Ocean Springs nominated for 2 national tourism awards Supertalk February 1, 2023 Ocean Springs is once again in the running for national tourism awards. The vibrant Coastal Mississippi city with a population of fewer than 25,000 people has been nominated for USA...
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Weekly Roundup: Jackson County Economic Development Foundation News Clips January 17th
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded Advanced Planning Contract for Zumwalt-Class Ships Press Release January 6, 2023 HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division was awarded a $10.5 million contract today for the modernization period planning of Zumwalt-class...
Weekly Roundup: Jackson County Economic Development Foundation News Clips January 2nd
Coast Guard Funded for Replacing Motor Lifeboats, New Icebreaker Chronline Michael Lockett | December 28, 2022 The Coast Guard is working with Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding (who recently acquired VT Bollinger) to determine the impacts of the acquisition, and to...
Weekly Roundup: Jackson County Economic Development Foundation News Clips December 29th
Mississippi is investing millions of dollars in high school career coaches. Here’s how it works. Mississippi Today Sara DiNatale | December 20, 2022 Jackson County has one of the most thorough career coaching programs in the state that goes by the name “P3,” short...
Weekly Roundup: Jackson County Economic Development Foundation News Clips December 16th
HII’s Tech Transformation Is Making It Much More Than America’s Biggest Shipbuilder Forbes Loren Thompson | December 15, 2022 Huntington Ingalls Industries recently decided to stop spelling out its name in communications and instead refer to itself by its stock...
Weekly Roundup: Jackson County Economic Development Foundation News Clips December 9th
Pascagoula named American World War II Heritage City Y’all Politics Frank Corder | December 5, 2022 The City of Pascagoula has been designated as an American World War II Heritage City by the National Park Service . The announcement was made today as 18 new...
Weekly Roundup: Jackson County Economic Development Foundation News Clips December 7th
Contrarian Take: A Big, New Bollinger Is A Good Thing For American Shipbuilding Forbes Craig Hooper | November 29, 2022 Contrary to popular opinion, Bollinger Shipyards’ epic $15 million purchase of two Singapore Technologies Engineering LTD (ST Engineering)...
Weekly Roundup: Jackson County Economic Development Foundation News Clips November 26th
Amtrak passenger route will return to Mississippi Gulf Coast Mississippi TodaySara DiNatale | November 22, 2022 The settlement agreement was filed Monday. The federal board tasked with deciding the route’s future was scheduled to vote on the years-long dispute in...
Weekly Roundup: Jackson County Economic Development Foundation News Clips November 7th
Singing River Healthcare Academy breaks ground as Mississippi’s first medical workforce academy Y’all Politics Anne Summerhays | November 11, 2022 On Thursday, the Singing River Healthcare Academy broke ground as Mississippi’s first medical workforce academy. The...
Weekly Roundup: Jackson County Economic Development Foundation News Clips October 31st
Jackson County to get fair share of $10 million in Tidelands funds Gulf Live Warren Kulo | October 21, 2022 Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson recently turned over more than $10 million in Tidelands funds to the Department of Marine Resources, with much of...
Weekly Roundup: Jackson County Economic Development Foundation News Clips October 24th
Ingalls Shipbuilding division holds graduation ceremony WLOX Ja’Colbi Rivers | October 8, 2022 Friends and family gathered together today to see their loved ones in graduation gowns receiving a diploma from the Ingalls Apprenticeship program for the years of 2020,...
Weekly Roundup: Jackson County Economic Development Foundation News Clips October 10th
Jackson County Economic Development Foundation releases plan to grow innovation Gulf Live October 7, 2022 “Jackson County’s long-term approach to economic development has created a thriving economy which enjoys robust defense-related activities, one of the strongest...











