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Article: George County site boosted by Mississippi Export Railroad spur.
- Article from:
- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- September 27, 2004
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LUCEDALE -- Historically, the lion's share of economic development occurring along the Mississippi Gulf Coast has been in Harrison and Jackson counties. But those counties have a limited amount of new industrial park space available, and have seen recent new industrial park proposals face opposition from nearby homeowners.
But step over the Jackson County line into southern George County, and one finds literally thousands of acres of industrial space available.
George County now has what it is touting as a "megasite"--a 1200-acre park that doesn't have difficult wetlands development hurdles that can slow projects in Harrison, Jackson and Hancock ...