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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
Most ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Most popular
zip codes
Avg. listing price
Week ending Mar 11
39577
$204,034
-22.4%
39573
$232,329
+3.6%
Movers & Shakers
Avg. listing price
Week ending Mar 11
39577
$204,034
-22.4%
39573
$232,329
+3.6%
39561
$164,622
-2.0%
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Average Listing Price
$204,034
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Mississippi Trends
FEB.
TD.
New Foreclosure Filings
294
569
Foreclosure Sales
22
49
Avg Sales Price
$ 190,325
$ 187,425
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
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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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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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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Brings funded Ground Zero projects to almost $155 million awarded since December
Governor Haley Barbour announced today that an additional $11.5 million has been awarded for Hurricane Katrina recovery projects in Hancock County.
The projects are part of the third round of the $200 million ‘Ground Zero' Program, which applies specifically ...
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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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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
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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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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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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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 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
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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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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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, 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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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: 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
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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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 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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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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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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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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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
East Mississippi Business Development Corporation
Skip Scaggs
Business Development Director
PO Box 790
Meridian, MS 39302
tel: 601-693-1306
fax: 601-693-5638
e-mail: info@embdc.org
Web: www.embdc.org
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Mississippi Development Authority
Gray Swoope
Executive Director
P.O. Box 849
Jackson, MS 39205-0849
tel: 601-359-9388
Web: www.mississippi.org
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Mississippi Econ. Development Council
Carol Hardwick
Executive Director
P.O. Box 3721
Jackson, MS 39207-3721
tel: 601-352-1909
Web: www.medc.ms
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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
Mississippi Power
Verdell Hawkins
Economic Development Rep.
P.O. Box 2079
Gulfport, MS 39502
tel: 228-865-5153
Web: www.mspower.com/ecodev
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Southern Miss. Planning and Dev. District
Monica Walker
Business Development Director
9229 Highway 49
Gulfport, MS 39503
tel: 228-868-2311
Web: www.smpdd.com
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Harrison County Dev. Commission
Larry S. Barnett
Executive Director
12292 Intraplex Parkway
Gulfport, MS 39503
tel: 228-896-5020
Web: www.mscoast.org
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Partners for Pearl River County
Ron Fine
Executive Dir.
P.O. Box 278
Picayune, MS 39466-0278
tel: 601-749-4919
Web: www.partners.ms
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Greater Biloxi Econ. Dev. Foundation
1636 Popps Ferry Rd.
Biloxi, MS 39532
tel: 228-392-9744
Web: www.gcbtc.org
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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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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Download : era-gaming-rpt-16662-v4.pdf
Project Memorandum
Biloxi Gaming Market Potential
Biloxi, MS
Prepared fo
Living Cities, Inc
Submitted by Economics Research Associates
May 2006
ERA Project Number. 16662
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Download : cascade-capital-gulf-coast-air-services-presentations-041206.pdf
Gulf Coast Air Service Summit
Presented by Cascade Capital Group
April 12, 2006
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Link to Article
The U.S. approves Mississippi's plan to divert $600 million. Critics say the poor are being shortchanged.
By Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
January 26, 2008
ATLANTA -- Mississippi's plan to divert $600 million in hurricane housing relief to a port expansion project won federal approval Friday, despite vigorous opposition ...
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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 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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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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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
New report - link to download- long-beach-market-study-8707.xls
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Worth reading - link to download
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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 18th, 2008
Click Subject for More Detail
FEMA Public Assistance - $2,398,200,000
Debris Removal – 46,185,239 cubic yards
FEMA Individual Assistance - $1,278,177,380
FEMA Temporary Housing – 11,516 units
Home Owners Assiatance Program Phase 1&2
Population – 98% of pre-Hurricane Katrina population
Small Business Administration Housing Assistance $2,063,563,700
Sales Tax Collections - ...
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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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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
link to source
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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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Segment 36 Old and Newcomers
Old and Newcomers neighborhoods are in transition, populated by those who are starting their careers or retiring. The proportion of householders in their 20s or aged 75 years or older is higher than the national level. The median age is 37.0 years. Spread throughout metropolitan areas ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Segment 36 Old and Newcomers
Old and Newcomers neighborhoods are in transition, populated by those who are starting their careers or retiring. The proportion of householders in their 20s or aged 75 years or older is higher than the national level. The median age is 37.0 years. Spread throughout metropolitan areas ...
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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
Link to source
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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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Planning Commission Agenda | Architectural Historical Commission Agenda
Biloxi Planning Commission
The Planning Commission, which is made up of 15 citizens appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council, reviews development plans and makes recommendations to the City Council. The commission meets the first and third Thursday of every month ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Download: harrison-and-stone-income-and-demographics.xls
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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
Link to article
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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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Debris Removal
Protective Measures
Roads & Bridges
Water Control Facilities
Public Buildings
Public Utilities
Recreational or Other
$968,000,000
$359,000,000
$62,000,000
$2,2000,000
$520,000,000
$380,000,000
$107,000,000
Source: Mississippi Governor's Office of Recovery Renewal
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Download : gulf-coast-business-council-8-21-07.pdf
By JOSHUA NORMAN
jdnorman@sunherald.com
The Gulf Coast Business Council's report at the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is mostly positive.
