by MBJ Staff Published: November 27,2011
Tags: Butler Snow Advisory, Fidelis Policy Group, Jason Dean, Mississippi Broadband Connect Coalition, Mississippi Center for Education Innovation, Mississippi Defense Initiative, Mississippi Economic Council, Mississippi Energy Policy Institute, Momentum Mississippi, Ole Miss, RAND Gulf States Policy Institute, Toyota Education Enhancement Fund Advisory Committee, University of Southern Mississippi
Jason Dean, Ph.D., president of Fidelis Policy Group, LLC, has joined Butler Snow Advisory as senior vice president of economic development and public policy. He will be located in Butler Snow Advisory’s Jackson office.
Fidelis serves in various leadership and administrative roles with many organizations around the state, including the Mississippi Broadband Connect Coalition, Mississippi Defense [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
Tommy Dulaney, president and CEO of Structural Steel Services Inc., has been elected as the 2011-2012 Mississippi Economic Council chair.
Jerry Host, president and CEO of Trustmark, was elected to serve as the 2012-13 MEC chair.
Haley Fisackerly, president and CEO of Entergy Mississippi, was chosen as the 2013-14 MEC chair.
Carl Chaney, president and CEO of Hancock [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 5,2011
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Nearly eight out of 10 Mississippi business leaders (79 percent) believe our state can experience the same type of economic success as other high-growth Southern states.
That is according to a report on the results gathered during in the Mississippi Economic Council’s Blueprint Mississippi Road Show.
More than 2,000 took part in the electronic voting process, and [...] [...]
More than three out of four of Mississippi’s business and civic leaders believe the state in coming years can duplicate the economic success achieved by Georgia and North Carolina.
At the same time, however, nearly half think their children must leave Mississippi to find a “good job.”
Those are a pair of key findings of a Mississippi [...] [...]
In a rare instance of win-win, Mississippi businesses from Olive Branch to Ocean Springs are increasingly emphasizing a need for students to become scholars.
Specifically, Mississippi Scholars, that is.
The Mississippi Scholars Program is a rewards and recognition system designed to provide high school students who elect to participate within guidelines that will help them enter the [...] [...]
Late last month, it was announced that two companies were leaving a large facility in Jackson. But the facility’s leadership is thrilled that these tenants are vacating the premises, so much so that they held a celebration to commemorate the event.
On February 25, approximately 50 people gathered for the “graduation” of Navagis, LLC, and Action [...] [...]
JACKSON- State representative Steve Holland shares his thoughts on everything from Toyota to Haley Barbour at a recent meeting of the Mississippi Economic Council.
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Latest Blueprint Mississippi unveiled at the annual A Capital Day event last week
In 2004, the Mississippi Economic Council rolled out Blueprint Mississippi and pointed toward two major initiatives: improving education and the tort climate in the State of Mississippi.
There were tangible successes. Education funding increased in the years after, and tort reform, after much political [...] [...]
Business leaders more likely to be optimistic on state economy than voters, survey finds.
Mississippians don’t want the state to let up on efforts to create an educated and well-prepared workforce, a Mississippi Economic Council survey of 600 business people and voters shows
They’ve witnessed the state roll up successes such as automakers Nissan and Toyota and other [...] [...]
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