GTRDA emerging from tire-plant deal

The landing of a major manufacturer for the employment-starved areas of West Point and Clay County, with state assistance and incentives, is a positive sign of regionalism-development among communities within the Golden Triangle of Mississippi. The Yokohama tire plant promises 500 jobs, and potentially 2,000 total, impacting the economy for years. In a sidebar to Friday’s announcement, the quickly-expanding GTR Development LINK is going to propose to the legislature the establishment of a new 3-county, business-recruitment group called Golden Triangle Regional Development Authority. Source: Northeast Mississippi News, May 10, 2013.