by Clay Chandler Published: December 26,2010
Tags: casino, Natchez, riverfront
Natchez officials want audit of casino developers The group that wants to develop a greenfield space in Natchez into a riverfront casino feels pretty sure they have the financing in order to pull off the $45-million project. Natchez officials want to make doubly sure that’s the case. Aldermen voted Dec. 14 to have the city’s financial [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 11,2010
Tags: hospitality, Natchez, tourism tax
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) – The Natchez tourism tax is generating less revenue than expected, and that could mean a smaller marketing budget to try to lure more tourists to the city and its antebellum homes. Officials originally expected the $2 per room hotel tax to create about $600,000 in new revenue each year. A second [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 11,2010
Tags: Natchez, tourism tax
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) – The Natchez tourism tax is generating less revenue than expected, and that could mean a smaller marketing budget to try to lure more tourists to the city and its antebellum homes. Officials originally expected the $2 per room hotel tax to create about $600,000 in new revenue each year. A second [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: July 25,2010
Tags: Natchez, natural gas, natural gas well
A Houston, Texas-based company broke ground last week on a $13.5-million natural gas well project near Natchez. Mainland Resources is the only company in Mississippi currently drilling for natural gas in rock called shale at a depth of 22,000 feet. The company hopes its Burkley Phillips No. 1 well in the Buena Vista Prospect will [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 27,2010
Tags: Natchez, Pat Dickens, State Board for Community and Junior Colleges
At its June meeting, board members for the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges (SBCJC) elected Pat Dickens of Natchez as its vice-chair, effective immediately. The term as vice-chair will run until June 30, 2011. The board, composed of 10 representatives from across the state, is a coordinating agency, which establishes standards and guidelines [...] [...]
by Lynn Lofton Published: May 24,2010
Tags: 2010, Meetings Convention & Tourism, Mississippi, Natchez
The star of Southwest Mississippi has always held true to its tourism fundamentals Beautiful, historic Natchez on the Mississippi River with its many antebellum homes has always had a special tourism niche. Like many tourism destinations, this city has suffered during the recession, but things are looking up. “Things are going pretty well here,” [...] [...]
by Nash Nunnery Published: April 8,2010
Tags: Amy Tuck, Ann Coleman Thames, Becky Montgomery, Carol Moore, City of Natchez Visitor Reception and Intermodal Transportation Center, Crisler Moffat Boone, Dorothy McEwen, Internal Medicine & Pediatric Associates, Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, Jackson Preparatory School, janet Sullivan, Keep Mississippi Beautiful, Manisha Sethi Malhotra, Margo Hemphill, Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO, Mississippi Department of Mental Health, Mississippi Department of Transportation, Mississippi Export Assistance Center, Mississippi Power Company, Mississippi State University, Natchez, Oneway, Paul Ott, Rene Woodward, Rita Floyd, South Mississippi Regional Center, Trustmark National Bank, Wayne Brown
Janet Sullivan loves her job. In fact, she enjoys it so much that on many weekends while others are having fun, Sullivan can often be found working in her Natchez office. As special projects coordinator for the Southern District of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, Sullivan’s dedication to both her profession and the community has [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 30,2009
Tags: Clarksdale, CLEVELAND, Delta State University, Dorothy Lynn Prestwich, DSU, Jacquelyn C. Thigpen, Kimberly Kilpatrick, Memphis, Murfreesboro, Natchez, Robert M. Dearing, Robin Wilbourn Lee
The Delta State University College of Education recently held an awards luncheon to recognize five outstanding education alumni. They are: (seated from left), Sen. Robert M. Dearing from Natchez; Kimberly Kilpatrick from Memphis, Tenn.; Dr. Robin Wilbourn Lee from Murfreesboro, Tenn.; (standing from left) Dr. Dorothy Lynn Prestwich from Clarksdale; and, Dr. Jacquelyn C. Thigpen [...] [...]
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