LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT

DOWNTOWN JACKSON PARTNERS ORGANIZED THE VERY FIRST LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT, WHICH FEATURED BILLY MCCOY, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, AND PHIL BRYANT, OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ON JANUARY 28, 2010. THE ENTIRE LEGISLATURE WAS INVITED TO THE JACKSON CONVENTION COMPLEX WHERE PRESENTATIONS WERE MADE BY MAYOR HARVEY JOHNSON, THE JACKSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND DOWNTOWN JACKSON PARTNERS. THIS SIGNATURE EVENT WAS THE FIRST TIME EVER THAT THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND CITY OF JACKSON HAD REACHED OUT TO OUR LEGISLATURE, BOTH LOCAL AND STATEWIDE, IN A UNITED FRONT.