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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
There are currently 17 resale and new homes in Wiggins on Trulia. The average listing price for homes for sale in Wiggins MS was $204,034 for the week ending Mar 11, which represents a decrease of 22.4%, or $58,826, compared to the prior week.
Market Trends for Wiggins
Average Listing Price
$204,034
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
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zip codes
Avg. listing price
Week ending Mar 11
39577
$204,034
-22.4%
39573
$232,329
+3.6%
Movers & Shakers
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Week ending Mar 11
39577
$204,034
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39573
$232,329
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39561
$164,622
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Average Listing Price
$204,034
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Mississippi Trends
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New Foreclosure Filings
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569
Foreclosure Sales
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Avg Sales Price
$ 190,325
$ 187,425
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $31,800,000 basic ordering agreement for Post-Shakedown Availability for DDG 51 Class Destroyers. The orders to be issued are for PSA planning and support services and will include advance planning, engineering support, on-site engineering liaison, craft assistance, the ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
C&G Boat Works, Inc., Mobile, Ala., was awarded a $17,584,236 modification to previously awarded contract to exercise an option to construct two Yard Patrol Training Craft used to train midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy. Work will be performed in Mobile and is expected to be completed by March 2011. ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Rolls-Royce Marine International Inc., Walpole, Mass., is being awarded a $5,672,842 cost plus fixed fee contract for a Compact High-Power High-Density Waterjet. The objective of this contract is for research to implement the waterjet technology developed in Phase I to resolve the anticipated cavitation erosion issues. This includes the ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The amphibious assault ship Makin Island, LHD 8, has successfully completed Navy acceptance sea trial in the Gulf of Mexico. The builders sea trial was in February. The ship has the first gas turbine/electric-powered propulsion system ever used on large deck amphibious assault ships. Makin Island is ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
GULFPORT, MS - Chiquita Fresh North America (Chiquita) and the Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport have put the finishing touches on a new lease that will extend the partnership of the two organizations through the year 2019.
The Mississippi State Port Authority is in the midst of a ...
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
‘Ground Zero' projects eligible to apply for CDBG funding
(BAY ST. LOUIS, Mississippi) - Governor Haley Barbour today was joined by U.S. Senator Roger Wicker and U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor to announce that $200 million in federal funds has been set aside for major recovery projects in Hancock ...
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
(JACKSON, Mississippi) -Governor Haley Barbour today signed legislation that gives the state Department of Insurance the authority to transfer $25 million to the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association to defray the cost of reinsurance and lower the risk for insurance companies writing policies in Mississippi.
"This bill follows through on ...
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Governor Haley Barbour said today an additional $60 million has been awarded for Hurricane Katrina recovery projects in Hancock County.
The projects compose the second round of funding in the total $200 million 'Ground Zero' Program, which applies specifically in Hancock County, where some of Hurricane Katrina's most serious ...
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
In the four years before Haley Barbour became Governor:
Mississippi suffered a net loss of 38,300 jobs
Mississippi lost a higher percentage of our manufacturing jobs than any other state in the entire country. Mississippi ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
MOBILE, Ala. - Mississippi plans to spend at least $20 million in Hurricane Katrina recovery money on a new Mississippi Shipbuilding and Metal Trades Academy near Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding's shipyard in Pascagoula, Gov. Haley Barbour told about 100 people at the second annual Gulf States Shipbuilders Consortium in Mobile. He ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Special Boat Team 22 will open a new two-building, $9.7 million riverine operations complex Friday. The unit specializes in riverine missions, often in support of Navy SEALs. Officials say SBT 22 has grown in the last four years, adding 68 percent more special warfare combatant-craft ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded an $8,999,980 modification to previously awarded contract for systems engineering, design and technical services to support the detail design and construction of the DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyers. Work will be performed in Pascagoula, Miss., and is expected to ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - BAE Systems was awarded a $21 million, 30-month contract from the Office of Naval Research to develop an advanced electromagnetic railgun for the Navy. The railgun, including a composite launcher, will be demonstrated by 2011. Railguns use electrical energy instead of chemical energy to launch projectiles at ...
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
16 projects will result in estimated 5,850 affordable housing units
(BILOXI, Mississippi) - After completing a competitive review process, 16 projects have been selected for a total of $150 million in long-term workforce housing funds, Governor Haley Barbour announced today. Together, these projects are expected to result in ...
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
ORLANDO, Fla. - Lockheed Martin was awarded a $15 million contract as part of the Navy' s Modernization Program for the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The contract for initial Machinery Control System shipsets and related equipment includes options and engineering services which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value ...
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
MOBILE, Ala. - Signal International won a $50 million contract to construct components to be used in a drillship reliability upgrade program for Noble Corp., an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry. The contract covers the first of three Noble drillships scheduled for upgrades. About 200 Pascagoula ...
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - US Joiner, fabricator of ship parts, has moved into a new $4.5 million facility that is the largest capital investment for the six-year-old company. US Joiner specializes in marine design and engineering, material management and the installation of marine interiors. It's new 110,000 square-foot facility includes a ...
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
(JACKSON, Mississippi) - Governor Haley Barbour said today an additional $100 million has been allocated to help restore housing for workforce income families on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, boosting the program to a total of $250 million.
"Restoration of the affordable housing stock is absolutely vital to ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
Stone County (MS)
January 2009
Commerce Economic Development (919) 733-4977
Estimated Population by Age Pop by Age, % Est.
2013 Median Age 36
2008 Median Age 35
2000 Median Age 34
2008 Total Pop 0-19 4,602 29.4%
2008 Total Pop 20-29 2,298 14.7%
2008 Total Pop 30-39 2,011 12.9%
2008 Total Pop 40-49 2,143 13.7%
2008 Total Pop 50-59 ...
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Thursday, December 25th, 2008
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - VT Halter Marine could create 180 full-time jobs if it receives $5 million via federal grants to construct an $8 million pipe and marine fabrication building at its Pascagoula yard. The jobs would be mostly craftsmen positions, such as welders and shipfitters.
(Source: Mississippi Press, 12/10/08)
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Thursday, December 25th, 2008
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $9,950,000 firm fixed price contract modification to previously awarded contract for the procurement of long lead time materials in support of LPD 26. Work will be performed in Pascagoula and is expected to be completed by Dec. 2010. The ...
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Thursday, December 25th, 2008
The agency in Mississippi that provides assistance to first time home buyers is The Mississippi Home Corporation. There is currently only one first time home buyer grant program available: Down Payment Assistance Program. You can receive up to 3% of the mortgage amount. The contact person for this program is ...
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Thursday, December 25th, 2008
Governor Haley Barbour said today more than $85 million has been awarded for Hurricane Katrina recovery projects in Hancock County.
"These projects are part of our $200 million ‘Ground Zero' program, which is funded through Mississippi's $5.4 billion federally-appropriated Hurricane Katrina recovery package," Governor Barbour said. "As Hancock County ...
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
BILOXI, Mississippi -- As reported by The Sun Herald: "Revenue was down for the third straight month at Coast casinos, yet the numbers were better than in many areas of the country.
"The Mississippi Tax Commission's Gross Casino Revenue report released Friday shows the 11 Coast casinos won $96 million this ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
DIAMONDHEAD, Mississippi -- As reported by The Sun Herald: "The question of whether a company should be allowed to build a casino in this community has mostly been a matter of insider baseball in recent weeks.
"But Thursday night the issue turned into a very open and public debate, as the ...
