Current Sponsors

FOUNDING FATHER SPONSOR
Georgia Pacific Corporation

MAJOR SPONSORS
Fairchild Construction Company
Warren Paving, Inc.
Tatum Development Corporation
Mississippi Power Company

 

MILEPOST SPONSOR NAME PERIOD
3.4 Hood Industries 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
4 Dr. Greer & Sandy Whitacre 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
5K Turn-around N&H Electronics 11/12011-10/31/2016
5 VFW 8/1/2010-7/31/2015
10K Turn-around Ed & Jean Crockett 9/1/2011-8/31/2011
6 Hattiesburg Bicycle Center 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
7 Elmer and Ann Beardshall 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
8 Tony Mozingo 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
9 Forest General
10 Moores Bicycle Shop 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
11 Richton Tie & Timber 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
12 Dr. John L. Pendergrass 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
13 MS Power Earth & Energy       9/1/2010-8/31/2015
14 The Bike Rack 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
15 Hattiesburg American 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
16 Pappy's Pepper Spread 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
17 Trustmark Plaza 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
18 Hattiesburg Oral Surgery 12/1/2011-11-20-2016
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28 South MS Electric 9/1/2011-8/31/2011
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BRIDGE SPONSOR NAME PERIOD
Haden Creek Hattiesburg Clinic 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
Munn Creek Chain Electric 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
Jay Bird East
Jay Bird West
White Sand
MEMORIALS SPONSOR NAME PERIOD
Simmons exercise station Eugenia Simmons 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
Buddy's Place South Group Insurance 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
REST STOP SPONSOR NAME PERIOD
Mile 3.5 Holloway Memorial Herlon Pierce 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
Mile 5.25 Ride South 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
Mile 9 Economy Supply/Moore's Bicycle Lifetime
Mile 12 Economy Supply/Moore's Bicycle Lifetime
Mile 13 (Beaver Pond Deck) MS Power  9/1/2010-8/31/2015
Mile 13.5 Economy Supply/Moore's Bicycle Lifetime
Mile 17.75 Economy Supply/Moore's Bicycle Lifetime
Mile 18.75 Kermit Broom & Sons 9/1/2009-8/31/2014
Mile 22.25 Indian Cycles 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
Mile24.25
Mile 27.25
Mile 28.5
Mile 33.75 Economy Supply/Moore's Bicycle Lifetime
Mile 39 Economy Supply/Moore's Bicycle Lifetime
Mile 41.5 Economy Supply/Moore's Bicycle Lifetime
Mayor Blount's Contrail (North)   1/1/2012-12/31/2017
RAIN STOP SPONSOR NAME PERIOD
Mile 6.25 Hattiesburg Bicycle Center 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
Mile 8.5 Vardaman Buick 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
Mile 31.75
Mile 35.5 Weyerhaeuser 9/1/2009-8/31/2014
KIOSK SPONSOR NAME PERIOD
Prentiss Kendall Berry Trust 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
Jackson Road Pine Belt Pacers 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
Bassfield Ed & Jean Crockett 9/1/2011-8/31/2016
Sumrall Shows, Dearman, & Waits, INC 11/1/2011-10/31/2016

Sponsorships are still available, including one bridge and several mile sponsorships.
For more information on sponsoring the trace, call Mary Scruggs at 601-450-5247.

Also see the list of the 1995 founding sponsors

The Pearl & Leaf Rivers Rails-to-Trails Recreational District, a governing authority, and its "Longleaf Trace" is a joint venture of the counties of Forrest, Jefferson Davis, and Lamar and the municipalities of Bassfield, Hattiesburg, Prentiss, and Sumrall, created by the authority granted in MS Code Section 55-25-1 et seq.  Member counties and municipalities support the district through a one fourth (1/4) mill tax levy on all taxable property in those counties and municipalities comprising the district, for the purpose of providing economic development and multiple recreational opportunities, while improving the quality of life for their citizens.

Donations of railroad memorabilia connected to the Pearl and Leaf River
Railroad are also greatly appreciated. Below is a railroad bell donated
by the Temple family, on display at the Gateway.