by Associated Press Published: October 8,2012
Tags: bathtub, dedicate, dedication, economic development, employer, facility, indians, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, Mississippi Job Protection, Native Americans, plant, Site Selection, tribe, work, worker
PHILADELPHIA — KemPosits LLC has dedicated its plant on the Choctaw reservation where it will produce bathtubs. Tribal Chief Phyliss Anderson tells the Neshoba Democrat the company’s $2-million investment reinforces the tribe’s business portfolio and creates jobs. KemPosits president Charlie Quinn said the company’s products include the Eco-Elite Series of walk-in bathtubs. He praised the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 15,2012
Tags: acquisition, ceremony, dedication, electricity, energy, gas, generation, plant, power, utility
ASHLAND — The Tennessee Valley Authority dedicated its largest gas-fired plant, Magnolia Combined Cycle Gas Plant, with a ceremony yesterday. TVA purchased the 968-megawatt natural-gas-fired plant, located near Ashland in August 2011. The dedication celebrated Magnolia’s distinction as the largest of TVA’s five high-efficiency, combined cycle gas plants. “Magnolia was purchased at less than half [...] [...]
MERIDIAN and STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University has formally dedicated its new downtown campus for Mississippi State University-Meridian, made possible through a contribution from The Riley Foundation. And, the university announced it is looking to offer housing to its graduate students on the Starkville campus. To renovate a historical landmark to house MSU-Meridian’s Division of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 16,2011
Tags: construction, dedication, doctors, emergency medicine, expansion, healthcare, hospitals, medicine, nburses, pediatrics, physicians, surgeons, trauma
JACKSON — Batson Children’s Hospital has dedicated its new Colonel Harland Sanders Children’s Emergency Department and the Selby and Richard McRae Children’s Trauma Unit, tripling the treatment area available for the state’s only Level 1 pediatric emergency and trauma center. Partially funded by individual $1-million gifts from the Colonel Harland Sanders and the Selby and [...] [...]