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
MOBILE, Ala. - Austal USA's Mobile shipyard will likely build at least two additional shallow-water combat ships for the U.S. Navy. Austal is part of a General Dynamics Corp.-led team competing with Lockheed Martin Corp. to build littoral combat ships. Both teams have built prototypes. The Navy has asked that ...
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - VT Halter Marine has signed an $8.9 million contract with Candies Shipbuilders LLC to construct a 285-foot platform supply vessel. VT Halter Marine will fabricate the vessel hull with deckhouses. The vessel will be towed to Candies Louisiana shipyard for final outfitting. Delivery of the vessel is ...
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
MOBILE, Ala. - Austal USA has won a $1.6 billion contract to build up to 10 high-speed transport ships for the military, U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby said Wednesday. Neither Austal nor the U.S. Navy would confirm Wednesday's announcement. The award would be significant for Austal, which has about 1,000 employees ...
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Austal USA of Mobile Ala., is being awarded a $185 million modification to a previously awarded contract for one Joint High Speed Vessel with options for up to nine additional ships and associated shore-based spares for the Phase II down-select of the JHSV Program - which would push the value ...
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
The HB530 Construction Loan Fund was established by the State of Mississippi in collaboration with Fannie Mae (FNMA), the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA), and the Mississippi Home Corporation (MHC), to provide financing for the construction of low-to-moderate income Single-Family Eligible Residential Housing Units within the state of Mississippi.
Eligible Borrowers:
Nonprofit Corporations, ...
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Besides the state programs, there are federal funds and grants available to first time home buyers in Mississippi through the Homes and Communities program of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. On their website you'll find complete grant information, application forms, description of available funds, as well ...
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
NASA plans to use the space shuttle until its retirement in 2010 to help finish assembly of the International Space Station. To meet that goal, SSC is committed to rigorous testing, important to any flight program, to make sure today’s SSMEs are safer, stronger and more reliable than ever.
Meanwhile, the ...
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Rolls-Royce has won a contract to provide power and propulsion equipment for two of the world's largest warships - the UK's new 65,000 ton aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth, and HMS Prince of Wales. Rolls-Royce is supplying the MT30 gas turbine as part of an integrated system that includes the ...
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Signal International said Thursday that it has won a $10 million contract to repair two offshore oil rigs damaged last month by Hurricane Ike. Signal, which is moving its headquarters from Pascagoula to Mobile, said it expects to add 200 workers at least temporarily to the 2,500 it has at ...
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Biloxi & Gulfport Gulf Coast Community Action Agency Inc HOME Grant (HG) (228) 896-1409
Biloxi PRIDE Homeownership Program (PRIDE) (228) 435-6280
MS Home Corporation. MHC administers 2 grant programs on behalf of the Dept. of Education and MS Development Authority. They are the Housing Assistance For Teachers (HAT). Up to a $6,000 ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
People who are visiting Biloxi, Mississippi now will have more gaming options after the recent weather scare.. The Grand Biloxi Casino opened today after waiting on their regulatory approvals. The casino opened at 2:00 P.M..
It comes as good news to the casino that the weather has cooperated. For a ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
SSC’s Applied Research and Technology Project Office uses NASA’s science research results, remote sensing and other technical capabilities to bridge the gap between research results and the use of data to help its partner agencies (such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture) make better ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Under NASA Stennis Space Center’s Engineering and Science Directorate, rocket engine propulsion test activities are conducted on one-of-a-kind national test facilities collectively valued at more than $2 billion. SSC is America’s largest rocket engine test complex and is surrounded by a 125,000-acre acoustical buffer zone, which is considered a national ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
VT Halter Marine, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $393.7 million firm fixed price not-to-exceed modification to previously awarded contract for the detail, design and construction of three Fast Missile Crafts for the Egyptian Navy. Work will be performed at Pascagoula, Manassas, Va., Detroit, Mich., Baltimore, Md., Pittsburgh, ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Northrup Grumman Corp., Ships Systems, Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded an $8.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for asperstructures. Asperstructure incorporates the structural component of an aperture into a load-carrying member of a ship superstructure. The program will demonstrate the ability of integrated antenna and structure concepts to improve radar functionality, ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded a $76.6 million modification to a previously awarded Navy contract to exercise an option for CG 47 and DD 963 Class integrated planning yard services. Work will be performed in Pascagoula and is expected to be completed by Sept. 2009.
(Source: ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
JACKSON, Miss. - Under its Long Term Workforce Housing program (LTWH),the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) is awarding a second round of projects totaling more than $89.5 million, Governor Haley Barbour announced today.
"This action will help construct 2,528 low and moderate income homes in our three coastal counties," Governor ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
MOBILE, Ala. - Austal USA broke ground Thursday on a $254 million expansion of its Mobile shipyard. The modular manufacturing facility promises faster, less expensive ship construction. Bob Browning, Austal chief executive officer, said the new facility will allow Austal to build ships 10 percent faster and trim costs.
(Source: ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Shipbuilders on the Gulf Coast have joined forces to find thousands of workers. The Gulf States Shipbuilders Consortium launches a Web site, goships.com, that the group hopes will help recruit some of the 4,000 skilled positions open across Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. The Web site will tell where the jobs ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. - Gulf Coast shipbuilders have teamed up through the Gulf States Shipbuilders Consortium to address the need for more skilled workers. The consortium is working with technical colleges in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi to stage a series of six-week boot camps where job candidates will get ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - VT Halter Marine is expanding and hopes to create 200 additional jobs over the next five years. Two new $2 million cranes are part of the first steps in upgrading the facility, which employs about 1,200 workers. The new cranes will be used to complete a $254 ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
(JACKSON, Mississippi) - Governor Haley Barbour today released the following statement on Chevron's announcement it will expand its Pascagoula refinery:
"Chevron's announcement of its intention to again expand its Pascagoula refinery is another strong statement of confidence in Mississippi. I couldn't be more pleased that this outstanding company will ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
Fewer than 4,000 remain in lower three coastal counties
(JACKSON, Mississippi) - The total number of occupied travel trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has dropped below 4,000 in Mississippi's three Coastal counties hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. As of June 27, the trailer ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Local project proposals due by August 8
(JACKSON, Mississippi) - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has formally approved the State of Mississippi's "Ground Zero" action plan, which directs about $200 million of federally awarded Hurricane Katrina recovery funding exclusively to Hancock County.
"When Senator Roger Wicker ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Link to article
BILOXI (WLOX) -- Casino Row is about to undergo a makeover. Isle of Capri executives just announced they're ready to move ahead with a $160 million expansion, "which we plan to begin as soon as we determine the timing of the settlement of our Hurricane Katrina insurance claim," ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Link to article on stltoday.com
By Beth Jinks
BLOOMBERG NEWS SERVICE
06/25/2008
LAS VEGAS — Ameristar Casinos Inc., the owner and manager of eight U.S. casino properties including one in St. Charles, expects regional gambling venues to weather the U.S. economic slowdown better than Las Vegas as airlines cut seats and rising fuel prices ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
As the process continues to help thousands of Mississippi Gulf Coast families under the Homeowners Assistance Grant Program, the Mississippi Development Authority is pleased to offer this exclusive Web site update. This information will be updated each Wednesday and will give the most current information available on ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
For more than four decades, NASA John C. Stennis Space Center, located in south Mississippi, has served as NASA’s rocket propulsion testing ground. Today, the center provides propulsion test services for NASA and for the Department of Defense, as well as the private sector.
