Tishomingo County Update PARTNERS IN PROGRESS
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Tishomingo County Update PARTNERS IN PROGRESS
Tishomingo County Development Foundation Tishomingo County Economic Development Authority Tishomingo County Tourism Council An Economic Development Partnership of the Board of Supervisors, City of Belmont, City of Burnsville, City of Golden, City of Iuka, City of Paden, City of Tishomingo, Tishomingo County Electric Power Association, and the Private Sector 1001 Battleground Drive Iuka, Mississippi 38852 USA Telephone: 662-423-9933 Toll free: 800-386-4373 Fax: 662-423-1017 e-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.tishomingo.org PARTNERS IN PROGRESS Hayden Ables ACE Hardware Belmont Alliant Techsystems (ATK) American Plus Aqua Yacht Harbor B&G Equipment, Inc. B&J Supermarket Bancorpsouth Barnett Apothecary Belmont Associates Belmont Parts Supply Belmont Piggly Wiggly Robert Belue Biddle & Sons Alvia Blakney Bonds Company Brooks Grocery Donnie Brown Robert Lee Brown, III Scott Caldwell Caring Hands Rehab Bob Carter City of Belmont City of Burnsville City of Golden City of Iuka City of Paden City of Tishomingo Clark Law Firm Greg Collier Properties Community Spirit Bank Ken Cooley Cooper Marine &Timberlands Corinth Coca Cola Cutshall Funeral Home Cutshall & Sons Logging Neil Davis Ted Day Leroy Dean Dean-McRae Engineers Deaton Funeral Home Dennen Steel ERSHIGS, Inc. Fidelity National Loans First American Insurance Services First American National Bank Paul Fisher Oil Company Fite Building Company Harold Gist Don & Mary Ann Grant Dr. Phillip Gray James Grisham Sammy Hale Don Hall Hamilton-Ryker Group Hampton Inn Harbin Heating & AC Tishomingo County Update TCDF Members. We thank our 2013 TCDF members for their continued support and encouragement. These community-minded leaders are listed on this page and on reverse. It is these key people and businesses that enable our community to be competitive in a hyper-competitive global economy. Additional members are joining almost daily. Yellow Creek Coating Services. Yellow Creek Coating Services is completing construction on its new industrial building to serve the metal coating needs of the Mid-South metals cluster. John Paulk has been selected as the plant manager. We thank CEO Don Hall for selecting Tishomingo County for his latest project and we thank Yellow Creek Port Authority for partnering with Yellow Creek Coating Services. Running with Scizzors. Runnin’ with Scizzors Salon has relocated to 248 Highway 72 West in Burnsville. Running with Scizzors Salon is open Monday thru Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM, and Saturday 9 AM to 3 PM. The phone number is 662-427-0014. PARTNERS IN PROGRESS Tom Hester/TLH Sales Hodge Antiques Audie Huggins Iuka Hospital Wellness Center Iuka Piggly Wiggly John’s Garage J. C. Jourdan Lumber Co. Dr. Ben Kitchens Lisa Koon KX Technologies Harold Lomenick Grace Long Real Estate Bob Marshall MARTYVILLE Steve McAnally Mike McRee MetroCast of Mississippi Mike Montgomery Mike Nelson Contractors Mill Creek Marina Mississippi Land Bank North Mississippi Medical Center Ole Country Store Charlotte Orick Harold Oswalt Terrell Pearson Dr. James Perkins/ Iuka Animal Clinic Plant Process Support Pray Pottery Billy Rainey Jimmy Ramsey Jimmie Seago Dr. Kelly Segars Mark Segars Martha Segars Dr. Scott Segars Sid’s Trading Company Silver Dollar Sales Skyline Steel Sonic Drive In--Iuka & Belmont Southern Magnolia Estates I-II Sparks CPA Firm Roger Stegall Professional Guide Service Sun-air Products Tishomingo County Board of Supervisors TLH Sales/Tom Hester R. C. Tomey/Iuka McDonald’s Tri-State Recycling Union Harbor Marina & Resort Mack Lloyd Wadkins Mike Webb John R. White Buddy Wiltshire Dan & Betty Young Tishomingo County Development Foundation Board of Directors: Hayden Ables Alvia Blakney, Vice Chairman Mayor Jackie Bryant, Iuka Scott Caldwell Bob Carter Greg Collier Ken Cooley, First VC Peyton Cummings Dale Curtis, Sec-Treas Neil Davis, Past Chairman Ted Day Mayor Davy Ginn, Golden Harold Gist