by MBJ Staff Published: October 21,2011
Tags: Burger King, Clay Chandler, Columbus, CottonMill Marketplace, E.E. Cooley Building, Haley Barbour, January, John Arthur Eaves, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, STARKVILLE
The $70-million CottonMill Marketplace mixed-use development in Starkville looks like it could begin in January, according to a story in the Columbus Commercial Dispatch this morning. The two phases of the project will total about $120 million, according to Mississippi Business Journal reporter Clay Chandler. The first phase will include the renovation of the old [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 21,2011
Tags: Haley Barbour, Harry Schmidt, Heidelberg Steinberger Colmer & Burrow, Karl Steinberger, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Parker Jewelry, Parsley's Barber Shop, Pascagoula, Pascagoula Redevelopment Authority, Phil Bryant, Redevelopment Authority
PASCAGOULA — The donation of two downtown Pascagoula buildings to the Pascagoula Redevelopment Authority could boost efforts to revitalize that Gulf Coast city’s downtown area. The Heidelberg Steinberger Colmer & Burrow law firm donated the former Parker Jewelry and Parsley’s Barber Shop buildings to the Redevelopment Authority on Thursday. The authority will market the properties [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 21,2011
Tags: Beau Rivage, casinos, gulf of mexico, Haley Barbour, Lady Gaga, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Revenue, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi River, September
September was a down month at Coast casinos. The year started with slow but steady growth. Revenue increased in five of the first seven months, and despite slipping in August and September, remains $5.8 million ahead of last year’s pace. August’s $10 million drop in gross casino revenue was followed by a $6 million decrease [...] [...]
NEW ORLEANS — A Harahan, La., man has pleaded guilty to stealing government funds. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten says Vernon Ponder pleaded guilty Thursday before U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon. Letten says Ponder applied to the Mississippi Development Authority and to the U.S. Small Business Association for money to repair his vacation home [...] [...]
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“Gov. Haley Barbour has asked the Legislature to approve $175 million in incentives for California-based Calisolar and start-up HCL CleanTech to open facilities in Mississippi — projects expected to create direct jobs for 1,800 people.” Clarion-Ledger, Sept. 1, 2011 When this writer read that sentence he immediately got out a calculator and did the math. [...] [...]
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by Stephen McDill Published: September 2,2011
Tags: banking and finance, construction, economic development, education, energy, environment, federal government, green tech, Haley Barbour, higher education, Lady Gaga, manufacturing, MDA, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, oil and gas, real estate, recession, special session, state government, transportation
State lawmakers react to a special session that would give $175 million in incentives to green tech industries looking to relocate to Mississippi. [...]
Gov. Haley Barbour, with less than six months left in his two terms makes one final in office visit to the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia. PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 [...]
Gov. Haley Barbour comments to the media on the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. [...]
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