Lend Casey Combest your ears for an hour and he might convince you to stay in Mississippi. The owner of the Jackson-based BlueSky Studio new podcast “Made in Mississippi,” which launched this month, is one-part motivation and one-part retention tool. The show features interviews with notable Mississippians, including Joel Bomgar,…
Joe F. Sanderson, Jr., chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Sanderson Farms, Inc. in Laurel, will be honored the Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame as the recipient of the 2016 Legend Award, which is presented to distinguished, exemplary and visionary leaders and innovators who have…
Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame Inductees Announced (Ridgeland, Miss.) – Innovate Mississippi announced today the 2016 Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame inductees, Legend Award recipient and Innovators to Watch. The Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame was established in 2008 to recognize outstanding individuals and companies who have helped…
Industrial parks in two Mississippi cities have been certified as AT&T Fiber Ready. Click here to read about the Crossroads Industrial Park in Winona. Click here to read about the Eupora Industrial Park.
Certification Reflects Presence of Fiber-Based, High-Speed Internet WINONA, Miss., August 16, 2016 - As part of AT&T’s continuing efforts to drive economic development and investment in Mississippi, AT&T, the Enterprise of Mississippi, Montgomery County and City of Winona announced today the Crossroads Industrial Park has been certified as AT&T Fiber…
By Josh Mabus, Mississippi Business Journal, Feature Article, August 12, 2016. Yeti isn’t the coldest cup on the planet anymore. At least that’s the claim of a video comparing the product to its store-brand brethren. The folks at AL.com did an unofficial ice retention test comparing Yeti, Ozark Trail and…
Certification Reflects Presence of Fiber-Based, High-Speed Internet EUPORA, Miss., August 16, 2016 - As part of AT&T’s continuing efforts to drive economic development and investment in Mississippi, AT&T, the Enterprise of Mississippi and the City of Eupora announced today the Eupora Industrial Park has been certified as AT&T Fiber Ready.…
BILLY’S ORIGINAL FOODS DONATED MORE THAN 1,100 SURPRISE LUNCHS TO ALL VICKSBURG SCHOOLS TO WELCOME BACK TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS VICKSBURG, Miss. – Startup food company Billy’s Original Foods welcomed back all teachers and administrators in Vicksburg and Warren County with a surprise lunch to help them end the first week…
by Victoria Bailey. STARKVILLE, Miss.(WCBI)—Starting Domestic Business and Creating Domestic Jobs is a huge step in strengthening the u.s. economy. and that’s just what Harry Moser is doing with the “Make it in America Reshoring Summit. This morning several sessions were held to discuss the country’s economy and what can…
A new Brookings Institution report finds Jackson, Miss., and Nashville match San Francisco in employment gains. By Eric Morath. Jackson, Miss., and Nashville, Tenn., may be better known for Southern lifestyles than tech jobs, but those regions are adding “advanced industry” jobs at near the same rate as the San Francisco…