WELCOME GUIDE CLEVELAND & BOLIVAR COUNTY
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Bolivar County Tax Collector
Nancy J. Havens
Welcomes you to Bolivar County!
Homestead Exemption Important Information for New Home Buyers! Homestead Exemption Requirements: 1 .Homestead applications are taken annually between January 1st and April 1st. 2. You must own your home and reside there on or before January 1st of the current year to be eligible for homestead exemption. 3. Your Deed or Lease must be signed by December 31st and on file in the Bolivar County Chancery Clerk’s office by January 7th of the current year. 4. You must be a legal resident of Mississippi. 5. You must purchase Mississippi license plates for all vehicles owned. 6. You must comply with Mississippi income tax requirements 7. If your home is a mobile home, you must certify your mobile home to the land roll for taxation. MISS CODE 27-53-15 /HB824 1982 The following information will be needed in order to complete your homestead exemption application. Bring these items with you when filing: 1. Deed, will, or assignment of lease. 2. Full purchase price. (Closing statement) 3. Down payment amount. (Closing statement) 4. Over 65 exemption. You must provide proof of age. (Birth certificate or valid drivers license) 5. Social Security disability. You must bring a current year letter from social security administration. 6. Disable veteran (100%) service connected. Must provide proof.(Letter from Veterans Administration with claim#) 7. Social Security numbers. Husband and wife must have both social security numbers Occ-joint ownership must have all parties social security numbers 8. Mobile Homes must be certified to the Land Roll. Bring with you the Bill of Sale or Application for Title for the Mobile Home. 9. Tag numbers for all automobiles titled in your name, spouses or occ-joint owner.
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If there has been a change in your homestead exemption as a result of one of the following reasons, you must come to the Tax Assessor’s office and re-sign your homestead application between January 2nd through April 1st. 1. Purchased or built a new home 2. Death of a spouse 3. First time filing for over 65 or 100% Disabled (Bring proof ) 4. New deed on filed with Chancery Clerk. 5. Sold part of property 6. Add property to current exemption 7. Change in marital status (Separated, divorced, married) 8. Bought or sold property relating to your homestead 9. Change in property status (Renting part of home or business in home) Failure to follow the above requirements will result in loss of homestead exemption.
Bolivar County Courthouse
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
Welcome one and all!
The South is a special place in almost every imaginable way and the Mississippi Delta certainly stands out above the rest of the South. Many proclaim their community to be the best place on earth offering a variety of unique experiences. If those communities are located in the Delta, then I have to agree with their line of thinking! Our region is very unique, especially Cleveland. Welcome to Cleveland and Bolivar County, a very vibrant and exciting place to live and visit. Because of our town’s geographical location in the Mississippi Delta, we are known as the center of the Delta. Delta State University continues to be our guiding light and a major attraction not only for students who wish to earn degrees, but to many visitors and others because of the daily activity that takes place on the beautiful DSU campus that ranges from major productions in our Bologna Performing Arts Center, to the many sports events, and other offerings in which Deltans enjoy.
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One of our community’s latest offerings is the GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi located next to the Delta State University campus. The GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi is the only GRAMMY Museum located outside of Los Angeles. In this Cleveland-based location, exhibits are displayed that run the gamut of all music genres. The GRAMMY Museum offers visitors a special experience and that is before those visiting Cleveland have had the chance to dine at one of our award winning restaurants, shop downtown at one of our beautiful stores, or take in an authentic blues show at one of our local music venues where untold celebrities, rock stars, and others often stop in. Then, there is the Mississippi River that borders the western portion of our county. The beauty of this magnificent waterway is breathtaking as forty-one percent of the nation’s water flows down it. And, it’s not surprising the number of visitors to the Mississippi Delta headquarter their stay in Cleveland
because of our town’s proximity to nearby Clarksdale, Greenville, Indianola, and Greenwood. Please allow our 2018 Welcome Guide to serve as your roadmap to our community. Additionally, please also visit the Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce, located at 101 S. Bayou Ave, (662-843-2712; clevelandmschamber.com), for questions concerning our town and county. Complimentary maps and brochures are provided at the Chamber which is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Welcome to Cleveland and Bolivar County, Mississippi.
Scott Coopwood Publisher
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WELCOME GUIDE
CONTENTS
CLEVELAND & BOLIVAR COUNTY
Publisher: J. Scott Coopwood Executive Editor: Pam Parker Art & Design Director: Holly Ray Graphic Designers: Cailee Conrad, Holly Ray
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SPORTS EDUCATION RELIGION QUALITY OF LIFE PIT STOPS FIRE DEPARTMENT CHAMBER DIRECTORY
WRITERS Angela Rogalski, Lisa Miller, Mark Stowers PHOTOGRAPHY Madison Dixon, Rory Doyle and Scott Speakes ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Kristy Kitchings, Wendy Mize, Ann Nestler and Pam Parker
ADVERTISING For advertising information, please call (662) 843-2700 Fax (662) 843-0505 The Cleveland-Bolivar County Welcome Guide is published annually by Coopwood Communications, Inc. All editorial and advertising information is taken from sources
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publication cannot guarantee their accuracy. Neither that information nor any opinion expressed on the pages of the Welcome Guide in any way constitutes a solicitation for the sale or purchase of securities mentioned. No material in the Welcome Guide can be reproduced in any form without the written consent of the publisher.
EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS OFFICE ADDRESSES Mailing Address: Coopwood Publishing Group Inc. Post Office Box 117 Cleveland, Mississippi 38732 Shipping Address: 125 South Court Street Cleveland, Mississippi 38732 Phone (662) 843-2700 Fax (662) 843-0505 Web Address: www.coopwood.net
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FROM THE TOURISM DIRECTOR Welcome to our community! The French phrase “je ne sais quoi” has always alluded me a bit. How can you not put your finger on something, or figure it out? I’m a facts kind of person—what does it boil down to? But that phrase perfectly captures this wonderful area. What is it, exactly, that creates a palatable buzz in the air and hum of electricity? I have a lot of people ask me in my profession, what is it about Cleveland? Well, a lot. This area of the Mississippi Delta has its own soundtrack. While we often think of music when we hear that word, it is about way more than that. Yes, the music absolutely surrounds us all here. It’s not just the blues with which this area is known for, but also an amazingly diverse group of sounds like bluegrass, alt country, indie rock and jazz. It’s a regular occurrence in downtown Cleveland to hear a local blues band practicing for their latest gig, or see the dedicated Tuesday night pickers hauling in their equipment to entertain the bluegrass loving crowd. But it’s not just the tunes. It might be the sounds of excited talking, laughter and conversation happening between friends at a local restaurant, or the sizzle of a frying pan cooking up some of the best southern cuisine
in the south. It’s the Delta wind rushing through the trees, and the sounds of the mighty Mississippi as it churns its way south. I often run across visitors or those not from this part of the world, and ask them what makes Cleveland special for them. They tell me that they feel like they can finally breathe, that the open sky and landscape erases the stress, that they can see the stars, and are baffled the amount of creative culture in such a small piece of land. We truly are a unique town, and one of the main reasons this is so are the people who live here, create here, volunteer here and put down roots. Cleveland is a place you need to settle in to. It’s not a place to be rushed through, because you miss half the magic. It’s the little nuances of things, the details of it all, if you must. The incredible art, the food, the friends, the local touch. We are a culture of people from all over the world, and as diverse as any you will find. So I encourage you, dig in to this town. Learn about the history of the area, make friends with the locals and transplants alike that make it so special. Get out and enjoy the events, the lectures, the entertainment, because there is plenty to be had. We welcome visitors from all over the world every year, and we are just getting started.
Kelli Carr Tourism Director
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Welcome to Cleveland, home of Delta State University and GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi! If you are returning to our town, you may already know some of the outstanding characteristics of Cleveland. Founded in 1886 along the Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas Railroad tracks, Cleveland has grown from a sawmill settlement into a unique and thriving small town. We take great pride in our city, and it shows. Cleveland is home to a phenomenal 28,000-square-foot facility that houses a
licensed affiliate GRAMMY Museum®, the first of its kind outside Los Angeles, CA. Our partnerships with the GRAMMY Museum®, Delta State University, the Delta Music Institute, Bolivar County, and the State of Mississippi made the development of this world-class educational institution and cultural attraction possible. We are also proud to say that we were chosen by Smithsonian Magazine as number two on their list of “The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2013.” This designation was based on the fact that Cleveland has an exceptional concentration of cultural venues. Museums, art galleries, live performances, and historic sites are just a part of the picture. Delta State University enriches our community in countless ways, providing a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate curriculum that includes unique programs such as the Delta Music Institute and Commercial Aviation. While visitors to Cleveland most frequently comment on the beauty of our historic downtown and residential sections, it cannot be overlooked that we also
Greetings! While you are visiting Cleveland and the Delta region, I hope you will take the opportunity to visit Delta State University, one of the “treasures” in the Delta and the Mid-South! Delta State is a public regional university that primarily serves the Mississippi Delta and surrounding areas in the state, but also enrolls a significant number of outof-state and international students. Delta State is one of the country’s best higher education values — with an enrollment of just under 4,000 students, a superb and welcoming faculty who provide our students with unique personal attention, and tuition under $7,000 a year. We boast signature programs in aviation, entertainment industry studies, nursing, business and accounting, social work, teacher education and counseling, outdoor
recreation, geospatial information, and the arts and sciences. Our Math and Sciences Division is renowned for the preparation of students for graduate and professional school in the health sciences and medical fields. The university’s focus on music and the arts is highlighted by acclaimed theatrical and musical programs at the Bologna Performing Arts Center, which features the Mathews-Sanders Sculpture Garden at its entrance. The Delta Music Institute houses world-class sound production studios, and is home to our Fighting Okra recording label. Our celebrated Art Department always has an exhibit of interest to the public. And, the Delta Center for Culture and Learning is the ideal “front porch” for visitors to commence a tour of the amazing Mississippi Delta. Delta State is where the Marshall Plan was first announced in 1947, and was the home of America’s “Mother of Modern Women’s Basketball,” Margaret Wade, as well as Boston Red Sox legendary pitcher and former Delta State baseball coach, Dave “Boo” Ferriss. Be sure to visit the Marshall Plan marker and the statues that honor these two legends. And, stop by the Capps Archives and Museum facility to see some incredible exhibits, including the cel-
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have a number of home-owned restaurants — any of which offers scrumptious, mouth-watering selections that are sure to please even the most finicky taste buds. The volunteer spirit flourishes in Cleveland and perhaps our most valuable asset is our friendly and involved citizenry. Top it all off with top-notch sporting events, annual festivals, and a rich musical heritage, and it becomes evident why we branded ourselves “A Different Kind of Delta.” We hope you enjoy your stay here and take full advantage of what our town and area has to offer. For more information about Cleveland, please visit our website at www.cityofclevelandms.com. Sincerely,
BILLY NOWELL, Mayor City of Cleveland
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ebration of the Delta’s Chinese-American population. Among the many conferences sponsored throughout the year on campus are the International Delta Blues Conference in early October, the International Business Symposium in mid-March, and the race relations conference, referred to as “Winning the Race,” in late March. Be sure to check our athletic program schedules to see if any of our high-end NCAA Division II sports teams are competing while you are here. Delta State has won national championships in football, baseball, swim-dive, and women’s basketball. We invite you to tour our campus. Just stop by the Enrollment Management Office in Kent Wyatt Hall to arrange a personal tour. You can keep up with Delta State through our website (www.deltastate.edu), and on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Let us roll out the “green carpet” for you!
WILLIAM N. LAFORGE, President Delta State University
FROM THE COUNTY On behalf of the Bolivar County Board of Supervisors, let me offer this official welcome to Bolivar County and the Mississippi Delta. Bolivar County was established by the Mississippi Legislature February 9, 1836. The county was named for Simon Bolivar, the famed South American Liberator, and is a place like no other. We sincerely hope your visit here will be a memorable experience, one which will encourage a return visit at some point in the future. It has been said, “Much of what is profoundly American, what people love about America has come from the Delta, which is often called “the cradle of American culture.” Historian James Cobb has described the Delta as “the most Southern place on Earth.” We feel these qualities depict Bolivar County and its communities. As you visit, I encourage you to venture out and experience many of the intrinsic attributes our communities have to offer. Bolivar County is a place where hospitality, authenticity and personality resonate like nowhere else. We offer a
unique combination of history, music, outdoor recreation, southern cuisine and distinctive shopping, where genuine Mississippi made products can be purchased. Adventurous travelers will find the one-of-a-kind experiences they live for, whether traveling roads that are blacktop, gravel or dust; all our Delta back roads lead to people, places, events and adventures. I challenge you to take on the adventure! Immerse yourself in our culture and enjoy your visit. If we can assist you in any way to make your stay more enjoyable, please do not hesitate to call upon us. Sincerely,
WILL HOOKER Bolivar County Administrator
FROM THE CHAMBER On behalf of the Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce, I extend a cordial welcome to each of you and pledge that all of us here in Cleveland and Bolivar County will do everything within our power to make your stay here a memorable one. We hope you discover the many reasons we are the crossroads of culture in the Mississippi Delta. There is much to see and do for visitors of all ages, whether visiting our state-of-the-art GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi, attending a performance at the world-class Bologna Performing Arts Center on the campus of Delta State University, shopping at unique stores around the county, dining at one of our many locally owned restaurants, attending sporting events, listening to live music at various venues, enjoying our parks and outdoor recreation, or taking in a beautiful Delta sunset along the mighty Mississippi River. We have spectacular art displays, Freedom Trail markers, Blues Trail Markers, a Railroad Heritage Museum, and the Boo Ferriss Museum. Take your time, relax, take it all in, and enjoy your stay!
In order to guide and assist you, this Welcome Guide is published to serve as your personal road map to enhance your stay with us. We also encourage you to stop by our Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center with any questions you may have regarding our community. We are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and we are located at 101 South Bayou Avenue in Cleveland; or you can call us at 662-843-2712, or check out our websites at www.clevelandmschamber. com or www.visitclevelandms.com. We have information, complimentary maps, brochures, and a big Delta smile! Thank you for your stop in Cleveland and Bolivar County. We hope you sense the mystique of the Mississippi Delta and enjoy your time here.
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HISTORY
Born into the vibrant heritage of the inimitable Mississippi Delta, Cleveland has a history as rich as the fertile farmland that lay hidden beneath the thick forests that were present when Bolivar County began formation in 1836. Typically a history of the county begins with flowery prose about the “first” settlers and their magnificent achievements, overlooking the fact that Native Americans had lived here for generations prior to any white settlers. Additionally, one of our strongest features is the various ethnicities that made their home here in Bolivar County—along with the rest of the Delta. SOME FACTS: • We are the only Bolivar County in the USA. • We are the 2nd largest county (geographically) in Mississippi; 906 square miles. 10 V 2017 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
• Mississippi is a Native American word meaning “Great River.” The Delta is an alluvial plain lying in the northwestern part of Mississippi, below Memphis, Tenn. It is the area of land situated between the Mississippi River to the west and the Yazoo River to the south. At its widest point, the Delta stretches roughly 60 miles to the east where the terrain changes abruptly to hills. This flat land was formed by deposits from the Mississippi River and its tributaries over eons of changing river courses and seasonal high water. Prior to the building of the levee along the Mississippi, flooding was a constant, creating a swampy area that made navigation and settlement difficult. Those factors, along with a generally mild climate, combined to produce rich soil, great forests, and dense undergrowth.
