50 NIGHTS OF LIGHTS
CHRISTMAS IN CLEVELAND
NOVEMBER 14TH - DECEMBER 31ST
CLEVELAND, MISSISSIPPI
Over 100,000 lights will transform Cleveland, Mississippi into a winter wonderland this holiday season. Join us from November 14th until December 31st for an incredible display of lights that can be viewed every night by walking down the trail, or by driving through! Admission is free.
MANY YEARS AGO...
Many years ago, a group of ladies including Mrs. Jane Dunlap, Mrs. Clemmie Collins, and Mrs. Jo Beth Janoush started a Holiday tradition downtown and encouraged business owners to put white lights in their windows and had white light trees installed on the green strip and started “Light Up Your Holidays”. The downtown lighting later expanded to include rooftop lighting on the buildings in the downtown area.
Last year the Janoush Family added the beautiful tree downtown, along with many other awesome lighted and animated decorations.
There was a tree lighting ceremony for the new tree, which was a great success and brought many people downtown. After seeing the excitement over our new decorations, a committee was formed to expand on what had been started with the goal of making downtown Cleveland a destination place for people to come look at our downtown lights and decorations.
The committee developed a plan to add white lights to the crepe myrtles downtown and to have a Musical theme on Sharpe Street in the sections from Highway 8 to North Street as a tribute to The Grammy Museum, a Candy Land theme on the block of Sharpe Street from North Street to Court Street, and a train theme for The Depot and Train Museum block of Sharpe Street. The space at the south end of Sharpe Street will be reserved for larger decorations with a lot of lights.
Local businesses, individuals and civic clubs were asked to purchase displays as a donation to the City. The response was overwhelming and over $200,000 worth of new holiday displays and decorations were donated. We plan to expand on the lights and displays each year. We hope that you will visit Cleveland this holiday season during our “50 Nights of Lights”.
CONTACT US
Cleveland-Bolivar County
Chamber of Commerce
101 South Bayou
Cleveland, MS 38732
(662) 843-2712
We would like to thank our donors for 50 Nights of Lights:
Ace Hardware
Advance Physical Therapy
Aguzzi Farms
Airport Grocery
The Barbati Family
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Becky Nowell
Beverly Janoush
Dr Bob Ragan
Bolivar Medical Center
Bolivar Tire
Boss Lady Pam Chatman
The Brett Boykin Family
Brooks Family, Maureen and Bucky
Byas Funeral Home
Cannon Motors
Castrol Premium Express Lube
Chawla Hotels
Chris Collins
Cleveland Board of Realtors
Cleveland Country Club
Cleveland Funeral Home
Cleveland Heritage Commission
Cleveland Lumber and Supply
Cleveland State Bank
Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department
Cotillion Club
CP House Gas Company
Collins Construction Company
DEH Trucking
Denton Dairy
Entergy
Exchange Club
Eley-Barkley Engineering & Architecture
Factory Direct Furniture
Fioranelli Family, Beverly & Gary
Fioranelli Family, Debbie & Wayne
Fleming Lumber Company
Frank Melton
Friends of the Library
Gainspoletti & Associates
Gilbow's
Guaranty Bank & Trust Company
The Havens Family
Heidi's
The Heritage Commission
Heslep Family
H Squared
The Hutchison Family
Jacks, Griffith, Luciano
Jackson, Braswell, Mullins & Bailey CPAs
Jan and John Brown
The Jones Family, Mary Love & Pete
Junior Auxiliary
Linda Collins
Lucy and Paul Janoush
Marchant Family, Shawn & Brett
The Margie Collins Family
Mid South Water, LLC
The Morgan Family, Cynthia & Alan
Mosco Land and Realty
Nancy Havens
Needle Specialty Products Corporation
Nehi Bottling Service
Neysa's
Partnership Properties
Patrick Davis State Farm Insurance
The Perry Family, Billy and Mary
Planters Bank
The Powell Family, Bill & Debbie
Povall & Jeffreys PA
Punkin Patch
Quality Steel Corporation
Ray Funeral Home
Regions Bank
Renasant Bank
Rimmer-Child Koonce Insurance
Robinson Electric Company
Roger's Entomological Services
Rotary Club
Sanders Family
Serv-U Petroleum
Shelby Air Service
The Stag Club
State Bank & Trust Company
The Tabb Family
Ten Twenty Four
The Tranum Family, Judy & Joe
The Turner Family, Jed & Amanda
The Swafford Family
Wade, Inc
The Warehouse
The Wiggins Family, Dr. Tom & Susan
Wiggins, Matt
The Wilbanks Family
The Williams Family, Suellen & Mark
The Wishing Well