The unique waterway system and 125,000-acre acoustical ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Link to article
Monday June 23, 1:25 pm ET
LARGO, Fla., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Diamondhead Casino Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: DHCC - News; the "Company") announced today that it had signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with Casinos Austria International Holding, GMBH, to form a joint venture partnership to develop, build ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
A recent snapshot of builders and developers in a special survey by the NAHB Economics Group has found that acquisition, development and construction (AD&C) credit has tightened since last year.
In addition, while not a majority, significant numbers of builders and developers have been asked to pay down outstanding construction and ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Posted on Mon, May. 12, 2008
Coastians still lack housing
By MICHAEL NEWSOM
mmnewsom@sunherald.com
-- Locals say the thousands of volunteers expected to pour into the area to build single-family homes this week are sorely needed, because, though it has been almost ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Property Taxes - 120 mils on 10% of the assessed value of the land. That is .12% of assessed value of the land for annual property taxes. This is the total for Stone County and the State of Mississippi. There currently are no city taxes. Property taxes are extremely low ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Link to article
Saturday, April 26, 2008By AMBER CRAIG
PASCAGOULA -- Unemployment rates nationwide have increased from a year ago, but unemployment locally and statewide continues to decrease, according to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
14 January 2008
Link to article
BILOXI, Mississippi -- As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: "It's a good bet that when the final gross gambling numbers for 2007 are released this week they will confirm it was a banner year for Coast casinos.
"'There's no doubt it will be a record,' ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Excerpt taken from Housing Predictor: http://www.housingpredictor.com/mississippi.html
More than two dozen condominium projects planned for Biloxi are in a wait and see mode. Some 4,000 condo units were planned before Katrina and now there are 12,000 units under proposal, which would turn the city into a condo haven.
A special federal and state ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Download original article: sun-herald-best-august-ever-for-casinos.pdf
State's take for year hits $1.98...
“We're anxious to see how November is when the bridge opens. We just don't know”
Coast casinos celebrated the 15th anniversary of gambling in Mississippi by posting their best August on record with $108.9 million in gross gaming revenue.
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Download print article: p1: usa-casinos-bounce-back-in-biloxi-110607-2.pdf
Download print article: p2: usa-casinos-bounce-back-in-biloxi-110607-2.pdf
BILOXI, Miss. -- The casino floors are full, and construction is on the rise, but there's a dilemma amid the economic revival in this storm-battered Gulf Coast city.
Should casinos and the condominium projects they draw be allowed to sprawl across the ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Download original article: sh-beau-pumps-up-mgm-earnings-103107.pdf
MGM Mirage 3Q profit up on revenue growth, income from Katrina insurance recoveries
MGM Mirage's third-quarter profit rose 18 percent as the world's second-largest casino company notched higher sales from its restaurants and other businesses outside gaming, and drew income from hurricane ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Download the full print article:sh-coast-makes-a-turn-for-the-better.pdf
Growth this year in the Gulfport-Biloxi metro area should "easily outpace" the national economy, says a new report by Moody's Economy.com. The analysis of the area's strengths and weaknesses, prepared at the end of last year, said the economy in Harrison, Hancock and Stone counties "took ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
By Brad Heath, USA TODAY
Communities along the Gulf Coast are moving to banish the government-issued trailers that house tens of thousands of people whose homes were destroyed by the devastating hurricanes in 2005.
Those cities and parishes are shutting down impromptu trailer parks set up after the disaster, telling homeowners they ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Source: http://contractors-license.org/ms/Mississippi.html#ms2
You must have a Residential Building license to build any residence which is three stories or less in height if the cost of the project is more than $50,000. You must have a Residential Remodeler's license to remodel any residence if the cost of the project is more than ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Source: Sun Herald
By MEGHA SATYANARAYANA
megha@sunherald.com
PEARLINGTON -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday held the first of eight public meetings along the Mississippi Gulf Coast regarding its study on formaldehyde levels in FEMA trailers and mobile homes.
Based on its findings, CDC recommended FEMA remove all remaining people from ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Source: Businessweek
Mar. 5--Casinos and other employers can take advantage of tax credits and federal funding to ease the Coast's housing shortage and offer their workers the incentive to become homeowners.
A shortage of work-force housing will not correct itself because of escalating costs, said Judith Phillips, a successful businesswoman who ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
The Interstate 10 Twin Span Bridge across Lake Pontchartrain sustained serious damage from Hurricane Katrina. Construction of a new $800 million replacement bridge is underway.
The new bridge will consist of two parallel structures, each wide enough for three travel lanes, with 12-foot shoulders on each side. The westbound ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
The Horizon developers plan to replicate this office building built by North Florida Consulting just west of Destin, FL.
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is proposing to construct a four-lane divided, full control of access facility between Gulfport and Wiggins, Mississippi. This north-south roadway identified as SR 601 (Canal Road) will begin at a proposed fully-directional interchange at Interstate 10 / Canal Road in Harrison County and extend ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Mississippi's corporate/franchise hotels/motels had a 61.0 Occupancy Percent throughout Calendar Year (CY) 2007. Their CY 2007 Average Room Rate = $72.15. Source: Smith Travel Research, Hendersonville, Tennessee, January 2008.
Mississippi's state-licensed casino hotels had an 83.4 Occupancy Percent throughout CY 2007. Their CY 2007 Average Room Rate = $68.61. Note: This ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Download the spreadsheet: manufacturing-facilities-employment-by-county.csv
Download the pdf: manufacturing-by-county.pdf
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Download the spreadsheet : availible-industrial-sites.xls
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Download pdf: projectupdateoctober.pdf
Link MDOT: http://www.gomdot.com/Home/Projects/Studies/Southern/SR601/SR601.aspx
SR 601 Project Update October 2007
SR 601
I-10 to Wiggins
What is the SR 601 Project?
The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is proposing to
construct a four-lane divided, full control of access facility between
Gulfport and Wiggins, Mississippi. This north-south roadway, identified as
SR 601 (Canal Road), will begin at a ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Of 16,500 jobs pre-Katrina, 13,000 were at Ingalls
Sustained $1 billion in damages
Salt water damage to vehicles, man-lifts, and machinery on site.
++++New $2.49 billion Navy contract!
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Impact Statewide Pascagoula MSA
Destroyed 68,729 23,390
Major Damage 65,237 16,950
Minor Damage 100,318 9,300
Affected ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Pre-Katrina: 14,880 rooms
December 2005: 4,044 rooms
December 2006: 8,239 rooms
55.4% pre-Katrina
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Impact Statewide Biloxi-Gulfport MSA
Destroyed 68,729 41,090
Major Damage 65,237 19,510
Minor Damage 100,318 36,305
Affected ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
MOBILE, Ala. - C&G Boat Works Inc. plans to add as many as 150 new jobs in the next three years. The company, which currently employs 360 people, won approval from the Industrial Development Board Wednesday for up to $118,800 in tax breaks. Incentives were granted for the $1.35 million ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
PURPOSE
The Rural Rental Housing Direct Loan Program provides loans to families and elderly renters who qualify to help pay for safe, affordable rental housing.
