The City of Moss Point

For one week at the end of June, Sawmill Landing Park in downtown Moss Point became a living gallery. Seven middle school artists, guided by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art, filled the park with portals, banners, and painted creatures made from materials the park itself provided. Then, exactly as designed, the art began returning to the land.

A tropical system in the Gulf is expected to bring heavy rain, gusty winds, and coastal flooding to the Mississippi Coast this week, and sandbag locations are open now for Moss Point residents. The Jackson County Office of Emergency Services announced sandbag availability on Monday, July 20, with two pickup sites inside the city limits.

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More than two years after tornadoes and straight-line winds swept across Mississippi, some Moss Point families and business owners are still working to rebuild. Help is on the way, and it is coming to town. On Thursday, July 16, the Mississippi Development Authority will host a community meeting on Moss Point tornado recovery, with three new programs that put federal funding ...

On the Fourth of July, a crowd gathered on the downtown Moss Point riverfront and watched the City lift a piece of its past out of the ground. A time capsule had been buried here beside the Escatawpa in 1976, sealed to wait half a century. This summer the wait ran out. The City opened the capsule in front of everyone, laid its keepsakes out on the table, and then sealed a new...