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Mississippi Blackberry Festival

The first annual Mississippi Blackberry Festival will be coming to Columbia, MS on the first weekend in July.  It will be a two day festival on July 1 and 2 featuring food, arts & crafts, games, music, and activities presented by the Columbia Trolley Association, LLC.  There will be events held all over town including a Classic [...]

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Waynesboro Mystery Tour

A big white bus of over fifty tourists came from Waynesboro, MS on a mystery tour of Marion County on April 21, 2011.  They did not know where they were going, but they really enjoyed it when they got here.  After refreshing themselves from the trip at the MCDP building, the tour group was joined [...]

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New Marion County Brochure

A new brochure has been designed for the historical sites of Marion County as a combined effort of the Tourism Committee of the Marion County Development Partnership and the Marion County Historical Society.  The tri-fold brochure features interesting sites such as the John Ford Home, the Hugh White Governor’s Mansion, the Marion County Courthouse, the [...]

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Civil War Anniversary Video

Check out this video from Walt Grayson on his WLBT show “Look Around Mississippi” about the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War in Mississippi. Share on Facebook

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Geocaching Workshop

The Tourism Committee of the Marion County Development Partnership recently presented a Geocaching workshop for local residents. Geocaching is a high-tech form of treasure hunting sport that utilizes Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and coordinates that are uploaded on the internet. Ms. Lacey Bishop from the Mississippi Geocachers Association gave an excellent overview of this popular [...]

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Historic District Signs

The Marion County Historical Society have installed six new historic district signs to designate some of the important areas of our community.   These decorative signs were entirely funded by the Historical Society.  Mrs. Ann Simmons, President of the Historical Society, with the help of City of Columbia Mayor Reed Houston, and others, determined the placement [...]

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MCDP Tourism Committee

The new Marion County Tourism Committee had their first meeting at the Marion County Development Partnership to go over the Tourism Survey that was recently conducted and to begin the work of determining the best solutions for bringing more visitors to our area and establishing the goals, mission, and priorities of the committee.  Tourism is [...]

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Pearl River Airboat Ride

The airboat has arrived to Columbia!  I had the pleasure of taking a ride on the new airboat with Pearl River Airboat Adventures and it was a blast.  Any initial apprehension and concerns that I may have had were soon replaced with excitement and sheer exhilaration once the boat launched from the Water Park.  Overall, [...]

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