The Delta was a perfect habitat for wildlife--alligators, wolves, black bears, wildcats, foxes, beavers, otters, turkeys, panthers, deer, a variety of birds, and of course, mosquitoes—many of which are still present today. A mecca for outdoor enthusiasts, Bolivar County is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River and is home to several lakes and streams along with public hunting areas such as Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge, the Great River Road WMA, and Lake Charlie Capps. Suggested websites for more information: (www.fws.gov/refuge/Dahomey) (www.mdwfp.com) The first Deltans were mound-building Native Americans. Although many of the mounds have been lost to time, some are still visible. Recently, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History created the Mississippi Mound Trail to bring awareness to these wonders. Each of the mounds on the trail can be viewed from public roadways and feature accompanying markers. http://trails.mdah.ms.gov/mmt/index.html The Spaniards exploring the New World in 1541 encountered these Native Americans along the Mississippi River. It is probable that Hernando De Soto “discovered” the River near Bolivar County and possible that he is buried near Rosedale. Other explorers followed the same general route—Marquette and Joliet in 1673 then LaSalle in 1682. Over 100 years later exploration gave way to American expansion. Mississippi received its statehood in 1817 and Bolivar County was formed in 1836. The Native Americans, through a series of treaties, were removed westward with Indian Point in southwestern Bolivar County, a main point of embarkation. The first
few white settlers came to Bolivar County in the early 1800’s and more quickly followed as the word spread about the abundance of virgin timber, fertile soil, and open opportunities. Where one can see a thriving town and community, there once was a thick swampland full of cypress and other species of trees with which the early residents carved out a life. Strong axmen cut down the forests and discovered that the soil beneath was 40-60 feet deep, so if they needed virgin soil, they simply dug deeper and struck planting gold every time. The “King of Crops” at that time was cotton – and this was the ideal location for the growing of the white wealth-maker. These bold gamblers braved the elements— flooding, mosquitoes, and subsequent disease to carve out farms, homes, and a government along the riverside. The county seat of Bolivar County moved several times before situating in Rosedale. Much of the interior of the county remained virtually untouched except for a few small sawmill operations. In 1884 the Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas railroad was built through the Delta, passing through the eastern half of Bolivar County. Situated approximately halfway between Memphis and Vicksburg was a little sawmilling community which at various times was called Simms or Fontaine. The first railroad maps called it Coleman. The good fortune of being the halfway point meant that Coleman was a railroad stopping point and quickly businesses, homes, and schools were built. In 1886 Coleman was incorporated as the Town of Cleveland. The town grew steadily and by 1901 Cleveland was named the second county seat and a new courthouse was erected. Bolivar County is one of ten counties in Mississippi with two judicial districts. The LNO & T Railroad was promptly absorbed by the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR. Spur tracks were built; crisscrossing the county as sawmill and stave operations began to rapidly clear the great forests with their steam equipment. Towns formed all along the railroad tracks as the railroad company encouraged settlement by making the acreage inexpensive to purchase. One of the most historic of these towns in Bolivar County is Mound Bayou, established by Isaiah T. Montgomery and other former slaves. As more trees were cleared, more land was put into cultivation. In the early days, all of the planting and harvesting was done by hand. At the end of WWI, just as after the Civil War, African Americans left Bolivar County in great numbers, but many stayed, becoming tenant farmers. There was an increasing demand for labor and Delta planters began to recruit overseas. As early as the late 1880s the first Italians were making their home in Bolivar County. Chinese were recruited in much the same manner. Jewish settlers arrived and 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE F 11
began making their living as peddlers. By living frugally, the Chinese immigrants realized an opportunity to open their own markets and grocery stores. Italian farm laborers became farm owners. Jewish peddlers became store-front merchants. Other immigrant groups such as Mexicans and Lebanese came to the Delta came as well. Today, in addition to the first settlers of English, Scottish, German, Irish, and African descent, Bolivar County is its own “melting pot” of ethnicities. The African-American influence in the county’s history is quite evident. Nearby Dockery Plantation is designated with a Blues Trail marker declaring the location as the probable “Birthplace of the Blues.” Many of the early Delta Bluesmen lived and worked around Dockery, influencing each other and educating the next generation. The railroad and the Blues go hand in hand as many Blues lyrics sing about the train either with sorrow or joy. Charley Patton wrote “Peavine Blues,” referring to the winding railroad that connected Dockery with Rosedale on the riverside. There are several Blues Trail markers scattered throughout the county and many a scenic back road will still take you there. If you ask the right locals, you may actually find the real Crossroads where Robert Johnson reportedly sold his soul to the Devil. http://msbluestrail.org/blues The City of Cleveland has always been fortunate to have forward-thinking leadership, but perhaps no 12 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
group of City leaders has been more progressive than the elected officials in the early 1920s. As the State Legislature considered a location for a new Normal college, Cleveland became the obvious choice due to its central Delta location, the railroad, and the donation of land. However, perhaps the most important factor in the equation was the City leaders’ willingness to relocate the infamous Black Bear Saloon that was located between the depot and the soon-to-be Delta Normal College, now Delta State University. In the early 1950s the astute City leaders were able to attract Baxter Laboratories and MP & L’s Delta Steam Electric Station just north of town. The population of Cleveland basically doubled over the following decade. Most recently, Cleveland has become the home of Faurecia Automotive, and then together with a group of local and area organizers and visionaries, the City of Cleveland and Bolivar County, partnering with DSU, was able to see the realization of the GRAMMY Museum, adjacent to Delta State’s campus. It is the most technologically advanced music museum in the world and the only other GRAMMY Museum outside of Los Angeles. Although always looking ahead, Cleveland (www. cityofclevelandms.com) and Bolivar County (www. co.bolivar.ms.us) have developed an increasing appreciation for preservation and promoting our past. Cleveland is also home to the City of Cleveland’s Railroad Heritage Museum, housing the largest O gauge model
layout in the southeast, thousands of railroad artifacts, and a 1941 Illinois Central caboose, all paying tribute to our railroad beginnings. The Mississippi Delta Chinese Heritage Museum is located on the third floor of the Delta State Archives & Museum with both museums hosting outstanding displays and exhibits highlighting various facets of our history. The Boo Ferriss Baseball Museum, located beside the DSU baseball stadium, honors the late Red Sox pitcher and Hall of Famer, Boo Ferriss, a Shaw, Miss. native and legendary coach at DSU. The Amzie Moore House is the actual home of the late Civil Rights leader, which has been preserved and converted into a museum, paying tribute to his efforts. The home has also been designated as a stop on the
Freedom Trail. http://www.visitmississippi.org/blog/Mississippifreedom-trail Throughout Bolivar County, you will find numerous sites designated with historical markers, Blues Trail markers, and Freedom Trail markers. Cleveland is located on the Blues Highway (Hwy 278/Hwy 61) and the western side of the county is home to the Great River Road (Hwy1). Tourism has become a very integral part of the Mississippi Delta, and as we attract more and more visitors to our home here in Cleveland, we hope you enjoy your stay and we’d like to say: Welcome to Cleveland!
One of the first trains through Cleveland, parked along the tracks for a photo shoot with some of the community. ca. 1885. (photo courtesy of the Martin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum)
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Originally known as a railroad town, today Cleveland is truly the crossroads of the Mississippi Delta.
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SHOPPING
CLEVELAND’S DOWNTOWN IS SECOND TO NONE in shopping and beauty. Downtown Cleveland is as storied of an area as any other in the Mississippi Delta. Cleveland’s center of downtown, Cotton Row, was once a dusty, dirt road that provided a meeting place for farmers who would bring their finest harvest to market. Cleveland relied heavily on its railroad, giving the downtown the shape of a rectangle rather than a traditional town square. The downtown area of Cleveland was constructed around the railroad, and though the tracks have long since been removed, there is still a hint of its history. In the old days, residents made their way downtown after work to browse in the various shops and visit with their neighbors and friends. The same holds true in 2016. The heart of every Southern community is its downtown, and Cleveland’s is vibrant and growing. The award-winning Historic Crosstie Shopping District offers a diverse array of specialty shops, antique 22 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
stores and cafés within the same area. Visitors come from all over the country to experience the picturesque main-street stores, offering big-city shopping in a small-town atmosphere. The historic look of Cleveland lends an old-world charm, while the wares inside offer modern-day amenities and selections. With a walking trail through the middle of downtown and a bike trail on the south side, both offer beautiful views and comfortable seating areas for those wanting to stroll and exercise while taking in the beauty of Cleveland’s landscape. With the easy park-and-stroll setup of downtown Cleveland, it is easy to see why so many people come to spend a day walking the brick sidewalks, perusing the latest merchandise and one-of-a-kind items, and eating lunch at one of our fabulous downtown establishments.
BOUTIQUES Cleveland offers a vast array of different boutiques, and visitors find there is something for everyone. Many stores specialize in men’s and women’s casual and dress attire, shoes, jewelry and accessories, children’s clothing, and even hunting and fishing gear. GIFTS Cleveland features a large number of gift stores and decorative items for any home or individual. Unique and exclusive merchandise abounds within the retail establishments of the area, and many patrons shop locally to support the lifeblood of the town. ANTIQUES From fine antiques straight from England to pieces for the bargain hunter, there are many stores in Cleveland that cater to everyone, from the novice collector to the seasoned antiquing veteran. Our antique stores are
constantly replenishing their stock, so treasures can be found on any given day. No matter what the budget is, there are great pieces to be curated. GALLERIES Art abounds in Cleveland, and there are several art galleries lining the streets of downtown that sell beautiful paintings and photographs of the landscape. Whether you are looking for a Delta sunset or a cotton field, these pieces are quite easy to find. FOOD For the foodie, Cleveland might be a paradise. With everything from a gourmet butcher shop featuring high-quality meats, cookbooks, kitchenware, and locally-made food items available for sale, to a wide variety of locally-owned restaurants and bakeries selling fresh cupcakes, breads, casseroles and more, this small town offers a huge selection when it comes to satisfying any food craving. 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE F 23
MISSISSIPPI SOUVENIRS If you are looking to take home a piece of the Magnolia State, there are many shops that offer both Mississippiand Delta-related merchandise. Find cups, necklaces, postcards, books and much more to take home, or purchase for yourself to show Mississippi pride. POTTERY Many visitors and locals alike are huge collectors of pottery. There are two names in particular that draw 24 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
in thousands of people each year, McCartys Pottery in Merigold, and Peter’s Pottery in Mound Bayou. The unique pieces and collections continue to be sought after, and the new additions to the lineup continue to bring people back over and over again. Shopping in Cleveland and Bolivar County continues to be one of the top draws for visitors and supplies residents with everything they need. It’s not hard to see why people make the trek from all across the region to peruse the stores and continue to come back year after year to visit the shopping mecca that is Cleveland.
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antiques ROSSON & COMPANY 140 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3986 NEYSA’S FIRESIDE SHOP 109 North St./Corner of Sharpe Ave. Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3311 www.neysasfireside.com MOONSTRUCK FLEA MARKET 150 E North Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 444-3532 (FLEA) www.moonstruckfleamarket.com
book stores COTTON ROW BOOKSTORE Cotton Row Bookstore 333 Cotton Row Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-7083 THE DELTA CHRISTIAN The Delta Christian 112 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 641-6620 www.facebook.com/ thedeltachristian
clothing stores ABRAHAM’S CLOTHING SHOPPE 136 North Sharpe Ave. Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4541
DELTA CASUAL 117 South Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 545-4747 FACTORY CONNECTION 407 South Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-1281 www.factory-connection.com GILBOW’S 138 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-1151 GOODYS 415 South Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-9129 H SQUARED BOUTIQUE 126 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4504 www.hsquaredladieswear.com HEIDI’S 110 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3950 www.heidisonline.com KAT 349 Cotton Row Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 400-3038 ACE HARDWARE 401 1st Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-8200
clothing stores KUTWORKS STUDIO 118 E. Sunflower Suite A Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-1818 MIA’S SHOE BOX & SUIT SUPPLY 113 North Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 701-6225 www.miashoebox.com PUNKIN PATCH 134 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-0434 TEN TWENTY FOUR 154 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 579-3325 THE RUSTIC NAIL 158 North Sharpe Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 545-4951 THE WISHING WELL 341 Cotton Row Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-7881
frame shops AD-VENTURE FRAMES 205 Cotton Row Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-6232 NANCY’S COTTON ROW FRAME SHOP 329 Cotton Row Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-6175
gifts THE CLEVELAND COMMONS 172 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3802 HEIDI’S 110 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3950 www.heidisonline.com NEYSA’S FIRESIDE SHOP 109 North St./Corner of Sharpe Ave. Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3311 www.neysasfireside.com PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE 611 Gaines (Highway 61 North) Boyle, MS 38730 (662) 441-2995 professionallawncarems.com SAWDUST SHACK 108 Commerce Avenue Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 545-4829 www.thesawdustshack.com
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jewelry stores BRITT JEWELRY 104 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-7464 ROSSON & COMPANY 140 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3986
pottery MCCARTYS 101 St. Mary Street Merigold, MS 38759 (662) 748-2293 www.mccartyspottery.com PETER’S POTTERY 301 Fortune Ave Mound Bayou, MS 38762 (662) 741-2283 www.peters-pottery.net
retail ACE HARDWARE 401 1st Steet Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-8200 ANGIE’S PRODUCE 401 E. Sunflower Rd Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-6340 FACTORY DIRECT FURNITURE 4115 Hwy 8 East Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-6944 www.FactoryDirectMS.net
MISSISSIPPI CONSIGNMENT SALES 601 East Sunflower Rd Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3388 PAUL’S MART 612 North Davis Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-2719
DELTA OUTDOORS 3755 Hwy 61 North Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-9109 THE SAWDUST SHACK 108 Commerce Ave, Suite A Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 545-4829 www.thesawdustshack.com WAL-MART #1530 710 North Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-6567 www.walmart.com
flower shops DELTA BLOOMS 166 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 588-8418 FLOWERS ‘N THINGS 160 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-6136 www.flowersnthingsofcleveland.com CLEVELAND FLORAL 119 South Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-2768
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DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND Noted for its quaint downtown, Cleveland offers one of the most unique shopping experiences in the state.
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DINING OUT, MISSISSIPPI-DELTA STYLE; When you visit Bolivar County, the food is plentiful & the choices are endless! When you visit Bolivar County, remember to bring your appetite. Southerndelicacies are in great demand and our restaurants can meet each one. Cleveland is a melting pot of delicious cuisine. Whether you are in the mood for fine dining, Japanese, soul food, crawfish, hot tamales, barbecue or burgers, Cleveland restaurants are sure to please your palate. We have restaurants that will accommodate large sports teams or a 32 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
quiet dinner for two. The Delta is known not just for music and a culturally rich history, but by regionally specific foods as well. Barbecue lovers, rejoice. Southern-style barbecue is found in many places around Cleveland. From a hot rack of ribs to a pork sandwich smothered in sauce and covered in homemade slaw, you will find the pig cooked every way from simmered to smoked. If good, old-fashioned soul food is
what you are craving, Cleveland has some of the best in the south. Whether you go all-veggie or meat-and-threesides, you are sure not to be disappointed. While you are there, keep an eye out for Led Zeppelin member and Delta blues-lover Robert Plant; he has been known to come for his fill of the soulful goodness as well. The hot tamale has become legendary and sought-after. The tradition of this Delta staple is a historic tale, and the tamale even found fame in blues
songs such as Robert Johnson’s “Red Hot.” Read up on the history of the delicious cornhusked-delicacy at www. tamaletrail.com. Bolivar County even has a few restaurants featured on the interactive trail, created by the Southern Foodways Alliance. Whether you like yours with ketchup and saltines, or just by themselves, you certainly won’t be disappointed. Catfish — whether you like yours fried, blackened or grilled — can be found in many
of Cleveland’s plentiful dining options. You can find it locally on a buffet, an all-you-can-eat platter, or in a fine-dining restaurant. This regional specialty certainly is worth a taste. Not only is Southern cuisine popularwith visitors to Cleveland, but we also have some of the best lunch spots in the region, many within the historic Crosstie Shopping District located downtown. From sandwiches and wraps to baked goods, hot soups and fresh salads, there is a restaurant
to satisfy any craving. Whatever international taste you are in the mood for — Italian, Mexican, Chinese or Polish — restaurants in Cleveland can oblige. We also have fantastic steak houses, some even with a Cajun flair. And don’t miss out on dessert. Yogurt shops, bakeries and coffee shops are there to help satisfy your sweet tooth. Whatever your mood calls for, the dining options are available here. 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE F 33
Whatever your taste buds desire, our restaurants and bars will certainly satisfy.
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restaurants A LA CARTE ALLEY 111 South Court St Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 545-4229 alacartealley.com
AIRPORT GROCERY 3608 Hwy 61 North Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4817
BACK YARD BURGER 314 East Carpenter St Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-9063 backyardburgers.com
BACKDRAFT
crawdads1.com
LA CABANA
CRUSTACEANS
702 North Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-1917
724 South Davis Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 836-6456
DELTA DAIRY 113 South Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 545-4859 deltadairy.com
DELTA MEAT MARKET
LOST PIZZA CO. 3745 Hwy 61 North Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-1300 www.lostpizza.com
MEXICO GRILL
118 North Sharpe Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 444-6328 deltameatmarket.com
604 N. Davis Ave, Suite 106 F Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3383 mexicogrillcleveland.com
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MISSISSIPPI GROUNDS
337 Cotton Row Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-9991
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DOMINOS
114 South Gaines Hwy Boyle, MS 38730 (662) 846-8943 bellazarssteaksseafood.com
425 North Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3663 (662) 417-3909 dominos.com
MOSQUITO BURRITO
FAT BABY’S CATFISH HOUSE
NO WAY JOSE
CATFISH CABIN 575 Hwy 61 Boyle, MS 38730 (662) 846-0004 catfishcabinboylems.com
COUNTRY PLATTER, INC 700 Ruby Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-7051
CRAVE BISTRO 103 South Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-5222 cravebistro.com
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3670 Hwy 61 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 721-9001 fatbabyscatfishhouse.com
HEY JOE’S 118 East Sunflower Road, Suite C Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-5425 eatheyjoes.com
LENNYS 1307 Hwy 8 West Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-5100
219 South Court St Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 545-4528 mississippigrounds.com
118 East Sunflower Road Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4822 mosquitoburritoms.com
1321 Hwy West Suite 2 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 545-4929 www.facebook.com/noway-josecleveland
PAPA JOHN’S PIZZA 903-A Oak Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-7272 papajohns.com
PAPA ROC’S 3442 Hwy 8 West Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 545-4525 www.paparocs.com
PICKLED OKRA BAR & GRILL
THE STARVING MUSICIAN
201 S. Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-8510
323 Cotton Row Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-7535 starvingmusicianbakery.com
SENATOR’S PLACE 128 S. Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-7434
SONIC DRIVE IN 409 East Sunflower Rd Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4389
food & drink DELTA MEAT MARKET 118 North Sharpe Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 444-6328 deltameatmarket.com
STRIKER GRILL 1321 West Sunflower Rd Suite 3 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 441-2939
THE WAREHOUSE 229 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-7223 (662) 402-1563
THE SWEETERY BAKESHOP 112 North Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 545-4529
grocery stores
GRANDE DESIGN 537 Robinson Drive Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 588-4401 (662) 719-8727
KROGER 602 North Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-0834 kroger.com
LAMPARD’S WHOLESALE MEATS 4146 Hwy 8 East Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3624
VOWELL’S MARKETPLACE 207 North Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-0023 vowellsmarketplace.com
SNO-MAKERS Hwy 8 West, Wester Plaza Shopping Center Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3624
WAL-MART #1530 710 North Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-6567 walmart.com
ABE’S BBQ 1321 Hwy 8 West Suite 7 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 400-3292
coffee services MISSISSIPPI GROUNDS 219 South Court St Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 545-4528 mississippigrounds.com
liquor stores CECIL’S PACKAGE STORE 916 South Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4907 T J’S SPIRITS 1415 Highway 8 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-5386 WARE WINE & SPIRITS 600 North Davis Ave, Suite 3 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-6688
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FESTIVAL CITY
Cleveland’s music, art and culture scene is vibrant. The city offers many opportunities throughout the seasons to enjoy these events.
