Our Mission

Revitalize Mississippi assists low-income neighborhoods by clearing abandoned, overgrown lots, demolishing dilapidated houses, and working with neighborhood stakeholders to improve their community and expand home ownership. Healthy cities are made up of healthy neighborhoods. Without an organization like Revitalize Mississippi, the cancer of abandonment destroys urban areas through less private investment in property and less public investment in infrastructure, security and economic development.

In addition to cleaning up abandoned properties and returning them to productive uses, we work closely with neighborhood leaders to help empower them with tools and resources to strengthen their communities. The mission of Revitalize Mississippi is for every neighborhood in Jackson to have the tools to fight against the spread of abandoned and vacant properties and strengthen their own community.

While our current focus is in Jackson neighborhoods, Revitalize Mississippi is building an organizational model that can be used throughout the state to improve communities that have become victims of the systemic problems that lead to inequality, such as suburban development, redlining, urban neighborhood disinvestment, and changing business and transportation patterns.

The net effect of our donation of services is to reverse urban disinvestment and to make acquisition of property more affordable for neighbors.