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Delta Council reports record year at annual meeting. (Focus Delta & River Cities).

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 27-MAY-02 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
CLEVELAND -- The Delta Council had a lot to celebrate at its 67th annual meeting May 24 at the Bologna Performing Arts Center on the campus of Delta State University in Cleveland.

The new Farm Bill. Progress on the Mississippi River Bridge near Greenville. The recently completed Delta Center in Indianola.

But the best is yet to come: I-69.

"The I-69 project will serve as a foundation for economic development in this region that has not been possible to date," said Frank Howell, director of development for the Delta Council. "We've seen more construction and planning activity in the state of Mississippi than in any of the other nine states that the interstate traverses. We're very excited about its potential."

Ben Lamensdorf, immediate past president and a farmer from Cary, called 2002 "the best year ever" for the Delta Council.

"Our membership is the highest ever," he said. The Delta Council has more than 3,000 member families.

"A lot of projects are going very well. For...

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