14 15 MEETINMERIDIAN.COM Step Out for Fun The Riley Center’s central location offers meeting attendees a lot of fun within a five-minute walk: • Experience The MAX, a cutting-edge interactive tribute to Mississippi’s creative geniuses. • Explore a preserved 20th-century steam factory at the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum. • Check out Mississippi’s oldest live music scene (really) and enjoy a beverage at a craft beer taproom, a balcony bar or rooftop bar. • Learn about the Father of Country Music at the Jimmie Rodgers Museum. • Seek out heritage trails with markers downtown for Civil Rights, Civil War, blues and country music. • Take in a 1920s movie palace at Temple Theatre for the Performing Arts. • Admire the Meridian Museum of Art’s region-focused collection. • Browse a dozen or so specialty shops featuring fine men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing, antiques, outdoor gear, vintage jewelry, and gifts made in Mississippi. IDEAL LOCATION & EXPERTLY HANDLED LOGISTICS Conveniently Convene Visit Meridian provides the following to make things as easy as possible: • Assistance with site inspection or preplanning visits • Negotiation and securing of hotel room proposals and contracts • Coordination of transportation, which often can be included in hotel rates • Registration assistance, welcome-to-town bags, free name badge holders, and lanyards Farther Afield but Still Just Minutes Away • Ride the Dentzel Carousel, which debuted at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. • Bounce on a trampoline, throw an ax, climb a wall, play laser tag, or race a go-kart at HYPE! Adventures. • Get a feel for 19th-century life at side-by-side historic houses Merrehope and the F.W. Williams Home. • Add to the trinkets bedecking the grave of former Gypsy Queen Kelly Mitchell at Rose Hill Cemetery. • Try sporting clays, skeet, or archery at Binachi Shooting Sports. • Work out on the trails or just relax at Bonita Lakes Park. 290 Atlanta miles 335 Nashville miles 493 Dallas miles 198 New Orleans miles NEARBY CITIES Centrally located, we’re easy and quick to reach from anywhere in Mississippi – and beyond. • Jackson: 1.5 hours • Hattiesburg: 1.5 hours • Columbus: 1.5 hours • Tupelo: 2.5 hours • Vicksburg: 2 hours • Gulf Coast: 2.5-3 hours MeetInMeridian.com • 888.868.7720 2000 Front Street, Suite A • Meridian, MS 39301
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