ELIGIBILITY
Individuals
Federally Recognized Indian Tribes
Non-Profit & For-Profit Organizations
FUND USE
New Construction
Substantial rehabilitation of rental housing
RATES
Interest negotiated between lender & borrower
TERMS OF REPAYMENT
Loans up ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Phase 1 Grants
Mississippi Home Grants Website http://www.mshomehelp.gov/
Organization Contact Information: source: http://www.mshomehelp.gov/contact.htm
Homeowner Assistance Call Center
Contact the Call Center for technical assistance and/or questions concerning the Homeowner Assistance grant. The Call Center is staffed Monday thru Friday, 8 am to 5 pm and can be reached at the following:
* ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Phase II - Housing Needs Assistance Program
Program Ends on March 15th, 2008
Phase II is designed to help low to moderate income homeowners, whose homes were damaged by the storm surge, but were not eligible for Phase I of the homeowner grant program. The homeowners can qualify regardless of whether ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
USDA
Grant Programs for Homeowners
www.usda.gov
Single Family Housing:
Section 502 Direct Loan - Build or Purchase Homes: $17.8 million for Mississippi (regular allocation). For four states (MS, LA, AL, and TX) affected by Hurricanes Katrina and ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Download the formatted Word document: tradition-development.doc
Tradition Development Lot Sizes and Asking Price p.1
Home Site
Home Site Type
Approx.Size
Price
6
Neighborhood - Interior
60 X 120
69,767
9
Estate - Corner
80 X 120
115,491
10
Estate - Premium
80 X 120
113,119
11
Estate - Premium
80 X 120
111,513
12
Estate - Premium
80 X 120
117,774
13
Manor - Premium
100 X 120
141,444
14
Manor - Corner
100 X 120
137,576
15
Estate - Interior
80 ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Download the formatted Word document: tradition-development.doc
Tradition Development: Completed Homes for Sale
ADDRESS
SQ. FT.
BUILDER
PRICE
12559 Village Ave West, Biloxi, MS 39532
2,542
Robinson Mayer
$475,000
12527 Village Ave West, Biloxi, MS 39532
2,401
Robinson Mayer
$469,500
12545 Village Ave West, Biloxi, MS 39532
2,106
Southern ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Download the formatted Word document: tradition-development.doc
Tradition Development: Home Square Footage and Lot Size
Neighborhood Homes
SF
Lot Size
The Palmer Creek
2500
60' x 120'
The Hibernia
2628
60' x 120'
The Friendship Oak
3185
60' x 120'
The Ransey Springs
1966
60' x 120'
The Orange Grove
2043
60' x 120'
The Popps Ferry
2050
60' ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Download the formatted Word document: building-permits-totals.doc
County Building Permits Reported to HUD and US Census
This report indicates number of new residential county building permits for single & multi-family units for years 2005, 2006, 2007. The top box contains data obtained from ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Gulf Coast Counties Average of 2 Data Sources - 2007 Population, Economic and Demographics
County
Population
Households
Median Income
Incomes Above 49999
Incomes Above 74999
Incomes Above 99999
Incomes Above 149999
AVG House Cost
Hancock
45847
16855
$35,675
6237
3077
1639
603
$185,950
Harrison
193464
74603
$48,807
28851
14283
7515
2422
$179,771
Jackson
157584
58638
$41,036
23707
11909
6261
1737
$172,559
George
25188
8924
$40,159
3338
1467
681
192
$160,929
Stone
18529
6541
$34,962
2241
1060
541
179
$166,236
Pearl River
66060
24986
$35,031
8231
3691
1967
612
$159,349
506671
190545
$42,312
72604
35487
18602
5744
$174,073
Gulf Coast Counties Combined ESRI Data - ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Proposed Employment Expansions for Mississippi Gulf Coast Counties for 2005 to 2008
Download the formatted Word version: employment-expansions.doc
Source: Mississippi Development Authority
"Type" shows whether the facility is New or Existing, and Manufacturing or Non-Manufaturing.
Please be advised that these figures are preliminary and may be changed as new information becomes available.
Company Name ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Broadwater
Preliminary site plans were approved for a $1 billion project with two casinos, convention space, hotel and condo units, a golf course and retail space. One of the developers, Mark Calvert, said he and his partners are looking for the right joint venture or sale on the 260-acre site.
The Broadwater, ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Click on the map image for an interactive map.
Bank of Wiggins - Main
(601) 928-5233
109 Pine Ave W, Wiggins, MS 39577
Total Deposits: $153 Million
First National Bank of Wiggins
(601) 928-5241
124 Border Ave W, Wiggins, MS 39577
Total Deposits: $15.8 Billion
Southern National Bank of Wiggins
(601) 928-7295
125 College ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Click on the map image for an interactive map.
State RankingL5-Superior; L4-Exemplary; L3-Successful; L2-Under Perform; L1-Probationary; N/A- Not Assigned
1. BAY SAINT LOUIS
GULFVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL L4
6590 LAKESHORE ROAD, BAY SAINT LOUIS, MS 39520
(228) 467-5297
SECOND STREET ELEMENTARY L3
400 N SECOND ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Click on the map image for an interactive map.
Wiggins - Stone County Hospital
25 beds and Emergency Room Facilities
1434 East Central Avenue
Wiggins, MS 39577
(601) 928-6600
Gulfport - Memorial Hospital
440 beds and emergency room facilities, and 260 doctors and 40 medical specialists
4500 13th St
Gulfport, MS 39501
(601) 867-4000
Hattiesburg - Forrest General Hospital
512-inpatient beds with ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Click the map image to go to the interactive map.
Link to a Google Map of grocery stores near Horizon.
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Stennis Space Center is located in South Mississippi on I-10 at Exit 2 approximately 48 miles west of Biloxi and 45 miles east of New Orleans.
Address: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Coordinates: 30.396703, -89.624405
Click the map image to go to the interactive map.
Link to a Google Map ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
John C. Stennis Space Center
NASA Public Affairs Office
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
(228) 688-3333 January 2008
RESIDENT AGENCIES
NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center is a unique federal city that is home to more than 30 federal, state,
academic and private organizations and numerous technology-based companies. Its resident agencies
include:
National Aeronautics ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
The Vue Crescente Resort has begun it's application to house a casino within it's new twin 30 floor condo towers that are being built on the Back Bay of Biloxi. They are asking for rezoning.
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Landry's, the operator of the Golden Nugget brand, has purchased land in the Point Cadet area of Biloxi for this resort.
Source: http://www.gulfcoast.org/articles/index.cfm?action=View&ArticleID=714
Also of note is Landry's Restaurants, which, fresh off its acquisition of the Golden Nugget hotel-casino properties in Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nev., is also looking to enter the ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
The Pine Hills Resort is a new Bay St. Louis casino resort project underway by Isle of Capri Casinos. It was proposed originally as a barge to the EPA in Oct. 2001 –
Isle of Capri intends to expand to western Harrison County with a $250 million Pine Hills Casino and ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Biloxi's neighbor D'Iberville will be home to former MGM exec Peter Simon's newly approved casino The Monarch.
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Las Vegas casino executive Peter Simon received approval for the site and has said he plans a 52,500-square-foot casino with 1,500 slot machines and 50 table games. Site plans are expected to come before the D'Iberville Planning Commission shortly.
