by rmadmin | Aug 15, 2017 | News Releases
Nell Luter Floyd, Clarion-Ledger correspondent Published 12:12 a.m. CT July 25, 2017 | Updated 11:52 a.m. CT July 25, 2017 Hobby Lobby and Academy Sports + Outdoors are the first retailers announced for Crawford Farms, a 38-acre development under way in Madison. “Both...
by rmadmin | Aug 14, 2017 | News Releases
Posted by: For the MBJ in Economic Development, NEWS August 11, 2017 Dr. Mimmo Parisi I t’s no surprise that the union vote at Nissan’s manufacturing facility in Canton generated national headlines. This coverage culminated last week when workers voted 2,244 to...
by rmadmin | Aug 9, 2017 | News Releases
MADISON COUNTY, MS (Mississippi News Now) – Nissan employees voted Friday to reject the United Auto Workers (UAW) effort to unionize the Canton plant by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. The NLRB conducted election tally was 2244 to 1307, opposing the UAW. “With...
by rmadmin | Aug 3, 2017 | News Releases
As Toyota and Mazda search for a site to build a joint-venture, $1.6 billion plant in the U.S., Mississippi is expected to be in the hunt, since it already makes Corollas at the Blue Springs Toyota plant. “We stand ready to grow our existing partnership and...
by rmadmin | Jul 17, 2017 | News Releases
Jackson, Miss. (July 17, 2017) – Gov. Phil Bryant and officials from global automotive supplier Calsonic Kansei announced the company’s expansion in Madison, Miss. The $16.33 million corporate investment creates 98 new jobs. “Mississippi’s outstanding reputation in...
