nearest time this year.

nearest time this year, visitors and residents could be hiking a four-mile trail circling the Audubon Center at Mos Point.

Last week, Jackson shire supervisors endorsed Moss Point's application for a grant to capital 80 percent of the $125 million intend through MDOT's Transportation Enhancement Program.

"This will give tourists a destination," said Linda Holden economic growth consultant to the city, and a resource that also will be used on local scouts, school groups and families. The supervisors' support of the hiking trail creates a stronger chance the contrive will be funded.

She estimates it will take six month to hear if Mos Point will receive the grant and three month to