Economic Development News

Company to bring 75 new jobs
NATCHEZ — No one thought to pipe in the fitting James Brown tune Tuesday morning, but everyone who participated in the announcement of a new manufacturing company set to employee 100 people in Adams County shared the same thought.
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2011/08/10/company-to-bring-75-new-jobs/

Delphi Facility Gets Big Investment
Delphi Automotive will invest $15 million to enhance its Brookhaven manufacturing facility, which means a couple hundred people will be keeping their jobs.
http://lincolncounty.wlbt.com/news/business/46625-delphi-facility-gets-big-investment

Elevance Renewable to bring 165 jobs
NATCHEZ —Elevance Renewable Sciences will begin construction on an Adams County facility in the fourth quarter of this year, creating approximately 300 construction jobs and 165 permanent jobs over the next five years.
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2011/06/07/live-coverage-from-economic-development-announcement/

$75M secured for KiOR; Is Mississippi the new leader in state-level biofuels development?
In Mississippi, the state legislature approved Governor Haley Barbour’s special session request for a $75 million loan to KiOR for a proposed development of five biofuel plants in Mississippi by the Houston-based pyrolysis group.
http://biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2010/08/30/75m-secured-for-kior-is-mississippi-the-new-leader-in-state-level-biofuels-development/

Entergy Mississippi’s 2010 Residential Rate: 28 Percent Below the U.S. Average
Residential rates continue to be low in 2011
JACKSON, Miss.— A recently completed analysis of 2010 electricity prices for 160 operating companies shows that Entergy Mississippi Inc.’s residential electric rate for 2010 was the lowest in the South and was 28 percent below the U.S. average. That’s according to rate information from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, an arm of the Department of Energy. Click here for more.

Schulz to Locate Seamless Pipe Manufacturing Facility in Mississippi
Governor Haley Barbour and officials from Wilh. Schulz GMBH, a global supplier of piping components, have announced that the company has selected Tunica, MS as the location for its new pipe manufacturing facility. The company’s Mississippi division, which will be know as Schulz Xtruded Products, or SXP, will create 500 new jobs at the facility over the next five years. The Tunica County operation will be the company’s first production facility in North America.

Communities Gain Valuable Economic Tool from Entergy Mississippi Partnership
Utility, regional groups produce Workforce Analysis report
Jackson, Miss.— Communities have a new tool to attract business and industry to Mississippi--a workforce analysis report produced by Entergy Mississippi, Inc. and four economic development groups. Click here for more.

HL's Stokes awarded for leadership
Times-Tribune News Staff
HORN LAKE - She didn't know she was the guest of honor until the end.

"It’s unbelievable," Horn Lake Schnuck's manager Tina Stokes said about receiving Entergy's Teamwork Mississippi Community Leadership award during the Horn Lake Chamber of Commerce's monthly coffee break on Wednesday. "I'm surprised."

The award recognizes area leaders who have achieved outstanding results in improving the quality of life in their community.

Entergy economic developer working to bring jobs to Mississippi
Delta Business Journal
John Turner, director of economic development for Entergy Mississippi, Inc, knows about brining jobs to Mississippi. He leads a team of community-based economic development professionals who promote collaboration on economic development initiatives between community, local, and state leaders.