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Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance presenting findings: community meetings in local communities during June 13-17.

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Traditionally, economic development has been defined by images of manufacturing plants, industrial parks and the competitive recruitment of large corporate entities to local communities.

While all of those elements are important components of economic vitality in the Northeast Mississippi region, so is diversification. That's why community and economic development leaders are increasingly recognizing tourism's significance in economic development efforts. An upcoming series of presentations June 13-17 in six Northeast Mississippi communities will underscore the relevance of heritage tourism via "Building the Mississippi Hills Heritage Area: Strategies for Success."

Since late 2002, a group of Northeast Mississippi civic leaders has been working on the development of a cohesive heritage tourism strategy for the region that is beginning to take shape, thanks to...

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