City nearing fundraising goal with weeks to go before National Folk Festival

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – With a little less than a month to go, Jackson has nearly met its fundraising goal for the National Folk Festival.

Mayor John Horhn made the announcement at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

“When we came into administration, we had about $300,000 that had been raised out of the $1.5 million… Today… we’re within $125,000 of that,” he said…

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