I liked having spent hours research markets and neighborhood and government programs, so that I felt more educated to have a conversation with my realtor, rather than him just tell me his opinion. 

I am sure a government town paid decent? 

Just google something like "Banks in Mississippi" and chances are one of the options on the first few pages of google will be the link to the state government website you're looking for.

Perhaps your state has some written laws governing tree removal. 

The current government is doing what they can to encourage growth and prosperity in the area as well.Downtown and Notre Dame multifamily does concern me currently, I think they are building far too much premium (A-Class) stock in the area right now.

Airbnb-ing Marcia Marcia Marcia bedroom would bring huge government scrutiny.

State government people are often happy to help because that's what they're there for after all.

Government found Osama Bin Laden, they can find you.

If you have them printed out, you can reference them next time you take a call to make sure you dont miss any of your questions.

Think about working with a mailing list broker to make some suggestions.Also be sure that the list you get has been run through the National Change of Address (NCOA) so you don't waste printing a postage mailing to bad addresses.