Mississippi Business Journal » Hancock County Development Commission http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Compton dedicated to improving the economy in Hancock County http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/07/compton-dedicated-to-improving-the-economy-in-hancock-county/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=compton-dedicated-to-improving-the-economy-in-hancock-county http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/07/compton-dedicated-to-improving-the-economy-in-hancock-county/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:01:07 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=63550 Kim Compton didn’t just fall into economic development on her way to or from another career. She chose it. After completing a degree in economics from Millsaps College in 1990, she entered the master’s program in economic development at the University of Southern Mississippi. Now she serves as director of economic development with the Hancock [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/07/compton-dedicated-to-improving-the-economy-in-hancock-county/feed/ 0 Despite economy and oil spill, officials say Coast had a good year in 2010 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/05/despite-economy-and-oil-spill-officials-say-coast-had-a-good-year-in-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=despite-economy-and-oil-spill-officials-say-coast-had-a-good-year-in-2010 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/05/despite-economy-and-oil-spill-officials-say-coast-had-a-good-year-in-2010/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:00:29 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=34112 Economic development activity continues in Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties Against the backdrop of a lingering recession, ongoing hurricane recovery and massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, economic development continued this year in Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties. “We have been quite fortunate with our resident industries at Port Bienville and Stennis Airpark,” [...]

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