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2015 Best of Economic Development in
MI S S I S S I P P I 2015 Best of Economic Development in 4. Mississippi’s Most Admired Companies BancorpSouth Hancock Bank University of Mississippi Medical Center Also receiving votes: Ergon; Ingalls; Nissan; Toyota. 5. Mississippi’s Most Admired Manufacturers Ingalls Shipbuilding Nissan Toyota Also receiving votes: Chevron; GE Aviation; Howard Industries; Caterpillar; Sanderson Farms. Jones Walker was named one of Louisiana’s and Mississippi’s Best Economic Development Law Firms. Pictured is SB&D project manager Shelly Jo Jacobs with partners of Jones Walker in New Orleans. 1. Mississippi’s Three Best Economic Development Assets Abundant water and energy Aggressive state and local incentives Mississippi’s Community Colleges Readily accessible labor Also receiving votes: Readily developable industrial product; Mississippi Advantage Incentive Program; Gulf Coast ports; Incentives from local communities. Mississippi Manufacturer’s Association; Mississippi Economic Council. 2. The Mississippi Economy’s Most Important Employers Ingalls Shipbuilding Nissan Toyota Also receiving votes: Stennis Space Center; Mississippi Silicon; Yokohama Tire. 3. Mississippi’s Most Important New Employers GE Aviation Grammar Yokohama Tires Also receiving votes: Mississippi Silicon. 6. Mississippi’s Most Admired Service Companies Mississippi Power TVA Yates Construction Also receiving votes: Entergy; Butler Snow; Williams-Sonoma. 7. The Best of R&D in Mississippi Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence Mississippi Polymer Institute Also receiving votes: Mississippi State University; Stitched Resin Infused Composite Research Center. CONTINUED 84 | SUMMER 2015 | Southern Business & Development MISSISSIPPI 13. Mississippi’s Best Economic Development Law Firms Baker Donelson Butler Snow Jones Walker Also receiving votes: Brunini; Adams and Reese. 14. Best Contractors for Industrial Projects in Mississippi H&M Construction JESCO Yates Construction Also receiving votes: Fountain Construction; Eutaw Construction. 15. Mississippi’s Best Industrial Real Estate Firms One of Mississippi’s Three Best Economic Development Assets is abundant water resources. Pictured are workers on a tug on the Tennessee Tenn-Tom Waterway near Columbus, Miss. Belz 8. Best Metro Aerospace Locations in Mississippi London & Stetelman DeSoto County Gulfport-Biloxi Jackson Also receiving votes: Hattiesburg. 9. Best Small Market Aerospace Locations in Mississippi Columbus Jones County Tishomingo County Also receiving votes: Batesville; Meridian; Forest. 10. Best Tier One Auto Supplier Sites in Mississippi Columbus Lee County Madison County Also receiving votes: Lowndes Co.; Clay Co.; Pontotoc; Jackson; New Albany; Golden Triangle Region; Tupelo; Marshall Co.; Harry A. Martin Industrial Park; Fawn Grove Industrial Park; Grenada; Oktibbeha Co.; Martintown Industrial Park; Baldwyn; Clinton; Tippah Co.; Itawamba Co.; Union Co.; Marshall Co. 11. Mississippi’s Best Community Colleges for Workforce Training East Mississippi Community College Itawamba Community College Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Also receiving votes: East Central Community College; Hinds Community College; Jones Co. Junior College; Pearl River Community College. 12. Best Engineering/ Architecture Firms in Mississippi Allen & Hoshall Calvert Spradling Neel-Schaffer Engineers Waggoner Engineering Also receiving votes: Pickering Firm; Terracon Consultants. 86 | SUMMER 2015 | Southern Business & Development Carpenter Properties NAI Mark Bounds Also receiving votes: Binswanger. CBRE; UCR Properties; Commercial Property 1; Commercial Advisors. 16. Best Small Business Banks in Mississippi BancorpSouth Hancock Bank Renasant Bank Also receiving votes: BankFirst; Trustmark; Bank of Brookhaven; BankPlus; Community Bank. 17. Best Megasites in Mississippi GTR Global Industrial Aerospace Park Prairie Belt Powersite The Hive Also receiving votes: Tunica Metro Megasite; Madison Megasite; I-55 Industrial Park; Northeast Mississippi Waterway Industrial Park.