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Excellerator program exceeds $500K lifetime investment in economic development
May 24, 2023 - Entergy Mississippi is awarding eight economic development organizations with grants that will help boost their marketing, strategic planning, and site readiness goals through the Excellerator Competitive Communities program. The program, now in its seventh year, helps county economic development organizations within Entergy’s service area draw in companies looking...
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Governor Reeves Announces Massive Infrastructure Proposal and Site Development Investments
February 16, 2023 - Governor Tate Reeves today announced his plan to drive further economic development and growth in Mississippi. The plan includes proposed infrastructure investments throughout the state coupled with site development efforts to entice more high-paying jobs from businesses that may locate in Mississippi. “To better position our state for further...
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Gloster Forest Products Receives Award at The Mississippi Economic Development Council’s 2023 Legislative Conference
February 15, 2023 - The Mississippi Economic Development Council (MEDC) announced that Project Valley Creek won the Category I, Business Attraction, 2022 Community Economic Development Award (CEDA) on February 9th, 2023. The CEDA program is a “Best Practices” program intended to recognize exceptional contributions of communities in the State of Mississippi for the...
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Coca-Cola UNITED to Build New $15M Facility in McComb
August 5, 2022 - Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. (UNITED) has announced plans to build a new sales and distribution center in McComb – an approximate $15 million investment. Ground-breaking is slated for early 2023 followed by an early 2024 opening. When the new facility is complete, McComb Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s expanded service territory will...
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Summit Plastics increasing production capacity in Summit
September 9, 2021 - Summit Plastics, manufacturer of custom polyethylene film and bags, is expanding in Summit. The project is a $5.4 million corporate investment and will create 25 jobs. Founded in 1994, Summit Plastics provides custom plastic film and sheet products for a blue-chip customer base. The company was purchased in 2015 and has since grown from 52...
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Walthall pursuing courthouse updates
June 29, 2021 - Walthall County supervisors set the stage for another round of renovations on the county courthouse Wednesday. Dungan Engineering representative Parker Dungan, speaking for the renovation committee, secured permission from the board to have architect Johnny Waycaster inspect the courthouse and update recommendations he made previously. The committee will reprioritize the...
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North Pike plans $23.3M budget; expenses up
June 28, 2021 - North Pike officials project that expenditures in the coming fiscal year will outstrip the usual revenue sources, but additional federal money should help cover the gap. The school district’s business manager, Tina Griffin, said the district had a small deficit for the current fiscal year and also projects...
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Iron Horse Festival returns to downtown McComb Saturday
June 9, 2021 - After taking last year off, the Iron Horse Music & Heritage Festival returns Saturday with food, fun, shopping and music coming to downtown McComb. “People are ready to get out, and we’ve had a lot of response to this year’s festival,” organizer Allyson Hewitt...
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Summit Fall Fest won’t fall victim to 2020
June 3, 2021 - There will be plenty of arts, crafts and pies but no pancakes in Summit on Oct. 10 when the town’s annual fall festival will return with some pandemic-related modifications. Carol Ann McMorris of the Summit Partnership, which sponsors the festival, recently told the McComb Exchange Club what&rsquo...
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Moviemakers scout locations, people in Magnolia
June 3, 2021 - Magnolia caught the attention of two filmmakers last week. Director Michael G. Kehoe and producer Richard Joel spent the weekend in Pike County to scout locations and local stories for movie ideas. By Friday afternoon, they already had two. They had visited the Lynyrd Skynyrd monument that morning and met...
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