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CULTURE
THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA, PARTICULARLY BOLIVAR COUNTY, has fostered the birth of the blues, from which several genres of American music have originated. We in Bolivar County are quite proud of our heritage. It is ages old, subjective and downright cool. There is never a visitor who doesn’t proclaim the magic and charm of the Mississippi Delta, which is steeped in mysticism, folklore and tall tales, with a smattering of truth for balance. Our country roads are actually well-worn paths where bluesmen walked along with their mouth harps and guitars. Now, visitors tour these passages with expertsfrom Delta State University’s Delta Center for Culture and Learning and the Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce. The Mississippi Delta, particularly Bolivar County, 48 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
has harbored and fostered thebirth of the blues, from which all American music stemmed. From songs written by Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton and other famed musicians to major motion pictures, Bolivar County has been the inspiration for many to create song, film and feeling. Take a back road west and search for the fabled site and backdrop of legendarybluesman Robert Johnson, where he sold his soul to the devil. Our outlying areas and farms were location sites for the movie, Crossroads, inspired by the legend. In the little town of Benoit is the home of Hollywood Plantation. The Burrus House, also called the Baby Doll
House, is where the 1956 Academy Award-nominated movie, Baby Doll, was filmed. The film was adapted from Mississippi’s own Tennessee Williams’ writings. Take a tour of this plantation and see the grandeur of old southern homes. With deep roots in blues, Civil Rights, Civil War, and Native American history, this area holds many glimpses of the past that are still evident today. The Delta blues has its roots in Bolivar County, along Highway 61 and in uniquetowns like Merigold, Rosedale, Mound Bayou and Cleveland — where W.C. Handy, after listening to a local string band play, declared, “Tonight an American composer was born.” One of the most important stops in Bolivar county is Dockery Plantation. Dockery is located on Highway 8 just east of Cleveland. It is also called the “Birthplace of the Blues,” and
for good reason. For nearly three decades the plantation was intermittently the home of Charley Patton (c. 1891–1934), the mostimportant early Delta blues musician. Patton himself learned from fellow Dockery resident Henry Sloan and influenced many other musicians who came here, including Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson, and Roebuck “Pops” Staples of The Staples Singers. Dockery Plantation was once a self-sufficient area, with its own elementary school, church, currency, resident doctor and dry goods commissary selling everything from groceries to furniture. There was a railway — the Peavine Rail — that connected Dockery Plantation to the small town of Boyle, located to the south of Cleveland, that could carry a traveling musician all the way down the north-south line. Famed bluesman Charley Patton wrote “Peavine Blues” about this railroad. Another not-to-be-missed stop is the famed Po’ Monkey’s Juke Joint in Merigold. Being one of the last remaining authentic juke joints in the country, Po’ Monkey’s has been written up in international publications, The New York Times, and featured on Good Morning America and on many more programs. Many important blues singers came out of Bolivar County. There are nearly 20 Blues Trail markers in the county that stretch from the Great River Road, Highway 1, to U.S. Highway 61, known as the Blues Highway. Visit the places where blues music was sung, created, danced to, and is still enjoyed today. For a complete driving map of Bolivar County markers, visit www.visitclevelandms. com, or www.msbluestrail.org, where there are also smart phone apps that can be downloaded. If you are looking for a little guidance or information on guided tours of the history and heritage of the area, then The Delta Center for Culture and Learning is a must-visit. The Delta Center, located at Delta State University, strives to promote a greater understanding of the history and culture of the Mississippi Delta and its significance to the world. The Delta Center is an excellent resource for learning more about the region’s history and culture. Blues fans also should visit the Cast of Blues exhibit by sculptor Sharon McConnell. 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE F 49
Visit The Delta Center’s website at www.deltacenterdsu.com for more information. From music to trains to civil rights to sports heroes, Cleveland has other great museums and displays that visitors from all over flock to see. At the Martin and Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum there are many displays, old photos, railroad maps and interesting artifacts that tell the story of how the railway shaped the land, put our town on the map, and was imperative to the future of Bolivar county and the Delta. By preserving and promoting the history of the area, that story can be told through the museum’s collection. Along with the displays, there is a full model railroad that runs through “Anytown,” Mississippi. The incredible detail, sounds, and scale of the train are enjoyable to both children and adults. For more information, call (662) 843-3377. GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi opened in Cleveland in spring of 2016 and celebrates our state as the “Birthplace of America’s Music.” Located on the campus of Delta State University, the 28,000 square foot museum features a 140 seat state-of-the-art theater and houses more than two dozen exhibits that explore great music, from rock and hip-hop to country, classical, Latin, R&B, and jazz. GRAMMY Museum Mississippi also offers diverse educational and public programs featuring films, lectures, and live performances. For more information, visit their website at http://www.grammymuseumms.
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org. Also located at Delta State is the Charles W. Capps, Jr. Archives and Museum. With displays ranging from Delta State history to old maps of the area, the museum is a source of great information about our area. Another unique and exciting offering is the Mississippi Delta Chinese Heritage Museum, located on the third floor of the Capps Archives. In Cleveland stands one of the important Freedom Trail markers at the Amzie Moore House Museum and Interpretive Center. Moore was instrumental in the crusade for rights for all, and his home on Chrisman Street saw meetings with Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King Jr., and Bobby Kennedy. Cleveland also is known for sports legend, Dave “Boo” Ferriss, who played for the Boston Red Sox and served as longtime baseball coach at Delta State University. By visiting Inning by Inning: A Life in Baseball, The Dave “Boo” Ferriss Museum, baseball enthusiasts are able to see Ferriss’ career chronicled through personal artifacts and photos from his early days in Shaw, Mississippi, to his Boston Red Sox days, and finally of his successful coaching career at Delta State. This museum is a mustsee for sports fans. To schedule visits to the Chinese Heritage Museum, Amzie Moore House, and Boo Ferriss Museum, please contact the Capps Archives at 662-846-4780.
A fun place to bring out the kid in music lovers.
Producer’s Studio
The Roland Room
Fascinating Artifacts
Produce a new song with Keb’ Mo’
Experience performing onstage
See costumes, instruments and more
Our revolving special exhibits and artifacts make GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi a must-see for music fans of all ages! • Explore all aspects of the recording process and the history of the GRAMMY Awards® • Browse 28,000 square feet of unique artifacts and experiences that tell the stories of legendary artists
GRAMMY® Archives
Interactive Music Table
Find every award winner here
Learn who influenced your favorite artists
• Learn about Mississippi’s important impact on modern music
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ENTERTAINMENT
ART FLOURISHES IN CLEVELAND, from dance to pottery and music to photography. The Delta has inspired thousands to create.
The Mississippi Delta is a place completely immersed in the arts, and Cleveland boasts of more art opportunities than one could imagine. From music to photography, pottery to paintings, we are a haven for some of the most influential southern artists in the area. With art galleries, dance studios and an impressive sculpture garden, we can’t wait for you to find all the little gems that are nestled in Bolivar County. We dare you to watch a Delta sunset without grabbing for your camera to take a picture. We challenge you to take a step off of the beaten path and find a juke joint that provides an authentic blues experience. If it’s the creative process you crave, we can oblige. 56 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
We are known not only for our culture and history, but also for the arts and entertainment that is inspired by the heritage of the area. The Delta Arts Alliance is a local organization that focuses on art education in the schools, as well as the promotion of arts and culture in the community. Functioning out of the newly renovated Ellis Theater located downtown, the Delta Arts Alliance not only hosts revolving exhibits from local artists, but also offers the community classes for children and adults in yoga, theatre, sculpture and more. The art department at Delta State University is famous for housing many significant professors over the years,
as well as many renowned sculptors, photographers and painters. The Wright Art Gallery sits in the art department on campus and is home to both an incredible permanent collection by famous local artists and shows by current faculty and students. Delta State University’s campus is the host of the Hazel and Jimmy Sanders Sculpture Garden at the Bologna Performing Arts Center. This collection of permanent and revolving pieces is truly a sight to see. With QR codes on each sculpture, visitors can learn about the piece, as well as the artist. It is a great place to have a picnic on a beautiful day or simply to peruse for an enjoyable experience. The Bologna Performing Arts Center itself is truly
a gem in the Delta. With outstanding musical performances, touring Broadway shows and special events, the BPAC stage has seen such acts as Amy Grant, The Temptations, the late B.B. King and Frankie Avalon, and touring companies of “Mamma Mia!,” “Cabaret,” “Shrek the Musical,” “Hairspray” and many more. The center also offers summer arts institute camps for children who come from all over the country. The live music scene in Cleveland continues to thrive. With local festivals, as well as a great assortment of live music venues and restaurants that host musical guests, you can hear blues, rock, indie and country music on any given night in the area. 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE F 57
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DELTA STATE DELTA STATE HAS GROWN FROM A SMALL UNIVERSITY in the South to a powerhouse player in both education and collegiate sports. One of eight public universities in Mississippi, Delta State University continues to receive accolades from across the educational spectrum for the many world-class academic programs the school offers. Additionally, Delta State’s sports teams have won many regional championships, and that has brought much positive attention to the university. The Mississippi Delta region and the university have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship that has lasted 90 years. DSU’s current president, Dr. Bill LaForge, a Cleveland native, is DSU’s eighth president, and LaForge has brought a fresh perspective on finances, student relations and how the community — his community — can work to the benefit of both Cleveland and Delta State. And LaForge is not only a DSU graduate, he is also a legacy. His father, Dr. William LaForge, was a longtime history professor and dean of the college of arts and sciences, whose namesake building, the Roberts-LaForge Library, rests on the south side of the campus. Delta State’s beginnings can be traced back to 1922, when formal talks began with the Mississippi Legislature and other state entities and leaders to establish a state institution of higher learning in Cleveland. Through an organized effort by Cleveland business and political leaders, citizens rallied for the Delta State Teachers College, and their hard work brought DSU to Cleveland. 60 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
On June 7, 1924, Delta State Teachers College opened with a faculty of 11 and an enrollment of 123. In 1955, the name was changed to Delta State College due to the expanding educational programs offered. In 1974, Delta State College became Delta State University. While DSU began as a teachers college, and still produces some of the
best and brightest educators in the state, the university has made several additions to its curriculum. The university offers several unique educational opportunities, including a bachelor’s degree in commercial aviation. Delta State is the only college in Mississippi to offer a master’s in commercial aviation. The Center for Interdisciplinary
Geospatial Information Technologies is an independent unit of the College of Arts and Sciences and has grown considerably over the past several years. The mission of the center is to provide geospatial services, accessible education and training, and institutional knowledge for geospatial information technologies to the widest possible audience, and particularly,
the mid-Delta region. The Robert E. Smith School of Nursing is another centerpiece program at the university. From bachelor’s and master’s of science degrees in nursing to the RN-BSN Completion Program, Delta State fills hospitals and medical facilities with quality nurses. DSU houses a College of Arts and
Sciences, College of Business, and College of Education and Human Sciences, as well as the Robert E. Smith School of Nursing and Graduate and Continuing Studies. Students can receive degrees in fine arts, science, business administration, music, music education, nursing, science in education, science in social work and general studies. 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE F 61
To further their education, graduates can receive a master’s degree in professional accountancy, business administration, science, educational specialist, education, applied sciences, nursing, liberal studies, natural science, arts in teaching and science in social justice and criminology. With the Mississippi Delta being the birthplace of American music, DSU opened the Delta Music Institute Recording Studios in the spring of 2009. DMI is also home to the DMI Mobile Music Lab, a mobile music technology facility serving upper elementary through high school students in the Mississippi Delta. Through the Delta Music Institute, an exciting new chapter has begun at the GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi, the first sanctioned GRAMMY® Museum outside of Los Angeles that has recently been built on the campus of Delta State University. Delta State is also home of the Bologna Performing Arts Center, a multi-disciplinary facility. The BPAC, as it is called locally, opened its doors in 1995. The main performance hall consists of 1,178 seats in the Delta & Pine Land Theater and 135 seats in the Recital Hall. It has earned recognition as one of the premier houses for entertainment and arts in Mississippi and the Southeast. 62 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
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In 2000, The Delta Center for Culture and Learning was launched, which focuses on each and every aspect of who we are and where we come from. The center offers tours of Cleveland and the Mississippi Delta. The Delta State University Aquatics Center, which opened in 2001, is a 46,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility. The center includes a 60-meter by 25-yard pool with moveable bulkheads, plus a separate diving well. It 64 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
has enough seating to accommodate over 2,500 swimming enthusiasts. The center also has men’s and women’s dressing rooms, an athletic training area, offices for the staff and two large classrooms. In July 2014, Delta State University and Geo Surfaces Inc., of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, unveiled an eye-opening turf renovation to Parker Field-McCool Stadium. Delta State is the fifth school in
the Gulf South Conference to make the switch to a synthetic playing surface and the first collegiate client for Geo-Surfaces Inc. in Mississippi. The project features Geo-Surfaces’ latest synthetic surface with six-foot-wide sidewalks surrounding Parker Field. A 45-foot x 90-foot synthetic field for pregame stretching and practice is also a part of the design. Mississippi’s first patented GeoFlo shock pad and drainage system is also an unseen feature at the field. The system is designed to help curtail injuries sustained from contact with the field, while helping to assist drainage. The system is the same one used by the National Football League’s Pro Bowl, NFL Challenge Field and Louisiana State University’s football practice field. Teach For America has also been an integral part of the Mississippi Delta. Teach For America is the national corps of the top recent college graduates who commit to teach for at least two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. In June 2010, the Delta Teacher-Training Institute at Delta State University began, with corps members teaching students throughout the Mississippi Delta while attending classes at the university. The Delta Institute was the eighth Teach For America training location and the first in a rural area, joining Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia and Phoenix. Throughout its growing history, Delta State has excelled in athletics. The Delta State University Statesmen and Lady Statesmen boast nine national championships, 35 regional championships and 52 conference titles in their storied history. In over 80 years of competition, no other Mississippi university has enjoyed the level of success Delta State University has achieved on the field. The Lady Statesmen have claimed six national titles in women’s basketball in the program’s illustrious history. Margaret Wade guided the Lady Statesmen to the first three-peat
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Special appearances by the legendary Statesman and Fighting Okra mascots (above) pump up the crowd during football weekends, while the statue of Boo Ferris (right), welcomes baseball enthusiasts to every game.
in women’s intercollegiate basketball in the mid-1970s. Lloyd Clark would pick up where Wade left off, guiding DSU to three NCAA Division II crowns from 1989-1992. There is now a spectacular statue of Wade’s likeness located in front of the Walter Sillers Coliseum on campus. Clark was also celebrated for his extraordinary effort by the basketball court being named in his honor. In 2004, Mike Kinnison, a former manager turned All-American shortstop turned Statesmen skipper, directed Delta State’s baseball program to its first NCAA Division II National 66 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
Championship, after Coach Dave “Boo” Ferriss and Coach Bill Marchant had paved the way. The Statesmen football program reached the “higher ground” in 2000, as former coach Steve Campbell directed the program to the national title with a thumping of Bloomsberg at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Ala. The Delta State University campus
has also hosted many famous faces throughout the years, from William Faulkner to presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, to former senator Bob Dole and German rocket scientist Wernher Von Braun. DSU continues to be the leader in education in the Mississippi Delta, and Cleveland is proud to host this world-class university in the community.
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THE GRAMMY MUSEUM MISSISSIPPI located near the campus of Delta State University is the region’s newest attraction. The stars aligned in Cleveland, Mississippi, when GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi opened its doors in March 2016. The Museum celebrates all forms of recorded music in words, pictures, art, film, and sound. It’s a venue where visitors, young and seasoned, enjoy the unique opportunity to live in a moment of music. You hear it. You see it. You even feel it. It’s an experience like none other in the world. Built and operated by the Cleveland Music Foundation, a non-profit organization developed in 2011, the 28,000-square-foot, $20 million GRAMMY Museum Mississippi is housed near the campus of Delta State University. Similar to its sister Museum — GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE — GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi is dedicated to exploring the past, present and future of music, and the cultural context from which it emerges, while casting a focused spotlight on the deep musical roots of Mississippi. “Mississippi didn’t give just the blues to the world,” said Emily Havens, GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi executive director. “It has given all forms of American music to the world.” While the Museum celebrates recorded music in its entirety, special tribute is paid to Mississippi’s GRAMMY winners and nominees. Almost eight percent of all GRAMMY Hall of Fame songs have been recorded by artists born in the Magnolia State. The Museum features a room where the autographs of these artists are etched in wood — familiar names such as Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Leontyne Price, Faith Hill, Bo Diddley, Mary Wilson of the Supremes, Britney Spears, Ike Turner, and a long list of many more. “People are going to be amazed and surprised by the history of music in Mississippi,” said Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Judson Thigpen. “For Cleveland to have the GRAMMY Museum, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” COMMUNITY & EDUCATION The Museum is situated in close proximity to the university’s Delta Music Institute — Mississippi’s sole accredited music industry studies program. It’s also close to the Bologna Performing Arts Center, a world-class facility that hosts entertainers from all over the world. Eighty percent of GRAMMY Museum’s focus is devoted to education, which underlines its mission to bring the power of music to youth of all backgrounds. 70 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
Like never before, students in the Delta and surrounding areas have the opportunity to learn about music through interactive activities, workshops, one-on-one instruction, internships, jobs, student exchanges, and simply the opportunity to meet talented musicians in person. “The Museum gives kids a worldly perspective,” Havens said. “It shows young people they can be creative and successful in music and art, and teaches them how to turn those talents into careers.”
A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS If you’re in Cleveland, you can’t miss the Museum. Located near downtown on the Delta State campus, GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi has the modern architecture that, as one local musician said, “is just cool, man.” And yet, incorporated in its contemporary design, the architects were very careful to place structural symbols and reminders of the history of the Mississippi Delta and its way of life. In the separate front room of the museum display area, you will be treated to the special traveling exhibits.
