Fondren Rocks on March 7

…..Save the date for a new music event in the Fondren Business District. Brought to you by the music venues in Fondren and sponsored by Southern Beverage Company, the day will start at Fondren Art Gallery/Mississippi Blues Museum, 3242 N. State Street at 4 p.m. and end at Apothecary around 9 p.m. with special evening cocktails.

…..Jake Carter will provide live music in the Green Room of Fondren Art Gallery.

…..DJMD, Henry Sioufi, will be prepared to play whatever the crowd wants to end the first JXNRX with. Sioufi, originally from Toronto, is a family medicine resident at UMMC.

…..Watch social media for an announcement of the other musicians performing on March 7.

Support Fondren Restaurants this week!

….Visit Jackson’s Inaugural Restaurant Week is happening this week. You can support Fondren’s Restaurants and win a Foodie Themed Gift Basket worth more than $500.

…..Here’s how: Dine at any three restaurants and post yourself/your meal at each location - tag the restaurant and @visitjacksonms, and use the hashtags #JXNRestaurantWeek, #EatJXN, and #TheCityWithSoul.

Here’s a day-by-day Fondren Guide to Eat JXN & Win

Monday - Comeback Monday

The Pig and Pint (ask for Comeback Slaw)

Tuesday - International Food Day

Aladdin

Amerigo

Green Ghost

Little Tokyo

Zundo

Wednesday - Fried Chicken Day

Roosters

Highball Lanes

Thursday - Burger Day

Brent’s Drugs

Broad Street Bakery

Deja Brew

Saltine

Friday - Fried Fish Day

Walker’s Drive In

Saltine

Fondren Church Serve Day

Partners: OFNA, Friends of Fondren Park, Bridging the Gap, FRF

Thank you to all the volunteers who worked in Fondren Saturday as part of Fondren Church’s Serve Day: on Old Canton Road, Taylor Street and Fondren Park.

Supporting the MS Blues Marathon

Fondren neighbors gathered on Old Canton Road to cheer on the participants in Saturday’s MS Blues Marathon - greeting runners from as far away as Germany. Others who stopped to visit were from Illinois, New Hampshire, Arizona, Florida, Wisconsin and North Carolina. (The Old Canton Road neighbors were the only ones to offer a Cold Beer Station instead of a water station.)

Renaissance Society sign delivery underway

Renaissance Society yard signs are being delivered by FRF Board Members. If you are a Renaissance Society member and haven’t received your sign by Friday, please contact Rebecca.

Last chance to volunteer - work starts in March

…..We need volunteers to help us keep Fondren vibrant.

…..FRF has a number of new programs that require committed volunteers to step up and take responsibility for keeping Fondren moving in the right direction.

…..Here are the programs we are focused on for 2024. Click on the below link to find out more:

Court Watch

Code Enforcement Task Force

Fondren Education Forum

Fondren Votes

Community Clean Up

Special Events Ambassadors

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Thank you to these Fondren Forward

Capital Campaign donors:

Carrol Landscape Services, LLC

Hunt The Shop