Mississippi Business Journal » John McFarland http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Film: Mississippi’s new multi-million dollar industry? http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/08/stealing-500m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stealing-500m http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/08/stealing-500m/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 07:00:49 +0000 Amy McCullough http://msbusiness.com/?p=40967 All over the state, Mississippi’s film industry infrastructure is getting a boost:  The Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive just got a 5 percent increase, a new Tupelo production facility is open for business,  Canton has a new purpose-built stage and a Gulf Coast Film Office is forming. The state Film Office and local producers believe Mississippi [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/08/stealing-500m/feed/ 3 Changes coming for Coast tourism http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/03/changes-coming-for-coast-tourism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=changes-coming-for-coast-tourism http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/03/changes-coming-for-coast-tourism/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:08:10 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=39381 Personnel changes and the possibility of structural changes at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau are raising questions about the future of area tourism. The Harrison County Tourism Commission, governing board of the CVB, did not renew the contract of Richard Forester, CVB executive director. There are also efforts led by the Gulf [...]

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