Nicky McRae, President, Board of Supervisors Beth Hudson Glen Hodge Steve McAnally Mike Montgomery Mayor David Nixon, Burnsville Steve Nunley Charlotte Orick Mayor Pam Oswalt, Paden Terrell Pearson Jimmy Ramsey Mayor James Tennyson, Tishomingo Sidney Whitehurst Tommy Williams Mayor Buddy Wiltshire, Belmont & Chairman Dan Young Tishomingo County Economic Development Authority Board of Directors: Daryl Chambers Charles Emmons, VC Max Ray Hutcheson Mike Lee Toney Mobley Charlotte Orick, Secretary-Treasurer Wendel Phifer Jimmy Ramsey, Chairman Jimmie Seago Tishomingo County Tourism Council: Ellen Ayers, VC Barbara Blakney Cornelia Emmons J. R. Long, Sec-Treasurer Libby Gearren Mary Ann Grant, Chairman Bob Marshall Leigh Ann Robertson Lanny Vinson Buddy Wiltshire Theresa Cutshall, Administrator 2013 Government Procurement Opportunities Conference. The Mississippi Development Authority is sponsoring a trade show to help small businesses build relationships with federal, state, and local governments and corporate procurement agents. The event is scheduled for May 8 & 9, 2013, at the Vicksburg Convention Center. To register, visit http://mississippi.event. com/2013opportunities. For more information, call 601-359-2904, e-mail jlenoir@mississippi. org, or visit the web site at www.mscpc.com. Tourism Impact Report. The Mississippi Development Authority has issued the 2012 Travel & Tourism Economic Contribution Report. The report reveals that tourism spending in Tishomingo County in 2012 increased by 7.5% over 2011. The report also reveals that the north Mississippi counties with tourism resources such as lakes, parks, and other attractions are spending significant funds to market their tourism resources, with the exception of Tishomingo County. County Tishomingo Alcorn Lee Grenada Marshall Union Lafayette Pontotoc Aberdeen/Monroe Panola Tourism Spending $ 13,354,060 $ 49,625,623 $245,030,339 $ 43,828,342 $ 12,556,023 $ 16,664,797 $105,186,166 $ 8,744,246 $ 17,158,414 $ 37,054,712 Tourism Employment 190 745 3,750 720 185 235 1,500 114 233 475 Room & Restaurant Tax $ 16,370 $1,048,910 $3,703,197 $ 495,271 $ 260,805 $ 557,851 $2,195,017 $ 333,024 $ 72,254 $1,075,866 Manufacturing jobs will continue to decrease over time due to automation and lean manufacturing. Tourism promotion is important to the future of the citizens of Tishomingo County because it brings in outside dollars, grows existing businesses, and leads to the creation of new businesses and new jobs. Locally owned small businesses are important because they: Generate wealth that stays in the community; Are more likely to invest money in local schools, churches, and social organizations; By example, encourage others to start or expand small businesses; Are more likely to purchase goods and services from local sources; Generate sales and real estate taxes for local governments which, in turn, are used to provide public infrastructure and services; Are more likely to create jobs for local residents; and Are more likely to work to improve community appearance. The number one weakness of the Tishomingo County economy is the paucity of locallyowned small businesses. Tourism jobs are sometimes criticized because many of those jobs are low skill, low wage jobs. However, tourism creates more spending at local businesses and creates opportunities for citizens to create new small businesses. Further, any job is better than no job, and low skill, low wage tourism related jobs are often the first jobs held by young people and unskilled workers who, with experience and training, can become qualified for higher paying jobs. Tishomingo County is fortunate in that tourism resources are distributed in all parts of the county, north and south. With marketing comparable to other northeast Mississippi counties, there is no reason that the number of tourism jobs in Tishomingo County could not exceed those created by NASA and Belmont Homes combined. Contract Fabricators, Inc. CFI recently shipped a large pressure vessel. The vessel is 27 feet in diameter and 117 feet long. The 650,000 pound pressure vessel