Currently, The Legend of Motown Celebrating the Supremes will be on display now until September 3. “These are elaborate, high-tech exhibits that ordinarily visit urban centers such as Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C., and other large cities,” Havens said. “They don’t go to smaller cities, let alone a little town like Cleveland. So, to have that caliber of exhibit here is just unbelievable.” After a walk though the main lobby, you enter the permanent display section of the museum. The GRAMMY itself — the trophy — has gone through five 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE F 71
iterations since its inception in 1959. In The Evolution of the GRAMMY Award exhibit, learn about the Colorado family who has hand-made the GRAMMY over seven generations. This area of the museum has massive monitors that feature a continuous feed of scenes from the most recent GRAMMY Award ceremonies. Next, neon-lit vertical columns feature GRAMMY Award winners by decade. Each column has a touchscreen device that allows you to research the songs, performers and lyrics from each decade’s Albums of the Year. You can even listen to the big hits on headsets. Now, you’re in for a Culture Shock. This exhibit highlights those many moments when music caused major
alistic studio setting. Write the lyrics and rehearse the song alongside three-time GRAMMY Award-winning blues musician Keb’ Mo’. Your song is recorded and then sent to the production studio, where Keb’ Mo’ talks you through the process of producing the sound. You choose the instruments, levels, and volume. It’s all yours! Your finished song is saved to a database. The Mono To Surround exhibit demonstrates how sound has advanced for the consumers of recorded music. You enter an isolated booth that fits several people and features several speakers positioned throughout the room. Hit the start button, and a list of songs appears on the flat-screen monitor. Select a song and hear how it sounds on a wax cylinder, a gramophone, monophonic
shifts in American culture. Watch and listen as Elvis twists his hips on the Ed Sullivan Show or when peace and love prevailed at Woodstock. You’ll have a blast in the History of Dance exhibit space, where GRAMMY Award winner Ne-Yo is ready to teach you some of his signature dance steps. As he instructs in “real life” from a huge monitor, you learn the dance by following a sequence of lighted tiles in the floor. Step, step, step — it’s easy. And it’s fun! Now you’re ready to write, record and produce a blues song, or a song from any genre of your choice, in a re-
78-RPM discs. Finally, you’ll hear your song in today’s state-of-the-art, high-definition 51 surround sound. We’ve come a long way, baby! Roland Corporation is one of the most elite manufacturers of electronic musical instruments. In the Roland Room at the GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi, you have the chance to play those instruments as though you’re performing a concert — complete with stage and overhead lights. Play the drums, the keyboards, the guitar — tear it up! You’re the only one who can hear your sound on the headset you’re wearing. Live in your own musi-
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cal world while playing amazing quality Roland instruments. The final exhibit is dedicated to Mississippi’s GRAMMY Award winners and nominees. At the Mississippi Music Bar you can use the touch screen to discover all the artists who hail from the Magnolia State. Learn about the people and listen to their groundbreaking songs. You can now pull up a place at the Mississippi Music Table, a remarkable interactive display that lets you and your friends get in on the action. The table is 12 feet long and is comprised of a series of large, high-definition, flat-screen monitors. A constant moving river of images floats by. They’re Mississippi’s finest musicians, artists, and songwriters. Touch one of the pictures, and you’ll get their personal information bios, list of songs, and other facts. You can also listen to their music on the headset. It gets even better. If you like what you hear and tap on the button, you can send that artist to any of your friends around the table. It’s like a hockey puck — the artist’s picture takes off and zips down the table to
whomever you choose. That person can then open it up, see the information, and listen to the songs. “From a technology standpoint, it is probably one of the most sophisticated, interactive components in any museum in the world,” Havens said. “It’s the last stop in the museum, which I believe to be a truly remarkable facility.” GRAMMY Museum® is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5:30 p.m. The phone number is (662) 441-0100. Be sure to check online at grammymuseumms.org for more information, admission tickets, and the full event schedule. In addition to the in-house and traveling displays, GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi hosts a steady stream of entertainers and music-industry insiders who present live concerts and seminars on the state-of-the-art sound stage in the Museum’s 140-seat auditorium. At the GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi, your song is always playing! The soundtrack of your life awaits you.
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THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Visitors to Bolivar County will quickly find there is no shortage of outdoor experiences.
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OUTDOORS
WILDLIFE ABOUNDS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. DELTANS IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN NATURE, WHETHER THEY HUNT, FISH OR BIRD-WATCH. For every season of the year, there is always something to do to in the great outdoors. Fishing is a favorite pastime, and recently the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks opened Lake Charlie Capps to the general public for one-of-a-kind fishing opportunities. It is stocked with bass, bream and the state’s favorite fish — catfish. In addition to hunting and fishing, Bolivar County offers a variety of outdoor activities, including bird-watching, boating and hiking. The Mississippi flyway provides a natural setting for more than 200 species of birds, and the Dahomey National Waterfowl Refuge in Bolivar County is the perfect venue for sighting these beautiful creatures. 76 V 2016 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
Dahomey also provides seasonal hunting opportunities for deer, duck, turkey and wild hog. There are also nature trails, an observation tower and a butterfly garden on the premises. Those looking for outdoor recreational activities can visit Perry Martin Lake, where bass, white perch and catfish abound. Visitors can hike the nature trail through lush woodlands teeming with deer, turkey, a variety of birds and other wildlife. Bolivar County is home to a variety of great fishing spots and lakes for bird watching and recreational activities that offer visitors and locals enjoyment year-round. Another way to experience the outdoors in Cleveland, and also get some exercise, is making use of one of the many walking trails that Cleve-
land boasts. The downtown green strip holds a great walking track, and both visitors and locals can be seen using this from early morning until evening. Also, there is a track located on the intramural fields at Delta State University that is not only marked for distance, but has workout equipment as well. It is well-lit at night so the lack of sunlight is not a deterrent. A bike trail was also constructed in downtown Cleveland, complete with full lighting for nighttime visibility. Around 1.2 miles, this trail offers a smooth ride for any cyclist. There are several parks in Cleveland that hold fun for the whole
family. Bear Pen Park is home to a great playground, walking trail, tennis courts, baseball facilities and pond where you can feed the ducks. There is also a picnic area for gatherings. Another local park is in the heart of Cleveland, called Fireman’s Park. With soccer fields, baseball fields, a playground, tennis courts and a wading pool, this popular park also has a gathering space, gazebo and green space to enjoy a day outdoors. A mural painted on the side of the baseball hut provides an artistic flair to the park.
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INDUSTRY INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING set national standards with a strong workforce and quality products.
Bolivar County has a burgeoning number of industries that have planted strong foundations and harvested much success in the land that normally brings grain to fruition. Within the county, a strong employment base lends itself to major companies looking for a home. One industry segment – the medical industry – has found a home in Bolivar County. Needle Specialty – a home grown business – opened in 1987 and processes all gauges, large and small, of tubing and wire with multiple designs for an abundance of medical devices in use today. Over 140 residents are employed at Needle Specialty. Owner Michael Belenchia took over in 2011 as owner after working in the company since 1993. Belenchia got his start in the medical field working at the county’s oldest medical supplier – Baxter Healthcare.
In the 1950s, Baxter Healthcare came to Bolivar County to set up shop. The national company has grown to become the second largest industry outside of agriculture in the county. Baxter employs around 600 people. The Cleveland facility is Baxter’s longest-operating manufacturing site in the country. The facility produces major medical device platforms including IV solution 80 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
containers, administration sets and reconstruction devices. With more than six decades of success in Bolivar County, Quality Steel Corporation – founded by Lowry Tims in 1957 – has been manufacturing steel propane tanks. At its inception, it was only one of 50 manufacturers in the country. In 1975, Tims’ sons took over after
his passing. Since that time, two of the sons have left the company and Jim Tims now presides as president and CEO of QSC. Even in a shrinking market, QSC has maintained growth and garnered more market share. Today, QSC is one of only four American manufacturers still in the national market. Kim credits the company’s success with
“the company’s desire for unsurpassed quality.” Driving success has a bit of a different meaning for Faurecia Automotive. The worldwide company chose Cleveland in 2004 as one of its plants that assembles automotive seating. The plant is one of 39 in the US alone. Located snugly between Jackson and Memphis and just a short drive to Little Rock or New Orleans, Cleve2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE F 81
land and Bolivar County are perfectly situated for commercial travel either by highway or the river. And with a workforce that has Delta State University, Mississippi Delta Community College, Coahoma Community College and a thriving public and private school educational foundation, there are plenty of quality workers available. The schools, colleges and universities also provide job-training skills and work programs that benefit each industry.
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The Mississippi River provides a pleasant backdrop for hunting and fishing but one of its main benefits it’s the shipping route. For more than 200 years, the MS River has been used to transport goods including grain, wood, chemicals, petroleum products, coffee, coal, edible oils and much more. From commerce on the river in Rosedale to medical products and automotive industry parts, bolivar County is home indeed.
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HEALTHCARE
LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ACCESS TO TOP-NOTCH, AWARD-WINNING HEALTHCARE IN CLEVELAND, RULEVILLE, AND BOLIVAR COUNTY. With many acres of dirt and turn rows, it’s hard to imagine a rural area as Bolivar County being a leader in healthcare – much less being a “go to” destination. But the area has become an amazing mecca of healthcare with a small town feel and deeply rooted personal care. Across the county dozens of healthcare professionals and facilities are a cut above facilities you’d find in larger metropolitan areas. Our local hospitals, physical therapists, obstetricians and other healthcare professionals are highly trained in their respective fields providing state-of-the-art care with an old-school medicine feel. No matter the need, the medical community of Bolivar County and nearby Sunflower County is willing and prepared to serve. From general practitioners and specialists to pharmacies and dentists – Cleveland can meet each and every medical need. And with those needs in mind, local doctors, nurses and other members of the medical community provide quality healthcare with a hometown feel. More importantly, many of those in the medical field are native or transplanted Deltans who have chosen to 86 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
stay in the Delta to provide healthcare to their neighbors, families and friends. There are also community hospitals that provide a personal touch that one simply cannot find in metropolitan facilities. Bolivar Medical Center, located in Cleveland, is a 165bed, acute care facility that is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organization. The medical staff consists of active members whose specialties include family practice, internal medicine, general surgery, ophthalmology, obstetrics/gynecology, urology, pediatric dentistry, radiology, pathology and nephrology. A podiatrist is also on staff. Having served the area for more than half a century, Bolivar Medical Center provides many services including: arteriograms and other interventional procedures, CT Scans, ultrasound, nuclear medicine and general radiology, dialysis, dietary services, EEGs, EKGs, treadmills and pulmonary function testing, laparoscopic procedures, mammography services, hematology, microbiology, blood bank and general chemistry laboratory services among many others.
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In addition, Bolivar Medical Center has recently taken a major step in medical communication technology. BMC established a partnership with St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital in an effort to bring specialized stroke diagnosis and treatment to the Mississippi Delta. St. Dominic Hospital – one of the most comprehensive in the state – is a certified Primary Stroke Center with an expertly skilled team of clinical professional who provide high-tech intervention and evidence-based care for every stroke patient. The familiar phrase, “Take me to Ruleville,” stems from great patient care and medical treatment found just east of Cleveland in Sunflower County. The North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville is a multi-faceted, county-owned hospital that offers complete continuum of care through such services as a 25-bed Acute/Swingbed Critical Access Facility, a 60-bed Skilled Nursing Facility, a 10-bed Senior Care Facility, an Intensive Outpatient Psychiatric
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Care Unit, a Durable Medical Equipment and Comprehensive Services unit comprised of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapies. Sunflower Rural Health Clinic of North Sunflower Medical Center Clinic is open from 8:00 p.m. to midnight, seven days a week, for non-emergent psychological, medical and social services. They also have medical staff that specialize in orthopedics, wound care, pediatric and adult dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, ophthalmology, gynecology, general surgery, ENT, internal medicine, pathology and family practice. Overall, they offer more than 30 services – a trip to Ruleville is all one needs for any medical malady. North Sunflower Medical Center recently partnered with Trina Health Systems to provide cutting edge technology and medical knowledge and practice in the treatment of diabetes and its symptoms. Though the use of artificial pancreas treatment centers,
those suffering from diabetes can get help. APT treatments successfully stops and reverses the complications of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. After treatment, patients regain proper levels of ATP giving their cells energy and protecting them from damages from complications. The Delta Health Center in Mound Bayou, located just north of Cleveland, has become a relied upon health resource for the residents there. The center provides primary care, dental care, OB/GYN services, family planning services, laboratory services, pharmacy services, X-ray services, social services, WIC Certification, EPSDT Screening and home health services. The Taborian Hospital once was the main center for Mound Bayou health care needs but it closed back in 1983. The facility has been renovated and now serves the community as an urgent care center. Healthcare in the Delta – top notch with home town care.
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SOUTH STREET PHARMACY 410 SOUTH STREET • CLEVELAND, MS 38732 662-843-6700
• Prescriptions • Diabetes Shoppe • Pet Medications • Over The Counter Medications • Gifts and Cards and Much More • Large Selection of Scrubs
We Accept All Insurance, Medicaid and Medicare Part D. Michael Clark, R.PH | Kristi Clark, R. PH Monday - Friday 8:00- 6:00 pm | Saturday 8:00 - 1:00 pm
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The old Taborian Hospital in Mound Bayou is a historic landmark.
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CHIROPRACTORS
LONG CHIROPRACTIC, PLLC 810 E Sunflower Rd, Suite 100E Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 721-4496 www.longchiropracticpllc.com
DENTISTS
JENNINGS FAMILY DENTAL 716 1st Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-2955 www.jenningsfamilydental.com JOHNSON DENTAL 1313 Hwy 8 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-8353 www.johnsondentalclinic.com ENGEL ORTHODONTICS 816 East Sunflower Rd Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-7730 www.engelsmiles.com PEDIATRIC DENTAL SPECIALIST, PLLC 837 South Main Street Greenville, MS 38701 (662) 334-9337 www.pediatricdmd.com RAANNE TINDLE, D.M.D. 601 West Sunflower Rd Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-1570 ROBERT T. RAGAN D.D.S. 216 North Pearman Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-2431 www.ragandentalclinic.com
EYE CARE
DR. M. E. MUIR, OPTOMETRIST 214 West Sunflower Rd Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4025 PELTAN EYE & LASER 425 North Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 545-4600 REESE EYE CARE SERVICES, P.A. 801 East Sunflower Rd Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4011
HEALTHCARE SERVICES
AVRITT MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, INC. 4020 Hwy 8 East Phone #1: (662) 843-7007 Cleveland, MS 38732 www.avrittmedical.com
BLAKE SURGICAL ASSOCIATION, PLLC 907 East Sunflower Rd, Suite 101 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-8880 www.blakesurgical.com BOLIVAR UROLOGY CLINIC, P.A. 907 East Sunflower Rd, Suite 103 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-9990 CLEVELAND NURSING AND R EHABILIRARION CENTER, LLC 4036 Hwy 8 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4014 www.clevelandnursingandrehab.com CONTINUE CARE HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE 803 E. Sunflower Rd Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-7693 (800) 273-0649 www.continuecare.com DELTA OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY 801 1st Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-0880 HEALTH HELP MISSISSIPPI 239 Main Street Greenville, MS 38701 (662) 335-3197 (662) 931-3111 www.mhap.org DELTA HEALTH PARTNERS/ HEALTHY START 119 S. Theobald Street Greenville, MS 38701 (662) 335-4300 www.tougalee.edu
MEDICAL CLINICS AND HOSPITALS
BLAKE SURGICAL ASSOCIATION, PLLC 907 East Sunflower Rd, Suite 101 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-8880 www.blakesurgical.com BOLIVAR MEDICAL CENTER 901 East Sunflower Rd Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-0061 www.bolivarmedical.com BOLIVAR UROLOGY CLINIC, P.A. 907 East Sunflower Rd, Suite 103 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-9990
CLEVELAND MEDICAL CLINIC, PLLC 801 East Sunflower Rd, Suite 100A Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3606 DELTA OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY 801 First Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-0880 FAMILY MEDICAL CLINIC 803 First Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-2721
NURSING HOME
CLEVELAND NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC 4036 Hwy 8 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4014 www.clevelandnursingandrehab.com SHELBY NURSING AND REHAB 1108 Church Street, Shelby, MS 38774 (662) 398-5117 (601) 862-3987
PHARMACY/DRUG STORE CLEVELAND MEDICAL ARTS PHARMACY 801 East Sunflower Rd, Suite 100d Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4214 HAIRE DRUG CENTER 805 1st Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4211 SOUTH STREET PHARMACY 410 South Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-6700 WALGREENS 301 North Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-1206 www.walgreens.com WAL-MART #1530 710 North Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-6567 www.walmart.com
PHYSICAL THERAPY
ADVANCED PHYSICAL THERAPY 810 East Sunflower Rd, Suite 150 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4990
* Information provided by the Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce
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FESTIVAL CITY
Cleveland’s music, art and culture scene is vibrant. The city offers many opportunities throughout the seasons to enjoy these events.
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AGRICULTURE
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FARMING IS THE BACKBONE OF THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. It has provided thousands of jobs and put food on America’s dinner tables. When it was discovered that rich, fertile soil was native to Bolivar County, people migrated to the area to plant row after perfect row of corn, cotton, rice, soybeans, wheat and sorghum. It is that same soil that brought the first settlers to the area back in the 1800s, and they never looked back. In the early years, Italians migrated to Bolivar County for sharecropping opportunities and remain some of the biggest farmers in the area today. Most farms are passed down generation to generation, and Bolivar County farmers are a proud, sturdy lot that respect the land they cultivate. It is a tradition and a heritage. In fact, farming remains the backbone of Bolivar County. Agriculture is the No. 1 employer in the Delta. It stands to reason that Bolivar is the top county in terms of acres farmed in the state of Mississippi. While the county does not have the highest number of farmers in the state, Bolivar can boast as being the top producer in many crops. Visitors in agribusiness often comment how the county is home to some of the most savvy producers in the country. Today, Bolivar County is the top-producing county for soybeans, producing between 4,000,001 to 10,000,000 bushels per year. We are also the top-producing county in the state for wheat, harvesting between 1,400, 001 to 3,000,000 bushels yearly. The county can also boast as being the top producer in rice hundredweight, reaching between 2,000,001 and 4,000,000 per year. With plentiful farmland and farmers, one is sure to find agribusiness. Hundreds of locals find employment through numerous fields related to farming. From Ag pilots to chemical sales, the farming industry provides countless jobs and enriches the local economy. 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE F 97
Jimmy Sanders Inc., established in 1953, is one of the largest agricultural input supply and distribution businesses in the Mid-South. While Sanders calls Cleveland its headquarters, the company currently services growers through 93 locations in nine states, including Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Texas and Oklahoma. Sanders is multifaceted in its operations, which include seed production and sales, agricultural chemical distribution, bulk handling of fertilizer and, through its award-winning OptiGro® program, variable rate technology and other precision agriculture services. The company also provides wildlife food plot products and services through its Wildwood Genetics® brand. Delta & Pine Land, now owned by Monsanto, is a leader in cottonseed production. The company provides its crossbred and genetically engineered cottonseed to agriculture enterprises worldwide. Founded in 1957, Helena Chemical Company has grown to be one of the nation’s foremost distributors of crop protection and crop production inputs and services for agricultural, turf & ornamental, forestry, aquatics and vegetation management markets. Crop Production Services is a preferred distributor of the full range of crop protection products. While chemicals and seed are a must on a farm, the equipment is just as important. For over 100 years, Wade Incorporated has been servic-
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ing the equipment needs of the Mississippi Delta. Case International is also an equipment distributer and prides itself on providing farmers with excellent service. The most important reason that the Delta is a mecca for farming is the Mighty Mississippi River. The fourth-longest river in the world contributes to the success of farming in more ways than one. Along with its many tributaries, the river enables the transportation of 316 million net tons of goods per year, including grain. The river basin contains nutrient-rich soil, which lends itself to the success of the Delta farmer. Even with such fertile land, heritage and resources, area farmers are always looking to improve their crops. Each year, the Delta Ag Expo is held in Cleveland with seminars on the latest herbicides and seeds. Those in agribusiness bring information and the latest in combines and other equipment necessary for running a top-notch business. Local farmers have also joined forces with the Mississippi State University Extension Service in Cleveland to maximize research-based information, educational programs and technology. This allows the Delta farmer to make informed decisions about his economic, social and cultural well-being. Roots run deep in the Delta soil when it comes to local farmers. They are dedicated to putting food on American tables and beyond.
