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Welcome Home worship festival draws crowd to downtown Mansfield
MANSFIELD — The Brickyard became a place of worship as community members gathered to share gospel music and uplift each other for the second annual Welcome Home Fest on Saturday. The event featured musicians, kids games, free food, sermons and a mobile baptismal pool. Festival organizer Damien Beauford said he wanted the event to offer […]
Posted inLife and Culture
Welcome Home Festival brings live worship to The Brickyard
MANSFIELD — Damien Beauford is passionate about bringing people together and promoting healing in the community. So when he saw how the Final Friday concert series galvanizes downtown, he got inspired. “Final Friday happens down here and it’s awesome,” Beauford said. “(I thought) ‘How can we do something down here and reach people with the […]
Posted inCommunity Development
‘Mansfield Rising’ plan to get new faces & inspiration in March
MANSFIELD — Many recent improvements in downtown Mansfield can be traced to Austin, Texas. That’s where the origins were born for ideas found in Mansfield Rising, at the annual South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) in 2018, attended by 15 local residents. Six years later, a second group is ready to help the Mansfield Rising plan […]
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State of the City: Shelby is ‘solid, fiscally sound’ says mayor
Shelby Mayor Steve Schag reported the city is “solid and fiscally sound” during the State of the City address Monday.
Posted inNews
No more waiting: Mansfield leaders unite in fight against youth violence
Rev. Bruce Bond doesn’t see any more time to wait to address youth violence in the City of Mansfield.
Posted inBusiness
419 Barbershop opens third location in Shelby with ribbon cutting
Damien Beauford, owner of 419 Barbershop, decided it was time to expand and open his business’ third location, this time in Shelby.