise in a public forum. First, an assets-based planning approach builds upon the unique assets and qualities a community possesses without trying to make them into some place they are not. Ultimately, this ensures that the plan will be authentic in its nature and affordable in its execution. Second, the holistic approach utilized in the MMSA charrette includes varying degrees of emphasis on four components:

1. Market Assessment (to understand the economic development factors affecting a community),
2. Branding and Marketing (to aid the community in communicating its unique promotional messages in a compelling, consistent and effective way),
3. Design and Planning (to enhance the physical appearance and function of the community), and finally,
4. Implementation Strategies (to ensure the recommendations of the plan include a road map to turn them into reality).

Each of the above-noted components correspond to the Main Street Four Point Approach: 1) Economic Restructuring, 2) Promotions, 3) Design, and 4) Organization, respectively.

Charrette Levels:

• Branding & Identity Charrettes
• Conceptual Planning Charrettes
• Master Plan Charrettes

Please call 601-944-0113 to request more information on selecting a charrette program for your community.

Here are a list of communities in Mississippi that have worked with MMSA through this process:


Instructions for Downloading Charrette Files
Please see below links to download relevant charrette collateral files. If you click on the link —or if necessary, copy and paste the link/URL into your web browser and hit ‘return’—it will automatically download a compressed file. Locate that file wherever your computer downloaded it to and double-click on it. This will cause it to automatically expand and reveal the native file. Simply open that file in PowerPoint (for the PowerPoint presentations), Word (for the charrette reports), or Acrobat (for the poster PDFs) to view the files.
Byhalia
Poster: http://www.box.net/shared/static/fam5zsatqe.pdf
Carthage
Poster: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/CarthagePoster.zip
PowerPoint: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/CarthageAnnotated.zip
Report: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/CarthageReport.zip
Clinton
PowerPoint: http://www.box.net/shared/static/arttvitz2f.ppt
Report: http://www.box.net/shared/static/5rpj3ye95z.pdf
Columbus
Poster:
PowerPoint: http://www.box.net/shared/static/qpuej6yh4f.ppt
Report: http://www.box.net/shared/static/tb2k7mf4q2.pdf
Covington County
Poster:http://www.box.net/shared/static/d1zm9hj5s7.pdf
Ellisville
Poster: http://www.box.net/shared/static/z1of70ahj5.pdf
Powerpoint: Ellisville_Charrette.ppt_.zip
Eupora
Poster: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/EuporaPoster.zip
PowerPoint: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/EuporaCharrettePPT.zip
Report: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/EuporaCharretteReport.zip
Branding Report: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/EuporaBranding.zip
Gulfport
Report: http://www.box.net/shared/static/096akv280k.pdf
Heidelburg
Poster: http://www.box.net/shared/static/bh3idphb63.pdf
Holly Springs
Poster: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/HollySpringsPoster.zip
PowerPoint: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/HollySpringsCharrettePPT.zip
Report: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/HollySpringsReport.zip
Noxapater
Poster: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/NoxapaterPoster.zip
PowerPoint: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/NoxapaterCharrettePPT.zip
Report: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/NoxapaterCharretteReport.zip
Pascagoula
Report: http://www.box.net/shared/static/zqvlmv8w8s.zip
Philadelphia
Poster: http://www.box.net/shared/static/r8tlprr94x.pdf
PowerPoint: http://www.box.net/shared/static/gyiiuylvmc.pdf
Report: http://www.box.net/shared/static/346434xstv.pdf
Water Valley
Poster: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/WaterValleyPoster.zip
PowerPoint: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/WaterValleyCharrettePPT.zip
Report: http://www.communitydesignsolutions.com/public/WaterValleyCharretteReport.zip
Winona
Poster: http://www.box.net/shared/static/bij9e1htoy.pdf