by Associated Press Published: February 1,2013
Tags: athlete, athletics, commission, community development, county government, play, recreation, Site Selection, sports, tourism, tourist, visitor
OXFORD — The site for a proposed privately run and owned sports complex has been approved by the Lafayette County Planning Commission. The Oxford Eagle reports the commission’s action this week allows the project to move on to construction. The sportsplex will be built on Mississippi Highway 7 South. Owners Chuck Trost and Michael Perry [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 21,2012
Tags: county, economic development, employee, employer, employment, government, industrial, job, land, lease, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, megasite, option, property, real estate, Site Selection, work, worker
HATTIESBURG — Officials have signed options securing a 2,222-acre industrial site in Forrest and Lamar counties. Area Development Partnership president Chad Newell told the Hattiesburg American it’s the first megasite in southern Mississippi. The idea is to have a large parcel with good transportation links to market to manufacturers. The land is in unincorporated areas [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 17,2012
Tags: air pollution, automaker, automobile, car, clean, commonwealth, economic development, elected official, electric, electricity, environment, factory, government, green, incentive, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, politica, politician, pollution, public official, Site Selection, state, vehicle
HORN LAKE and TUNICA — An electric car firm headed by Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe never provided Virginia officials enough details to obtain economic development incentives, according to an Associated Press review of state records. McAuliffe claimed in a Dec. 5 news conference that the Virginia Economic Development Partnership didn’t want to bid [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 4,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, county, economic development, employ, employee, employer, employment, government, grant, incentive, job, Site Selection, work, worker
LOWNDES COUNTY — Lowndes County will apply for a $1 million that supervisors hope will bring in a new company and 44 jobs. WCBI-TV in Columbus reports neither supervisors nor economic development officials would name the company. Officials did say the is considering locating the county’s 100,000-square-foot building that was completed three years ago in [...] [...]
LAUREL — Sanderson Farms Inc. has decided not to site a new poultry-processing complex in Nash County, N.C. In a release, Sanderson said it made the decision together with the officials of Nash County as a result of various timing issues. The poultry company had previously announced that sites in Nash County had been selected [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 24,2012
Tags: crude, energy, environment, fuel, GREEN ENERGY, green susteainable energy, Oil, plant, pollution, seed crushing, Site Selection
YAZOO COUNTY — Bio Energy, LLC has secured a site in Yazoo County to build an oil seed-crushing/biodiesel plant. The entity operating this facility will be known as Bio Energy Yazoo. The crushing plant will sell soy meal to the Mississippi and possibly Louisiana poultry industry, and soy oil will be used for the production [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 8,2012
Tags: bathtub, dedicate, dedication, economic development, employer, facility, indians, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, Mississippi Job Protection, Native Americans, plant, Site Selection, tribe, work, worker
PHILADELPHIA — KemPosits LLC has dedicated its plant on the Choctaw reservation where it will produce bathtubs. Tribal Chief Phyliss Anderson tells the Neshoba Democrat the company’s $2-million investment reinforces the tribe’s business portfolio and creates jobs. KemPosits president Charlie Quinn said the company’s products include the Eco-Elite Series of walk-in bathtubs. He praised the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 12,2012
Tags: coating, county, economic development, employment, expansion, industrial park, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, paint, plant, Site Selection, work, worker
STONE COUNTY — Bayou Innovations, LLC has chosen Ten Mile Industrial Park, owned and managed by the Stone County Economic Development Partnership (EDP), as the location of its new facility. Bayou Innovations purchased a five-acre parcel in the park, located south of Perkinston. William Purvis, Bayou Innovations’ managing director, said the “pro-business attitude” of Stone [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 30,2012
Tags: agriculture, Chicken, construction, farm, farmer, farming, food, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, poultry, processing, processor, Site Selection
LAUREL — A Mississippi poultry processor has selected a site in Nash County, N.C., for a new chicken plant. Sanderson Farms says no decision has been made on when to start work on the plant near Interstate 95 and N.C. 97 southwest of Rocky Mount, N.C. Chairman and CEO Joe F. Sanderson Jr. says the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 27,2012
Tags: biofuels, energy, facility, fuels, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, REFINERY, renewable energy, Site Selection
NATCHEZ — Biofuels company KiOR says it will locate its second Mississippi production facility in Natchez, a move that will create 300 jobs. The Natchez Democrat reports the facility will be built on a 120-acre tract of land comprised of the former Belwood Country Club. The company had originally announced the facility would be located [...] [...]
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