by Associated Press Published: July 5,2010
Tags: Bank of America, Brookhaven, Columbus Lumber Company, Doug Boykin, Economic Development Administration, Eddie Nelson, Great Southern Wood Preserving, Lincoln County, Mississippi Development Authority, Rawlings Industrial, Rex Lumber, Rex Lumber LLC, Southwest Mississippi Planning and Development District
BROOKHAVEN — Eddie Nelson slows the big loader to a stop and steps down from its air-conditioned cab into the wet heat of high noon. Red and yellow hardhats move in and out of dark corners all around him as he walks slowly across the spongy ground, soft with mud and sawdust and woodchips that [...] [...]
GULFPORT — The U.S. Department of Commerce will invest more than $2 million in a planned resort and hospitality training center at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC) Jefferson Davis Campus in Gulfport, according to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). The Economic Development Administration (EDA), an agency within the Commerce Department, awarded the competitive grant [...] [...]
Tupelo – The Lee County Board of Supervisors and the Community Development Foundation (CDF) have officially been approved by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA), for the phase II expansion of the Renasant Center for IDEAs, Tupelo/Lee County’s regional business incubator, with application made through Three Rivers Planning & Development District. The [...] [...]