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Braden Simmons/Dispatch Staff\t\n\t\t\tMACON \u2013 Stewart Lamb, president of Main Street Macon, believes the recently revived organization can get a lot accomplished in its first year, but it\u2019s going to take an \u201call hands on deck\u201d approach.\nThose hands include the board of aldermen and the Noxubee County Board of Supervisors, who, after initial meetings and presentations in August, have not provided any funding to help the group compete for a Mississippi Main Street revitalization grant.\n\u201cI don\u2019t know, and I\u2019m trying to understand,\u201d Lamb said of the city\u2019s lack of contributions. \u201cI think \u2026 we may not be doing a good job of explaining the hundreds of thousands of dollars that would be available to the city with their support. I mean, their support really does open up grant eligibility for the association to receive serious dollars that would help this initiative.\u201d\nMain Street Macon, which was revived as an association in June after dissolving in 2017, has already built a new board, raised roughly $2,500 for future projects, and has formed four committees to address downtown\u2019s economic vitality and promotion.\nChristy Ferguson, the organization\u2019s director, said the primary goal for the group is to bring life back to Macon\u2019s vacant downtown. \nSince forming, the group has already reached out to all the downtown businesses and is hoping to work to repaint the buildings to give downtown a more cohesive look in the short-term, Ferguson said.\nThat project, alongside other smaller efforts, including creating a rock garden and additional mural projects, is another way the group hopes to give downtown a more appealing facade.\nFerguson said the group applied for 501(c)(3) status in August in hopes of opening the door for additional revenue streams to fund those projects as well as loftier goals like grants to repair the downtown\u2019s sidewalks, create downtown signage or possibly construct small pocket parks in vacant downtown lots.\n\u201c(We want to do) something that\u2019s going to be family-friendly for the kids to be able to come and do something,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cWe have a lot of our kids go outside of Macon and Noxubee County to do other activities, and \u2026 if they\u2019re going to spend their money, let\u2019s see if we can get them to spend their money here.\u201d\nGarnering local support\nIn the meantime, Ferguson said the group has been working to raise enough matching funds to be competitive for Main Street Mississippi\u2019s revitalization grant this cycle, which closes Friday and offers three grants at amounts ranging from $150,000 to $500,000.\nTo be competitive, Ferguson said the organization requires at least $20,000 in matching funds on hand for the lowest grant amount. 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And even with the county, one of our plugs was that the value of these buildings will go up, and then that way they\u2019ll be getting more tax money.\u201d\nFerguson said she went before the Noxubee County supervisors in August and plans to give one last go at requesting funding at its Tuesday meeting prior to the grant deadline.\nDistrict 5 Supervisor Bruce Brooks said he believes Main Street Macon is something the board wants to give funding to, but the county has too many other projects to fund, including upcoming repairs to the Noxubee County Adult Detention Center, which closed in July.\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been just in conversation, but until everybody sits down on the board, at the table and discusses all of our situation and prioritizes things that we\u2019re dealing with for this budget cycle (funding is unclear),\u201d Brooks said. \u201cWe have not done that so at this point, I can\u2019t give any direction. It\u2019s still in the hopper at this point.\u201d\nBrooks said he believes once they get a clearer idea of how much the jail project and other necessary efforts cost for the county that the board will look to provide some funding to the organization.\n\u201cI\u2019m in favor of it,\u201d Brooks said. \u201c\u2026 I have several businesses in Brooksville, even though we\u2019re talking about the Main Street in Macon, but we also look at it for Brooksville and Shuqualak, (because) anything that\u2019s good for the city is good for the county. Anything good for the county is good for the city.\u201d\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n      \n      \n        Quality, in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community. The Dispatch brings you the most complete reporting and insightful commentary in the Golden Triangle, but we need your help to continue our efforts. In the past week, our reporters have posted 33 articles to cdispatch.com. 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