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SPORTS
SPORTS IS A MAJOR PART OF THE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE and community spirit of Cleveland and Bolivar County. The Mississippi Delta is known for many things, including its sports icons that range from football great Archie Manning to Boston Red Sox World Series pitcher, the late Boo Ferriss. The Cleveland Park Commission provides many opportunities for local children and adults to get involved in sports. The Commission runs programs for football, basketball, soccer, volleyball, t-ball, softball and baseball. There’s something to do year-round at Cleveland’s nine parks with playground equipment. There are 19 100 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
ball fields, eight tennis courts and one gymnasium that houses four youth basketball courts, two adult basketball courts and two volleyball courts. It’s always an active summer for local sports with 50 organized baseball teams and 29 softball squads. There are 38 youth basketball teams, 10 volleyball teams and 25 youth soccer squads. If pigskin is your passion, Cleveland has eight flag football teams and eight tackle teams. The Park Commission also operates the East Side Swimming Pool and the Fireman’s Park Wading Pool.
Both open around Memorial Day and close at the end of July. For those who like to compete in the pool, the Delta Aquatic Club is the place to be. The group is associated with USA Swimming and has more than 35 years of experience in developing swimmers. The Delta Ducks specialize in excellent small-group instruction throughout the year, and of course, jumping in the water is a great way to beat the Delta heat. A significant number of Cleveland’s children are involved in youth sports. Cleveland also boasts three local high schools that have won many state championships. Cleveland High School, East Side High School and Bayou Academy all take great pride in their athletics and continued success. Clevelanders are sure to show up at Delta State University to cheer on the Statesmen and Lady Statesmen. There is always the opportunity in season to catch a good game on the baseball diamond at Ferriss Field. The Statesmen are consistently one of the best teams in NCAA Division II and have the 2004 National Championship trophy to prove it. DSU baseball dates back to 1933, and the team has been to the College World Series ten times. The Statesmen have also appeared at the NCAA Tournament 26 times and have 11 Gulf South Conference Championships with 1,731 league wins. More than 60 former DSU players have seen time in
Major League Baseball and 49 Statesmen have earned All-American status. The namesake of Delta State’s incredible baseball field is Boston Red Sox Hall-of-Famer Dave “Boo” Ferriss, who started coaching the Statesmen in 1960. Sadly in November of 2016, Coach Ferriss passed away. His legacy will forever be a part of the history of Delta State University. Southerners cannot get enough football, and we especially enjoy watching the Statesmen play at Travis Park Field in Horace McCool Stadium in Cleveland. With a state-of-the-art video board recently installed and artificial turf featuring a patented GeoFlo shock pad and drainage system, the Statesmen always look good. DSU boasts the NCAA Division II National Championship from 2000. In the winter, Statesmen and Lady Statesmen fans fill the seats of Walter Sillers Coliseum to watch men’s and women’s basketball teams. The Lady Statesmen have earned six NCAA and AIAW national championships. “The Mother of Women’s Collegiate Basketball,” Margaret Wade, amassed a career record of 465-85 and led DSU to three straight AIAW national championships. Wade’s winning-percentage legacy with the Lady Statesmen remains one of the greatest of all time. Delta State is also known for the school’s softball, soccer, tennis, swimming and diving, cross country and golf teams. 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE F 101
City of Cleveland Park Commission Adult & Youth Sports Athletic Programs
The City of Cleveland maintains 9 parks with playground equipment located throughout the city. These parks also contain 19 ballfields (11 baseball and 8 softball), eight tennis courts, and one gymnasium (consisting of 4 youth basketball courts, adult basketball courts, and 2 volleyball courts), one swimming pool, and two wading pools. The Park Commission operates programs in baseball, youth and adult softball, youth and adult basketball, youth football, volleyball and soccer. The summer season is most active with 50 organized baseball teams, and 29 organized softball teams ranging in age from 5 to 16 years old. We have 38 youth basketball teams, 10 girls volleyball teams, 25 youth (boys and girls) soccer teams ranging in age from 6 to 14 years old. We also have 8 flag football teams and 8 tackle football teams ranging in age from 6 to 12 years old. PARK COMMISSION 700 N. Chrisman Avenue P. O. Box 1439 Cleveland, MS 38732 Phone: 662-846-6605
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HOURS: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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THE DRIVING FORCE
An aerial photo of Delta State University’s football field. Delta State continues to be a major economic driving force of Cleveland and the region.
EDUCATION EDUCATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT IN BOLIVAR COUNTY. Cleveland has always put great emphasis on ensuring that the bright minds of tomorrow receive a quality education today. The Cleveland School District is made up of a total of ten pre-collegiate campuses. The district is composed of one high school, Cleveland Central High School, and one middle school, Cleveland Central Middle School; and six elementary schools, Pearman Elementary, Parks Elementary, B.L. Bell Academy, H.M. Nailor Elementary, Hayes Cooper Center and Cypress Park Elementary. Hayes Cooper Center, B.L. Bell Academy, and H.M. Nailor Elementary School are all Magnet Schools. Magnet Schools promote academic opportunity and excellence over their regular counterparts. They offer attractive programs and instructional strategies that are specifically designed to hold the interest of the students and to keep them engaged and actively learning. All students at one of these schools receive the core curriculum enhanced by the magnet school’s theme. In addition, the students have the opportunity to match their interests to the school theme while focusing on excellence in academics. The Cleveland Career Development and Technology Center also calls the district home. The center caters to the needs of students who are seeking a more hands-on approach to learning. There are also two independent schools in the county, Presbyterian 106 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
Day School, which is a kindergarten through sixth grade elementary institution, and Bayou Academy, which is for K-3 to 12th grades. In addition, there is a Classical Conversations home school community
that meets in Cleveland, as well as an organization for all home schoolers in the area, the Delta Home Educators Association. Learning does not stop at the end of the school day, either, as The
Cleveland Depot/Bolivar County Literacy Council is an asset to the community on many levels. A small staff and volunteers work with many area children after school to help further guide them in all
areas of study. Adults and teenagers also benefit from the availability of GED and ACT prep classes, giving those who want to further their education a better chance to succeed.
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puters, and most are already familiar with them. “Our kids are a very quick study,” Chinn says. “They are very computer literate and technology savvy.” The district set up blocks on the wireless Internet access so students can’t access inappropriate websites. “We want to make sure the device is used for educational purposes, not Facebook, while in school,” Chinn says. “When children take the iPads home, they won’t need Internet access. They can work offline.” In an increasingly competitive global society, the technology could give kids an edge. “We want our children confident and competent when they leave GPSD, so they can compete with students from across the Delta, the state, the nation and world,” Chinn says. “In GPSD, an emphasis has been put on improving student achievement, and we believe the iPads will serve as an additional educational tool for enrichment.” At the Cleveland Public Schools, smart boards are used in most classrooms. The interactive white board allows teachers to use the touch screen technology for easier presentation and classroom instruction. Teachers can also check out an iPad cart with 25 iPads to use in classes. This year the sixth grade class had iPads issued to them. “Teachers get a good response because most of our kids have computers or tablets or some type of smart phone at home,” says Dr. Jacqueline Thigpen, superintendent of Cleveland Public School. “That is just what they are used to. Even with reduced funding,
we will have to continue to add technology each year so we can end up where we need to be.” Bayou Academy in Cleveland is also embracing technology in the classroom, and has invested about $250,000. Instead of Apple, Bayou Academy has gone with Dell—partly because that is the platform being used at Delta State University. Classrooms have smart boards, and while tablet computers aren’t checked out to students, many have their own devices. “It is the wave of the future,” says Dave Granville, headmaster at Bayou Academy. “It is where technology and education are headed. In no more than ten years, you won’t see kids with six to eight textbooks. They will have them all on their device. Eventually, kids may not even need a locker.” Granville says the educational websites out there are incredible. For example, in science students can use a computer program where they remove each of the 208 bones in the body, and label them. Granville says children as young as three are comfortable with computers. “For kids, technology is a part of their everyday lives,” he says. “Definitely, it is part of our culture. One of our biggest things is training the teachers and the staff to get the maximum use out of the devices and the smart board. Last year most of our money went into training and infrastructure. Once teachers got over the fear of change, they realized it provides so many good teaching opportunities. It is so exciting. You will find the teaching force and students are excited about it.” DBJ OCTOBER 2014 • Delta Business Journal • 23
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A class that teaches English as a second language is also an option and a great example of how the program has grown — and continues to grow. Young adults from near and far have the opportunity to attend Delta State University. This four-year university offers numerous bachelor’s and master’s degrees. From teaching and nursing to aviation and music, Delta State University is a mecca for education and preparation for life after college. Mississippi Delta Community College and Coahoma Community College are not located in Bolivar County but are not far away, and many students choose these institutions for their many offerings in the areas of technology. From automotive technology to the culinary arts, these community colleges give twoyear intensive training for students.
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I feel that the people are what make Cleveland so special. They are always ready to support something that will improve or benefit our community. They are willing to do the same for anyone in need too. It is truly a special place to live.
–Libbi Logan, Sales Broker/ Co-owner Partnership Properties
The City of Cleveland and Bolivar County are special because of the caring and supportive people throughout our communities and the campus of Delta State University. We have generous individuals who give of their time and expertise to improve the well-being of our citizens. Cleveland and Bolivar County are great places to worship, work, learn and have fun!
–Vicky Bingham, Dean School of Nursing Delta State University
To me this area is great for multiple reasons. The people, the economy and plenty of things to do. I try to buy everything here and with all that we have to offer you can literally get just about anything from our local businesses. Great place to live and raise your kids.
–Will Bradham, Owner Right at Home North MS, Delta Maids and Bradham Rental Properties
A small town isn’t defined by population, square miles, or infrastructure. A small town is defined by “community.” It is limited only by the connections we grow and maintain with our neighbors by investing in each other. For me, there has always been a sense of community in Cleveland, and I am blessed to be a part of this small town.
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There is no doubt in my mind that the Mississippi Delta is a creative region experiencing a cultural renaissance. Cleveland/ Bolivar County is the heart of the Mississippi Delta, the ideal starting place to experience the stories of the people of this culturally distinctive region and of America.
–Rolando Herts, Director, The Delta Center for Culture and Learning and Executive Director of Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area
In addition to the obvious assets such as excellent shopping, dining, cultural events, athletic facilities and events that Cleveland has to offer its visitors, it is just a GREAT place to live and work. We are fortunate to have wonderful educational opportunities and amazing leaders and volunteers throughout the community.
–Debbie Davis, Owner Debbie Davis Real Estate
People tend to talk about things they are proud of, like their family or their grandchildren. That’s the way I am about Cleveland. This is a very special place. Where many small town across America have perished, we are still very vibrant. We still have a positive future.
–Gary Gainspoletti CPA, CFP Gainspoletti Financial Services
Cleveland is special to me because everything feels familiar and cozy, yet I’m constantly meeting new people. My favorite time of year is August when Delta State and the local schools start back. There is an excitement in the air as well as the sounds of bands practicing, groups gathering and heavier traffic. It reminds me that Cleveland isn’t just made up of people like me who have always lived here, there are constantly new people moving here, bringing their new ideas and their excitement. Cleveland changes a bit every year but still always feels like home.
–Aimee Taylor, Director of Marketing and Mainstream Cleveland and Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland is home, not like the home with four walls and a roof. It’s a home where you’re welcomed and where you can discover and grow and live with creative people. Cleveland is between the Memphis stars and the Jackson clouds, and it’s the best place to be.
–Caitlyn Thompson, Director of Marketing Bolivar Medical Center
From the earliest part of the 20th century there has been a robust spirit in the people of Cleveland. That spirit generated elected and volunteer leaders that set the platform for the star city our Cleveland has become today. In the 1920s that leadership brought us Delta State University. In the 1950s the leadership brought us Baxter and other industries. In recent years the leadership brought us tourism along with the Grammy Museum.
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Cleveland and Bolivar County feel like “home” even for people who aren’t native to our area. From our hospitality, feeling of community, and endless activities in our area. I believe there is no better place to live and raise a family.
–Sarah Scott, Insurance Agent Patrick Davis State Farm
In the five years my wife Su and I have lived in Cleveland, we have been blessed by the warmth and caring of the people, the vibrant and amazing Main Street, the many fine medical staff and hospitals in the area, the great restaurants, and all the wonderful activities offered. In addition, to have Delta State, the BPAC, the Grammy Museum, Bear Pen Park, the arts and blues culture, and the Cleveland Recreation Department here provides us with all a family needs.
–Dave Granville, Headmaster Bayou Academy
Cleveland is full of friendly and farsighted people. It is host to a legacy of great sports, music, and writing traditions. We’ve maintained a connection to small town roots, but we have so much to offer travelers with our new institutions like the Grammy Museum and our eclectic downtown shops.
–Dinesh Chawla, CEO Chawla Hotels
Among the many things that make Cleveland and Bolivar County so special to me is that this is the home of Delta State University. I grew up in Cleveland and graduated from Delta State, where my father was a professor and where I received a wonderful education. Today I have the privilege of serving as President of Delta State, where we pride ourselves on academic excellence, engaging faculty and staff and providing a welcoming environment for our students.
–William N. LaForge, President Delta State University
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The Mississippi River shaped the land, but the structure and character that is has today is thanks to the diversity of the people who have lived here in the past, and those who live here now-all with the continued resolve to make this a better place to call home.
–Lisa Miller, Director Martin and Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum
Having lived and spent time in many small towns in North and Central Mississippi, no other small town comes close to offering the quality of life that Cleveland does. For a town of less than 15,000 it has an amazing and unique mix of culture, music, entertainment and outdoor activities.
–Neal Anderson, owner cleveland dominos It’s the things that I was once “bored of” and running from that keep me coming back because it’s home.
–Laney Brock, Registered Nurse and owner Delta Love Photography Not only are we an area that pays homage to its blues heritage throughout the city, but we also pay homage to all types of music: rock and roll, country, gospel, you name it and we like it! There are so many options for different music venues in Cleveland. The new Grammy Museum, a jam session at the Delta Music Institute at DSU, a concert at Bologna Performing Arts Center or a great two-piece band paling at a local restaurant or bar. There is a never ending supply to meet every musical inclination. In addition, Cleveland has great hunting and wildlife, breath taking Delta pink-orange sunsets, downtown community spirit and endless Cleveland natives willing to tell their own personal stories about this great town we all live in!!
–Kris Yeager, Director of Development Chawla Hotels
I love the small community we have where everyone knows one another. That is why I like to leave my money in the town when I shop. We all try to support one another.
–Randy Bolden, owner specialty glass/cleveland rent all outdoors
The city of Cleveland welcomed me as a student at Delta State University in 1992. I fell in love with the small town life and feeling of home that Cleveland provided. I could not be happier that my husband and I decided to raise our children here.
– Lajan Van Vulpen Bolivar County Deputy Tax Collector
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RELIGION BEFORE CLEVELAND SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS HEAD TO A BALL FIELD ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, many take a seat on a church pew. The Cleveland and Bolivar Countycommunity can boast of many denominations and places of worship giving citizens and visitors a variety of places to attend church.
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CHURCH LISTINGS APOSTOLIC APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH 203 Pearl Avenue Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-6380
VERNON MEMORIAL Apostolic Church 120 Andrews Avenue Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-4103
TEMPLE OF PRAISE
1300 S. Davis Avenue Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-6331
ASSEMBLY OF GOD FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD 1321 Yale Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-2169
BAPTIST CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 205 Bishop Road Cleveland, MS 38732 662-846-6184
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BOYLE 218 N. Brooks Avenue Boyle, MS 38730 662-843-4405
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CLEVELAND 101 North Bolivar Avenue Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-2701
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH 1300 Lamar Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-3507
LINN BAPTIST CHURCH 27 Linn Baptist Road Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-3890
MORRISON CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH 196 Morrison Chapel Road Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-2828
MID-DELTA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 222 N. Fourth Avenue Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-8798
NEW KINGDOM BAPTIST CHURCH 608 Glasco Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-721-1280
NEW JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH 319 Ferguson Avenue Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-1021
PILGRIM REST CHURCH 202 China Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-0399
PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH 263 Zumbro Road Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-4877
ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH
MT. PILGRIM MB CHURCH 104 Mullins Road Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-9553
NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH White Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-846-1768
NEW SAINT PHILLIPS MB CHURCH 515 Ruby Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-846-0919
NEW ST. JAMES MB CHURCH 1206 S. Chrisman St. Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-0735
PHILLIPS CHAPEL MB CHURCH 1304 S. Davis Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-846-0167
CATHOLIC OUR LADY OF VICTORIES
401 Church Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-4958
Catholic Church 215 Bishop Road Cleveland, MS 38732 662-846-6273
ST. PETER’S ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH
302 Ruby Street P.O. Box 1412 Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-5276
UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH
1100 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-3120
YALE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH 1215 Yale Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-4490
VICTORY HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH
4253 Highway 8 East Cleveland, MS 38732 662-846-6200
BAPTIST MISSIONARY MOUNT OLIVE MB CHURCH 701 Beach Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-0575
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Railroad Street Rosedale, MS 38759 662-759-6341
CHURCH OF CHRIST CHURCH OF CHRIST 212 Ronaldman Road Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-5073
CHRISTIAN STUDENT CENTER 210 N. Fourth Avenue Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-8555
LINCOLN GARDEN CHURCH OF CHRIST 1002 White Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-846-0272
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST HOLINESS USA 1010 S. Chrisman Avenue Cleveland, MS 38732 662-846-7026
CHURCH OF GOD CLEVELAND CHURCH OF GOD Highway 8 East Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-5919
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 150 Eastover Drive Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-8693
EPISCOPAL CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 107 S. Victoria Avenue Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-5964
INTER-DENOMINATIONAL THE CHURCH OF JESUS
1445-A Shaw -Skene Road Cleveland, MS 38732 662-846-0950
WORD OF DELIVERANCE 1210 W. Highway 8 Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-1919
UNITED FAMILY LIFE CENTER 1101 S. Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-3097
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES Highway 61 North Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-6037
METHODIST WESLEY FOUNDATION
904 S. Court Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-8865
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 318 S. Court Street Cleveland, MS 38732 662-843-3414
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QUALITY of LIFE
THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CLEVELAND IS SECOND TO NONE IN THE REGION. Every community rings the bell on their quality of life. However, Cleveland is Number one. That’s one reason why Cleveland was named one of “America’s 20 Best Small Towns to Visit” by Smithsonian Magazine. From industry to a quality school system, to a variety of opportunities to become involved, Clevelanders are happy to call this thriving town home. And with big city amenities wrapped in a small town atmosphere, Cleveland continues to attract visitors and new residents.
