Article: Rankin County grows factories: now they're planning a new 1,234-acre multi-purpose industrial park. (Rankin County, Mississippi)(Rankin County Section)

Rankin County grows factories

Rankin County's effort in the economic development arena can be summarized in one brief set of statistics from Dan Russell Jr., executive vice president of the Rankin County Chamber of Commerce.

"From 1980 to 1989," says Russell, "the number of (industries) in Rankin County increased by 35 companies, where Hinds was a minus two and Madison was a plus five. Warren County during this period was a plus eight and one-half."

Thirty-five industries in 10 years? Statistics from the Social and Economic Data Program of the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University underscore the dramatic achievements of ...

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