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Legislature missed an opportunity.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 22-JUN-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Months ago, before the economy plunged into its current state, a novel idea aimed at luring new industry and creating hundreds of jobs for both Mississippi and Alabama surfaced.

The theory, if I recall correctly, was that the two states would work closely together, identify an East Mississippi-West Alabama corridor of mutually beneficial geographic interest in the Meridian area, plan the appropriate infrastructure and market the land in a cooperative effort, targeting big industry capable of providing quality, high-paying blue chip jobs in the hundreds.

Regionalization was the catch word, and those who heard the plan admitted it...

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