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Business Council has released its 'Two Years After Katrina' report that covers the highs and lows of economic post-storm recovery in South ...
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
Download article: usatoday8_2_07.pdf
By Kathy Chu and Tali Yahalom, USA Today - 08/02/07
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
January 18, 2007 -- Throughout the Mississippi Coast, residents are continuing the long-term work to rebuild their homes and neighborhoods. Not every initiative has moved as quickly as originally hoped, but many cities are working resolutely to institute codes and identify the projects that will best support renewal. Here ...
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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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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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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
Download Report: stateofthecity-0607%20web_all.pdf
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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
Download announcement: overlaydetails.pdf
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Download document: sotc-0607pg8-9.pdf
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Download article: ncga.pdf
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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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Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Article from Sun Herald
Download: sh-movin-on-up-0307.pdf
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
Download statement: comfds2006-07xls.pdf
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Download Statement: deptsum-2006-07xls1.pdf
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Download statement: revstmt2006-07.pdf
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 53 Home Town
These low-density, settled neighborhoods, located chiefly in the Midwest and South, rarely change. Home Town residents stay close to their home base. Although they may move from one house to another, they rarely cross the county line. Household types are a mix of singles and families. The ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 26 Midland Crowd
Approximately 11.6 million people represent Midland Crowd, the largest market of Community Tapestry. The median age of 36.9 years is close to the U.S. median. Most households are composed of married-couple families, half with children and half without. The median household income is $49,748. Housing developments are ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 26 Midland Crowd
Approximately 11.6 million people represent Midland Crowd, the largest market of Community Tapestry. The median age of 36.9 years is close to the U.S. median. Most households are composed of married-couple families, half with children and half without. The median household income is $49,748. Housing developments are ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 42 Southern Satellites
Southern Satellites neighborhoods are rural settlements found primarily in the South, with employment chiefly in the manufacturing and service industries. Married-couple families dominate this market. The median age is 37.5 years, and the median household income is $39,167. Most housing is newer, single-family dwellings or mobile homes, ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 46 Rooted Rural
Rooted Rural neighborhoods are located in rural areas throughout the country; however, more than three-fifths of households are located in the South. Households are dominated by married-couple families, approximately one-third of whom already receive Social Security benefits. The median age is 41.9 years. Housing is predominantly single-family ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 26 Midland Crowd
Approximately 11.6 million people represent Midland Crowd, the largest market of Community Tapestry. The median age of 36.9 years is close to the U.S. median. Most households are composed of married-couple families, half with children and half without. The median household income is $49,748. Housing developments are ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 56 Rural Bypasses
Open space, undeveloped land, and farmland are found in Rural Bypasses neighborhoods, located almost entirely in the South. This market is home to families who live in small towns along country back roads. The median age is 37.8 years. Higher-than-average proportions of employed residents work in the ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 42 Southern Satellites
Southern Satellites neighborhoods are rural settlements found primarily in the South, with employment chiefly in the manufacturing and service industries. Married-couple families dominate this market. The median age is 37.5 years, and the median household income is $39,167. Most housing is newer, single-family dwellings or mobile homes, ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 26 Midland Crowd
Approximately 11.6 million people represent Midland Crowd, the largest market of Community Tapestry. The median age of 36.9 years is close to the U.S. median. Most households are composed of married-couple families, half with children and half without. The median household income is $49,748. Housing developments are ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 34 Family Foundations
Family is the cornerstone of life in Family Foundations communities. A family mix of married couples, single parents, grandparents, and young and adult children populate these small, urban neighborhoods located in large metropolitan areas, primarily in the South and Midwest. This market represents stability. Hardly any household ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 42 Southern Satellites
Southern Satellites neighborhoods are rural settlements found primarily in the South, with employment chiefly in the manufacturing and service industries. Married-couple families dominate this market. The median age is 37.5 years, and the median household income is $39,167. Most housing is newer, single-family dwellings or mobile homes, ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 41 Crossroads
Young families living in mobile homes typify Crossroads neighborhoods, found in small towns throughout the South, Midwest, and West. These growing communities are home to married-couple and single-parent families. The median age is 32.0 years. Homeownership is at 76 percent, and the median home value is $74,804, much ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 26 Midland Crowd
Approximately 11.6 million people represent Midland Crowd, the largest market of Community Tapestry. The median age of 36.9 years is close to the U.S. median. Most households are composed of married-couple families, half with children and half without. The median household income is $49,748. Housing developments are ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 53 Home Town
