Today’s podcast is from a speech delivered on February 16th, 2009. It features Shane Homan, Vice President of Economic Development for CDF. Shane spoke at the joint Annual Meeting of the Texas Economic Developers Association and Texas Rural Innovators Forum. He spoke on the functionality and history of CDF. Shane's presentation featured several vid…

Today’s podcast is one of four podcasts from our two-thousand ten Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference. The Conference was held January twentieth at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, where over seven-hundred area citizens heard forecasts on the economy locally, state-wide, and nationally from noted speakers. T…

Today’s podcast is one of four podcasts from our two-thousand ten Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference. The Conference was held January twentieth at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, where over seven-hundred area citizens heard forecasts on the economy locally, state-wide, and nationally from noted speakers. T…

Today’s podcast is one of four podcasts from our two-thousand ten Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference. The conference was held January twentieth at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, where over seven-hundred area citizens heard forecasts on the economy locally, state-wide, and nationally from noted speakers. T…

Today’s podcast is one of four podcasts from our two-thousand ten Northeast Mississippi Economic Forecast Conference. The Conference was held January twentieth at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, where over seven-hundred area citizens heard forecasts on the economy locally, state-wide, and nationally from noted speakers. T…

Today's podcast features Mr. Ray McNulty, Sr. Vice President with the International Center for Leadership in Education. Mr. McNulty spoke to over 1300 Lee County and Tupelo school district educators on April 9, 2009. His topic was future trends and challenges in education including rigor and relevance.…

Today’s podcast is one of four podcasts from our two-thousand nine economic forecast conference. The Conference was held January twenty-second at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Over 500 area citizens heard forecasts on the economy locally, state-wide, and nationally from noted speakers. This podcast features Dr. Phil Pep…

Today’s podcast is one of four podcasts from our two-thousand nine economic forecast conference. The Conference was held January twenty-second at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Over 500 area citizens heard forecasts on the economy locally, state-wide, and nationally from noted speakers. This podcast features Professor Pe…

Today’s podcast is one of four podcasts from our two-thousand nine economic forecast conference. The Conference was held January twenty-second at the BancorpSouth Conference Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, where over five-hundred area citizens heard forecasts on the economy locally, state-wide, and nationally from noted speakers. This podcast featur…

The U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board approved FTZ manufacturing authority for Lane, H.M. Richards, and Bauhaus USA on December 22, all of which are located within the Greater Mississippi Foreign-Trade Zone #158. This approval will not only enable these companies to maintain their in-house cut-and-sew operations, saving an estimated 950 jobs in Lee Co…