GDT set to announced $20M initiative on Thursday

The Golden Triangle Development LINK, a north-central Mississippi regional group representing the economic development interests within a 15-mile triangular radius of the cities of Columbus, Starkville and West Point, is tentatively scheduled to make a major announcement Thursday regarding a $20 million technology initiative for the region. The announcement will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Thad Cochran Research Park in Starkville. GDT LINK officials say the initiative will boost the region’s business technology infrastructure and bring new investments and expansion opportunities. Among those scheduled to attend the announcement are Joe Max Higgins, CEO of Golden Triangle Development LINK; Dr. Mark Keenum, president of Mississippi State University; and Jack Wallace, executive director of Oktibbeha County’s Economic Development Agency. Source: Business Wire media release, Sept. 30, 2013.