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PANTHER CREEK MEGASITE — PUTTING A VALUE PROPOSITION OUT THERE
by Ted Carter The Mississippi Business Journal Canton’s Panther Creek Commerce Center, a megasite of around 1,000 development-ready acres and nearly 1,000 additional acres for future expansion, is just around the corner from the 10-year-old Nissan plant. The...
PANTHER CREEK’S LOCATION IN MEDICAL INDUSTRY ZONE BOOSTS BIO-MED PROSPECTS
by Ted Carter Published: April 17,2014 The Mississippi Business Journal Canton’s Panther Creek Commerce Center, a megasite of around 1,000 development-ready acres and nearly 1,000 additional acres for future expansion, is just around the corner from the 10-year-old...
RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE CENTRAL MS CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL CENTER
The North Madison County Excel By 5 Coalition partnered with the Madison County Business League, MCEDA, United Way of the Capital Area and the Canton Main Street Association to host a ribbon cutting for the Central MS Child Care Resource & Referral Center on...
KLAN SCENE ALMOST ENDED TOWN’S BID FOR FILM
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MISSISSIPPI TOWN, SET OF ‘A TIME TO KILL,’ HOPES TO CASH IN ON ‘MCCONAISSANCE’
CANTON, Miss.—If you preserve the set of a 1996 movie based on a John Grisham legal thriller, will the tourists come? The town of Canton served as the setting for "A Time to Kill," starring a mostly unknown Matthew McConaughey as a young defense lawyer caught in a...
SNEAK PEEK AT THE NISSAN MURANO TO BE BUILT IN CANTON
Employees at Nissan’s Canton plant named one of the eight paint colors available on the new Murano. That color will be revealed and adorn the vehicle unveiled during the April 16th announcement. The all-new 2015 Nissan Murano will become the first Murano and the ninth...
2014 MISSISSIPPI ECONOMICS CHALLENGE
JACKSON, Miss., April 7, 2014—Eighteen teams from fifteen schools around the state of Mississippi are advancing to the state Economics Challenge championship on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at Millsaps College – Leggett Center – first floor - in Jackson. Sponsored by the...
RIDGELAND BECOMES SECOND MISSISSIPPI CITY TO QUALIFY MULTIPLE AREAS FOR C SPIRE’S 1 GBPS FIBER TO TH
Ridgeland, Mississippi (March 31, 2014) – C Spire announced today that homeowner pre-registration exceeded the required threshold in a second area of the city of Ridgeland over the weekend – helping it qualify for the company’s ultra-fast 1 Gbps (Gigabit per second)...
LEAGUE AND LEGISLATURE 2014
Above are Madison County Tax Collector Kay Pace, Sen. John Horhn, Sen. Will Longwitz, Gunn, MCBL Chairman Sherry Chance, Sen. Josh Harkins, MCBL Executive Director Jan Collins and Rep. Rita Martinson The Madison County Business League hosted its annual League and...
MCEDA AWARDED $25,000 MATCHING SITE DEVELOPMENT GRANT FROM MDA FOR PANTHER CREEK COMMERCE CENTER
Madison County Economic Development Authority was recently awarded a $25,000 matching Site Development Grant from Mississippi Development Authority for Panther Creek Commerce Center. Economic Development projects continue to require more defined cost and construction...