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Development brings retail back to town of Goodman.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 15-DEC-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1037 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
GOODMAN--Imagine a small town with no retail outlets to generate sales tax income to provide government services. A town with no grocery store. No gas station.

That would have described the Delta town of Goodman, population 1,285, located approximately 50 miles north of Jackson in Holmes County, until recently. For a decade people in Goodman, a predominantly low-income minority community, have had to travel elsewhere to shop. Since many residents don't have reliable transportation, lack of a local grocery store was a burden.

But no more. In mid-November a new concept in retail was launched in Goodman. Atlanta entrepreneur Diedrick Thomas has opened stores that create a "mini Wal-Mart" environment that includes a New Deal grocery store, a New Dollar store and a place to pay bills.

Thomas used a low-interest loan provided through the Mississippi Development Authority's (MDA) Rebuild Mississippi program to renovate an existing building to house the new stores.

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