by Ross Reily Published: September 13,2011
Tags: agriculture, banking and finance, Baxter Laboratories, Bolivar County, Calisolar, CLEVELAND, Coahoma County, construction, Delta Revitalization Task Force, DeSoto County, education, employment, environment, federal government, Greenville, Greenville Bridge, HCL Cleantech, healthcare, higher education, House Bill 1034, Issaquena County, jobs, KIOR, Leflore County, manufacturing, Memphis, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Delta, municipal government, oil spill, publicly traded company, real estate, retail, Riverbend Crossing, Sharkey County, Soladigm, state agency, Stion, Sunflower County, Tallahatchie County, tourism, Twin Creeks, unemployment, utilities, VICKSBURG, Washington County, Weather
The Mississippi Delta continues to flounder as unemployment figures average around 18 percent for the 12 counties between Vicksburg and Memphis.
Yet, there have been many jobs announcements in the years of the Barbour administration, but very few have had anything to do with the Mississippi Delta.
In this latest barrage of economic development announcements, the Delta [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 11,2011
Tags: Bolivar, capitalism, courts, economic development, Greenville, homes, houses, housing, Humphreys, investigation, Issaquena, Joshua Howat Berger, Leland, misappropriations, Mississippi Delta, politics Tags: AJ Jefferson, Racism, real estate, Sharkey, Social Issues, South Delta Regional Housing Authority, Stupidity, Sunflower, witness tampering
GREENVILLE — A Sept. 26 trial date has been set for the director of the South Delta Regional Housing Authority and a contractor in a federal criminal case, according to The Delta Democrat-Times.
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Ann Jefferson, who is on administrative leave as the authority’s executive director, and Jimmy Johnson, [...] [...]
The U.S. Senate has confirmed the appointment of a top aide to Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe as head of the Delta Regional Authority, a federal agency that works to enhance the economy of the impoverished Mississippi Delta region in eight states.
The Senate confirmed Chris Masingill as federal co-chair of the panel, a full-time post that [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: May 10,2010
Tags: catfish, Chip Morgan, Clarksdale, cotton, Delta Council, farming, Leland, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi State University, regionalism, Stoneville, Thad Cochran, Travis Satterfield
STONEVILLE- MBJ-TV photojournalist Stephen McDill visits with Delta Council vice-president Chip Morgan to discuss the economic development organization’s work in the Mississippi Delta regional.
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by Stephen McDill Published: May 9,2010
Tags: catfish, cotton, Delta Council, farming, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, Thad Cochran, Travis Satterfield
STONEVILLE- MBJ-TV photojournalist Stephen McDill travels to Stoneville, the home of Delta Council, one of the state’s oldest economic development organizations.
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by Associated Press Published: May 5,2010
Tags: Barack Obama, BILOXI, british petroleum, Chandeleur Islands, gulf of mexico, Guy Cantwell, John Curry, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi River, Pascagoula, Plaquemines Parish, Transocean Ltd, University of Miami
PORT FORCHOUN, La. — A 100-ton contraption to help funnel out oil spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico was loaded onto a barge Wednesday so it could begin its journey to the leak site about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast.
The giant-concrete-and-steel box is the best short-term [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 24,2010
Tags: Alabama, American Medical Response, Arkansas, blues music, catfish, Choctaw County, cotton, Gov. Haley Barbour, Holmes County, Houston Astros, Jim Pollard, Josh Nicholson, Louisiana, Malcolm Gordon, Mayor McArthur Straughter, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, National Guard, Rafael Scott, Roy Oswalt, Southeast, Tallulah, tornado, Weir, Willie M. Horton, Yazoo City
YAZOO CITY — Rescuers stood ready Sunday to comb neighborhoods of splintered homes and twisted debris in Mississippi, a day after a devastating tornado sliced through the state and killed 10 people, including three children.James Jackson, a deputy state fire marshal, said crews took a break overnight but were organizing at first daylight to [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: April 16,2010
Tags: Blues, economic development, Gray Swoope, Hartley Peavey, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Economic Council, Stephen McDill, tourism
JACKSON- Music is a big part of Mississippi’s heritage, according to some of the state’s public and private business leaders.
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Heritage areas important to state’s tourism future
Planning is underway for Mississippi’s two newly-designated National Heritage Areas, which promote and protect the regions’ cultural and historical identities.
The Mississippi Hills and Mississippi Delta received the designations through federal legislation in 2009, giving Mississippi its third designation of the 49 in the United States. The Mississippi Gulf Coast [...] [...]
CLARKSDALE — The GrowDelta Initiative is slated to host its second event this year Dec. 5 at the Cutrer Mansion in Clarksdale from 8:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The non-profit organization, founded by Charles Noble, Ph.D., and Emily Broad, JD, is a collaboration of community leaders, businesspeople, citizens from around the state and others who are looking to [...] [...]
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