Grand Ideas
Eric Hill, director of the Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵCenter for Entrepreneurship and Outreach, speaks to the crowd gathered in downtown Starkville to celebrate the grand opening of the Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵIdea Shop on Thursday [March 7]. The Idea Shop is a 2,000-square-foot facility that contains the Turner A. Wingo Maker Studio and the Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵRetail Product Accelerator, helping entrepreneurship thrive among Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵstudents and in the Starkville community. Pictured behind Hill are, from left, Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill, Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵPresident Mark E. Keenum and College of Business Dean Sharon Oswald.