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Entergy recognizes Stedman

MBJ Staff — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:01:50 +0000

Sue Stedman, chairman of Natchez Inc. and vice president and sales manager for Crye-Leike Stedman Realtors, is a 2011 recipient of Entergy Mississippi Inc. Teamwork Mississippi Community Leadership Award. A major driving force in Natchez and Adams County for many years, Stedman has supported economic development as a city alderman and business owner. In addition, [...]

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MBJ Exclusive — Breaking News: Tuesday when Barbour will unveil Natchez development

Clay Chandler — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 02:16:06 +0000

A source who spoke to Magnolia Marketplace Friday evening on the condition of anonymity said Gov. Haley Barbour will be in Natchez on Tuesday for a “major” economic development announcement at 1 p.m. Read the complete story here

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Who should lead the MDA?

Wally Northway — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:00:47 +0000

Speculation is rampant. Who is going to replace Gray Swoope as executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) on an interim basis, and who might the next governor chose as a permanent replacement? The Mississippi Business Journal recently conducted an informal survey of approximately a half-dozen Mississippi economic developers, and asked them who they [...]

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A public railroad?

Clay Chandler — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:00:16 +0000

When Utah-based V&S Railway purchased the railroad that runs from Brookhaven to Natchez in the summer of 2009, the sale was contingent upon V&S keeping the line open for two years. That window closes in June, and officials in Adams, Franklin and Lincoln counties are making plans to keep the line open should V&S decide [...]

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MDA focusing on existing industry

Amy McCullough — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:00:07 +0000

Several sewing factory workers walked into the economic development office in Laurel unannounced. This was the early 1990s, when a lot of the “cut and sew” factories were heading in droves to China and Mexico. The workers wanted to see the organization president, Mitch Stennett, so they could tell him that Laurel Industrial Garment had [...]

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Russ faces uphill challenge in Natchez

Clay Chandler — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:00:12 +0000

With outlook grim, economic development vet comes home to change chemistry Chandler Russ grew up in Natchez, went to the University of Southern Mississippi and has since built an economic development career that has taken him to almost every part of Mississippi and into Arkansas. He’s about to go back home. On Nov. 1, Russ [...]

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Lewis, Russ elected to board

MBJ Staff — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:00:29 +0000

The Mississippi Enterprise for Technology (MsET) has announced the installation of Dr. William A. Lewis, president of Pearl River Community College, and Chandler Russ, director of the Mississippi Development Authority’s Existing Industry and Business (EIB) Division, to its board of directors. Located in Hancock County on the site of NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center, [...]

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