Monthly Archives: November 2008

Since his appointment by Governor Haley Barbour in late August, Mississippi Gulf Coast Housing Director Gerald Blessey has been dedicating his time to working with local residents, nonprofit agencies, government officials, advocates and other organizations to expedite the development of affordable workforce housing in the three coastal Mississippi counties, Hancock, Harrison and Jackson.

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Target, PetSmart, Marshalls Department Store and Best Buy are among the retailers that are taking advantage of the easy accessibility and great visibility of the intersection of interstates 10 and 110 in D’Iberville, Mississippi. These retailers, along with national eateries Red Lobster and Olive Garden, will soon gather in The Promenade, a 700,000 square-foot shopping center which broke ground in the city in July of this year.

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Planning Systems Incorporated (PSI), located in the Long Beach Industrial Park in South Mississippi, is part of QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group, a cutting-edge high-tech company that develops products and services for the government and commercial industries. To address the immediate needs related to network-centric warfare, homeland security and the commercial industry, PSI translates technology innovation into real-world applications.

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YouthBuild, a youth and community development program that addresses core issues facing low-income communities, has created a permanent YouthBuild AmeriCorps program in Gulfport, Mississippi. The YouthBuild AmeriCorps Katrina Rebuilding Project program aims to serve the Gulf Coast community for the long-term and to guide the participation of local youth in the ongoing reconstruction of their community, as well as their lives, including joint activities with the other YouthBuild programs and local community partners.

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Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, from Waveland to Pascagoula, more than 4,000 antique, classic and hot rod car owners participated in the 12th Annual Cruisin’ the Coast, a weeklong car show that continues to grow exponentially each year.

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