to honor modern functionality while preserving the significance of its past. “We just finished a streetscape on one of our major downtown streets, which offers new pavement and new historical lighting in ADA accessible sidewalks with concrete and brick inserts; they’re beautiful,” Mayor McAdams explains. The mayor also notes that a similar renovation is slated for Walthall Street, which will connect a main downtown bridge to the highway, promising a complete overhaul to complete the city’s downtown area with a cohesive and updated look. Looking ahead, the city plans to apply for a grant to construct a fishing pier near its new dock, further catering to fishermen and ensuring easy access to the river. Over the next two to five years, several ambitious initiatives are set to further enhance the city’s appeal and functionality. The Viking Spa and Cooking store, adjacent to the Viking-owned Alluvian Hotel, further enhances the city’s appeal as a high-end destination. In addition to Viking, other significant industries contribute to Greenwood’s economy. For example, Staplcotn, one of only four cotton marketing cooperatives In the nation, maintains its corporate headquarters and a very large cotton warehousing facility here. The city also maintains a well-kept industrial park, recently welcoming Saylor Wheel, a new business renovating a building to produce metal steel wheels. And then, there is the highly anticipated return of TurnRow Book Co., a historic bookstore with an art exhibit and café, that further promises to boost tourism upon its reopening. ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE AND GREENWOOD’S FUTURE HORIZON Greenwood investments in infrastructure manage Mayor McAdams found the resources to construct a new public floating boat dock on the Yazoo River. This attractive new downtown facility is now seeing use by both pleasure boaters and fishermen. 8 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 07
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