by Associated Press Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Billy Orr, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Danny Torgerson, Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Coliseum, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Trade Mart, Monster Truck Entertainment, Phoenix, State Fair Commission, Tiger Woods
JACKSON — It’s the place where many baby boomers attended their first concert as teenagers or young adults. Not much has changed over the 48-year history of the state-owned Mississippi Coliseum at the fairgrounds.
Today, people are still attending events at the aging coliseum, but the venue no longer is a stop on most major concert [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Artis Capital Management, Biofuels Digest, CNBC, Columbus Mississippi, Fred Cannon, Frontier Capital Management Company, Gov. Haley Barbour, KIOR, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Technology Alliance, NASDAQ, Newton County, Pointe Innovation, Securities and Exchange Commission, Strategic Biomass Solutions, Sumesh Arora, Texas, Vinod Khosla, William Blair & Company
The eyes of the international renewable-fuels community are fixed on KiOR (NASDAQ:KIOR), a Texas-based company in which Mississippi has a large stake — specifically a $75 million interest-free loan administered by the Mississippi Development Authority. KiOR plans to build five plants in Mississippi that should convert wood chips to renewable crude through a process called [...] [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: January 31,2012
Tags: Chimneyville Crafts Festival, December, Emmerson Daily, Greater Belhaven Market, Handworks, Inaugural American Style Honor Award, Jackson State University, Julia Daily, Millsaps College, Mississippi, Mississippi Arts Commission, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Craft Center, Mississippi Craftsmen’s Guild, Mississippi Department of Education, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Tourism Association, Natchez Trace Parkway, Niche Magazine, Ridgeland, University of Southern Mississippi, USA Today
Julia Daily, executive director, Mississippi Craftsmen’s Guild, has traveled around the country to visit art galleries and craft centers like the one she oversees, the Mississippi Craft Center. She has found that the work of Mississippi artists and craftsmen compares favorably to the best in the nation.
“I would place our artisans up against any in [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: January 31,2012
Tags: Bob Tyler, Carol Hardwick, Filmmaking Is Economic Development, Jim Barksdale, Millsaps College, Mississippi, Mississippi Arts Commission, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Economic Development Council, Mississippi Energy Policy Institute, Mississippi State University, Nigeria, Panama Canal, Staying on Top of Effective Marketing Tools, Staying on Top of Your Game, Thomas Broadus, University Round Tables, Water Valley
Carol Hardwick is executive director and COO of Jackson-based Mississippi Economic Development Council, which serves economic development and chamber professionals statewide. Hardwick studied political science at Millsaps College before working for Sen. Thad Cochran, coordinating to his 1990 and 1996 campaigns and handling PAC fundraising. Hardwick joined MEDC in 2002. She and husband, Phil, a [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: January 24,2012
Tags: Bracco Diagnostics, California, Carl Hagstrom, Center for Composite Matrix Science and Engineering, Dr. Bryan Brister, Dr. Paige Phillips, Dr. Robert Lochhead, Garden Grove California, HATTIESBURG, Hub City, KDL Solutions, LA Times, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Polymer Institute, National Materials Science Innovation and Commercialization Accelerator, polymer science, Princeton, Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion, Rehydration Solution, RSDecon, School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, Sunny Webb Corral, The Accelerator, The New York Times, University of Southern Mississippi
Some new products developed in Hattiesburg sound like science fiction: Plastic composite materials that are lighter and tougher that steel, a lotion that neutralizes chemical warfare agents, a rehydration solution that helps identify finger prints from the deceased, and a makeup that can protect soldier from burns from road side bombs.
But they’re all real.
The technology [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 20,2011
Tags: Alabama, british petroleum, Dan Turner, Deepwater Horizon, Democrat, Gov. Phil Bryant, gulf of mexico, JACKSON, Louie Miller, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, oil drilling, republican, Ship Island, sierra club
JACKSON — Allowing oil and gas drilling 10 to 12 miles south of Mississippi’s coastline in the Gulf of Mexico is a good idea because it could generate state revenue, Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday.
The Mississippi Development Authority on Monday published proposed regulations to lease state waters in the Gulf for the drilling.
The regulations are [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 16,2011
Tags: audit, DeSoto County, education, FBI, federal government, Greg Davis, Haley Barbour, investigation, Leland Speed, manufacturing, misappropriation, Mississippi Development Authority, municipal government, Phil Bryant, Politics, Stacey Pickering, taxes, taxpayers
Receipts show Southaven Mayor Greg Davis, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008 on a family-values platform, charged the city $67 for a purchase at a gay sex shop in Canada.
The Mississippi auditor on Nov. 2 demanded Davis pay back more than $170,000 for personal expenses billed to [...] [...]
Gus Dulaney, CPA, CIA, was recently hired as vice president and director of financial asset accounting at BankPlus. Dulaney was most recently employed with Mississippi Development Authority as manager of disaster recovery.
A native of Terry, Dulaney is a graduate of Mississippi College. In the community, he is a member of the American Institute of Certified [...] [...]
by Becky Gillette Published: November 27,2011
Tags: Christy Knapp, Clarksdale, Malcolm White, Mississippi Arts Commission, Mississippi Creative Economy, Mississippi Creative Economy study, Mississippi Development Authority, Ocean Springs, Oxford, Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation, Peavey Electronics, The Elvis Presley Birthplace, Viking Range Corp., “creative economy”
The “creative economy” includes individuals such as artists, architects, chefs and professors, creative industries such as Peavey Electronics, Viking Range Corp., The Elvis Presley Birthplace and Ramey Agency and creative communities including Oxford, Clarksdale, Ocean Springs and Rolling Fork.
The recent Mississippi Creative Economy study concludes that this segment represents approximately 61,000 jobs and just over [...] [...]
by Phil Hardwick Published: November 27,2011
Tags: economic development, Forbes Magazine, Gov. Hugh White, Gov. Paul B. Johnson Sr., industrial development, manufacturing companies, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Economic Council, Mississippi Industrial Commission, Phil Hardwick
In the 1930’s Mississippi marketed itself to manufacturing companies to relocate or expand to the state in return for incentives to do so. Since then economic development in Mississippi has evolved into a comprehensive activity involving numerous government and nonprofit organizations whose purpose is to increase the wealth of the state and its communities and [...] [...]
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