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Article: Mississippi puts on strong show at SEDC conference.(Focus Economic Development)(Southern Economic Development Council)
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- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- August 15, 2005
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When more than 200 economic developers, site selection scouts and automotive industry leaders and consultants from a 17-state area gathered at The Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham June 15-17 for the latest installment of the Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC) professional development series, Mississippi had the most representatives with more than 30 economic development professionals.
"We even had more than Alabama," said Duane O'Neill with a chuckle.
O'Neill, executive director of the Metro Jackson Chamber of Commerce, chaired the automotive and logistics seminar for the third consecutive year, and expanded the program from strictly automotive to ...