The U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board approved FTZ manufacturing authority for Lane, H.M. Richards, and Bauhaus USA on December 22, all of which are located within the Greater Mississippi Foreign-Trade Zone #158. This approval will not only enable these companies to maintain their in-house cut-and-sew operations, saving an estimated 950 jobs in Lee County, but will reduce the raw good cost of each company by over $1 million annually.

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Today’s podcast is from a speech delivered on February 16th, 2009.  It features Shane Homan, Vice President of Economic Development for CDF.  Shane spoke at the joint Annual Meeting of the Texas Economic Developers Association and Texas Rural Innovators Forum.  He spoke on the functionality and history of CDF.  Shane's presentation featured several videos that may be seen on our website in the Media Library.

Shane Homan speaks at the Texas Economic Developers Association and Texas Rural Innovators Forum meeting

Today’s podcast is one of four podcasts from our two-thousand ten Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference. The Conference was held January twentieth at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, where over seven-hundred area citizens heard forecasts on the economy locally, state-wide, and nationally from noted speakers. This podcast features a question and answer session from the audience with Dr. Loren C. Scott and Mr. Phil Hardwick that was moderated by Mr. Charles Russell of Trustmark Bank, Chairman of the two-thousand ten Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference.

Question and answer time with Phil Hardwick and Dr. Loren C. Scott at the 2010 Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference

Today’s podcast is one of four podcasts from our two-thousand ten Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference. The Conference was held January twentieth at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, where over seven-hundred area citizens heard forecasts on the economy locally, state-wide, and nationally from noted speakers. This podcast features Dr. Loren C. Scott, president of Loren C. Scott and Associates.

Dr. Loren C Scott speaks at the 2010 Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference

Today’s podcast is one of four podcasts from our two-thousand ten Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference. The conference was held January twentieth at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, where over seven-hundred area citizens heard forecasts on the economy locally, state-wide, and nationally from noted speakers. This podcast features Mr. Phil Hardwick, coordinator of capacity development with the John C. Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University. He will be introduced by David Rumbarger, President and CEO of the Community Development Foundation.

Phil Hardwick speaks at the 2010 Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference

Today’s podcast is one of four podcasts from our two-thousand ten Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference. The Conference was held January twentieth at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, where over seven-hundred area citizens heard forecasts on the economy locally, state-wide, and nationally from noted speakers. This podcast features Mr. Chris Rogers, Chairman of the Community Development Foundation Board of Directors. He will be introduced by David Rumbarger, President and CEO of the Community Development Foundation.

Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Announcement

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