Our Mission

Revitalize Mississippi’s mission is to highlight the urgent need to address vacant, abandoned, and dilapidated (VAD) properties in Jackson and throughout Mississippi. In the past, the organization has supported low-income neighborhoods by clearing abandoned, overgrown lots, demolishing dilapidated houses, and working with neighborhood stakeholders to improve their communities and expand homeownership.

Currently, Revitalize Mississippi is building on this experience to create the Mississippi VAD Task Force, ensuring that the issue is prioritized by state and municipal leaders, the private market, community organizations, and neighborhood leaders. Healthy cities are made up of healthy neighborhoods. Without an organization like Revitalize Mississippi, the cancer of abandonment destroys urban areas through reduced private investment in property and decreased public investment in infrastructure, security, and economic development.