The project by West D'Iberville Development LLC will be a $250 million ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Royal D'Iberville Casino & Hotel will be a 60,000-square-foot casino with a 400-room hotel and a parking garage. Plans include an open-air market underneath elevated restaurants and shops. This boardwalk district would offer scenic views of an 80-slip marina from the front and have condominium towers in the back. Its ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Tivoli Hotel - Biloxi Capital's $1.2 billion casino resort is proposed on the north side of U.S. 90. The Biloxi City Council is expected to vote shortly on rezoning the property to waterfront, which would be necessary before the Mississippi Gaming Commission would rule on whether it is a legal ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Margaritaville Casino & Resort – Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. along with Jimmy Buffett broke ground August 2007 on a 46-acer site south of U.S. Highway 90 (Beach Blvd) in Biloxi where Grand Casino and Casino Magic were located before Hurricane Katrina. The property will include a 798 room hotel, a full-service ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Approved as of August 2007 - Groundbreaking planned Summer 08
Bayview Ventures LLC is a new resort development on the Biloxi Back Bay area east of Boomtown Casino on 7.9 acres of land. The plans call for 65,000 square feet of gaming space, 1,400 slot machines, 45 table games and seven ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
The Mississippi Band of Choctaws has proposed building a casino at Exit 57 of Interstate 10. Both Gov. Haley Barbour and the U.S. Department of the Interior would have to approve the casino. Barbour said he isn't in favor of expanding casinos beyond the counties in which they are already ...
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
ThyssenKrupp Steel USA, LLC, broke ground on 11/02/07 for its $3.7 billion carbon and stainless steel processing plant near Calvert, Alabama. The building of the 3,500 acre steel plant will bring approx. 30,000 jobs to the area. After completion, there will be approx. 2,700 base jobs ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Source: http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=7959737&nav=menu40_2_3_2
The executives at RW Development say a casino proposal they'll present to Biloxi's Planning Commission on Thursday is nothing like the contentious Tivoli issue.
RW's plan is to build a casino resort at Veterans Avenue and Highway 90. The southern tip of that project would be up against the public ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Posted: Feb 29, 2008 05:27 PM CST
Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Friday said the U.S. Air Force's decision to award its tanker contract to Northrop Grumman/EADS will lead to up to 2,000 jobs created along the Gulf Coast.
The $40 ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Northrop Grumman Corp. received a 2008 Pioneer Award from Homes for Working Families for its employee-assisted housing program. Northrop's Gulf Coast Operations is preparing to launch an employer-assisted housing program for employees who otherwise would not have access to affordable housing. Designed as a recruitment and retention ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - VT Halter Marine won a contract to design and build two platform supply vessels for L&M Botruc Rental Inc. of Golden Meadow, La. The contract is valued at between $45 million and $55 million. Construction is scheduled to begin between April and June, with deliveries of both ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman a $1.4 billion contract for construction of a Zumwalt-class destroyer, DDG 1001, and major components for the warship. The contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, a newly formed company sector comprising the former Ship Systems and Newport News shipbuilding ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
PURPOSE
The Single Family Home Ownership Guaranteed Loan Program provides home loan guarantees to qualified applicants for the purpose of purchasing safe, affordable homes.
ELIGIBILITY
Families in very-low, low & moderate income (115% of Median Household Income) areas
FUND USE
Purchase new or existing homes of modest price & design
RATES
Fixed interest rate
TERMS OF REPAYMENT
Loans ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
PURPOSE
The Single Family Home Ownership Direct Loan Program provides home loans to qualified applicants for the purpose of purchasing safe, affordable homes.
ELIGIBILITY
Families in very-low & low income (80% of Median Household Income) areas
FUND USE
Improve primary residence for rural homeowners
Buy or build primary residence for rural homeowners
Repair & ...
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
16 projects will result in estimated 5,850 affordable housing units
(BILOXI, Mississippi) - After completing a competitive review process, 16 projects have been selected for a total of $150 million in long-term workforce housing funds, Governor Haley Barbour announced today. Together, these projects are expected to result in ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Source: http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=7900439
Biloxi's next casino project could be at the old Gus Stevens location. RW Development wants to build the Gold Coast Resort at the foot of Highway 90 and Veterans Avenue. There's one problem. That site is not in the city's waterfront zoning district.
RW Development owns an assortment of land ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Link to article
Download pdf: doc021408.pdf
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer Thu Feb 14, 7:43 AM ET
ATLANTA - U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be moved out of their government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found toxic levels of formaldehyde fumes.
Fumes from 519 ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Link to site
New Orleans, Louisiana – September 15th. 2005 - Trinity Yachts, LLC announced it signed a Letter of Intent to purchase a second shipyard to expand their capabilities for building and repairing luxury custom superyachts...
The second shipyard expands Trinity's building facilities to 20 acres (871,200 sq. ft./265,541 sq. ...
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
By David Hubler
Computer Sciences Corp. is expanding the support services it provides to employees at Stennis Space Center, Miss., under a $22 million modification of its NASA Shared Services Center contract.
The expansion applies to the $230 million contract NASA awarded CSC in May 2005. The modification, along with several that ...
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Link to article
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb 05, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC: 44.41, +0.74, +1.69%) announced today that it has received a $22 million modification to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center contract to provide additional support services to NASA ...
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Source: http://www.usm.edu/pr/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1366
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Contact Tammy Stafford - 228.688.7663
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - The University of Southern Mississippi Center of Higher Learning at the John C. Stennis Space Center has received approval from the Mississippi Bureau of Buildings to occupy the recently completed addition to the High Performance ...
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
This report will constantly be updated as information becomes available
Updated 2/3/08 5:42 PM.
Even after nearly 2 1/2 years there remains key city buildings that have yet to be repaired or rebuilt since Katrina, but there is progress on this front. Waveland is planning a new City Hall complex near ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Entergy Mississippi
John Turner
Director, Economic Development
P.O. Box 1640
Jackson, MS 39215
tel: 601-969-2470
Web: www.entergy-mississippi.org
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Stennis Officials Thank Lawmakers for Support
Lawmakers got a look at the role Mississippi plays in the country's space program at the Capitol Wednesday. Officials from the Stennis Space Center and astronaut Mike Foale wanted to thank elected officials for their support and update them on projects still in the works.
Every ...
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
These are photos of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College which is within 1/4 mile from Horizon.
Click for full size picture
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
'Use of the deductions afforded by bonus depreciation remains subject to the normal limitations found in the 'at-risk' and 'passive activity' rules.'
It may not be that simple for 'investors' in general to benefit from the GO Zone bonus depreciation deduction. The Go Zone depreciation deduction occurs from a 'rental' ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Phone Interview with Jackson Broker, He had a good knowledge of Gulf Area and provided many excellent reports on Regional Market
Estimates average price for good rail served land at 5 per sq ft
3.5 would be low market
What's needed in area:
There are still problems with bridges and roadways, Industry and commerce ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Even after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina less than three years ago, the Mississippi Gulf Coast finds its casino industry growing at a remarkable rate. Despite having properties utterly destroyed by the storm, casinos have rebuilt and reorganized to the point that 20007 is expected to have been a ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
The top 10 state recipients of R&D earmarks receive nearly half the total, according to an analysis by American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mississippi received $250 million, second only to California. Excluding earmarks divided among three or more states, the 10 states receive 44 percent of all R&D ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
The three-county Gulfport-Biloxi Metropolitan Statistical Area is ranked 9th fastest growing small metro areas, according to the latest list in Forbes. The metro area's gross metropolitan product - the value of goods and services produced - is expected to grow 23.12 percent between 2007 and 2012. Its population alone will ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
MOBILE, Ala. - Star Aviation, an aircraft component engineering and manufacturing firm, wants to move into the marine engineering market. It hired Garland Borowski, who had led Borowski Engineering & Analytical Services. Star Aviation believes it can transfer its expertise from aviation work to ships. Borowski provided computer modeling and ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
(JACKSON, Mississippi) - Governor Haley Barbour said today an additional $100 million has been allocated to help restore housing for workforce income families on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, boosting the program to a total of $250 million.