These low-density, settled neighborhoods, located chiefly in the Midwest and South, rarely change. Home Town residents stay close to their home base. Although they may move from one house to another, they rarely cross the county line. Household types are a mix of singles and families. The ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 26 Midland Crowd
Approximately 11.6 million people represent Midland Crowd, the largest market of Community Tapestry. The median age of 36.9 years is close to the U.S. median. Most households are composed of married-couple families, half with children and half without. The median household income is $49,748. Housing developments are ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 41 Crossroads
Young families living in mobile homes typify Crossroads neighborhoods, found in small towns throughout the South, Midwest, and West. These growing communities are home to married-couple and single-parent families. The median age is 32.0 years. Homeownership is at 76 percent, and the median home value is $74,804, much ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 32 Rustbelt Traditions
Rustbelt Traditions neighborhoods are the backbone of older, industrial cities in states bordering the Great Lakes. Most employed residents work in the service, manufacturing and retail trade industries. Most residents own and live in modest single-family homes that have a median value of $107,222. Households are primarily ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 26 Midland Crowd
Approximately 11.6 million people represent Midland Crowd, the largest market of Community Tapestry. The median age of 36.9 years is close to the U.S. median. Most households are composed of married-couple families, half with children and half without. The median household income is $49,748. Housing developments are ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 36 Old and Newcomers
Old and Newcomers neighborhoods are in transition, populated by those who are starting their careers or retiring. The proportion of householders in their 20s or aged 75 years or older is higher than the national level. The median age is 37.0 years. Spread throughout metropolitan areas ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 26 Midland Crowd
Approximately 11.6 million people represent Midland Crowd, the largest market of Community Tapestry. The median age of 36.9 years is close to the U.S. median. Most households are composed of married-couple families, half with children and half without. The median household income is $49,748. Housing developments are ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 51 Metro City Edge
Metro City Edge residents live in older, suburban neighborhoods of large, metropolitan cities, primarily in the Midwest and South. This market is home to married-couple, single-parent, and multigenerational families. The median age is 29.5 years, and the median household income is $31,816. Nearly half of employed ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 40 Military Proximity
Military Proximity communities depend on the military for their livelihood. More than 75 percent of the labor force is in the armed forces, and others work in civilian jobs on military bases. The median household income is $44,073, and the median age is 22.5 years. Two-thirds of ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 26 Midland Crowd
Approximately 11.6 million people represent Midland Crowd, the largest market of Community Tapestry. The median age of 36.9 years is close to the U.S. median. Most households are composed of married-couple families, half with children and half without. The median household income is $49,748. Housing developments are ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 33 Midlife Junction
Midlife Junction communities are found in suburbs across the country. Residents are phasing out of their child-rearing years. Approximately half of households are composed of married-couple families; 31 percent are singles who live alone. The median age is 41.1 years; the median household income is $47,683. One-third ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 56 Rural Bypasses
Open space, undeveloped land, and farmland are found in Rural Bypasses neighborhoods, located almost entirely in the South. This market is home to families who live in small towns along country back roads. The median age is 37.8 years. Higher-than-average proportions of employed residents work in the ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 41 Crossroads
Young families living in mobile homes typify Crossroads neighborhoods, found in small towns throughout the South, Midwest, and West. These growing communities are home to married-couple and single-parent families. The median age is 32.0 years. Homeownership is at 76 percent, and the median home value is $74,804, much ...
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
Segment 33 Midlife Junction
Midlife Junction communities are found in suburbs across the country. Residents are phasing out of their child-rearing years. Approximately half of households are composed of married-couple families; 31 percent are singles who live alone. The median age is 41.1 years; the median household income is $47,683. One-third ...
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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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Saturday, September 30th, 2006
Download statement: cafr06.pdf
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Sunday, January 29th, 2006
Download statement: fy06%20bud.pdf
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Sunday, January 1st, 2006
Targeted Industries: Aerospace, automotive, communication and information technology, ...
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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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Monday, August 22nd, 2005
Competition Breeds Added Benefits
22 August 2005
BILOXI, Mississippi – As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: "After six years of relative stability, the Coast casino market is entering a new era of expansion and increased competition.
"The soon-to-open Hard Rock Biloxi will lure gamblers from existing properties. Other new casino projects, such ...
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2005
“Drafting a city budget is not getting any easier these days,” Mayor A.J. Holloway told a Biloxi Chamber of Commerce audience this week, and the budget Holloway proposed to the Biloxi City Council earlier this week contained something that hadn’t been seen in Biloxi since before 1992: a slight tax ...
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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, June 1st, 2005
Download Full Report: gma_fulldocument.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
link to site
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
Link to site
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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Monday, December 30th, 2002
As posted on City of Biloxy Website:
2004 Archives · 2003 ...
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