- Phil Hardwick is movin' on...
JACKSON - On July 18th, Phil Hardwick resigned as vice president of community and economic development for Mississippi Valley Gas Company to accept a newly created position at the John C. Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University (MSU). Effective Aug. 1, Hardwick will take over as the institute's ......
- At a glance: MGC sees new members, venue, meeting schedule
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has gained a new chairman, moved into a new home and changed its meeting schedule. Last May, newly-elected Republican Gov. Haley Barbour appointed Mississippi Business Hall of Fame inductee Jerry St. Pe to chair the three-member commission, which regulates the state's casinos and charitable gaming activities....
- HCEDD ready for new fiscal year
JACKSON - Less than six months after the untimely death of Hinds County Economic Development District executive director Sonny McDonald, a new staff is in place and a new fiscal year is beginning. Jason Brookins, 32, a Meridian native, a captain in the Mississippi Air National Guard and graduate of ......
- George County accelerates development efforts
LUCEDALE - A long-time community Volunteer, Sue Wright. has been named tile new executive director of tile George County Economic Development Foundation, and the job has been expanded to a full-time position. Wright worked as an account executive at the Mississippi Press for 10 years, and more recently as a ......
- MISSISSIPPI'S 50 Leading Business Women 2006: Angeline "Angie" Diane Godwin, President and CEO of The Area Development Partnership in Hattiesburg
HATTIESBURG - On the way to a lunch meeting, an unexpected summer storm burst from the sky, momentarily trapping Angie Godwin in her SUV in the restaurant parking lot.
- Will efforts be marked by cooperation or competition?
JACKSON - With speculation surrounding the state's new economic development plan, many business leaders have asked: what roles will the newly formed public/private partnerships, Mississippi Technologies, Inc. and Mississippi Partnership for Economic Development, and the Mississippi Economic Council, play in the mix? "We all pretty much agree on the issues," ......
- NCC On The WTO And Budget
HEADNOTE Cotton Grower asked the National Cotton Council's new chairman, Woods Eastland, to address the Council's position on recent WTO decisions and budget challenges in the cotton industry. What is the NCC's position on the WTO's rejection of the U.S. appeal of the Brazilian challenge regarding the U.S. cotton program?...