Clay, Lowndes and Oktibbeha counties’ leaders, alongside the Golden Triangle Development LINK, have contracted with a private economic researcher to study and a 5-year plan of local economies designed to develop “products in all three counties to sell to all three counties' strengths,” LINK CEO Joe Max Higgins said at the group’s quarterly luncheon March 19. The study also includes East Mississippi Community College, Mississippi University for Women and Mississippi State University. The research group ranks the economic strength of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas across the country. There are four potential projects considering Lowndes County property west of the Golden Triangle Regional Airport. Oktibbeha is working on a land purchase that may lead to setting up the area to compete for industry "on a world-class level." The Golden Triangle has the potential to be "the most dynamic region of micropolitans in the country." Source: Columbus Dispatch, 03/20/14.
(Central Mississippi note: A micropolitan is an urban area based around a geographic cluster of populations between 10,000 to 49,999 as defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget.)
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