http://mscoast.org mscoast.org Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:52:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en • Multi-state group’s first priority is KC-45 • Group vows it will live beyond tanker project • Region has at least five groups focusing on aerospace The gathering in October in Bay Minette, Ala., seemed at times like a pep rally as speaker after speaker talked about the tanker contest pitting Boeing against the Northrop Grumman/EADS ... http://mscoast.org/in-the-news/alliance-2380/ The Palace Casino Resort in Biloxi will soon launch the largest casino expansion on the Mississippi Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina. The 110,000-square-foot project will include a 64,000-square-foot expansion of its facilities and amenities, as well as the renovation of existing areas. Keith Crosby, general manager of the Palace ... http://mscoast.org/in-the-news/south-mississippi-casino-announces-expansion-2400/ On both ends of Harrison County, Mississippi, retail is sparking new growth and prosperity. D’Iberville, on the eastern side of the county, has welcomed The Promenade shopping complex with local, regional and national retailers. To the far west of the county, the city of Pass Christian recently opened a new ... http://mscoast.org/in-the-news/retail-2429/ With grand columns gracing its entrance, an impressive amphitheatre and an artificial turf courtyard, the Pass Christian Center for Excellence resembles a miniature college campus more than the home of an elementary and middle school. But the $32 million complex in Pass Christian, Mississippi is an educational haven for children ... http://mscoast.org/in-the-news/pcschool-2374/ Suzanne Huber, President/Chief Executive Officer, Keith Huber, Incorporated was honored wtih the 2009 Governor's Award for Excellence in Exporting in the Manufacturing Sector. http://mscoast.org/in-the-news/keith-huber-inc-receives-2009-governors-award-for-excellence-in-exporting-2160/    When it comes to a list of the most important pillars of the Harrison County economy, it’s hard to top the military. The numbers tell the tale.    Personnel: more than 17,000;    Students: 50,400;    Economic impact: $1.6 billion.    And those likely are underestimates.    Harrison County has been a military hotspot ... http://mscoast.org/in-the-news/economicimpact-2034/ · One of the largest Air Force technical training centers · Air Force training center for electronics, including cyber · Between 20,000 and 30,000 students trained annually      In a competitive, global economy where so many places tout their high-tech capabilities, few can say they host a technology school that draws students from across the nation.    ... http://mscoast.org/in-the-news/hightechcampus-2030/ · Only genetics research center in Defense Department · One of the largest medical centers in the Air Force · One of three Air Force hospitals with clinical investigations      It’s well known that Keesler Air Force Base is home to one of the largest medical centers in the Air Force and provides care for thousands ... http://mscoast.org/in-the-news/medicalcenter-2026/ · 815th Squadron holds seven records in airlift with C-130 · 53rd the only DoD unit flying weather reconnaissance · 36 states represented by the citizen-airmen of the 403rd      It’s the largest flying organization at Keesler Air Force Base, and the only Air Force Reserve command wing in the state of Mississippi. And they keep ... http://mscoast.org/in-the-news/citizenairmen-2021/ · One of four National Guard Combat Readiness Centers · Provides combat environment for thousands of warfighters · Uses ranges at Camp Shelby and over the Gulf of Mexico      It was a weekday at the Air National Guard Combat Readiness Training Center, and not an unusual one. Every few minutes the air was punctuated by ... http://mscoast.org/in-the-news/ang-2017/