"Restoration of the affordable housing stock is absolutely vital to ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
STENNIS SPACE CENTER --
Infinity at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Hancock County has received a $100,000 grant from the Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation.The $42 million state-of-the-art science center and visitor attraction, Mississippi's first interactive science center, will be built along Interstate 10 at Exit 2 adjacent to the Mississippi ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
company, initially, 3-5 years, city
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), 80, 5000, Clinton
Lowe's, 35, 35, Purvis
Unity Homes, ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Howard Industries, Inc. Holds Open House for New Facilities.... Howard Industries, Inc., a $1 billion electrical products company located in South Mississippi, held an Open House today, April 12, 2007, for two new facilities. The Open House ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN HANCOCK COUNTY.....
Jackson, Mississippi - PSL-North America (PSL-NA) is constructing a pipe manufacturing and coating facility on a 155-acre site at the Port Bienville Industrial Park, outside of Bay St. Louis, Miss. The plant will initially employ 275 people, with wages averaging $50,000 per year. ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Builder Celebrates Business Growth In Long Beach.....
Jimmy Levens invested $6 million in the development. The building houses Levens' construction company, which employs 90 people. He is also leasing space to the "Science Applications International Corporation," which will create 50 jobs. Link *May 8, 2007
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
The Mississippi Gulf Coast is proud of the progress that has been made by our tourism product since Hurricane Katrina. The following is a list openings and re-openings during the past six months. A complete list with descriptions of casinos, golf courses, charter fishing, attractions, transportation companies and lodging properties ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
NASA Stennis Space Center
(877) 677-2123
e-mail: nssc-contactcenter@nasa.gov
Vacancies
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
Vacancies
Naval Oceanographic Office
Vacancies
Naval Research Laboratory
Beverly Scott
(202) 767-3789
Vacancies
Navy Human Resources Service Center, Southeast
Contact Resumix Team at ResumixQuestions@se.hroc.navy.mil
Vacancies
Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant
Terry Stevenson
(228) 689-8939
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NOAA National Data Buoy Center
Angela Strong
Program Support Specialist
(228) 688-3844
angela.strong@noaa.gov
NOAA Vacancy ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Bright future ahead
By Lisa Tindell - news editorRegional economic development has a bright future, U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner said Monday during a visit to the city.
Bonner sat down for coffee with Brewton Mayor Ted Jennings and Mabry Cook Monday during a taping of the city's public-access television talk show.
“I'm excited ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Link to pdf report: allcountiescommanalysis.pdf
This report is a summary of demographic and economic activity in the Hattiesburg and surrounding area. Stretches south to, but does not include Wiggins.
Source:
Ron Tharp
Area Development Partnership
Research Manager
One Convention Center Plaza
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
P: 601.296.7509
C: 601.447.5455
F: 601.296.7505
www.theadp.com
r.tharp@theadp.com
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Mississippi Development Authority (MDA): 228-523-4034/ www.mississippi.org
Harrison County Development Commission (HCDC): 228-896-5020/ www.mscoast.org
Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau: 228-896-6699/ www.gulfcoast.org
City of Biloxi: 228-435-6254/ www.biloxi.ms.us
City of Gulfport: 228-868-5700/ www.ci.gulfport.ms.us
www.mississippibeyondkatrina.com
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
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Posted by JEFF AMY/ Business Reporter January 05, 2008 9:28 AM
ThyssenKrupp announced Friday that it is accepting applications for professional jobs at the projected $3.7 billion steel mill that the company is building near Calvert.
Alabama Industrial Development Training officials said they expect to announce screening ...
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
Over the last couple of years, the East Mississippi Business Development Council (EMBDC)—a private, non-profit organization serving Meridian/Lauderdale County, MS—has built economic momentum in the region by helping to secure new and existing company expansions for the area. Some of these recent investments include Tower Automotive ($60 million, creating 220 ...
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
GOVERNOR BARBOUR WELCOMES ADP SOLUTIONS CENTER TO MISSISSIPPI....
Jackson, Miss., (December 3, 2007) - Governor Haley Barbour announced today that Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), a leading provider of business outsourcing solutions, will open a new Solutions Center in Clinton, Miss.
Link *December 10, 2007 Governor's Press Release
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
New Factory In Mississippi to Produce Toyota Auto Parts
Toyota auto parts, supplier for the new Blue Springs Toyota plant has announced that it will build its brand new North Mississippi factory in the town of Baldwyn. ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Download: holiday-planning-to-make-a-big-splash-in-ms-scan0011.pdf
Florida-based builder will soon start selling homes in Biloxi-area neighborhood adjacent to long-delayed master planned community.
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Lowe's to build distribution center....
Lowe's Co. announced Monday it has completed earlier announced plans to build a $15 million dollar flatbed distribution center in Purvis. A combined effort of the Lamar County Board of Supervisors, City of Purvis, Mississippi Development Authority, Lamar County Economic Development District and the Area Development ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Blanco proud of state's effort despite decision
by Matt Vines
Issue date: 5/4/07 Section: News
Originally published: 5/11/07 at 11:51 AM MST Last update: 5/23/07 at 5:25 PM MST
ThyssenKrupp AG executives announced Friday morning they have selected Mobile, Ala., as the next North American site for the German company, bypassing a location ...
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
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ThyssenKrupp Breaks Ground on the Site of its Steel and Stainless Steel Facility
Alabama Plant to Begin Operations in 2010
11/02/07 – MOBILE, ALABAMA – ThyssenKrupp Steel USA, LLC, and ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA, LLC, today broke ground on the site of its $3.7 billion carbon and stainless steel ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Plant for factory-built homes going up in Columbia...
Unity Homes, a nonprofit corporation, will build a $6 million modular home manufacturing facility in Columbia that will employ 89 people, Gov. Haley Barbour announced today.
Modular housing is a major component of the state's strategy to develop affordable housing, particularly along the Mississippi ...
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Sun Herald - October 9th, 2007
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Las Vegas casino executive Peter Simon received approval for the site and has said he plans a 52,500-square-foot casino with 1,500 slot machines and 50 table games. Site plans are expected to come before the D'Iberville Planning Commission shortly.
The project by West D'Iberville Development LLC will be a $250 million ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Diamondhead Casino Corporation proposal would cover a minimum of 40 acres on the north shore of the Bay of St. Louis near Diamondhead. Diamondhead Casino Corp. owns over 400 acres of land near Diamondhead.
Diamondhead Casino Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mississippi Gaming Corporation, owns approximately 404 acres of land in ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Royal D'Iberville Casino & Hotel will be a 60,000-square-foot casino with a 400-room hotel and a parking garage. Plans include an open-air market underneath elevated restaurants and shops. This boardwalk district would offer scenic views of an 80-slip marina from the front and have condominium towers in the back. Its ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
The Broadwater, a $1 billion project will consist of 2 casinos, 3,375 condo units, 1,900 hotel rooms, 180 acre 18 hole golf course, 585,000 sq ft retail entertainment space, 125,000 sq ft gaming floor, 104,000 sq ft convention space, and a marina.
Preliminary site plans were approved for a $1 billion ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
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2 October 2007
Some, though not all, residents fear that a Corps of Engineers study of clearing lowlands will risk ending their way of life.
By Jenny Jarvie
BAY ST. LOUIS, MISS. — This coastal resort town is on the front line of a project to gauge support for a mass ...