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activities, and an incredible array of shopping and dining opportunities. Excellent housing and a low cost of living also allow Cleveland to be a special place in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Hospitality abounds in Cleveland, since people invest in this community both with their time and talents as well as monetarily. Because Cleveland’s police and sheriff’s department
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both work hard to keep the town and county safe, Cleveland enjoys a low crime rate. This is also because in true Southern form, neighbors watch out for neighbors. People in Cleveland are constantly on the move; whether it is the young or the young at heart, the quality of life that Cleveland provides is outstanding. Where else can you visit a historic blues venue then take in a Broadway show?
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The Nan Sanders sculpture garden located in front of the Bologna Performing Arts Center, is definitely worth a walk-through.
Top: Mississippi Blues Trail Marker on the courthouse lawn; bottom: Retired grain bins bring color to the Bolivar County landscape.
The DSU marching band as they prepare to take the field and fire up the crowd.
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– CLEVELAND THROUGH THE SEASONS –
SPRING – The Crosstie Arts and Jazz Festival held in April brings people to Bolivar County to experience one-of- a-kind art, music and culture. Crawfish season is in full swing, and if you have never tried these mudbugs, there are numerous restaurants that will show you the correct way to eat them.
HOLIDAY – Cleveland’s historic downtown district goes all out when it comes to the holidays. Wintertime events and beautiful store windows entice visitors inside for the best in boutique and specialty shopping during its annual Open House. Residents open their homes during our Holiday Tour of Homes, which gives a glimpse of life in the Delta during the Christmas season. The Christmas Parade is held on Dec. 5.
FALL – There are few things in the South more beautiful SUMMER – The Mississippi River is fun to ease down. With sandbars making the perfect place to stop and eat lunch, being one with nature is always an added feature when visiting Ol’ Man River. Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge is the place to be in the summertime. With great bird-watching, fishing and wildlife observing, this 9,600-acre tract of land is perfect for outdoor excursions. 124 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
than the Delta during harvest time. With row after perfect row of southern crops, it is a sight to behold. Octoberfest, held in the heart of downtown Cleveland during October, is one event you don’t want to miss. This Memphis Barbecue Network-sanctioned competition brings teams from all over the country to try their hands at winning coveted titles in multiple categories. Live music, arts and crafts, and delicious cuisine round out this popular festival. Octobers, held in the heart of downtown Cleveland during October, is one event you don’t want to miss.
OUTLYING AREAS
BENOIT
This small town, located along Scenic Highway 1, is not only known for its proximity to the river, but also as the location for the cult-classic film, Baby Doll, which was shot on Hollywood Plantation at the Burrus House, right. This is the only remaining antebellum home in Bolivar County, and was just recently restored to grandeur.
MERIGOLD
To the north of Cleveland lies the small town of Merigold, home to Crawdad’s Restaurant and the world-famous McCartys Pottery, started by Lee and Pup McCarty.
SHELBY ROSEDALE
This riverside town was made famous in Cream’s classic hit “Crossroads” as being the actual spot where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil, and some historians believe this is the fabled spot. The historic Rosedale courthouse recently underwent renovations to restore it to its former glory.
The town of Shelby may be small, but it’s large in soul. This close-knit community produced such great musicians as Mississippi Slim and Erma Franklin, sister of Aretha Franklin, as well as famed bluesman Henry Townsend, for whom there is a Blues Trail marker in his honor.
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MOUND BAYOU
One of the nation’s most historic african american culture sites is Mound Bayou, the oldest town in America founded by former slaves. Mound Bayou was founded in 1887 by ex-slaves Isaiah T. Montgomery and Benjamin T. Green. Montgomery’s home still stands nearby as a monument to the enterprise of newly freed slaves; the structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On the grounds of Mound Bayou’s City Hall is a carved wooden plaque depicting famous black Americans. Mound Bayou is also home to the creative artisans at Peter’s Pottery. Started in 1998 by the four Woods brothers, the studio has produced pottery for fans worldwide.
ALLIGATOR
This rural community lies off of the blues music thoroughfare, Highway 61. Many residents choose Alligator, not for its unique name, but for the quiet living it affords. It is also popular for tourists in search of the Alligator mural, painted by Delta State art professor Cetin Oguz.
DUNCAN
Duncan is home to old structures that once were the life’s blood of the town. History and a storied past highlight this small city north of Cleveland.
WINSTONVILLE
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This area was once home to the Harlem Inn, where acts like Ike and Tina Turner, B.B. King and Little Milton came to rock the house. Unfortunately, the Harlem Inn is no longer, but the spot where it once stood is marked on the Mississippi Blues Trail.
BOLIVAR COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
PHOTO BY ABE DRAPER
THE BOLIVAR COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CHARTERED with the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office in 1974, with stations in Cleveland, Scott, Gunnison and Duncan. Early equipment included a mini-pumper and a Civil Defense fuel tanker converted for use as a water tender in Cleveland and a lime green pumper in Duncan. All units operated on a volunteer basis and members were alerted using a VHF radio-based paging system. The cost of providing fire protection rose rapidly during the late 1980s and early 1990s as improvements in technology increased the cost of equipment and apparatus. Compounded with a slow decline in population and the time demands required by rising levels of training, it became increasingly difficult for the numerous small Delta towns to run their own volunteer fire departments. Other small-town departments, such as the ones in Pace, Benoit and Beulah slowly transitioned to county-supported units through 2005. Early volunteers were issued cotton-duck coats, rubber boots, and helmets and essentially instructed to put the “wet stuff on the red stuff.” Today’s volunteers
must complete 88 hours of State-certified training and are provided with nearly $2,500 of high-tech turnout gear and a pager. Gone are the days of riding the back step of a fire truck — all firefighters must ride in a seat in an enclosed cab and wear their seatbelts. Today, the Bolivar County Volunteer Fire Department services 928 square miles, including the communities of Shaw, Boyle, Renova, Merigold, Duncan, Alligator, Gunnison, Beulah, Benoit, Scott, Round Lake, Symmond and Pace. Approximately 85 volunteers staff 13 engines, five water tankers, two rescue trucks, three brush fire trucks and a ladder truck. The department answers approximately 320-350 calls annually. Calls can be for just about any type of emergency imaginable: farm equipment rescue, gas leaks, building fires, airplane crashes, barge fires on the Mississippi River, automobile accidents with entrapment, and grass/field fires. 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE F 127
CLEVELAND VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT
THE CLEVELAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, where volunteers cover our city, is a great community asset. Residents of Cleveland sleep soundly at night knowing the volunteer fire department is guarding the gates. For nearly 100 years, this volunteer fire department has responded to calls at all hours of the day or night, leaving families at the dinner table, children on the baseball field or even the comfort of a good night’s sleep, all to keep the citizens of Cleveland safe. Over the years, these volunteers have received high marks from the state, including Fire Department of the Year and numerous individual awards. Cleveland fire protection unofficially began in 1917 as a bucket brigade. The population of Cleveland at that time was approximately 1,700 people. At that time, the only equipment used were two carts that carried 250 feet of 128 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
hose each. The carts were either pushed by hand or pulled by wagon to a fire. J.D. McCaleb furnished the wagon usually used for pulling. There are no other known names associated with this group on record. In August 1920, the present fire department was formed under the leadership of Fire Chief C. C. Thweatt. It was named the Cleveland Volunteer Fire Company. Shortly after its inception, plans to add better equipment began to be realized. The department purchased their first fire truck, a 1921 Model-T Ford with a stemwinder starter. Due to the difficulty in starting the truck, it was housed in a station with a slanted floor for much easier push-starting capabilities. This first truck was equipped with a chemical tank and would also carry a small amount
of water, but was not equipped with a pump. In the early days, firemen were alerted to a call by means of a “Wildcat Steam Whistle” located at the old icehouse on North Sharpe Avenue. Different blasts of the whistle indicated which section of town the fire was in. After hearing the whistle, it was up to the fire fighters to spot smoke or fire to pinpoint the location. Later, the fire department got a siren to alert them. After hearing the siren they would go by the police station where policemen would tell them the location of the fire. As an improvement on this, different colored lights were added to the wall of the police stations signifying the different sections of town. As time progressed, radios were added with a full-time dispatcher located at the police station.
The firemen were given radio receivers that they kept at home for night fires and weekends. During the day, they still had to go by the police station for directions. Today all of the fire fighters carry pagers connected to the enhanced 911 emergency system that is controlled from the main dispatch at the police department. In February 1967, the department attained a Class 6 fire rating with the State Rating Bureau, making the department the first volunteer unit in the State of Mississippi to hold such rating. The company again stepped out of the pack when it obtained a Class 5 fire rating in 2006. The department is currently rated Class 5 and has 3 paid employees and 36 volunteer fire fighters. The paid employees include a Fire Inspector, Maintenance Engineer and Maintenance Assistant. All other positions are volunteer-based. The department operates from 2 separate fire stations and utilizes 2 front line pumpers, 2 rescue/utility vehicles, 1 aerial platform pumper, 1 Ford F-2500 with a bed-mounted deluge gun, a Hazardous Materials Response Unit and 1 backup pumper for its daily operations. The department also operates a training facility that is home to a rope rescue tower, smoke house, ventilation simulator, drafting pit, and a “Class A” burn facility. The department is currently completing a confined space maze. The fire department is, and always has been, very supportive of community projects. The department started the first little league baseball program. This league has grown into what is now the City of Cleveland Park Commission. The department bought property and filled in the area with many loads of dirt to form the city park now known as Fireman’s Park. During the war years, the firemen collected money for the British Fire Fighters Relief Fund that went toward the fire fighters and their families that had been killed or injured in fire fighting operations caused by enemy action. The department today holds raffles and sales in support of the Mississippi Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center. The department makes an annual donation to the Mississippi Burn Camp and sponsors students to both Boy’s and Girl’s State and a girl to the Charity Ball. In the early years of the Delta Council, the fire department cooked the barbecue chicken and then catfish at its annual event at Delta State. The department also was the initial sponsor for Boy Scout Troop 23 and furnished a Scoutmaster from its membership. 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE F 129
IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT NUMBERS CITY OF CLEVELAND 662-846-1471 100 North Street Mayor’s Office Water Department Tax Collector
CLEVELAND PUBLIC WORKS 662-843-5365 BOLIVAR COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE 662-843-2300 114 South Street CLEVELAND FIRE DEPARTMENT Station #1 662-843-2711 Station #2 662-843-3159 CLEVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT 662-843-3611 Emergency, 911 CLEVELAND PARK COMMISSION 662-846-6605 SANITATION AND WATER MAINTENANCE 662-843-4601 STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT 662-843-5365 CLEVELAND AIRPORT 662-843-9360
BOLIVAR COUNTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR 662-846-5877 AUDITOR 662-843-2531 CHANCERY CLERK 662-843-2071 CHANCERY JUDGE 662-843-2111 COURT REPORTER 662-843-2111 CIRCUIT CLERK 662-843-2061 CIRCUIT JUDGE 662-843-3346 DISTRICT ATTORNEY 662-843-8000 JUSTICE COURT 662-843-4008
TAX ASSESSOR 662-843-3926
FEDERAL
TAX COLLECTOR 662-843-2285 YOUTH COURT OFFICE 662-843-9898
VETERANS SERVICE CENTER 662-843-2471 122 South Court Street, Cleveland
BOLIVAR COUNTY AGENT 662-843-8361
FARM/AG SERVICE AGENCY 662-843-9401 406 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Cleveland
BOLIVAR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT 662-843-2706 711 Third Street
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION 662-843-9402
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 662-843-8311 212 North Pearman FOOD STAMP OFFICE 662-843-8611 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive BOLIVAR COUNTY LIBRARY 662-843-2774 401 South Court BOLIVAR MEDICAL CENTER 662-846-0061 Highway 8 East, Cleveland BOLIVAR COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION 662-846-1491 810 East Sunflower Road, Cleveland
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE 601-359-1100 MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 662-843-2704 Commerce Avenue, Cleveland MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Maintenance 662-843-3541 North Sharpe Avenue, Cleveland MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 662-843-9615 212 North Commerce Avenue, Cleveland
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 662-843-9405 NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY 662-843-2631 Industrial Park UNITED STATES POST OFFICE 662-843-4031 210 S Chrisman Avenue, Cleveland SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIONATION 662-846-6664 Industrial Parkway, Cleveland
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CITY OF CLEVELAND MAYOR Billy Nowell 662-846-1471 Cleveland City Hall 101 N Street, Cleveland, MS CITY CLERK Dominique Green 662-846-1471 Cleveland City Hall 101 N Street, Cleveland, MS BOARD OF ALDERMEN Maurice Smith (Ward 1) 662-843-1651 121 Belvedere, Cleveland, MS Robert Sanders (Ward 2) 662-846-9003 925 Martin L. King Drive, Cleveland, MS Danny Abraham (Ward 3) 662-843-4541 136 N Sharpe Avenue, Cleveland, MS
Gary Gainspoletti (Alderman AtLarge) 662-843-6090 805 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS
BOLIVAR COUNTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Will Hooker 662-846-5877 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Benitha Calvin-Williams (District 1) 662-719-9113 P.O. Box 280, Rosedale, MS 38769 Donny Whitten (District 2) 662-843-8205 803 Bishop Road, Cleveland, MS Preston Billings (District 3) 662-398-7228 P.O. Box 946, Shelby, MS James McBride (District 4) 662-843-2401 902 South Street, Cleveland, MS Larry L. King (District 5) 662-402-0159 P.O. Box 235, Shaw, MS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ATTORNEY Ellis Turnage P.O. Box 216, Cleveland, MS SHERIFF Kelvin Williams 662-843-5378 Bolivar County Courthouse P.O. Box 539, Cleveland, MS DISTRICT ATTORNEY Brenda Mitchell 662-843-8000 Bolivar County Courthouse, Cleveland, MS CHANCERY CLERK Brenett Haynes 662-843-2071 Bolivar County Courthouse P.O. Box 789, Cleveland, MS CIRCUIT CLERK Marilyn Kelly 662-843-2061 Bolivar County Courthouse P.O. Box 670, Cleveland, MS
DELTA COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 662-843-9445
Kirkham Povall (Ward 4) 662-843-9948 215 N Pearman Ave., Cleveland, MS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT (HOUSING) 662-846-1448
Paul Janoush (Ward 5) 662-843-0033 1105 Farmer, Cleveland, MS 38732
TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR Nancy Havens 662-843-3926 or 662-843-2285 Bolivar County Courthouse P.O. Box 248, Cleveland, MS
Ted Campbell (Ward 6) 662-843-0850 823 Pearl Avenue, Cleveland, MS
COUNTY ATTORNEY Aelicia Thomas 662-843-3777
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT 662-843-5378
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ADDITIONAL CHAMBER MEMBERS 125 Court Street P.O. Box 912, Rosedale, MS COUNTY CORONER Randolph Seals 662-843-7299 P.O. Drawer 1040, Cleveland, MS
ACCOUNTANTS GAINSPOLETTI FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC 805 West Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-6090 www.gainspolettifinancial.com HARDY & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 214 North Pearman Ave Cleveland, Ms (662) 843-3634 JACKSON AND BRASWELL, P. A. 3513 Hwy 8 West, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-1555
AGRICULTURE AGUZZI FARMS, INC. 805 Crosby Road, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3083 BILLY TABB FARMS 1311 College, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-4339 BOLIVAR COUNTY FARM BUREAU FEDERATION 3598 Hwy 61 N, Suite B Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4061 FRIENDS OF DAHOMEY Box 803, Boyle, MS www.friendsofdahomey.org GAVILON GRAIN, LLC 445 Port Terminal Road Rosedale, MS (662) 759-0000 www.gavilon.com NOTT WHEELER JR. 1306 College St, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-6802
