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I’m a native Texan, although I received my undergraduate degree here in Mississippi. After completing my graduate degree in my home state, I was happy to return to Mississippi to work in Historic Preservation. Mostly I’ll keep tabs on preservation news around the state, but I’ll weigh in with other ideas and posts from time to time as well.

• MissPres News Roundup 8-5-2013

  By JRGordon on August 5, 2013 • ( 3 )

  With our summer schedule, it’s been a while since we’ve had a news round up. Some of what I’ve got, you may have from the twitter news feed. Down in Moss Point, the fate of the old fire station building… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 6-24-2013

  By JRGordon on June 24, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Summer is officially here – and with it the heat and humidity we in the South love (or is it loathe?) so much. Here’s what’s been going on in preservation since our last roundup. Some of you may have seen… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 6-10-2013

  By JRGordon on June 10, 2013 • ( 4 )

  While we’re starting our twitter-like news feed on the MissPres page, I’ve been off a couple weeks so we’re due a traditional round-up as well. The biggest news the past couple of weeks have been the municipal elections around the… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 5-20-2013

  By JRGordon on May 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Just a handful of stories from around the state this week: News out of Corinth is the report that an unauthorized demolition in the Historic District was halted because the owner did not have the proper permits to tear down the building. … Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 5-13-2013

  By JRGordon on May 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  While much of the news around the state this past week was centered around the municipal elections most communities held this week, but we managed to find a good number of preservation stories this week as well. We’ll start off… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 5-6-2013

  By JRGordon on May 6, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Happy Preservation Month! A couple of our stories relate to events being held this month – some specifically noting that they are for Preservation Month, others that aren’t, but are still in pretty cool historic places. First up is this… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 4-29-2013

  By JRGordon on April 29, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  April is wrapping up quickly – which means that Preservation Month will soon be here. If any Miss Pres readers have events to share for our special month – let us know and we’ll get them on the calendar. One… Read More ›

• Preservation Grants Awarded by MDAH

  By JRGordon on April 26, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  We’ll have our regular News Roundup on Monday, but this was a story that we wanted to single out to share with the MissPres world.  Thanks to our friends at MDAH for allowing us to share this release – and… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 4-22-2013

  By JRGordon on April 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Just because I took a week off from doing a roundup doesn’t mean that the news took a break.  Events are still on the calendar – and I hope that in the next round up we get to share a… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 4-8-2013

  By JRGordon on April 8, 2013 • ( 0 )

  We’re finally getting more sunny days – and warmer temps – which should encourage more venturing to see our favorite places.  While you all are pondering your Spring excursions, here’s the latest news. Starting in the small town of Houston… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 4-1-2013

  By JRGordon on April 1, 2013 • ( 4 )

  No fooling – it’s all good news today! First there was a story about downtown revitalization in Pontotoc.  Three property owners have recently invested in downtown buildings – including one couple who even turned an historic gas station into their… Read More ›

• Merci Train Car Update

  By JRGordon on March 29, 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  Back in June 2011 we shared some pictures of the French 40 & 8 (aka the Merci) Car being moved from behind the War Memorial & Old Capitol to its new home nearby, beside the GM&O Depot. Earlier this week,… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 3-25-2013

  By JRGordon on March 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  March is flying by – even if we have to deal with some winter-like temps again. Just a handful of stories from this week, but all good news for a chilly morning: Starting in Natchez where good reports on the… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 3-18-2013

  By JRGordon on March 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  If the calendar full of events didn’t tip me off that Spring was just around the corner, the delightful layer of yellow on my car assures it.  Before everyone gets out to enjoy the weather and visit our favorite historic… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 3-4-2013

  By JRGordon on March 4, 2013 • ( 1 )

  February flew by – and now that it’s March, we’ll expect to start seeing news about Spring Pilgrimages and other festivals in historic downtowns popping up around the state.  I didn’t see any of these stories this week, but here’s… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 2-25-2013

  By JRGordon on February 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Finishing the shortest month of the year with a short News Round-up: Rosedale was in the news again – making an appearance on the USDA Blog. The story they ran talks about the variety of sources of grant funds that… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 2-18-2013

  By JRGordon on February 18, 2013 • ( 1 )

  It’s been an eventful week around the MissPres world – so we’ve had a lot of news & updates during the week. We’ll start this roundup with a couple of additional stories out of Hattiesburg.  First is a story about… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 2-11-2013

  By JRGordon on February 11, 2013 • ( 1 )

  For those of you who don’t know – I typically type up these roundups on Sunday as I am able to “schedule” the post for Monday morning.  As of right now, I have only seen REALLY early (and vague) reports… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 2-4-2013

  By JRGordon on February 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Coverage of the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras festivities didn’t keep us from finding a handful of preservation related stories this week. We’ll start in Jackson where the Fondren area was in the news as an example of an area… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 1-28-2013

  By JRGordon on January 28, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Can you believe that it’s the last week of January already?  Pretty soon, we’ll be talking about Spring Pilgrimages around the state.  We’ve had a ton of news since our last round up – so away we go. We’re going… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 1-14-2013

  By JRGordon on January 14, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  News is still a bit slow in the new year – but we still uncovered enough for our second round up of the year. Starting this week down in Natchez where The Democrat covered the latest push for an oil… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 1-7-2013

  By JRGordon on January 7, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Not a lot of news since our last round-up of 2012 – well not a lot of preservation news anyway.  Here are a couple of stories I did come across to start your new year. Up in Tupelo, we had… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 12-21-12

  By JRGordon on December 21, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  Yes – it’s Friday and we’re doing a news roundup.  No – the world did not end. With the holidays and our annual “Year in Review” posts over the next week or so, we figured we’d do one last roundup… Read More ›

• Cemetery Workshop Follow-up

  By JRGordon on December 17, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  After a couple of heavy news weeks, this past one was pretty light again.  Instead of our usual Monday News Round-up then, we have a guest post from Vicki Myers – one of our friends at the Mississippi Department of… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 12-10-2012

  By JRGordon on December 10, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  After a period of slow news weeks, for the second week in a row we have a lot of news stories to share with MissPres readers. Starting this week in Tupelo with a story that we have been following for… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 12-3-2012

  By JRGordon on December 3, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  It’s been nearly a month since I’ve done a news roundup – between slow news weeks (preservation wise) and holidays – but I’m back with a long one this time. Starting in Pascagoula where there is news concerning the Brumfield… Read More ›

• MissPres News Roundup 11-5-2012

  By JRGordon on November 5, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Lots of long faces for fans of Mississippi’s college football programs – but maybe a round-up with good preservation news will help offset the disappointing results of Saturday’s games. Going to start out up in the Northeast part of the… Read More ›