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          Our Work In Mississippi In partnership with the Mississippi Development Authority, ARC is supporting 38 projects in Mississippi totaling $14.8 million in fiscal year 2023. These investments have been matched by $18.8 million and are attracting an additional $413.3 million in leveraged private investments in Mississippi. They are also creating...
    
    
    
    
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    Governor Tate Reeves

          As the 65th Governor of Mississippi, Tate Reeves is a conservative leader who has focused on the principles of guarding taxpayers’ dollars, improving educational opportunity, and growing new careers so that the state’s best and brightest can stay and raise their families at home. Governor Reeves served as State Treasurer...
    
    
    
    
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    Sam Andrews

          Office of the GovernorP.O. Box 139Jackson, MS 39205...
    
    
    
    
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    MagCor Industries: Expanding Mississippi’s Recovery Ecosystem

          In Appalachian Mississippi’s 24 counties, the manufacturing, transportation, and logistics sectors have major potential to create new workforce opportunities – especially for individuals in recovery from substance use disorder (SUD). However, the region is lacking local capacity to launch a coordinated, comprehensive recovery ecosystem to help these populations successfully access...
    
    
    
    
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																			Oktibbeha    
    The Communiversity: Transforming Manufacturing in Mississippi

          The Communiversity at East Mississippi Community College (EMCC) Center for Manufacturing Technology Excellence 2.0, is a state-of-the-art workforce training center looking to produce trained workers for some of the world’s most technically advanced manufacturers. ARC has invested $10.7 million in the 135,000-square-foot facility that delivers training and education to support...
    
    
    
    
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    Base Camp Coding in Northern Mississippi: Training the Next Generation of Programmers

          The Base Camp Coding Academy’s Class of 2019. Base Camp Coding Academy (BCCA), a non-profit learning center in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, offers intensive computer programming training to recent northern Mississippi high school graduates free of charge. Based in Water Valley, BCCA was first launched in 2016 as a pilot program in...
    
    
    
    
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																			Panola,    
    North Delta Planning and Development District

          Executive Director James W. Curcio Email jcurcio@ndpdd.com...
    
    
    
    
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																			Montgomery, Yalobusha,    
    North Central Planning and Development District

          Executive Director Chris Weathers Email cweathers@ncpdd.org...
    
    
    
    
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																			Kemper,    
    East Central Planning and Development District

          Executive Director Kawana McCary Email kmccary@ecpdd.org...
    
    
    
    
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																			Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston,    
    Golden Triangle Planning and Development District

          Executive Director Rupert L. Johnson Email rjohnson@gtpdd.com...
    
    
    
    
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																			Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union,    
    Three Rivers Planning and Development District

          Executive Director Vernon R. Kelley III Email vrk@trpdd.com...
    
    
    
    
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