September is almost here! It's the perfect time for a walk around the neighborhood, a dinner on the patio, and the opportunity to be a part of some wonderful events we have coming up!

Fairy House Hunt

Design a fairy house, gnome home, or woodland scene for your home. Sign up here to be added to the map!

September 13 at 4pm: Kickoff party at Belhaven Art Park (1000 Poplar Blvd) with a live DJ playing kids music, bubbles, and the Cornival Popcorn Truck. Then we will parade to the BTC Green to watch a movie. Dress up in your favorite fairytale costume! 

September 13-15: The Greater Belhaven Fairy House Hunt. Businesses all over Greater Belhaven, as well the yards of residential homes, will have a fairy house to find. Post a picture on social media and include @GreaterBelhavenFoundation on Facebook and @greaterbelhaven on Instagram with #GreaterBelhavenFairyHunt in the comments to be entered into a drawing for a gift card to a neighborhood business!

Bright Lights

Bright Lights will host it’s 18th annual neighborhood festival on Sunday, September 22. This day-long, free event will showcase local musicians, artists, makers, chefs and Belhaven businesses. For more information and to check out the schedule, visit www.brightlightsbelhaven.com. If you’d like to volunteer, sign up here. 

Keith Haring Fitness Court

You are invited to celebrate the grand opening of the state’s first Keith Haring Fitness Court located in the historic Belhaven Heights neighborhood!

 

The Keith Haring Fitness Court is a fitness court and a one-of-a-kind art installation developed by the National Fitness Campaign in partnership with the Keith Haring Foundation. Jackson was selected by the Keith Haring Foundation as one of the national sites for the court in 2019. Though the project received funding, the installation of the project stalled after the equipment was procured due to the pandemic. The equipment had remained in storage since 2019. This year, the Greater Belhaven Foundation proposed relocating the fitness court to Belhaven Heights Park in order to link it with the Museum Trail and to add it to the park’s assets. Thanks to the Belhaven Heights community and our Ward Seven Council women, Virgi Lindsey, the City of Jackson agreed to relocate the court to the Belhaven Heights Park. The Greater Belhaven Foundation’s Community Improvement District committee provided a site design, facilitated work with groundwork contractors, and coordinated with National Fitness Campaign installers. In July, the Keith Haring Fitness Court was finally installed. We hope you will join us on September 26th to celebrate this new treasure in our city! If you appreciate this investment, and would like to see this project continue to improve, consider a donation to GBF today!

National Night Out

Capitol Police will be hosting National Night Out on October 1st, 2024 from 5-8PM at Veterans Memorial Stadium.  Come join Greater Belhaven Foundation at this wonderful event! This year Capitol Police is partnering with multiple law enforcement agencies, including JSU, UMMC, Hind County Sheriff’s Department, FBI, and other resource agencies to host one big event. There will be a kid’s zone, vendors, and food trucks. We hope to see you there!

Greater Belhaven Fall Cleanup Day

This spring, We had over 90 volunteers show up to assist with our March Spring Clean up day! We filled two 30 foot dumpsters full of trash and debris and cleaned out miles of overgrown curbs. On October 12, let’s make it happen again for our Greater Belhaven Fall Cleanup Day– Join your neighbors as we get ready for a beautiful fall in Belhaven for a community-wide day of cleaning of streets, public spaces, and yards. We will kick off at Sunflower Oven at 8:30 AM! Sign up here! End the day with neighbors and family relaxing at Pumpkins in the Park at Belhaven Park at 3 pm.  If you appreciate this event, and would like to see this kind of work continue , consider a donation to GBF today!

Pumpkins in the Park

Pumpkins in the Park- October 12th 3PM at Belhaven Park

Join us for a family-friendly, relaxed event at Belhaven Park. Come create your own pumpkin masterpiece and add some festive flair to your Belhaven yard!  If you appreciate this event, and would like to see this kind of work continue , consider a donation to GBF today!

Belhaven Hills Classic

Join us for the second annual race benefitting the Museum Trail, the Belhaven Mountain Bike Trails, and Greater Belhaven Parks & Trails. Choose from an 8K run, 8K walk, Bier Mile, and a children’s 1 mile fun run. Register here!

New Doggie Bag Stands Installed 

GBF received requests for additional doggy bag stands and bags throughout the neighborhood to keep our parks and Riverside Drive free of dog droppings. We now have four stands across the neighborhood, located at Belhaven Heights Park, Laurel Street Park, Belhaven Park, and the intersection of  Linden and Riverside. GBF will continue to replenish bags as needed.If you appreciate this investment, and would like to see this kind of work continue, consider a donation to GBF today!

 

Riverside Drive and Fortification Maintenance 

You’ve asked, and GBF has delivered! We all love the look of our new Riverside Drive. In order to keep it maintained, GBF has contracted with professional landscapers to service both Riverside and Fortification from I-55 to State Street. Contracted crews will be picking up trash and debris from both sides of the street and in medians. They will mow, weedeat, edge sidewalks and medians, blow out curbs and haul away debris six times a year.  If you appreciate this event, and would like to see this kind of work continue, consider a donation to GBF today!

GBF also invested in equipment to rope off medians to prevent destruction from cars parking in them for Veterans Memorial Stadium Football games. 

Peachtree Curb Work and Resurfacing 

You’ve probably noticed new curbs being installed on Peachtree. The 1% Sales Tax Commission has announced the following Greater Belhaven streets are scheduled for repaving this summer. After curbwork has finished, Peachtree will begin resurfacing. 

 ·  Peachtree

·  Myrtle

·  Pinehurst

·  Poplar

·  Manship

·  St. Ann

·  St. Mary (from Poplar to Laurel)

·  Bellevue

·  Moody

·  Whitworth

·  Quinn

Mississippi Book Festival

A Literary Lawn Party: Each year, the Mississippi Book Festival unites readers and authors in an exhilarating celebration of books.

The Capitol’s stately rooms and nearby Galloway Church turn into venues for distinguished panelists, the streets in-between transform into a bustling marketplace for booksellers, and the grounds and Capitol Rotunda become a hub of lively exchange. FREE AND OPEN TO ALL, the festival brings the written word to fun, festive life with authors, panel discussions, book signings, family-friendly activities, food trucks, live music, and more!