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This story originally appeared in the Jackson Free Press. It was added to the Mississippi Free Press website in 2025.
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WHERE2SHOP

Beemon Drugs
1220 E. Northside Drive
601-366-9431

Bottletree Glass Glassworks by Elizabeth Robinson
2906 N. State St.
601-212-6635
http://www.bottletreeglass.com

Material Girls at Renaissance
1000 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 7005, Ridgeland
601-605-1605
http://www.shopmaterialgirls.com

McDade’s Wine and Spirits
1220 E. Northside Drive
601-366-5676
http://www.mcdadeswineandspirits.com

The Museum Store at the Mississippi Museum of Art
380 S. Lamar St.
601-965-9939
http://www.store.msmuseumart.org

Mosaic
2906 N. State St.
601-713-2595

Nandy’s Candy
1220 E. Northside Drive
601-362-9553

Sami Lott Designs and Gallery
1800 N. State St.
601-212-7707

Studio Chane
2765 Old Canton Road
Fondren Corner Building
601-362-FLIP
http://www.studiochane.com

SummerHouse
1109 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite D, Ridgeland
601-853-4445
http://www.summerhousestyle.com

Tangle Hair Salon
603 Duling Ave.
601-987-0123

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The Mississippi Free Press produced this story through the MFP Solutions Lab, supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. This series digs into Mississippi’s systemic issues and sheds light on responses to them in other communities. Beyond just reporting on problems, these stories interrogate their causes and inspect potential solutions.

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.