could not be shipped by rail or road so it was loaded onto a barge for shipment to an oil refinery in Illinois. CFI is one of the few companies in the USA that can handle very large pressure vessels, especially those containing exotic metals. To learn more about Contract Fabricators, Inc., visit the web site at www.contractfab.com. Dennen Steel. Chris Austin has been selected as the plant manager for the new Dennen Steel operation in Tishomingo County. We congratulate Chris and thank Dennen Steel for selecting Tishomingo County for their first southern USA site. More information on Dennen Steel can be found at www.dennensteel.com. Rail Spur. Yellow Creek Port has begun construction on a rail spur to the Northeast Mississippi Waterfront Industrial Park at Burnsville. The rail spur and other development are pivotal to the future of this industrial park because industrial prospects expect a ready-to-build-on site with access roads, utilities, and transportation infrastructure in place. We thank Eugene Bishop and the port authority board of directors for their visionary leadership. Burnsville Industrial Building. Tishomingo County has been awarded a $20,000 matching grant from the Tennessee Valley Authority to renovate the manufacturing space at the former New River Homes Building in Burnsville. District 2 Supervisor Nicky McRae has completed an environmental assessment of the property and has renovated the offices and grounds. The Burnsville Industrial Building is 88,150 SF with ceiling height up to 31 feet. More information is available at http://www.tishomingo. org/pdf_docs/New%20River%20Homes%202012.pdf. We thank Nicky McRae for his diligence in improving this industrial property. Start Your Own Business. The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offers free individual and private counseling services to businesses and individuals who want to start a business. Contacts are Charles Killebrew at the Tupelo Renasant Center for Ideas, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, phone 662-680-6988, or James Carden at the SBDC at UM in Oxford, Monday thru Friday, phone 800-725-7232. The SBDC web site at www.mssbdc.org offers valuable information for existing businesses, individuals wanting to start a business, inventors, exporters, and others. UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS TISHOMINGO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, USA APRIL 6. First Annual Jerome West Memorial Fishing Tournament, Sponsored by Iuka Police Department, J. P. Coleman State Park, 662-279-9411 or 662-279-2029 APRIL 13. American Bass Anglers Fishing Tournament, J. P. Coleman State Park, 662-423-6515 APRIL 13. Woodland Wildflowers of Tishomingo State Park, 10 AM - 11:30 AM, over 600 species of wildflowers and ferns, 662-438-6914 APRIL 13. Ole Tyme Music Festival, Tishomingo State Park, 662-438-6914 APRIL 13. Master Gardeners Plant Sale, Tishomingo County Fairgrounds, Iuka, 662-423-7016 APRIL 13. APRIL 20. Holes for Souls Golf Tournament, Shiloh Ridge Golf Club, sponsored by Iuka First Pentecostal Church, 662-279-2303 or 662-279-1231 MAY 4. Native American Customs & Traditions, Tishomingo State Park, 10 AM - 12 PM, dugout canoe making, tomahawk throwing, etc., 662-438-6914 Bass Master Fishing Tournament, J. P. Coleman State Park, 662-423-6515 MAY 17. Tishomingo County Relay for Life, Mineral Springs Park, Iuka, 662-423-9000 MAY 18. American Bass Anglers Fishing Tournament, J. P. Coleman State Park, 662-423-6515 MAY 27. Dennis Day Festival, Dennis, 662-293-0137 A complete calendar of events is on the web site at www.tishomingofunhere.org. Tishomingo State Park. In partnership with the Natchez Trace Parkway, Tishomingo State Park hosted two AmeriCorps groups as they received training in Wildland Fire Control. During their stay the 23 students assisted in rehabiliation of six miles of hiking trails at Tishomingo State Park. Tishomingo State Park has received numerous national awards and is rated by Mississippi Magazine as the Best Hiking Destination in Mississippi.
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