by Ted Carter Published: May 20,2012
Tags: Area Development Partnership, Brett Christenen, Chip Morgan, David Rumbarger, Delta Council, Duke University, Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, Gray Swoope, Jim Barksdale, Leland Speed, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Partnership for Economic Development, University of South Florida
In Gray Swoope, Mississippi lost its last top economic development professional to Florida in the spring of 2011. Now Mississippi has reached into Florida to bring Brent Christensen, Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce chief, to the Magnolia State as a replacement. Christensen, a 10-year-year president and CEO of the Gainesville Chamber, will start work sometime [...] [...]
Upon announcing the appointment of Brent Christensen to the directorship of the Mississippi Development Authority, Gov. Phil Bryant recalled joking about the salary with current interim chief Jim Barksdale. “I told (Barksdale) I would double what Leland Speed was making,” Bryant said. “Leland was making a dollar a year.” The governor has an eye for [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 15,2012
Tags: appointment, Bennie Thompson, Bloomberg, Bobby Jindal, Brent Christensen, capitalism, Clay County, community development, Dave Dennis, economic development, economy, executive, executive director, Florida, Gainesville (Fla.) Area Chamber of Commerce, Gov. Haley Barbour, Gov. Phil Bryant, governor, Greenville, Institutes for Higher Learning, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, Nathan Deal, Pew Center on the States, Phil Bryant, politics Tags: Amazon.com, Sean Tindell, state agency, state government
JACKSON — Brent Christensen has been named the new head of the Mississippi Development Authority. Gov. Phil Bryant made the announcement during a press conference at the Marriot Hotel in downtown Jackson. Christensen, who has been the CEO of the Gainesville (Fla.) Area Chamber of Commerce the last 10 years, replaces interim director Jim Barksdale, the [...] [...]
Mississippi and 28 other states are making no effort to determine the true returns their states are gaining from tax incentives granted businesses in exchange for promises of jobs and capital investments. So says the Pew Center on the States in a new study that categorizes the 29 states as those “trailing behind.” It puts [...] [...]
Hunter Engineering Company came to Mississippi in 1976 with a plant in Durant in Holmes County. It made a commitment to have a manufacturing establishment in the state and has not wavered. Additional plants were added in Raymond and Union for this manufacturer of automotive undercarriage equipment — items necessary to keep America’s vehicles operating. [...] [...]
The bill that would allow the next Mississippi Development Authority executive director’s salary to receive unlimited supplements didn’t sit on Gov. Phil Bryant’s desk very long. Bryant received House Bill 1349 April 17, and signed it on the same day. The bill takes effect immediately. The bill caps the amount of state money that can [...] [...]
>> MDA salary already competitive Bryant signs bill that allows for uncapped incentives for next MDA chief— By Clay Chandler Also in this week’s paper: >> SEARCH CONTINUES FOR DOR HQ No likelihood this session of securing the move of Department of Revenue into Jackson — by Ted Carter >> “DISAPPOINTED” DOR STILL LOOKING FOR NEW HOME [...] [...]
Gov. Phil Bryant received a bill late last week that would allow private money to supplement the salary of whoever is the next executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority. Internet technology pioneer Jim Barksdale currently serves in that position on an interim basis, for the price of $1 a year. His predecessor, Leland Speed, [...] [...]
>> RICK CLEVELAND SHIFTS GEARS Longtime sports columnist to head Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum — By Clay Chandler Also in this week’s paper: >> SEARCH CONTINUES FOR DOR HQ No likelihood this session of securing the move of Department of Revenue into Jackson — by Ted Carter >> LEADERSHIP CHANGE AT HORNE Ridgeland CPA [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: April 1,2012
Tags: Ashley Furniture, Boston Consulting Group, Caterpillar, China, Franklin Furniture Institute, furniture, La-Z-Boy, Leland Speed, manufacturing, Mexico, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi State Port Authority, Mississippi State University, Panama Canal, Port of Gulfport, reshoring
As director of Mississippi State University’s Franklin Furniture Institute, Bill Martin has an up-close familiarity with the American “reshoring” trend, especially its implications for furniture manufacturing in Mississippi. He’s not convinced the trend of factories leaving China to return to the United States has arrived in Mississippi, but change is under way and the Magnolia [...] [...]
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