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Status of Condos in Biloxi as of September 27, 2007
Download: condostatus.pdf
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Mixed-use community planned.... ...
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
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Newspaper scan of article regarding rental housing grants.
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Owners and builders of small-scale rental property may qualify for money designated to help get more affordable rental housing on the market. The Mississippi Development Authority will hold workshops explaining the program to landlords next week ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Itawamba confirmation....
Itawamba County claimed its place in Northeast Mississippi's Toyota era on Tuesday with announcement of a 500-employee Tier 1 supplier, Toyota Boshoku, on a site near the Dorsey community off U.S. Highway 78.
The $80 million plant will manufacture door trim, carpets and seats exclusively for the Blue Springs Toyota ...
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Sunday, August 26th, 2007
By GEOFF PENDER
Posted on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007
For thousands on the Coast who lost their homes to Katrina's tidal surge, the Mississippi Homeowner Assistance Program remains their only hope for rebuilding. The program is unprecedented. The federal government has never before bailed out homeowners to such an extent after a ...
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Automotive and aerospace industries key to international competition....
Raising salaries through better-paying jobs from aerospace and automobile-related industries is what will move this state from its at-times backwater standing on the national and international economic stage to a more front-runner status, said Mississippi's leading economic developer.
"Those two, around the world say, ...
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Sunday, August 12th, 2007
Taking care of business....
FAXBOX ...
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Seemann Composites Incorporated, Gulfport, Miss., is being awarded a $74,195,087 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to previously awarded contract (N00167-07-D-0007) for a Phase III Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) effort entitled “Non-Autoclave Composite Systems for Submerged Marine Components.” The contract will require the contractor to design, fabricate prototype components, support installation, perform ...
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) (a Northrop Grumman Corp., Co.), Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded an $86,254,072 firm-fixed-price contract for infrastructure improvements to NGSS shipyards in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss. and a $12,394,672 option for infrastructure improvements to NGSS shipyard in New Orleans, La., for a total firm-fixed-price amount of $98,648,744 ...
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
Over the past 10 years, the City of Biloxi has spent an average of $16.1 million each year on major improvement projects , including work to improve streets and drainage, or building new roads and new city facilities.
The FY '07 capital projects budget is $53 million, with another $60 ...
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Noxubee to get 400 new jobs at poultry plant....
In the economic development arena, Noxubee County just got a big boost . Noxubee County is pleased to announce the largest economic development project in our ...
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Tower Automotive.....
The skies may have been dark Tuesday afternoon, but the mood inside Tower Automotive in the South Industrial Park was anything but overcast.
Though the plant has been operational since September and now running at 90 percent capacity, Tuesday marked the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the automotive part ...
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Friday, June 1st, 2007
Census Data
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
COMPOSITES COMPONENT FACTORY IN MISSISSIPPI.....
Mississippi - General Electric Company (GE) will break ground this summer on a new jet engine component factory near Batesville in northwest Mississippi. ...
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Source: http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=6547226
Ocean Club Condo Claims It's After "Its Own Onsite Casino"
Updated: May 22, 2007 09:41 AM
A May, 2007 news release about Biloxi's Ocean Club condominum says its developer "is in the process of gaining approval for its own onsite casino." But a WLOX News investigation quickly determined that the Ocean ...
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
BILOXI, Miss., May 16 -- Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. along with world-renowned singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett, today unveiled plans for a new Gulf Coast destination; Margaritaville Casino & Resort on the shores of Biloxi. The Margaritaville project is expected to cost more than $700 million, representing the single largest ...
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
Paccar Locating New Manufacturing And Assembly Plant In Lowndes County, Mississippi....
"The creation of 500 new jobs and the public and private investment in Lowndes County will contribute significantly to continued economic growth here in Northeast Mississippi. I am pleased with the decision of this major international company to locate here, ...
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Friday, May 11th, 2007
In January 2007, PACCAR Inc announced plans to build a $400 million engine facility and technology center in the Southeast United States. The new facility will be constructed in Columbus, Mississippi. "PACCAR is pleased to locate its engine facility in one of the most dynamic ...
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/may/HQ_07103_J2X_Test_Stand.html
May 8, 2007
Melissa Mathews/Beth Dickey
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1272/2087
Paul Foerman
Stennis Space Center, Miss.
228-688-3333
RELEASE: 07-103
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. - NASA will test one of the rocket engines it is developing for its new launch vehicles at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The agency will build a new test stand at Stennis ...
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Monday, May 7th, 2007
Source: http://www.senate.gov/~cochran/press/pr050707(2).html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Margaret Wicker
May 7, 2007 (202)224-6414
Cochran and Lott react to NASA's $175 million investment in Mississippi
WASHINGTON, D.C. - NASA announced today its plan to build a new engine test stand at the John C. Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, said Senators ...
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
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Small Rental Program
The Small Rental Property Assistance Program provides loans to owners of small rental properties on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in order to assure these property owners provide affordable rental housing in the counties most affected by Hurricane Katrina. $262,500,000 has been allocated for this program, which ...
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Sunday, April 1st, 2007
By Michael Nassar, New York Daily News
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
German Company to Build U.S. Steel Mill
by Tanya Ott
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Morning Edition, March 21, 2007 · A huge new U.S. steel mill will be built by a German company. ThyssenKrupp still must decide whether to put the mill in Alabama or Louisiana. Each ...
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
The big Japanese automaker, poised to become the biggest car company in the world this year, said it will build a $1.3 billion manufacturing plant near Tupelo, Miss., that will build 150,000 Highlander crossover utility vehicles annually when it opens in 2010.
Toyota said it will employ 2,000 factory workers at ...
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Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Other Major Contracts Awarded
From: City of Biloxi Vincent Creel Filed 12/21/06 GCN
Work is expected to begin within 90 to 120 days on a city project that could see as ...
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Thursday, October 26th, 2006
ACCO BRANDS BREAKS GROUND FOR EXPANSION IN BOONEVILLE.....
Jackson, Miss., (October 27, 2006) - Governor Haley Barbour and other officials are scheduled to break ground on Monday for ACCO Brands Corporation's 570,000-square foot expansion at the company's facility in Booneville, an expansion that will add more than 300 new jobs ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Tower Automotive Company, global designer and producer of vehicle structural components and assemblies, broke ground late last year for ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
ACCO Brands, a world leader in branded office products, announced in August that it will expand its Booneville, MS manufacturing and ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Rolls-Royce recently opened the doors to a new machining center at its Propeller Center of Excellence in Pascagoula, MS. Rolls-Royce ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Reprinted from"Business Facilities" magazine
By Ellen James
With the people, re-sources, and determination to accomplish anything, Mississippi has demonstrated its ability to compete for business investment. The state’s pro-business leadership, attractive incentives, and a workforce that has been characterized as skilled, productive, and dedicated by some of the world’s most ...
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Friday, August 25th, 2006
Rapiscan Systems Opens New Manufacturing Facility in Mississippi
Senator Trent Lott on Hand to Commend Company for Creating Jobs Throughout the State its new 10,000 square foot factory in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The facility will manufacture multiple Rapiscan Secure 1000 and Rapiscan Gamma Radiographic Detection Systems (GaRDS) systems per ...
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Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
This overview provides a look at Hurricane Katrina’s impact on the labor markets of Louisiana and Mississippi and, to some extent, Alabama and Florida. An estimated 17 percent of Louisiana’s employment and 5 percent of Mississippi’s employment were within the FEMA-designated damage zones. The two States experienced a sharp rise ...
