Grand Ideas
Eric Hill, director of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵCenter for Entrepreneurship and Outreach, speaks to the crowd gathered in downtown Starkville to celebrate the grand opening of the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵIdea 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 ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵRetail Product Accelerator, helping entrepreneurship thrive among ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵstudents and in the Starkville community. Pictured behind Hill are, from left, Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵPresident Mark E. Keenum and College of Business Dean Sharon Oswald.