The Mississippi Technology Alliance (MTA) and the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) have concluded a five-state study that examined how established industries such as agriculture, biotechnology and chemistry can merge to create a new bioeconomy that is already valued at more than $140 billion in global sales.
http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/08/study-delta-could-sustain-8b-bioeconomy/
The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) will host Stimulus Opportunities Workshops, a series of workshops designed to provide pertinent information about funding opportunities available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
http://www.mississippi.org/index.php?id=722
A $3.7 million federal grant and a matching grant will enable Itawamba Community College to build manufacturing training areas and training rooms in its new Belden Center.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2502326/
The Economic Development Authority of Jones County, Mississippi received a Best of Class Award at the Communications Awards ceremony at the Southern Economic Development Council’s (SEDC) Annual Conference held Aug. 15-18, in Point Clear, Ala.
http://tinyurl.com/lrsm8h
Eudora Welty in N.Y.: Show re-creates first solo exhibit of her work.
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20090830/LIFESTYLE/908300321
For the first time since the inception of the Natchez-Adams Economic Development Authority, city and county boards met Friday as required by law to discuss funding for the EDA’s upcoming budget year. And as of Friday the EDA was guaranteed at least $100,000 of its $275,00 yearly budget.
http://tinyurl.com/ksmkv2
The Columbus-Lowndes Development Link, the Greater Starkville Development Partnership and the West Point/Clay County Community Growth Alliance will hold (a regional business expo) in the Lyceum at the East Mississippi Community College Mayhew campus Oct. 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
http://www.starkvilledailynews.com/content/view/166845/60/
ARC Grant to Boost Broadband. The MS Economic Growth Alliance & Point of Presence (MEGAPOP) has received a grant of $500,000 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC).
http://tinyurl.com/lo4xax
Seven lieutenant governors are travelling to China for a weeklong mission focused on agricultural and commercial opportunities for businesses in the states. The delegation will meet with top Chinese officials, tour an industrial facility and a working farm, and will meet with Embassy officials and American business people to learn how to help maintain and open opportunities for local businesses.
http://www.nlga.us/web-content/PressRoom/China_2009_PR.htm
Angie Godwin, president of the Area Development Partnership, announced Wednesday morning her resignation. She will leave her post at the end of this year.
http://tinyurl.com/l6tjvh
“Blues Block Party in the Park”… will also mark yet another historic milestone for the city, as the Mississippi Development Authority in conjunction with the Mississippi Blues Commission and the City of Natchez’s CVB will be placing the second in a series of commemorative Blues Trail markers planned for this river city.
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2009/aug/30/come-sing-blues-natchez/
Entergy shifting 200 jobs to Mississippi.
http://tinyurl.com/nqurpo
Veterans living in central Mississippi will soon have a final resting place that will honor their service to the nation. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has announced a grant of $6,990,115 to establish Mississippi’s first state Veterans cemetery in Newton.
http://tinyurl.com/mwkypn
Evergreen Lumber and Truss, which operates a manufacturing facility in Purvis, has made Inc. magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies.
http://tinyurl.com/kwujh5
The Jackson facility will play a major role as diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation begins working on the design and manufacture of the hydraulic system for Irkut Corporation’s new MC21 single-aisle aircraft line in Russia.
http://tinyurl.com/nl56kg
Roger Federer has a pretty good idea how 18-year-old Devin Britton of Brandon feels right about now. Britton, who won the NCAA singles championship for Ole Miss in May, will play Federer, of all people, in the first round of the U.S. Open today.
http://tinyurl.com/nk6fj8
Carol Hardwick, Executive Director
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