Take a look back at photos from Fondren’s Zippity Doo Dah® Weekend, 2014, complete with a parade, carnival, 5k, character breakfast and more.
Gov. Proclaims Saturday For Vietnam Veterans
Phil Bryant issues a long overdue message to Mississippi’s Vietnam veterans, many of whom say they have never felt like they received a proper welcome home.
Fondren’s Zippity Doo Dah® Weekend to Honor Vietnam Veterans
Offering a “Welcome Home” message to Vietnam Veterans, the weekend will be red, white and blue and filled with activity.
Fondren’s Zippity Doo Dah® Weekend Raises $100k for FOCH
When Jill Conner Browne called Randall Wallace earlier today, he didn’t know it would cost him. The Braveheart screenwriter and friend of Browne has been a fan of hers and, now, Zippity Doo Dah®, for some time. So when this year’s total came in at $95,553 – a record total, no less – Browne wouldn’t […]
Budweiser Clydesdales, Color Me Rad Part of Zippity Doo Dah®
Update: Here’s the weekend map and schedule! January 31, 2013 In a press conference held this morning at Fondren Corner, Fondren Renaissance told of plans for the third annual Zippity Doo Dah® Weekend including the return of the Budweiser Clydesdales and the addition of several new events. Jim Wilkirson, Renaissance executive director; Mangia Bene group’s […]
More Than Meets The Eye: Meet Fondren Renaissance
“Our goal,” Wilkirson says, “is to support and promote the great merchants, restaurants, business entities and neighbors of Fondren. At the end of the day, we’re all about our people and our people make us who we are.”
2012: The Year in Review in Fondren
December 28, 2012 As we close another year and begin anew, Find It In Fondrenâ„¢ is taking a look back at 2012. It seems cliche, because, after all, everyone does a year in review piece. But what’s exciting for us is to realize in such a small space, in such a short time, so much […]
Browne, Zippity Doo Dah® Recognized As ‘Hands of Hope’
Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital, the state’s only children’s hospital, thanked their supporters and recognized over a dozen groups or individuals at their annual Hands of Hope Awards Luncheon in Fondren today. The Sweet Potato Queen Jill Conner Browne was honored as was the Fondren Zippity Doo Dah® Parade and Festival Weekend.  Speaking of Browne, […]
THE Queen: Meet Jill Conner Browne
Of her self-created royalty, Browne said, “Literally, everything we did from then until today is to purely entertain me.”
Meet Jeff Good
Another Zippity Doo Dah® ‘mover & shaker’: meet Jeff Good “Do the right thing….and do it in abundance!” That’s what you might hear if you are in Sal & Mookie’s at 4:45pm during the dinner service “line up” meeting. That is Fondrenite and restaurant owner Jeff Good’s mantra, often repeated to staff in an effort […]