Sheri Johnson
Fred Carl, Jr. Small Town Center
¹ú²úBT Small Town Center announces Small Town Revitalization grant program recipients
Communities receiving STR grants include: Booneville, Carthage, Columbia, Eupora, Falcon, McComb, Pascagoula, Ripley, Saltillo, Tunica and Water Valley.
Small Town Center class wins Best Downtown Beautification Award
Architecture students won the award from the West Point Growth Alliance for their work transforming a downtown alleyway.
Mississippi State’s Kemp to serve as state scholar for Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition
The Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center director will support each of the six communities hosting the interactive, multimedia exhibit for six weeks from August 2023 through June 2024.
Soy-Biobased Biostripe makes a big impact for Small Town Center
The research center's street mural project can be seen along University Drive from campus to downtown.
Street art strengthens ¹ú²úBT-Starkville bonds
Funding for the University Drive Corridor Connections project was provided by a $25,000 grant from the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative secured by the ¹ú²úBT Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center on behalf of the City of Starkville in 2021 and additional center-led fundraising efforts.
Small Town Center director feature: Leah Kemp, Driven
The director of the Mississippi State University Carl Small Town Center talks about her dad's influence and what led to her career in design. Credit: ¹ú²úBT Office of Public Affairs and ¹ú²úBT Television Center.
Carl family remembers son with gift to ¹ú²úBT Athletics 
A gift to Mississippi State University Athletics from the Fred and Margaret Carl Foundation memorializes ¹ú²úBT alumnus Christopher Leflore Carl, who died on March 13, 2021.
Small Town Center secures $25,000 Asphalt Art Initiative funding
The City of Starkville is one of 26 cities from around the nation recently selected to receive a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Small Town Center featured on WTVA news
Guntown hosted a public meeting as part of Guntown City Park Visioning session process to get feedback and input from community members.