Sue Stedman, chairman of Natchez Inc. and vice president and sales manager for Crye-Leike Stedman Realtors, is a 2011 recipient of Entergy Mississippi Inc. Teamwork Mississippi Community Leadership Award. A major driving force in Natchez and Adams County for many years, Stedman has supported economic development as a city alderman and business owner. In addition, [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: June 3,2011
Tags: Adams County, Chandler Russ, Gov. Haley Barbour, Lady Gaga, Magnolia Marketplace, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Natchez, Natchez Democrat, Natchez Inc., William McGehee Jr
A source who spoke to Magnolia Marketplace Friday evening on the condition of anonymity said Gov. Haley Barbour will be in Natchez on Tuesday for a “major” economic development announcement at 1 p.m. Read the complete story here [...]
by Wally Northway Published: March 13,2011
Tags: Chandler Russ, David Rumbarge, Gray Swoope, Greg Barke, Jay Moon, Jimmy Heidel, Joey Roberts, Leland Speed, MBJ FEATURE, Michael Olivier, Mickey Milligan, Mississippi Development Authority, Robert Ingram, Whit Hughes
Speculation is rampant. Who is going to replace Gray Swoope as executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) on an interim basis, and who might the next governor chose as a permanent replacement? The Mississippi Business Journal recently conducted an informal survey of approximately a half-dozen Mississippi economic developers, and asked them who they [...] [...]
When Utah-based V&S Railway purchased the railroad that runs from Brookhaven to Natchez in the summer of 2009, the sale was contingent upon V&S keeping the line open for two years. That window closes in June, and officials in Adams, Franklin and Lincoln counties are making plans to keep the line open should V&S decide [...] [...]
Several sewing factory workers walked into the economic development office in Laurel unannounced. This was the early 1990s, when a lot of the “cut and sew” factories were heading in droves to China and Mexico. The workers wanted to see the organization president, Mitch Stennett, so they could tell him that Laurel Industrial Garment had [...] [...]
With outlook grim, economic development vet comes home to change chemistry Chandler Russ grew up in Natchez, went to the University of Southern Mississippi and has since built an economic development career that has taken him to almost every part of Mississippi and into Arkansas. He’s about to go back home. On Nov. 1, Russ [...] [...]
The Mississippi Enterprise for Technology (MsET) has announced the installation of Dr. William A. Lewis, president of Pearl River Community College, and Chandler Russ, director of the Mississippi Development Authority’s Existing Industry and Business (EIB) Division, to its board of directors. Located in Hancock County on the site of NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center, [...] [...]
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