What We Do
The Fred Carl, Jr. Small Town Center is a community design center in the College of Architecture, Art and Design at Mississippi State University. We provide a range of design and planning services for communities and research about small town challenges.
Our Story
Over the past four decades, the Small Town Center at Mississippi State University has contributed a significant body of knowledge about small towns in modern America.
Our Work
The Small Town Center provides a variety of design services including community engagement and visioning; master planning; project feasibility studies; downtown revitalizations; bike and pedestrian planning; research; creating and building; grant writing; and design seminars and workshops.
Let's Work Together
If your town, community or organization is interested in working with the Small Town Center, we want to know! Our community design center provides a range of services, from community engagement and visioning, all the way to full-scale master planning and conceptual designs for projects.