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Major newsmakers converge on Mississippi in 2006.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 30-AUG-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Major newsmakers converge on Mississippi in 2006.(Focus Tourism)

Article Excerpt
When I called to congratulate Mississippi Development Authority tourism director Craig Ray on landing the 98th annual meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA) in 2006, he chuckled, "How do you like me now?"

I think the Mississippi business community would concur: "very much, thanks for a job well done."

The high-profile, prestigious annual meeting of major newsmakers will provide much more than an economic boost of $500,000 to $750,000 in tourism dollars for the state. The publicity generated worldwide will be invaluable to putting to rest some misperceptions about Mississippi. Landing such a major event coincides nicely with Blueprint Mississippi's mission to improve the image of the state.

Yes, there was trouble here in the 1960s, but that was a generation ago and we've made progress. Let's move on. Yes, we're accustomed to laughing at the same lame jokes about Mississippi being presumably backward. After all, we Southerners have been schooled...

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