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BluePrint Mississippi gaining momentum; regional meetings deemed fruitful.

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Approximately 1,000 business and education leaders from across the state have pledged support of BluePrint Mississippi, the first broad-based, public-private initiative of its kind in the state.

University of Mississippi chancellor and BluePrint Mississippi project chairman Robert Khayat unveiled the plan last October. Designed to quantify and prioritize guidance relating to future development within the state, BluePrint Mississippi focuses on three key areas--business climate, economic development and education. Each area has a group assigned to take an issue, develop a plan and execute it.

"BluePrint Mississippi and the Education Working Group are pressing forward," said group leader Aubrey Patterson, CEO of BancorpSouth. "Regional meetings have occurred across the state and the critically important input of Mississippi's business community is being compiled. Coming up. BluePrint will hold meetings with small focus groups to deepen our understanding and prioritize issues before moving toward the final strategic plan."

Business Climate Working Group meetings have been held in Jackson Oxford and Hattiesburg, said group leader John M. McCullouch, president of BellSouth Mississippi.

"The results indicate that participants feel good about Mississippi, as a place to live and as a place to work," he said. "They listed...

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