by MBJ Staff Published: October 16,2012
Tags: agriculture, economic development, facility, grant, indians, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, Native Americans, packing, plant, processing, produce, tribe, work
CARTHAGE — The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) to help establish a fresh produce and packing business at the former Patriot Ford facility in Carthage. MBCI says the grant will be utilized over a three-year period to renovate the Patriot Ford facility [...] [...]
ATTALA COUNTY and WINSTON COUNTY — T-Mobile has won a more than $1.8 million federal grant to expand wireless service in rural Mississippi. The Federal Communications Commission says T-Mobile will work to fill gaps in 3G and 4G coverage on over 155 road miles in Attala County and nearly 100 road miles in Winston County. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: agriculture, cafeteria, children, commodity, crop, defense, diet, education, farm, farmer, farming, federal government, food, fruit, grant, health, military, nutrition, produce, public school, student, vegetable
DESOTO COUNTY — Either by fork or fingers, the second- and third-grade students of Chickasaw Elementary in Olive Branch dived into some Magnolia-state raised blueberries and cantaloupes as a part of a farm to school awareness program. Picking a blueberry up with her fingers, second-grader Mary Katherine Stephens, 8, liked the tiny cup of fruit [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 24,2012
Tags: aid, assistance, cleanup, damage, debris, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, federal government, flood, flooding, funding, grant, hurricane, loan, loss, natural disaster, rain, repair, small business, storm, surge, tropical, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved $11.1 million in grants across Mississippi for damage from Hurricane Isaac. That includes more than $9.5 million for housing assistance and $1.6 million for other needs such as personal property, damaged vehicles and medical expenses, FEMA spokesman Tim Tyson told The Mississippi Press. In addition [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 28,2012
Tags: air, airplane, aviation, city, federal government, funding, grant, jet, municipal government, municipality, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, vacation, visitor
TUPELO — The Tupelo City Council has unanimously approved acceptance of a $1.85 million federal grant for the Tupelo Regional Airport that the council had rejected last week. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the action came after a special meeting last night with airport officials, which included questions and expressions of concern about airport [...] [...]
COLUMBUS — A financing grant has been increased for a Columbus developer planning a hotel. Columbus-Lowndes Development Link CEO Joe Higgins told the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors the tax-in-lieu-of-financing grant to Columbus Properties, LLC will increase from $3 million to $3.85 million. The Commercial Dispatch reports developer Mark Castleberry said the money will be [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 6,2012
Tags: audit, auditor, disaster, disaster recovery, federal government, grant, housing authority, hurricane, infrastructure, investigating, investigation, natural disaster, severe weather, sewer, tropical weather, waste water, Weather
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Federal housing authorities are auditing the use of more than $650 million in grants designated for an ambitious plan for sewage and water systems across south Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, The Associated Press has learned. The money was divided among five south Mississippi counties, with the most, more than [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 26,2012
Tags: college, education, electricity, energy, energy efficiency, energy efficient, federal agency, federal government, grant, higher education, natural gas, power, public university, state agency, state government, university, utility
JACKSON — Mississippi recently was awarded $725,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to support energy efficiency improvements at the state’s public universities. The grant will be used to help Mississippi create an energy efficiency retrofit strategy for the state’s Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) facilities, with the goal of reducing energy consumption at Mississippi’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 19,2012
Tags: air travel, Aircraft, airplane, airport, city, county government, grant, hangar, municipal government, municipality, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, visitor
CORINTH — Local officials have accepted a grant of $204,520 to improve aircraft accommodations by enclosing the hangars. The Daily Corinthian reports Alcorn County and Corinth officials agreed to funds for work at the jointly owned airport. Corinth-Alcorn County Airport officials say the project would be completed in 2013. Airport board of directors chairman Waco [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 12,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, federal agency, federal government, grant, natural disaster, severe werather, tornadoes, Weather, wind
SMITHVILLE — The town of Smithville will continue receiving federal money to pay for five municipal employees whose work is focused on helping with recovery from the April 2011 tornado. WTVA-TV reports the board of aldermen approved receipt of a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. The grant covers the salaries for the [...] [...]
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