Students at the Hinds Community College Jackson Branch were given the opportunity to create a community with everything they wanted in a mock planning assignment.  As part of recruitment, Dr. Talya Thomas, DURP assistant professor; Dr. Moe Chowdhury, DURP visiting assistant professor; and Ms. Lisa Johnson, Student Development Coordinator made a presentation to this Geographical Information...Read More

We now have one more person from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Jackson State University as AICP certified.  Arash Ghahramani, M.A., graduated this August and will participate with the commencement in December.  He completed a thesis titled, "Rethinking State Street Public Transit-Jackson, MS."  Congratulations to him on this noteworthy endeavor!        Read More

Bennie Hopkins, M.A., was named the Director of Planning for Desoto County in May 2015.  The job responsibilities include overseing the planning process in the county in relation to subdivision applications, zoning applications, and Planned Unit Development Development applications. He comes with a great deal of experience especially pertaining to community development, site development, long...Read More