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Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
Link to site:
NRL is the corporate research laboratory for the Navy and Marine Corps and conducts a broad program of scientific research, technology and advanced development. NRL has served the Navy and the nation for nearly 80 years and continues to meet the complex technological challenges of today's world.
NRL-SSC is ...
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 06-MAR-06
Format: Online - approximately 1020 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Lofton, Lynn
Full Article:
GULFPORT -- Gulf Coast shipbuilding received a boost with the announcement of a new industry for that sector moving into Harrison County's Bernard Bayou Industrial Park. Gulf Ship, LLC, locating on 31.2 acres, ...
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
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New Orleans CityBusiness, May 17, 2006 by CityBusiness Staff Report
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems made radical changes to protect its shipbuilding facilities from hurricanes, a company official said Tuesday.
They're pretty radical changes, said Lou Hose, emergency director for Avondale. We really identified some areas where we had some ...
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
Trip Characteristics of Biloxi Visitors
2nd Quarter 2005
Overnight 83%
Average Number of nights 2.9
Average # of Trips (in past 3 years) 17.4
Day Trips 17%
Repeat Visitor 81%
First-time Visitor 19%
Note: Respondents include adults (21 or older) who are not employed in the Mississippi
Gulf Coast area and do not live within 20 miles of Gulfport ...
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Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
Anderson Thomas, president of Loblolly Industries, told a packed house at Mississippi State University’s Kahlmus Auditorium on last Monday that he and his family chose to locate a new plant in Lauderdale County in large part because of its residents.
Thomas, who also serves as vice president of Shuqualak Lumber Co., ...
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Sunday, February 5th, 2006
ROLLS-ROYCE OPENS NEW MACHINING CENTER IN .....
Pascagoula, MS - Rolls-Royce opened the doors today to a new machining center at its Propeller Center of Excellence in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Rolls-Royce has invested over $8 million in the local industrial base developing the facility. Congressman Gene Taylor added "I would like to ...
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Sunday, January 1st, 2006
Targeted Industries: Aerospace, automotive, communication and information technology, ...
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Sunday, January 1st, 2006
Existing Manufacturer Tax Credits provide income tax credits for existing manufacturers that have operated in Mississippi for at least two ...
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Sunday, January 1st, 2006
• Population (2005): 2,921,088
• Largest Cities (2005): Jackson, 177,977; Gulfport, 72,464; Biloxi, 50,209; Hattiesburg, 47,176; Starkville, 38,840
• Targeted Industries: Aerospace, automotive, communication ...
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2005
In the hurricane-ravaged communities of New Orleans, La. and Biloxi and Gulfport, Miss. almost half of the businesses that were ostensibly affected fell within the services industry, according a recent analysis conducted by Integras, the advanced analytical services division of market research leader Claritas Inc.
Specifically, 49 percent of the businesses ...
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Saturday, November 5th, 2005
Trinity Yachts, LLC says it has moved one nearly completed yacht and four partially built yachts over to its new production facility in Gulfport, Mississippi. The yachts were towed through intracoastal waterways that are strewn with sunken or damaged fishing and pleasure boats left in the wake of Hurricane ...
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
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GULFPORT, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Gulfport facility joined the company's Pascagoula, Miss., and New Orleans facilities, by returning to shipbuilding production this week following three weeks of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.
Photos accompanying this release are available at: http://media.primezone.com/noc/
The facility began the week with ...
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Sunday, September 18th, 2005
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Trinity Yachts LLC has signed a letter of intent to acquire a shipyard in Gulfport, Miss. to expand its operations for building and repairing luxury custom superyachts.
Trinity's New Orleans yard was slightly damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The acquisition would double the company's production and refit capacity, ...
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Friday, July 8th, 2005
$600 million project, owned and operated by Torguson Gaming Group, with anticipated completion date in the fall of 2008. 638 room all suite hotel; 432 one and two bedroom condominiums; Arnold Palmer signature 18-hole championship golf course; 40 lane bowling alley; and six movie theaters.
http://www.bacaranbay.com/
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2005
Download Map: zoningmap.pdf
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
Source: http://www.allbusiness.com/management/896016-1.html
By Northway, Wally
Publication: The Mississippi Business Journal
Date: Monday, February 28 2005
Subject: Product testing, Aerospace industry, Engines
Company: Rolls-Royce PLC
HANCOCK COUNTY - Rolls-Royce has selected the NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center as the preferred site for relocation of its large engines outdoor test facility from the United Kingdom. This is ...
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Saturday, January 1st, 2005
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Building Freedom ... One Great Ship at a Time.
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems' Avondale Operations is a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and part of the corporation's Ship Systems (NGSS) sector.
In addition to Avondale Operations in New Orleans, Louisiana, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, headquartered in Pascagoula, Mississippi, ...
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Saturday, January 1st, 2005
Also under the Avondale umbrella is NGSS' Composites Center of Excellence located in Gulfport, Mississippi. The Gulfport Composites Facility is one of the largest, most comprehensive and most experienced composite manufacturing facilities in the United States, utilizing a wide variety of state of the art composites fabrication manufacturing techniques ...
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Saturday, January 1st, 2005
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John C. Stennis Space Center History
The site known today as NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center boasts a rich and colorful history dating as far back as 1699. Indians, settlers, pirates and soldiers shaped this part of Mississippi which now hosts modern-day explorers.
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Saturday, January 1st, 2005
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About HCDC
Created in 1958, the Harrison County Development Commission (HCDC) is the lead economic development agency for Harrison County, including the cities of Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi, and D’Iberville. Top priority is job creation through recruitment of new industry and business as well as retention and ...
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Saturday, January 1st, 2005
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The Mississippi Development Authority is the State of Mississippi’s lead economic and community development agency. More than 250 employees are engaged in providing services to businesses, communities and workers in the state.
The agency is organized into three groups, Economic Development, Asset Development and Administration and Financial Services.
The Economic ...
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Saturday, January 1st, 2005
The Stennis International Airport boasts an 8,500-foot lighted and grooved runway, the third longest in the state, and over 70,000 square-feet of hangar space. Its Instrument Landing System affords aircraft all-weather operational capabilities. Located on the airport grounds, the Stennis International Airpark consists of 100 acres adjacent to 4-lane state ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2003
Retail development in Biloxi/Gulfport, Mississippi, is moving north from the peninsula, following the surge of residential development north of Interstate 10. More projects are being announced and planned for the I-10 corridor to capitalize on the region’s east-west trade area (from Bay St. Louis to Pascagoula) and visitors heading through ...
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Thursday, November 8th, 2001
Since the advent of gaming in 1992, the region's hotel inventory has grown to more than 17,000 units. An estimated 11 million tourists now visit the region annually. With 12 casinos and revenues in excess of $1 billion annually, the Biloxi-Gulfport market is one of the top five gaming markets ...
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Thursday, November 8th, 2001
Since 1995, sales within the Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula metropolitan statistical area (MSA) have doubled to $4.9 billion. The combination of new residents and a strong tourism industry spurred the addition of 1.3 million square feet of retail space in 1999 and 2000. The area now has 10 million square feet of retail ...
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Thursday, November 8th, 2001
Expansions, the clustering of suppliers to serve growing companies and movement into the call center sector highlight industrial activity in the Biloxi-Gulfport area.
DuPont recently completed a $25 million expansion and renovation of its titanium dioxide line at its plant located just west of Gulfport in Delisle, and supplier MG Industries ...
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