AGRICULTURE & SUPPLIERS AG RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 201 East Sunflower Road Suite 10 Cleveland, MS (662) 843-0944 www.armlend.com BIG RIVER GRAIN, INC. 509 North Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 721-0309
BOYLE FLYING SERVICES 2826 MS 446, Boyle, MS P.O. Box 517 (662) 843-8450 GREEN POINT AG, LLC 460 Gaines Hwy, Boyle, MS (662) 843-0174 www.greenpointag.com
APARTMENTS CLEVELAND APARTMENTS, LLC 3612 Hwy 61 North, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3869 (662) 721-1252 www.theclevelandapartments.com
JACKS LUCIANO, PA 150 N Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-6171 (662) 843-6172 www.jlpalaw.com NORQUIST & LEVINGSTON 201 S. Pearman Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-1500
HELENA CHEMICAL COMPANY 175 Laughlin Rd, Boyle, MS (662) 843-3661 www.helenachemical.com
COLLEGE HEIGHTS REAL ESTATE, LLC 811 Oak Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 719-2147 (662) 843-7356 www.collegeheightsapartments.net
MID-SOUTH WATER AND MACHINE WORKS, LLC 1420 S Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4076 | (662) 843-4079 www.midsouthwater.com
RAY REAL ESTATE 206 Bishop Road, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-1709 (662) 719-0971
POVALL & JEFFREYS 215 N Pearman Ave, Cleveland (662) 843-9948 www.povallandjeffreyslaw.com
APPLIANCES LEASING
WESTERFIELD, JANOUSH and Bell, P.A. 307 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-1716
MONSANTO COMPANY 1 Cotton Row, Scott, MS (662) 742-4000 www.monsanto.com PLANTERS EQUIPMENT COMPANY 816 N Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2741 (662) 843-2742 www.delta-grp.com
AARON’S 701 N Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-8414 www.aarons.com
MEADOR AND CRUMP 111 S Pearman Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-0405 www.meadorcrump.com
ATTRACTIONS GRAMMY MUSEUM MISSISSIPPI 800 W. Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 441-0100 www.grammymuseumms.org
APPLIANCES SALES, SERVICES
SANDERS, INC. 518 N Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3626 www.sanders.com
SEARS 522 Third Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3671 www.searshometownstores.com
SHELBY AIR SERVICE, INC. P.O. Box 1093, Shelby, MS (662) 398-7833
ART GALLERY
VALLEY VIEW AGRI-SYSTEMS 605 N. Davis Ave (662) 846-7522 (870) 932-6440
STUDIO 230 (COOPER-OGUZ, LLC) 110 B South Court Street 662-402-0379
WADE, INC. 645 N Gaines Hwy, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-5321 www.wadeincorporated.com
ATTORNEYS
PERRY AUTO SALES 613 N Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-9824
ALEXANDER, JOHNSTON & ALEXANDER 112 N Pearman Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3631
AUTOMOBILE RENTING & LEASING
AMBULANCE SERVICE PAFFORD EMS 901 East Sunflower Road (662) 846-1110
HEATING AND AIR
HARMONY BOWLING, FEC, LLC 1321 Hwy 8 W. Suite 3, Cleveland, MS (662) 441-2939
AUTOMOBILE DEALERS CANNON FORD LINCOLN Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2785 www.cannonmotorcompany.com
ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR 201 N Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-9649 (662) 902-4354 www.enterprise.com
ARTHUR CALDERON ATTORNEY AT LAW, PLLC 303 Cotton Row Cleveland, MS 38732 662-545-4445
AUTOMOTIVE PARTS
MID DELTA HEATING AIR COND. & ELEC. 307 N Bayou Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-5413
CARR LAW FIRM, PLLC 301 W Sunflower, Suite D Cleveland, MS 38732 662-441- 1LAW www.carrlawpllc.com
TAYLOR AIR CONDITIONING 278 Gaines Hwy, Boyle, MS (662) 843-8844 www.taylorair.com
COX & MOORE 116 S Court Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-8351 www.coxandmoore.com
BOLIVAR AUTO PARTS 401 N Davis, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-7524 www.bolivarauto.com
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AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS & SERVICE BOLIVAR TIRE & ALIGNMENT 406 S Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-5151 www.bolivartire.com BYRD SERVICE STATION 503 N Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-8585 CANNON FORD LINCOLN 607 N Davis, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2785 www.cannonmotorcompany.com GOODYEAR 200 E Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3694 www.goodyearautoservice.com SUPERIOR LUBE 711 E Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-1861 WAL-MART #1530 710 N Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-6567 www.walmart.com
BANKS, SAVINGS AND LOANS BANK OF BENOIT 202 Main Street, Benoit, MS (662) 742-3342 CLEVELAND LOANS, INC. 108 Commerce Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-9434 CLEVELAND STATE BANK 128 N Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-9461 www.clevelandstatebank.com FIDELITY NATIONAL LOANS 300 E Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 721-9180 FIRST SOUTH FARM CREDIT 303 S Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4456 www.firstsouthfarmcredit.com GUARANTY BANK AND TRUST 303 N Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-7699 (662) 846-7826 www.gbtonline.com MISSISSIPPI LAND BANK, ACA 3598 Hwy 61 N, Suite A, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2421 www.mslandbank.com PLANTERS BANK & TRUST CO. 428 North Davis, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3300 www.planters-bank.com
REGIONS BANK- CLEVELAND 129 S Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4001 www.regions.com RENASANT BANK 308 E Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4231 www.renasant.com STATE BANK & TRUST 100 E Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-8133 620 N Davis, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-8987 www.statbank1898.com STATEWIDE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 117 Commerce Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-7370 www.statewidefcu.org THE JEFFERSON BANK 600 Main Street, Rosedale, MS (662) 759-3543 www.thejeffersonbank.com
BEAUTY SALONS KUTWORKS STUDIO 118 E Sunflower Rd, Suite A Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-1818 WAY AHEAD SALON & DAY SPA 717 N Davis Ave Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4247 (662) 843-2950
BEER DISTRIBUTORS MITCHELL DISTRIBUTING 1200 Hwy 82 East, Leland, MS (662) 686-6906 www.mitchellcompanies.com
CABLE COMPANY CABLE ONE 221 S Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4016 www.cableone.net
CLEANING SERVICES J & W CLEANING & MAINTENANCE CO., INC. 405 N Chrisman Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-0068 (662) 843-1913 Office: (662) 843-7200 SERVPRO OF GREENVILLE/ CLEVELAND 715 E Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-1700 www.servpro.com STEED’S CLEANERS II, INC. 108 N. Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-5843 (662) 207-3332
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CAR DETAILING AND GLASS TINTING PRO MASTERS, INC 59 Peavine Road 662-843-1685
CATERING TOAST EVENT PLANNING 563 Hillcrest Circle 662-719-3536
CLOTHING STORES ABRAHAM’S CLOTHING SHOPPE 136 North Sharpe Avenue 662-843-4541 DELTA CASUAL 117 South Sharpe Avenue 662-545-4747 GILBOW’S 138 North Sharpe Avenue 662-843-1151 H SQUARED BOUTIQUE 115 South Sharpe Avenue 662-843-4504 HEIDI’S 110 North Sharpe Avenue 662-843-3950 PUMPKIN PATCH 134 North Sharpe Avenue 662-843-0434 TEN TWENTY FOUR 154 North Sharpe Avenue 662-579-3325 THE RUSTIC NAIL 158 North Sharpe 662-545-4951 WISHING WELL 341 Cotton Row 662-843-7881
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS AMERICAN LEGION MS. delta post 17764 409 South Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-6609 www.clevelandcc.org UNITED WAY OF CLEVELAND-BOLIVAR COUNTY 662-846-1646 Coffee Service- Office MISSISSIPPI GROUNDS 219 South Court St. 662-545-4528 CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S JOB CORPS 113 South Davis Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 897-1444 www.clevelandcc.org
CLEVELAND COUNTRY CLUB 601 Fayette Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-2777 www.clevelandcc.org DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Hwy 8 West Cleveland, MS (662) 846-4660 www.deltastate.edu HISTORIC MOUND BAYOU FOUNDATION 604 Washington Ave Mound Bayou, MS 38762 (662) 741-2599 JUNIOR AUXILIARY OF CLEVELAND, INC. P.O. Box 194, Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-1716
COMPUTER PRODUCTS & SERVICES KEY SOLUTIONS INC. 201 E Sunflower Ave, Suite 7 Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-7666 (334) 235-1550 www.keysolutions.com
CONSTRUCTION JOE REED AND COMPANY, INC. 1016 S Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2139 MID-SOUTH WATER and Machine Works, LLC 1420 South Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4076 (662) 843-4079 www.midsouthwater.com ROY COLLINS Construction Company 406 3rd Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-5060 www.roycollinsconstruction.com
CONVENIENCE STORES ANDY’S 5TH AVE QUICKSTOP 101 South 5th Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-0440 DOUBLE QUICK, INC. 415 Pershing Ave, Indianola, MS (662) 887-2160 www.doublequick.com
COPIERS THE IMAGE SPECIALIST COMPANY 213 E Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-6482 www.southernduplicatingms.com
COUNTY AGENCIES ROSEDALE-BOLIVAR COUNTY PORT COMMISSION 317 Port Terminal Road, Rosedale, MS
(662) 843-2008 (662) 759-6212 www.portofrosedale.com
DENTISTS DR. THOMAS H WIGGINS, DDS 1313 Hwy 8 West 662-843-8353 ENGEL ORTHODONTICS 816 East Sunflower Road 662-843-7730 PEDIATRIC DENTAL SPECIALIST, PLLC 837 South Main Street 662-334-9337 RAANE TINDLE, D.M.D. 601 West Sunflower Road 662-846-1570 ROBERT T. RAGAN, D.D.S. 216 North Pearman Avenue 662-843-2431
FITNESS CENTER ANYTIME FITNESS 207 N Davis Ave, Suite G Cleveland, MS (662) 843-8443 www.anytimefitness.com BALANCE FITNESS STUDIO 124 1/2 S Court Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 545-4905 www.balancefitnesscleveland.com
FOOD SERVICES DELTA MEAT MARKET 118 North Sharpe Street 662-444-6328 GRANDE DESIGN 537 Robinson Drive 662-588-4401
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES
LAMPARD’S WHOLESALE MEATS 4146 Hwy 8 East 662-843-3624
DIXIE ELECTRIC SUPPLY, LLC 301 E Carpenter, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2052
SNO-MAKERS 1411 College 662-822-5755
ELECTRICIANS
SWEETERY BAKESHOP 112 North Sharpe Avenue 662-545-4529
ROBINSON ELECTRIC COMPANY 825 N Chrisman Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3978 www.robinsonelectric.biz SCOTT ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. 402 3rd Street, Greenville, MS (662) 846-1643
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES BELFLEX STAFFING NETWORK 211 S Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS (662) 545-4665 www.belflex.com MISSISSIPPI WIN JOB CENTER 119 Commerce Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2704 www.mdes.ms.gov
ENGINEERING ELEY BARKLEY, PA 306 3rd Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-0180 www.eleybarkley.com
EYEWARE CLEVELAND OPTICAL DISPENSARY 802 1st Street 662-843-5328
WILL BRADHAM DBA DELTA 130 Desota Avenue Suite 10 662-588-0149
FRAME SHOPS AD-VENTURE FRAMES 205 Cotton Row 662-843-6232
MALLETTE FURNITURE COMPANY, INC. 417 S Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-9845
INSURANCE
MISSISSIPPI CONSIGNMENT SALES 601 E Sunflower Road, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3388
GAS STATIONS BYRD SERVICE STATION 503 N Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-8585
GRAPHIC DESIGN
GROCERY STORES VOWELL’S MARKETPLACE 207 North Davis Avenue 662-843-0023
HARDWARE
SEARS 522 3rd Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3671 www.searshometownstores.com
CONTINUE CARE HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE 803 E. Sunflower Rd Suite 100 F 662-846-7693
FURNITURE FACTORY DIRECT FURNITURE 4115 Hwy 8 East, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-6944 www.FactoryDirectMS.net
DENSON INSURANCE 703 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-9541 ROBERT HOLLAND DBA HUMANA 814 E Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4734
PATRICK B. DAVIS STATE FARM INSURANCE 103 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-1591 www.patrickbdavis.com RIMMER-CHILD & KOONCE INSURANCE 203 N Pearman Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-6677 www.rckins.com
HEALTHCARE SERVICES
FUNERAL SERVICES
RAY FUNERAL HOME 206 Bishop Road, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-1709 (662) 719-0971 www.rayfuneralhome.net
DAN BELL- STATE FARM INSURANCE 1101 Hwy 8 West, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-5938 www.danbell.us
PAT INGRAM, CLU, CHFC, AND ASSOC. 507 Cypress, Leland, MS (662) 347-0722 (601) 605-5130
CLEVELAND HOME AND HARDWARE 401 1st Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-8200 www.acehardware.com
AVRITT MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, INC. 4020 Hwy 8 East 662-843-7007
CLEVELAND FUNERAL HOME 3463 Hwy 8, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2552 www.clevelandfuneralhome.net
BRUCE FIORANELLI ALLSTATE 1617 MLK Jr Blvd S Suite B, Greenville, MS (662) 332-5303 www.allstate.com
DELTA RISK SOLUTIONS 301 W Sunflower Rd, Suite A, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3888
ANCHOR ART COMPANY 1217 Waverly Avenue 501-472-2643
NANCY’S COTTON ROW FRAME SHOP 329 Cotton Row 662-846-6175
BYAS FUNERAL HOME 1100 S Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3935 www.byasfuneralhome.net
FARM BUREAU INSURANCE: BOLIVAR COUNTY 3598 Hwy 61 North, Cleveland, MS (662) 588-2242 www.sfbcic.com
DELTA HEALTH PARTNERS/ HEALTHY START 119 S. Thebald Street 662-335-4300
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
SOUTH GROUP INSURANCE SERVICES 105 S Court Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2747 www.southgroup.net THE INSURANCE FIRM 109 S Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 545-4988 WARREN BRAMUCHI DBA New York Life 1113 Avery Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 719-7195 WILSON SLEDGE 103 S Court St, Suite 124 Cleveland, MS (662) 843-9105
CLEVELAND HOME AND HARDWARE 401 1st Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-8200 www.acehardware.com
INVESTMENT & FINANCE
HOTELS & MOTELS COMFORT INN OF CLEVELAND 807 N Davis Ave, Greenwood, MS (800) 846-1525 | (662) 424-6423 www.comfortinn.com
BLAKEMAN, BRISTER, & PUTMAN FINANCIAL GROUP, P.A. 103 S Court St, Suite 113, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-5923
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www.bbpfinancialgroup.com GAINSPOLETTI FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC 805 West Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-6090 www.gainspolettifinancial.com JACKSON AND BRASWELL, P. A. 3513 Hwy 8 West, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-1555
LOANS MISSISSIPPI TITLE LOANS, INC. 830 North Davis Street 662-843-9262
LUMBER COMPANIES BOYLE LUMBER COMPANY 401 Gaines Hwy, Boyle, MS (662) 846-5129
PAT INGRAM, CLU, CHFC, AND ASSOC. 814 East Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4734
CLEVELAND LUMBER & SUPPLY CO. 711 Hwy 61, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2728
VARNER BROKERAGE, INC. 325 Cotton Row, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-6015 varnerbrothersmarketcenter.com
FLEMING LUMBER COMPANY 224 North Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2763 www.fleminglumberco.com
JEWELRY STORE
MANUFACTURING & PROCESSING
BRITT JEWELRY 104 North Sharpe Avenue 662-843-7464 ROSSON & COMPANY 140 North Sharpe Avenue 662-843-3986
LOANS MISSISSIPPI TITLE LOANS, INC. 830 North Davis St, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-9262
LAWN CARE
AXEL AMERICAS, LLC 150 Crutcher Road, Rosedale, MS (662) 759-6808 www.jescolube.com BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 911 North Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-9421 www.baxter.com CIVES STEEL COMPANY 219 Port Terminal Road, Rosedale, MS (662) 759-6265 www.cives.com
BOB NOLAN- DELTASCAPES 1240 Crosby Road, Cleveland, MS (662) 719-0147 www.deltascapes.com
FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING 150 Russell crutcher Rd North Kansas city, MI 64116 (662) 759-6808
BOB WALKER- PROFESSSIONAL LAWN NURSERY, GIFT FLOWERS AND POOLS 611 Gaines Hwy 662-441-2995
NEEDLE SPECIALTY PRODUCTS CORP. 600 Hwy 446, Boyle, MS (662) 846-0640 www.needlespecialty.com
PRO-LAWN CARE SERVICES, LLC 226 Westwood Drive, Cleveland, MS (662) 721-8889
PHARMEDIUM 913 N Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-5969 www.pharmedium.com
LIQUOR STORES CECIL’S PACKAGE STORE 916 South Davis Avenue 662-843-4907 TJ’S SPIRITS 1415 Highway 8 West 662-846-5386 WARE WINE & SPIRITS 600 North Davis Ave, Suite 3 662-843-6688
QUALITY STEEL CORPORATION 2914 Hwy 61, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4046 www.propanetank.com
MEDIA & ADVERTISING DELTA RADIO, INC. 3965 Hwy 61 North, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3392 www.deltaradio.net
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RADIO CLEVELAND, INC. 911 S Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4091 TELESOUTH COMMUNICATIONS 3192 Browning Rd 520 Greenwood, MS (662) 453-2174 www.telesouth.com WABG-TV 849 Washington Ave, Greenville, MS (662) 332-0949 www.yourdeltanews.com WXVT-TV15 3015 E Reed Rd, Greenville, MS (662) 334-1500 www.yourdeltanews.com
MERCHANT SERVICES JASON HAWTHORNE DBA HEARTLAND PAYMENT SERVICES Gunnison, MS 38746 (864) 608-6400 heartlandpaymentsystems.com
NEWSPAPERS COOPWOOD NEWSPAPERS, INC. - THE BOLIVAR BULLET 125 S Court St, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2700 THE BOLIVAR COMMERCIAL 821 N Chrisman Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4241 www.bolivarcommercial.com
MEDICAL CLINICS, HOSPITALS BLAKE SURGICAL ASSOCIATION, PLLC 907 East Sunflower Rd. Suite, 101 662-846-8880 BOLIVAR MEDICAL CENTER 901 East Sunflower Rd 662-846-0061 BOLIVAR UROLOGY CLINIC, P.A. 907 East Sunflower Rd. Suite 103 662-846-9990 CLEVELAND MEDICAL CLINIC, PLLC 801 East Sunflower Rd. Suite 100 A 662-843-3606 DELTA OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY 801 First Street 662-843-0880 FAMILY MEDICAL CLINIC 803 First Street 662-843-2721
NURSING HOME CLEVELAND NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC 4036 HWY 8 662-843-4014 SHELBY NURSING AND REHAB 1108 Church Street 662-398-5117
OPTOMETRISTS PELTAN EYE & LASER 425 North Davis Avenue 662-545-4600 REESE EYE CARE SERVICES, P.A. 801 West Sunflower Road 662-843-4011
OFFICE SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT & FURNITURE DAWKINS OFFICE SUPPLY 221 Main Street, Greenville, MS (662) 332-5448 www.dawkinsofficesupply.com THE IMAGE SPECIALIST COMPANY 213 E Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-6482 www.southernduplicatingms.com WYLIE’S DISCOUNT SCHOOL & OFFICE FURNITURE 923 Charlie Capps Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 719-1949 | (662) 719-4900
