What is the Cotton District in Starkville known for?
Manufacturing cotton
Being the oldest new urbanist community in North America
Cotton candy festival
Cotton museum
Answer
Starkville’s Cotton District is the oldest new urbanist community in North America. New urbanism is an urban planning and architectural movement that advocates compact, walkable, mixed-use communities that are designed to be economically and environmentally sustainable. The Cotton District was created in the 1980s as a way to revitalize the historic downtown area of Starkville.
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