State of NE Mississippi business development

Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn of Clinton will be the keynote speaker at Friday's 'State of the Region Meeting' hosted by Northeast Mississippi’s CREATE Foundation, a 16-county non-profit community development organization. The meeting in Tupelo, on the future of Northeast Mississippi, begins at 9:30 a.m. in the BancorpSouth Conference Center. Golden Triangle Development LINK CEO Joe Max Higgins will discuss economic development in the Columbus, Starkville and Lowndes County areas. Source: The Associated Press, May 28, 2013.