HATTIESBURG — TEC will hold a ribbon-cutting and an open house this week commemorating the grand opening of TEC in Hattiesburg. The celebration will be held March 21 at the new location of TEC at 32 Millbranch Road, Suite 30, in Hattiesburg. “We’re excited to be an active member of the Hattiesburg community,” said Joey [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 22,2013
Tags: Army, defense, facility, grand opening, helicopter, infantry, military, soldier, tank, train, training, troop
FORREST COUNTY — Camp Shelby is scheduled to unveil Thursday new high-tech trainings areas for urban combat maneuvers and operations. The $10.5-million Combined Arms Collective Training Facility features 35 buildings on 14 acres equipped with 193 cameras, 30 Human Urban Terrain targets, 15 Stationary Infantry Targets and On-Screen “After-Action Review” capabilities. The fully automated Live-Fire [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 17,2012
Tags: economic development, employment, goods, grand opening, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, open, operation, port, state government, steel, steelmaker, steelmaking, work, worker
IUKA — Dennen Steel Corp. has opened its new manufacturing facility in the northeastern corner of Mississippi. Gov. Phil Bryant was among those attending a ceremony yesterday at the 50,000-square-foot plant at Yellow Creek Port in Iuka. Workers will turn slit steel coils into precision stampings, fabricated metal parts and assemblies. The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 24,2012
Tags: amplifer, audio, electric guitar, electronics, grand opening, guitar, high-tech, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, music, musical instyrument, P.A, public address system, showroom, sound, technology
MERIDIAN — Peavey Electronics recently celebrated the grand opening of the Peavey Hollywood showroom on Sunset Boulevard at the heart of Guitar Row. The weeklong event featured appearances from company founder Hartley Peavey as well as musicians, celebrities and live performances. Musicians and music fans packed into the new showroom — lined with the amplifiers, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 17,2012
Tags: art, cultural tourism, culture, facility, grand opening, Heritage, Museum, potter, pottery, sculpture, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
Biloxi — Two descendants of George Ohr attended the opening of the fifth building completed since Hurricane Katrina devastated the museum dedicated to the man once called “the mad potter of Biloxi.” “My mother was George Ohr’s granddaughter. I like to come to anything that showcases George,” Phyllis Allen of Jackson told The Mississippi Press. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 14,2012
Tags: building, business incubator, development, education, grand opening, high-tech, higher education, industrial park, learn, research, university
STARKKVILLE — Mississippi State University will hold the grand opening of the newest building in the Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park Monday beginning at 2 p.m. Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Mississippi Development Authority, the 20,000-square-foot building is home to [...] [...]
PICAYUNE — After years of planning and construction, the new Highland Community Hospital is complete. The new three-story facility holds 60 inpatient beds and an expanded Emergency Room that is nearly double the size of the original Highland facility’s ER. The new emergency care department’s layout is designed to minimize the patient’s time from door [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 6,2012
Tags: car, cart, electric, electricity, event, grand opening, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, product rollout
HORN LAKE — An electric car maker plans another coming-out party today in north Mississippi. GreenTech Automotive says it will unveil its MyCar electric vehicle line in Horn Lake. Some auto industry analysts have questioned whether the company will succeed. MyCar is a two-seat neighborhood electric vehicle, a cross between a golf cart and conventional [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 12,2012
Tags: community development, cultural tourism, culture, depots, grand opening, history, Museum, railroads, railways, tourism, tourists, trains, transportation, vacationers, vacationing, vacations, visitors
VICKSBURG — Vicksburg’s long-awaited transportation museum will open Friday in the former depot of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad. Lamar Roberts, the museum director, tells the Vicksburg Post Friday’s “soft opening” is in advance of the scheduled grand opening July 15. Roberts says admission fees will be reduced during the first month since some [...] [...]
JACKSON — The first phase of St. Dominic’s new Behavioral Health Services building housing the acute care psychiatric hospital is now complete and open for patients. Instead of renovating the existing Behavioral Health Services building, which was in need of substantial repairs, St. Dominic’s partially razed the building and reconstructed it in the same location. [...] [...]