Jason Word

Family businesses are a very important part of Mississippi’s economy. The University of Mississippi will host “It’s All Relative,” the Ole Miss Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Family Business Symposium is on November 2-3 in Oxford. The conference is designed to education family businesses on future needs they may have to be a multi-generational family

WASHINGTON – Mississippi small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small aquaculture businesses, and private nonprofit organizations affected by the Jackson Water Crisis that began Aug. 30, may apply for low-interest Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) from the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced today. Administrator Guzman made the loans available in response

Jackson, Miss. (September 21, 2022) –ArbaBlox, an engineered wood products company, is locating a state-of-the-art pallet blocks manufacturing plant in Winona. The project is a $51.34 million corporate investment and will create 41 jobs. ArbaBlox will use the sawmill residuals from the Biewer Lumber facility in Winona to produce its patented-design composite wood pallet blocks. The

Jackson, Miss. (September 21, 2022) – U.S.-based Rocket Lab is locating an engine test facility for its new large rocket Neutron at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, making a significant capital investment and creating dozens of new jobs in Hancock County. Rocket Lab is the launcher of Electron, the second most-frequently flown U.S.