Gulf Ship, LLC, a builder of proprietary hull designs for Edison Chouest Offshore and its affiliated companies, has only been in Harrison County for two years, but with its extensive employee training programs and other ongoing investments, it looks like the company will be a mainstay on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) [...]
For the past three years, Coast Transit Authority (CTA) and Van Pool Services Inc. (VPSI) have been providing “van pool” services to employees of Northrop Grumman in Pascagoula, MS. Each workday, 12 well-equipped, 10-passenger vans leave Northrop Grumman on their journey to pick up distant employees and then return them home at the end of [...]
Retail sales in Harrison County increased 51% from 2005 to 2007, and stores are continually opening or expanding all across the Mississippi Gulf Coast, accompanied by numerous restaurants. In Gulfport, Highway 49 has always been a major hub of retail activity with Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, an outlet mall and numerous smaller shopping centers, and the [...]
In an effort to increase tourism in the South, including the Mississippi Gulf Coast, over 600 journalists, tourism directors, travel buyers and destination representatives met in Biloxi on March 1-5 for the 26th Annual Travel South Showcase. The Travel South Showcase gave buyers and sellers the opportunity to see just how far the area has [...]
The Town of Tradition, Mississippi’s largest master-planned community under construction in north central Harrison County, is showing tangible signs of progress after years of master planning and infrastructure work. Over 550 students are completing their first year of classes at the new St. Patrick Catholic High School at Tradition. Land for the new Gulf Coast [...]
The 2008 Gulf Coast Winter Classics, a 5-week equestrian event, was recently held for the eighth consecutive year at the Harrison County Fairgrounds. With a participation increase of 30 percent from 2007, the event is sure to be a success for years to come and will have a huge impact on the Coast’s economy. The [...]
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