Downtown Natchez Alliance (DNA) - A Mississippi Main Street Designated Community
Revels Plaza Signing Ceremony Paves Way for Next Phase of Anchor of Downtown Plan To Proceed

January 25, 2024

On January 25, 2024, Zion Chapel A.M.E. Church and The City of Natchez held a signing ceremony for the official donation of a portion of the church-owned M.L.K. Triangle property to the City for the future development of Hiram Rhodes Revels Plaza, a future city park at the gateway to Historic Downtown Natchez. The Ceremony was help ad Zion Chapel A.M.E. Church.

The City of Natchez, Zion Chapel and the Downtown Natchez Alliance jointly spearhead the creation of Revels Plaza Project, which is one of the 3 key anchors of the City’s Downtown Master Plan that was approved by the Board of Aldermen in May 2018.

The Plaza will be named in honor of Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) Revels was the first minister of Zion Chapel A.M.E. Church (Natchez), the first African American elected to Congress, and the first president of Alcorn State University, the oldest public historically Black land-grant institution in the United States.

Hiram Revels Plaza, Eastern Gateway to Historic Downtown Natchez and center of our Historic African-American Business District #MLK Triangle Sub-Area #Downtown Master Plan. At the top, an Artist’s rendering of Revels Plaza as envisioned in the City of Natchez’s official Downtown Master Plan.
Zion Chapel trustees convey property for Hiram Revels Plaza
DNA Attends Mississippi Rural Placemaking Summit

DNA Attends Mississippi Rural Placemaking Summit

Aug 1, 2024

DNA had a great day at the Mississippi Rural Placemaking Summit organized by the Community Foundation For Mississippi. Natchez was well represented! It was a great day of information, idea exchange, and networking! Thanks again to the Community Foundation for...

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