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Downtown Hattiesburg Association focuses on a mission of revitalization and historic preservation of the Downtown district, making it the vibrant and creative center of Hattiesburg.
Since its founding in 1985, DHA, a Mississippi Main Street program, has spearheaded the revitalization of Hattiesburg’s historic core through partnerships to focus its growth and development on the Main Street Four Point Approach of the National Main Street Center: Organization, Design, Promotion, and Economic Vitality. The Association promotes, markets, and educates investors, developers, entrepreneurs, businesses, shoppers, visitors and residents that Downtown Hattiesburg is a destination – a place to live, work, and play.
2019 Officers
PRESIDENT
David Ott, Bryan Nelson P.A.
VICE PRESIDENT
Daniel Jayroe, Area Development Partnership
TREASURER
Jim Coll, The University of Southern Mississippi
PAST PRESIDENT
Shawn Harris, Regions Bank
EX-OFFICIO
DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE
Barbara Hamilton, William Carey University
David Miller, Forrest County Board of Supervisors
Joe Paul, City of Hattiesburg
Board of Directors
Larry Albert, Albert & Robinson Architects
Chad Dews, Dews Foundry
Marlo Dorsey, VisitHattiesburg
Miranda Grieder, The Little Building
Nelson Haskin, Blu Jazz Café
Austin Lovitt, Neel-Schaffer
Shawn Lowrey, Lowrey & Fortner, P.A.
Michael Marks, Stage, Style, Study
Seth Miles, CR Properties
Dave Ware, Southern Anesthesia, Inc.
HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS
Larry Albert, Albert & Robinson Architects
Staff
Andrea Saffle, Executive Director
Kristen Brock, Programs & Promotions