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Columbus preservationist Chris Chain continues 20-year journey of restorations.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 18-FEB-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Columbus preservationist Chris Chain continues 20-year journey of restorations.(Focus: Real Estate Quarterly)

Article Excerpt
For more than 20 years, Chris Chain has worked to restore old buildings and revitalize downtown areas in Mississippi. It began in 1986 in his hometown, Columbus, and has spread across the state as this restoration evangelist takes his message on an ever-widening circuit.

He is immensely pleased that Columbus was recently named to the list of 2008 Twelve Distinctive Destinations by the prestigious National Trust for Historic Preservation. Residents and leaders in the Lowndes County city have embraced the restoration concept.

Chain recalls moving home from Louisiana in 1986 to work with his father in the construction business. "I looked at our downtown all boarded up," he said. "With the banks and city and county government there, I thought it was the heartbeat of our town. I considered what would be the highest and...

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