PAINT DEALERS CLEVELAND HOME AND HARDWARE 401 1st Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-8200 www.acehardware.com CLEVELAND LUMBER & SUPPLY CO. 711 Hwy 61, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2728 FLEMING LUMBER COMPANY 224 N Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2763 www.fleminglumberco.com SHERWIN WILLIAMS COMPANY 109 Commerce Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-1481 (662) 846-1482 www.sherwin-williams.com
PAYDAY LOANS ALL AMERICAN CHECK CASHING, INC. 425 North Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-0680 www.allamericancheckcashing.com
PEST CONTROL SERVICES
POTTERY
RENTAL PROPERTY
ADVANCED MOSQUITO CONTROL 2826 Hwy 446, Boyle, MS (662) 843-8450
MCCARTY’S 101 St Mary Street, Merigold 662-748-2293
CLEVELAND APARTMENTS, LLC 3612 Hwy 61 North, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3869 (662) 721-1252 www.theclevelandapartments.com
ROGER’S ENTOMOLOGICAL SERVICES Hwy 61 S, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-1217 (662) 846-1236 rogersentomologicalservicesinc.com TRI-STATE TERMITE CONTROL 1340 Hwy 49, Clarksdale, MS 38614 (662) 843-5340 (662) 624-2542 www.tristatetermite.com
PHARMACY/DRUG STORE CLEVELAND MEDICAL ARTS PHARMACY 801 East Sunflower Rd Suite 100 D 662-843-4214 HAIRE DRUG CENTER 805 1st Street 662-843-4211 SOUTH STREET PHARMACY 410 South Street 662-843-6700 WALGREENS 301 North Davis Avenue 662-846-1206
PHOTOGRAPHY – STUDIO POWELL PHOTOGRAPHY 1115 Lamar Street 662-846-7948 WILLJAX, INC. 106 South Pearman Avenue 662-846-6800
PHYSICAL THERAPY ADVANCE PHYSICAL THERAPY 810 East Sunflower Rd. Suite 150 662-843-4990
PLUMBING JBH PLUMBING 510 N Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 545-4728 (662) 588-2435 ww.jbhplumbinginc.com
PORT-A-JOHNS CLEVELAND RENTALL OUTDOORS 512 Third Street 662-843-9871
PETER’S POTTERY 301 Fortune Avenue
PUBLISHERS & PRINTERS THE BOLIVAR BULLET 125 S Court St, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2700 www.coopwood.net THE BOLIVAR COMMERCIAL 821 N Chrisman Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4241 www.bolivarcommercial.com DELTA MAGAZINE 125 S Court St, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2700 www.deltamagazine.com
REAL ESTATE DEBBIE DAVIS 201 E Sunflower Rd, Suite 1 Cleveland, MS (662) 402-0031 www.debbiedavisre.com
GRIFFITH REAL ESTATE, INC & GRIFFITH APPRAISAL SERVICES 1200 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-0309 www.griffithrealestateinc.net
PARTNERSHIP PROPERTIES 201 E Sunflower Rd, Suite 6 Cleveland, MS (662) 843-8850 www.partnershipprop.com
CATFISH CABIN 575 Hwy 61 662-846-0004 COUNTRY PLATTER, INC. 700 Ruby Street 662-846-7051 CRAVE BISTRO 103 South Davis Avenue 662-843-5222
KEITH WALKER RENTALS 1101 West Sunflower Rd, Ridgeland, MS (662) 843-7102
CRAWDAD’S 104 South Park Street Merigold 662-748-2441
LYNN PACE REAL ESTATE 3O1 W Sunflower Rd, Suite D Cleveland, MS (662) 843-6680 www.lynnpacerealestate.com
CRUSTACEANS 724 South Davis Street 662-836-6456
MOSCO LAND & REALTY 701 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-1425 www.moscolandandrealty.com RAY REAL ESTATE 206 Bishop Road, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-1709 (662) 719-0971
GRIFFITH REAL ESTATE, INC & GRIFFITH APPRAISAL RENTAL SERVICE SERVICES 1200 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS CLEVELAND EVENT CENTER (662) 843-0309 209 E. Carpenter Street www.griffithrealestateinc.net Cleveland, MS (662) 545-4755 LELAND SPEAKES (662) 719-3539 & ASSOCIATES www.clevelandeventcenter.ms 103 S Court Street #100, Cleveland, MS CLEVELAND RENT-ALL (662) 843-2751 401 North Chrisman, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-9871 LYNN PACE REAL ESTATE 3O1 W Sunflower Rd, Suite D, THE CLEVELAND EVENT CENTER Cleveland, MS 209 E Carpenter Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-6680 (662) 545-4755 www.lynnpacerealestate.com (662) 719-3539 MAGNOLIA REALTY WILLIAMS EQUIPMENT 109 S Sharpe Ave #3A, & SUPPLY Cleveland, MS 911 N Chrisman Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 402-1969 (662) 846-1661 www.williamsequipment.com MARY JACKSON 24 McCain Road, Cleveland, MS RESTAURANTS, CAFÉ’S (662) 719-6222 MOSCO LAND & REALTY 701 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-1425 www.moscolandandrealty.com
BELLAZAR’S INC. 114 South Gaines Hwy 662-846-8949
A LA CARTE ALLEY 111 South Court St. 662-545-4229 AIRPORT GROCERY 3608 Hwy 61 North 662-843-4817 BACK YARD BURGER 314 East Carpenter St. 662-843-4817 BACKDRAFT 337 Cotton Row 662-846-9991
DELTA DAIRY 113 South Sharpe Avenue 662-545-4859 DOMINOS 425 North Davis Avenue 662-843-3663 FAT BABY’S CATFISH HOUSE 3670 Hwy 61 662-721-9001 HEY JOE’S 118 East Sunflower Road Suite C 662-843-5425 LOST PIZZA CO. 3745 Hwy 61 North 662-846-1300 MEXICO GRILL 604 N. Davis Avenue Suite 106 F 662-843-3383 MOSQUITO BURRITO 301 Cotton Row 662-843-4822 NO WAY JOSE 1321 Hwy West Suite 2 662-545-4929 PAPA ROC’S 3442 Hwy 8 West 662-545-4525 SONIC DRIVE IN 409 East Sunflower Rd 662-843-4389 STARVING MUSICIAN 323 Cotton Row 662-843-7535 THE SENATOR’S PLACE 1028 South Davis Avenue 662-846-7434 THE WAREHOUSE 229 North Sharpe Avenue 662-846-7223
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RETAIL THE SAWDUST SHACK 108 Commerce Avenue, Suite A 662-545-4829 WAL-MART #1530 710 North Davis Avenue 662-843-6567 NEYSA’S FIRESIDE SHOP 109 North St. /Corner of Sharpe Avenue 662-843-3311 CLEVELAND COMMONS 172 North Sharpe Avenue 662-843-3802
PRESBYTERIAN DAY SCHOOL 1100 Hwy 8 West, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-8698 www.pdsclevelandms.com WEST BOLIVAR SCHOOL DISTRICT 909 Hwy 8, Rosedale, MS (662) 759-3525 www.wbsd.k12.ms.us
CLEVELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT 305 Merritt Drive, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3529 www.cleveland.k12.ms.us DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY 1003 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-4000 www.deltastate.edu DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER DSU Box 3174, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-4574 DELTA CENTER FOR CULTURE AND LEARNING Delta State University Box 3152 Cleveland, MS (662) 846-4311 deltacenterforcultureandlearning.com MOTHER GOOSE LEARNING CENTER 1001 Martin Luther King Drive Cleveland, MS (662) 686-2898
SPORTING GOODS
PAUL’S MART, INC. 612 N. Davis Ave, Cleveland 662-843-2719
DELTA IMPRESSIONS 327 Cotton Row 662-843-7331
THE CAPPS CENTER 920 Hwy 82 West, Indianola, MS (662) 887-2876 www.thecappscenter.com
RES, INC. 820 N Chrisman Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 587-0748 www.resdisposal.com
BROWN BROS. SCRAP METAL, INC. 423 Illinois Central Railroad Cleveland, MS (662) 843-5741
FLATLANDERS PRINTING COMPANY 408 S Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-0725
BAYOU ACADEMY 1291 Crosby Road, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3708 www.bayouacademy.net
JOHN SIGNS CO., INC. 4139 Hwy 8 East, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3548 www.Johnsigns.com
SCRAP METAL PROCESSOR
SCREEN PRINTING
SCHOOLS, COLLEGES & EDUCATION
TRASH HAULING
DELTA OUTDOORS 3755 Hwy 61 North, Cleveland 662-843-9109
CLEVELAND TROPHY 120 North Sharpe Avenue 662-843-8860
MIA’S SHOE BOX AND SUIT SUPPLY 113 North Street 662-701-6225
SIGN COMPANIES
HEIDI’S 110 North Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3950 www.heidisonline.com
SECURITY PRODUCTS, SYSTEMS, BURGLAR ALARMS & COMPANIES SECURITY SERVICES INC. 504 N Chrisman Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-7268 www.securityservicesms.com
SERVICES BOLIVAR COUNTY COMMUNITY Action Agcy., Inc. 810 E Sunflower Rd, Suite 130, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-1491 www.bccaainc.org BOLIVAR COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING 800 N Davis Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 846-6161 CLEVELAND-BOLIVAR COUNTY Chamber of Commerce 600 3rd Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2712 www.clevelandmschamber.com DELTA ARTS ALLIANCE 103 S Court St #106, Cleveland (662) 843-3344 www.deltaartsalliance.org ROBINSON-CARPENTER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 104 S Leflore Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-2774 www.bolivar.lib.ms.us
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STORAGE FACILITIES MCNEER MINI STORAGE 811 N Chrisman Ave., Cleveland, MS (662) 843-5336 www.mcneerministorage.com
TAX SERVICE TFP FINANCIAL SERVICES 1321 Hwy 8 West Suite 8 Cleveland, MS (622) 846-1600 www.tfptaxcenter.com
TELEPHONE COMPANIES AT&T 337 N Broadway, Tupelo, MS (601) 961-1160 (601) 405-2451 www.att.com CABLE ONE 221 S Sharpe Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-4016 www.cableone.net C-SPIRE WIRELESS 608 N Davis Ave Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 846-7400 www.cspire.com DELTA TELEPHONE COMPANY 109 N Church Street Merigold, MS 38759 (662) 748-2711
TRANSPORTATION DEH TRUCKING 3671 Hwy 61, Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 843-3217 JANTRAN, INC. 507 David Work Drive, Rosedale, MS (662) 759-6841 www.bruceoakley.com
UTILITIES ATMOS ENERGY - 5136 107 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3684 www.atmosenergy.com DELTA ELECTRIC POWER ASSN. 353 Yale Street, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-5441 www.deltaepa.com ENTERGY 100 W Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS (662) 721-4144 www.entergy.com
WHOLESALE & DISTRIBUTORS ALLSTATE TANK CO. INC. 3952 Hwy 82 W, Leland, MS (662) 332-1279 C.P. HOUSE GAS COMPANY 365 House Bayou Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-4077 www.cphousegas.com DENTON DAIRY PRODUCTS 116 N Pearman Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-9451 GRESHAM PETROLEUM COMPANY 415 Pershing Ave, Indianola, MS (662) 887-2160 www.greshampetroleum.com NEHI BOTTLING COMPANY 310 N Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3431 SCOTT PETROLEUM 121 WHarrison St, Ruleville, MS (662) 756-4351 www.scottpetroleuminc.com SERV-U-PETROLEUM, INC 441 S Sharpe Ave, Cleveland, MS (662) 843-3471
Covering the Delta for over 100 years.
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THE FUN HAPPENS HERE Art flourishes in Cleveland, From festivals and celebrations to the late night wail of a blues guitar, Cleveland is home to many different entertainment options. If it’s a special culinary treat, a national touring Broadway performance, a Q&A with a Grammy Award-winning artist or a latest cask unveiling from a Mississippi brewery, we’ve got it all. Be sure and check out these sites below for the latest and greatest of what Cleveland has to offer! BOLOGNA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER The Delta’s premier Arts and Entertainment venue sits right here in Cleveland on the campus of Delta State University. Catch a Broadway play, hear a legendary concert, see a world-renowned dance company and take in one of the year’s hottest movies all right here. Check out www.bolognapac.com for their show schedules and movie events! GRAMMY Museum MississippiFrom front porch jam sessions with noted musicians, to intimate Q&A’s with artists, producers, filmmakers and more, the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi is an incredible asset to the cultural scene in Mississippi. Be sure and check out their website at www. grammymuseumms.org to see what’s coming up! KEEP CLEVELAND BORING Yes, that’s a tongue in cheek way of saying that Cleveland Rocks! This organization puts on fantastic festivals, events and hosts some of the best emerging bands from across the nation. Keep tabs on www.keepclevelandboring.com for a list of upcoming music and shows you don’t want to miss. Plus, be sure and grab a KCB t-shirt from their store located in Hey Joe’s. 138 F 2018 CLEVELAND WELCOME GUIDE
Cleveland Tourism- For a list of what’s going on by day, be sure and check out www.visitclevelandms.com. You will also find a link to attractions, dining options, itinerary ideas and more! DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY/ATHLETICS If it’s a good sporting event that’s on your mind, be sure and visit www. gostatesmen.com for current schedules of all their goings on. Also, be sure and check www.deltastate.edu for any new speakers, art gallery openings and more. FESTIVALS Every Deltan loves a good festival, and these certainly don’t disappoint! Be sure and mark your calendars for these exciting annual events • APRIL 2ND Anotherfest- A progressive music festival featured in various restaurants around town. www. keepclevelandboring.com • APRIL 8TH Crosstie Arts & Jazz Festival- this fine juried art show features the best in regional art, amazing music and culinary treats. There is also a popular 5K included the morning before the event. www.crosstiefestival.com • MAY 13TH 3rd Annual Pour Mississippi Craft Beer Festival- over 30 craft beer vendors from across the state descend downtown in a celebration of the brew, live music and great food. www.keepclevelandboring.com
• JUNE 3RD Good Old Fashioned DayOld school games, a scavenger hunt, live entertainment and more! www. clevelandmschamber.com • EVERY SATURDAY IN OCTOBER Missi-sippin Saturdays- A craft brewery paired with live music on the patio every Saturday in October at Hey Joe’s. www.eatheyjoes.com • OCTOBER 6 & 7TH 32nd Annual Pig Pickin’ - Barbecue competition, live music and Delta State Football out at Statesman Park www.dsupigpickin. com • OCTOBER 7TH- 11TH annual OtherfestThis original music festival includes bands from Noon-midnight at Otherfest grounds on Highway 61 just North of Cleveland. Food trucks and art vendors round out this family and pet friendly festival. www.keepclevelandboring.com • OCTOBER 13 & 14TH: 35TH Annual Octoberfest- One of Cleveland’s premier festivals includes live entertainment, a Memphis Barbecue Network sanctioned contest, tons of arts and crafts vendors, a children’s area and more! www.octoberfestms.com • NOVEMBER 2ND Cleveland Bites Food Festival- A ticket to this event will get you bites from more than 20+ restaurants downtown. Delicious! www.clevelandmschamber.com • NOVEMBER 11TH Delta State Football Homecoming- Tailgating and live music in Statesman Park.
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CIVIL RIGHTS
and the BLUES
The Delta Blues has many roots in Cleveland and Bolivar County, with stops along famous roadways like the “Blues Highway,” Highway 61, as well as the Great River Road, Highway 1. Many of these unique towns contain Mississippi Blues Trail markers that tell the story of how the blues influenced the world.
Blues Trail Markers in Bolivar County by Drive Highway 61 Markers (North to South) TOWN
MARKER
ADDRESS
Alligator
Alligator Blues
Lake Street
2 Duncan
Blues Legends of Duncan
East Main and Park Street
3 Winstonville
The Harlem Inn
M.L. King Dr. & Mixon Street
4 Mound Bayou
Mound Bayou Blues
106 West Main Street
5 Shelby
Henry Townsend
Broadway & 2nd Avenue
6 Merigold
Po Monkey’s
Po Monkey Road
W.C. Handy
Court Street & Pearman Avenue
8 Cleveland
Chrisman Street Marker
210 Chrisman Street
9 Cleveland
Gospel and the Blues
302 Ruby Street
1
7
Cleveland
10 Dockery Farms The Birthplace of the Blues? 255 Highway 8 East 11 Boyle
The Peavine
Highway 446 & Illinois Central Ave
12 Shaw
Honeyboy Edwards
200 White Oak Street For an authentic Delta experience, don’t miss Po Monkey’s Juke Joint in Merigold. This is one of the last remaining juke joints in the world and only open on Thursday evenings.
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Freedom Trail Markers Bolivar County has deep roots in the civil rights movement, and is home to two of the Mississippi Freedom Trail markers that tell the story of the civil rights movement in the county.
Charley Patton called Dockery Farms home, and you can still visit the historic grounds today. B.B. King said if he could name one place where the blues started, it was Dockery Farms. Located on Highway 8 just 5 miles East of Cleveland.
Traveling the Riverside Blues
Highway 1 markers (North to South) TOWN
MARKER
13 Gunnison Otis Clay 14 Rosedale
Hot Tamales and the Blues
ADDRESS 388 Waxhaw Road Highway 1 & Brown Street
15 Rosedale Rosedale and the Riverside Blues Railroad Ave. & Brown Street 16 Benoit
Eddie Taylor
Highways 1 & 448
17 Benoit
Eddie Shaw
Highways 1 & 448
18 Scott
Mississippi River Blues
Salisbury Ave. & Deer Creek Drive
THE AMZIE MOORE HOME – Amzie Moore was a leader “a civil rights giant” in the civil rights movement in Mississippi. After serving in World War II, he co-founded the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, helped organize the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Mississippi, and was the first president of the Cleveland NAACP. His home was used as a “revolving dormitory” and “safe house” for activists during the movement’s voter-registration drives in the 1960s. His many guests included Fannie Lou Hamer, Medgar Evers, Dr. Martin Luther King, Andrew Young, John Lewis, Thurgood Marshall, and Rev. Jesse Jackson. 614 South Chrisman Ave., Cleveland, MS
T.R.M. HOWARD – Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard was a surgeon in Mound Bayou who founded the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, Mississippi’s preeminent civil rights organization in the 1950s. He served as a mentor to Amzie Moore, Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Jesse Jackson and more. He played a prominent role in the investigation of the murder and kidnapping of Emmett Till. Edwards Avenue and Roosevelt Street, Mound Bayou, MS
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Look Who Has Visited Us!
Many famous musicians, artists, movie stars and politicians have traveled to our town. We are certain there are some we have missed, but this is a pretty impressive list!
Elvis Ed Nixon Smashing Pumpkins Roger Fisher, Heart Joe Frazier Mohammed Ali Bobby Kennedy Rosanne Cash Bryce Dallas Howard Jessica Chastain Morgan Freeman BB King Jerry Lee Lewis Carlos Santana Debbie Gibson Bobby Gentry Johnny Cash Willie Nelson Ted Nugent Ike and Tina Turner Martin Luther King, Jr. Kris Kristopherson
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Judge Antonin Scalia Marvin Hammlisch Shannen Doherty The Avett Brothers The Temptations Matthew McConaughey Holly Marie Combs Stevie Ray Vaughan Wernher von Braun David Rockefeller Mark Zuckerberg John F. Kennedy, Jr. President Bill Clinton President George W. Bush Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones President Theodore Roosevelt Geoff Emerick, engineer of The Beatles Ed King, Lynyrd Skynyrd Gene Hackman Travis Tritt Emma Stone
The Bangles Ray Charles Sara Evans Tanya Tucker Amy Grant Vince Gill Clint Black Faye Dunaway Hillary Clinton Vice President Al Gore Derek St. Holmes, Ted Nugent band Peyton Manning Eli Manning Archie Manning James Burton, guitarist for Elvis Billy Gibbons, ZZ Top John Grisham William Faulkner George Plimpton Roy Rogers Branford Marsalis
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