Erin and Ben Napier Hometown HGTV Show

Erin and Ben Napier have revealed that Home Town, the show based in Laurel, MS, has been approved for season one.

The show centers on Ben and Erin helping home buyers choose and renovate a home in Laurel, located in southern Mississippi.  Local professionals weigh in heavily on the design and implementation of the renovations.

Erin and Ben announced that the show was approved at the 5th Annual Magnolia State Bank Chili Cook Off in downtown Laurel, MS.  Ben and Erin are very excited to showcase Laurel to the world and working to make it thrive as it did early in the 20th century.

For more information on Erin and Ben Napier, and the love they have for their home town, check out their website at erinandben.co or on the official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/HometownonHGTV.

For more information on Laurel, MS, and Jones County, visit visitjones.com.

The New State of Jones rests upon the notion that there exists an “old” State of Jones. However, you do not have to lose one to embrace the other. A restless, some may say rebellious, spirit stirs from the first generations who settled in Jones County near Ellisville and seceded from the Confederacy to create the Free State of Jones.

As the turn-of-the-century brought the next generation of restless, progressive entrepreneurs leaving their homes in the Midwest to carve out a new home, the population centered on Laurel where the sawmills saw all races working side-by-side, a growing middle class of merchants arise, Mississippi’s first museum built and the first public school for African-American children established.

Today, this subtle, rebellious spirit of her residents still lies under the surface as young families forsake the ubiquitous surroundings of large, suburban cities for a slower pace of life.  Never has it been more evident with the majority of growth realized by self-made, multi generational companies and world-class corporations who call Jones County home.

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