Economy (Jackson, Vicksburg, Cleveland: casinos, camp, military)

[fieldm]

Does your state plan on doing anything in the future to make it more attractive for companies looking to relocate? Is there anything being done to help improve your economy?

[madison2013]

lol who are you talking to?

[Listener2307]

Mississippi has very little to offer companies that may wish to relocate. The forever-asked question, "What are you going to do?" is unanswerable. After all, if there were an answer then other states that are losing population would apply it. I am referring to states like Connecticut, Illinois, West Virginia and Vermont.

Talk to North Dakota. They have gained the most population and their economy has grown the most. Did the state legislature "do something" that resulted in all that growth?
Newp.
Or West Virginia. Did their state legislature "do something" that caused their loss of population or lack of economic growth?
Newp.

[David A Stone]

Originally Posted by fieldm

Does your state plan on doing anything in the future to make it more attractive for companies looking to relocate? Is there anything being done to help improve your economy?

The big auto plant in Blue Springs must have thought Mississippi was........"attractive "...!

[madison2013]

Nissan
Toyota
Continental
Yokohama

[Mississippi Alabama Line]

Originally Posted by fieldm

Does your state plan on doing anything in the future to make it more attractive for companies looking to relocate? Is there anything being done to help improve your economy?

Lots of companies are locating in Mississippi, go check out the Golden Triangle Airport.

I personally think that the powers that be should HEAVILY invest in tourism and recreation. I'm talking civil rights, Native American history, John Grisham, Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, Blues, golf, hunting, coastal fishing, food, casino, A Time to Kill........everything. Tie it all together.

As far as big companies go, Trustmark, Bancorpsouth, CSpire, and a few others are growing. Drake Waterfowl is exploding too. Newk's is another MS-based company, and I think Mugshots and some of those are too. Some other big companies like Backyard Burger, Steinmart and Mossy Oak were formed in MS but ended up putting headquarters elsewhere, I assume due to workforce.

[madison2013]

Originally Posted by Mississippi Alabama Line

I personally think that the powers that be should HEAVILY invest in tourism and recreation. I'm talking civil rights, Native American history, John Grisham, Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, Blues, golf, hunting, coastal fishing, food, casino, A Time to Kill........everything. Tie it all together.

yeah ok

And Mossy Oak is HQ is Mississippi

[viverlibre]

The only real tourism draw we have is the casinos. We've tried the blues, but everything is so far apart and in most places, there isn't much else and too much crime. I don't see civil rights being a huge draw, no one is going to Kosy to see Oprah's childhood home, same with Morgan Freeman and Grisham, we have good golf courses, but so does every neighboring state, MS coastal fishing is not good.

Combining a Native American attraction with some other attractions near Jackson, on the coast or outside of Memphis, may be something that peaks tourism, but knowing our state leaders, we'd put something like that in Macon (in the middle of no where). The state spent a ton of money on a Military Museum (which is very nice), then stuck it on Camp Shelby, where it gets very few visitors, the same with the Mississippi Grammy Museum, we stuck it in Cleveland, trust me, you can't get there from here.

Vicksburg has several advantages as it pertains to tourism (Military Park, river and casinos), but has never taken the next step.