Founded in 2019, Refill Jackson runs a nine-week workforce development program that combines classroom instruction in soft skills like professional communication, teamwork and interviewing with hands-on job training and related social services.

The Jackson City Council met Tuesday, August 25 at 6pm, for its regular meeting. For residents unable to attend, this recap highlights several decisions and discussions with potential impact on neighborhoods across Jackson.

If there is one idea that sums up Felecia Tripp’s involvement with Jackson Association of Neighborhoods, it is optimism. Jackson is a glass half full, and Tripp aims to fill it to overflowing, serving on JAN’s Board of Directors as a representative of Ward 3 and chair of its Sustainability Committee.

As founder of Operation Good, Geno Womack has spent more than a decade building a simple but often overlooked philosophy: neighborhoods are transformed from the inside out. Not from the top down.

During the first regular meeting of July, the Council elects its officers for the coming year. Ward 5 Councilman Vernon Hartley was elected President of the Jackson City Council, while Ward 7 Councilman Kevin Parkinson was elected Vice President.