Mississippi Business Journal » Site Selection http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Commission gives nod to site for new sports complex http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/commission-gives-nod-to-site-for-new-sports-complex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commission-gives-nod-to-site-for-new-sports-complex http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/commission-gives-nod-to-site-for-new-sports-complex/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:22:36 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69031 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/commission-gives-nod-to-site-for-new-sports-complex/feed/ 0 Officials sign options securing area’s first megasite http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/21/officials-sign-options-securing-areas-first-megasite/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officials-sign-options-securing-areas-first-megasite http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/21/officials-sign-options-securing-areas-first-megasite/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:54:49 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=67165 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/21/officials-sign-options-securing-areas-first-megasite/feed/ 0 Finger-pointing begins in Va. over GreenTech project http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/17/finger-pointing-begins-in-va-over-greentech-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finger-pointing-begins-in-va-over-greentech-project http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/17/finger-pointing-begins-in-va-over-greentech-project/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:18:05 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=66908 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/17/finger-pointing-begins-in-va-over-greentech-project/feed/ 0 County hopes to land grant to lure unspecified company http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/04/county-hopes-to-land-grant-to-lure-unspecified-company/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=county-hopes-to-land-grant-to-lure-unspecified-company http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/04/county-hopes-to-land-grant-to-lure-unspecified-company/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:37:13 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=66149 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/04/county-hopes-to-land-grant-to-lure-unspecified-company/feed/ 0 Citing ‘timing issues,’ poultry company nixes N.C. facility http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/14/citing-timing-issues-poultry-company-nixes-n-c-complex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=citing-timing-issues-poultry-company-nixes-n-c-complex http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/14/citing-timing-issues-poultry-company-nixes-n-c-complex/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:20:05 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=65323 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/14/citing-timing-issues-poultry-company-nixes-n-c-complex/feed/ 0 Site selected for oil seed-crushing/biodiesel plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/24/site-selected-for-oil-seed-crushingbiodiesel-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site-selected-for-oil-seed-crushingbiodiesel-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/24/site-selected-for-oil-seed-crushingbiodiesel-plant/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:23:53 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=64266 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/24/site-selected-for-oil-seed-crushingbiodiesel-plant/feed/ 0 Bathtub manufacturer dedicates Choctaw land for plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/08/bathtub-manufacturer-dedicates-choctaw-land-for-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bathtub-manufacturer-dedicates-choctaw-land-for-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/08/bathtub-manufacturer-dedicates-choctaw-land-for-plant/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:41:54 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63681 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/08/bathtub-manufacturer-dedicates-choctaw-land-for-plant/feed/ 0 Bayou Innovations chooses Ten Mile Industrial Park http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/12/bayou-innovations-chooses-ten-mile-industrial-park/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bayou-innovations-chooses-ten-mile-industrial-park http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/12/bayou-innovations-chooses-ten-mile-industrial-park/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:47:59 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=62550 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/12/bayou-innovations-chooses-ten-mile-industrial-park/feed/ 1 Sanderson Farms building plant in North Carolina http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/30/sanderson-farms-building-plant-in-north-carolina/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sanderson-farms-building-plant-in-north-carolina http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/30/sanderson-farms-building-plant-in-north-carolina/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:45:33 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62010 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/30/sanderson-farms-building-plant-in-north-carolina/feed/ 0 KiOR chooses Natchez, not Newton, as site for second plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/27/kior-chooses-natchez-not-newton-as-site-for-second-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kior-chooses-natchez-not-newton-as-site-for-second-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/27/kior-chooses-natchez-not-newton-as-site-for-second-plant/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:46:31 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=54786 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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