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| Mississippi Living and Working in Mississippi… We are the birthplace of the blues, and we are known as the hospitality state. Mississippi takes friendliness seriously, and our world famous southern charm is everywhere in the state. Our mild and pleasant climate, great southern cuisine and low cost of living makes Mississippi a perfect place to live and work. Mississippi is a right to work state with an affordable, motivated workforce, and training programs to support it. We offer some of the most dedicated and productive workers in the nation. Mississippi has a low three percent average absenteeism rate and five percent turnover rate among workers, and has an unemployment rate lower than the national average. Through our warm welcoming of strangers and determination to attract new businesses, we have been able to attract world-class Japanese automobile manufacturers and other companies and industries to our state. Top Tourist Attractions…
www.mississipi.gov www.mississippi.org www.medc.ms www.visitmississippi.org Doing Business in Mississippi… Mississippi is hungry for investment and we work hard with companies that are contemplating a location here. We offer significant tax credits incentives tailored to a company’s needs. The Mississippi Development Authority will guide you through the process and show you how far we will go to win your business. Recognizing the need to change direction and restructure economic development strategy to make Mississippi competitive in the New Economy, the Mississippi Development Authority served as the architect for the most sweeping economic development plan in the state's history - the Advantage Mississippi Initiative. Mississippi has an Industry Liaison staff located in offices throughout the state that works with economic developers to market the state's resources and to provide specific assistance to existing industry and business. The Mississippi Industry Assistance staff provides management and specialized services to increase company profitability, jobs and payroll, and foster investment in Mississippi businesses and industry. Counseling and professional assistance are also provided. Last year we enacted the most comprehensive tort-reforms in the U.S., which provides businesses with a fair legal environment. Our prime location in the Southern Automotive corridor makes it an ideal location to serve the U.S. automotive market. Nissan Motors, with our assistance, built the largest greenfield automobile assembly plant in the U.S. Mississippi offers access to all of North America, and is one of the fastest growing distribution and logistics locations in the U.S. Key industries and Targeted businesses include: Aerospace. Marine, Auto Assembly and Suppliers, Food Processing, Plastics and Polymers, Timber/Wood Products, Recreation and Tourism, Emerging Technology, Distribution and Logistics and Healthcare. We place a priority on access to technology, the support of community and rural development, and programs for existing business and industry. Mississippi's leading edge university-based research in polymer science, engineering, acoustics and other areas to assist related business development. Mississippi has a leading edge university-based research in polymer science, engineering, acoustics and other areas to assist related business development. We also have a top-flight university research system focused on moving innovation from the laboratory to the marketplace that serves Mississippi based businesses. |