Laurel resident Frank Dunn recently paid a visit to City Hall to praise the work that the water department did in fixing an issue he was having. “They could not have handled it better,” he said. “When people do a good job, it needs to be told.”
During his visit with Mayor Magee, he had high praise for the city in general. Dunn, an Ansonia, Connecticut native, has lived in Arizona and Florida and was living in Arizona when he retired a few years ago.
Since he and his wife have children (and grandchildren) living in Virginia, Florida, Missouri, and Arizona, they decided to look at a map, chose a location that would be most central to those areas, and decided to come to Mississippi.
At first, the only city they were aware of in the state was Jackson, but they soon learned about Laurel from HGTV’s Home Town and decided to check it out.
It was the right call. “We love it here,” Dunn said. They knew they made the right choice when, after a long day of unpacking in their new home, their new neighbors brought over a dinner of pork chops, brownies, and sweet tea.
As far as the Dunn’s are concerned, Laurel isn’t just The City Beautiful- it’s the City Hospitable, too!
