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Article: Rankin County sees widespread growth and variety
- Article from:
- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- May 29, 2006
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Here is a trivia question. When did Rankin County experience its "Golden Era" of economic and community development? And the answer is - right now. The Central Mississippi county is seeing phenomenal growth across the area in industrial, commercial and residential development, which leads Tom Troxler, executive director of Rankin First, the county's economic development authority, to believe that the county has never seen anything like it.
"Usually, growth in a region is restricted to one or two areas, or is limited to certain types of development," said Troxler, who has headed Rankin First since its inception in 1992. "But we're seeing growth here on Lakeland/Highway 25, Interstate 20, ...