2016 TCDF MEMBERS
Iuka HardwareIuka Hospital Wellness CenterJack IvyJohn’s Garage/J&S Auto SalesJourdan Lumber CompanyDr. Ben KitchensKnight’s Heating & Air ServiceJ. C. Lambert Building SupplyLittrell Lumber MillHarold LomenickGrace Long Real EstateMax Home LLCSteve McAnallyMike & Dennie McReeMill Creek MarinaMississippi Land BankMississippi SiliconMike MontgomeryMoore’s Automotive SupplyDavid NicholsNorth Mississippi Rail LLCOffice ProOld Country StoreOrbital ATK Iuka OperationsCharlotte OrickHarold OswaltCity of PadenParson’s Earthwork, Inc.Peden’s Prop ShopPickwick Premier PropertiesPiggly Wiggly BelmontPiggly Wiggly IukaPlant Process Support & Mid- South Powder CoatingPray Pottery & Heavenly YogurtBilly RaineyRedmont Heating & CoolingRenasant BankRoll Form GroupJimmie SeagoDr. Kelly SegarsMark SegarsMartha SegarsScott SegarsSid’s Trading PostSilver Dollar SalesSkyline SteelSonic of TishomingoSouthern ForestrySparks CPA FirmRoger Stegall Professional Guide ServiceSun-air ProductsTennessee Valley AuthorityDonald ThompsonCity of TishomingoTishomingo County Board of SupervisorsTishomingo County Electric Power AssociationTishomingo Health ServicesCity of TishomingoTLH Sales/Tom HesterTri-State RecyclingWayne VoylesToltec CompanyMack WadkinsJohn WhiteWiley’s Discount Tobacco & Beverage, Inc.Buddy WiltshireQuaye YarberYellow Creek Coating ServicesDan & Betty Young
2016 TCDF MEMBERS
25 LeasingA&B Distributing CompanyAirlock InsulationA to Z for LessAqua Yacht HarborB&J SupermarketBANCORPSOUTHCity of BelmontBelmont HotelBelmont Parts SupplyBelmont PharmacyRobert BelueBest Way, Inc.James H. BethayBiddle & Son/WOWL/WADIBig Star of BelmontAlvia BlakneyBMSI, Inc.Bonds CompanyBow-T’s CateringBrooks GroceryDonnie BrownJackie BryantCity of BurnsvilleCafe Memories GrillCALENCO LLCBob CarterClark Law FirmCoca ColaKen CooleyGreg CollierComfort RevolutionCommunity Spirit BankCook Coggin EngineersCooper Marine & TimberlandsCornerstone Insurance & FinancialPeyton CummingsCutshall Funeral HomeCutshall & Sons LoggingEric DanielNeil DavisDavis RepairTed DayDean McRae EngineersDeaton Funeral HomeDonathan EnlowFairless HardwareRalph & Dorothy FarrFidelity National LoansFirst American National BankPaul Fisher Oil CompanyFite Building CompanyFriendly Spider/Gary PhillipsReggie FurtickG&G SteelHarold GistCity of GoldenDon & Mary Ann GrantDr. Phillip GrayJames GrishamAndy HamiltonHamilton-RykerHampton InnHarbin Heating & Air ConditioningBob HodgeIndustrial Electronics RepairInternational ConverterIuka Animal ClinicCity of IukaIuka Discount DrugsIuka Family Dental
Tishomingo County Update
A TOP TEN
COUNTY
WOOD INDUSTRIES WINS “CHOICE” AWARD. Wood Industries has won the prestigious 2016 National Hard-ware Show Hardware Retailing’s “Choice” award for outstanding and innovative products for its Eagle Silent Series Compressor line for professional contractors. The panel that awarded the Choice award reported that the Wood Industries product “is unique and has the potential to be a home improvement industry best seller!”
More information on the compressor can be found at www.eaglecompressor.com. A photo is below.
In May 2016 Wood Industries also received the Presi-dential Award for Exports from Secretary of Com-merce Penny Pritzker at a ceremony in Washington, D. C. The award is the highest recognition any company can receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of USA exports.
Wood Industries corporate headquarters, manufactur-ing facility, and retail/wholesale center are in Belmont-Golden, Mississippi, USA.
Congratulations to CEO Jeff Wood and his team at Wood Industries.
TISHOMINGO COUNTYDEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Alvia Blakney, Past ChairmanJackie Bryant, First Vice Chairman
Mayor John Castleberry, IukaBob Carter
Greg Collier, PresidentBoard of Supervisors
Ken Cooley, Past ChairmanTommy Crane
Peyton CummingsDale Curtis, Secretary-Treasurer
Neil DavisTed Day
Eric DanielRalph Farr
Mayor Davy Ginn, GoldenHarold Gist
Beth HudsonSteve McAnally
Mike Montgomery, ChairmanMayor David Nixon, Burnsville
Charlotte OrickMayor Pam Oswalt, Paden
Terrell PearsonJimmy Ramsey, Chairman
Economic Development AuthorityJoel Robertson
Mayor James Tennyson, TishomingoButler Whitehead
Sidney Whitehurst, Vice ChairmanMayor Buddy Wiltshire, Belmont
TISHOMINGO COUNTYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Daryl ChambersCharles Emmons, Vice Chairman
Max Ray HutchesonMike Lee
Toney MobleyCharlotte Orick, Secretary-Treasurer
Jimmy Ramsey, ChairmanJimmie Seago
Butler WhiteheadTommy Williams
TISHOMINGO COUNTYTOURISM COUNCIL:
Ellen Ayers, Vice ChairBarbara Blakney
Mary Ann Grant, Chair Cindy Nelson
Leigh Ann RobertsonBuddy Wiltshire
Theresa Cutshall, Administrator
BMSI ANNOUNCES A PLANT LOCATION IN TISHOMINGO COUNTY. BMSI has announced the company will locate in Burnsville, Missis-sippi, USA, and create 100 jobs.
The company will manufacture precision metal fabricated parts for the US Department of Defense and commercial restaurant equip-ment. BMSI will also provide plant support to other industries in maintenance, welding and fabrication, and process piping.
The company will locate in the Yellow Creek Port Spec Building in Burnsville and expand the building.
BMSI will employ pipe fitters, pipe welders, millwrights, structural fabricators, and other technicians. Hiring may begin during the third quarter of 2016.
BMSI (Byrd Maintenance Services, Inc.) corporate headquarters are in Decatur, Alabama, USA.
Congratulations to Yellow Creek Port for landing this fine company and we thank BMSI for selecting Tishomingo County for their manu-facturing location.
VANLEIGH RV EXPANDS. In response to overwhelming market de-mand, Vanleigh RV has expanded into an 70,000 SF industrial build-ing in Burnsville to manufacture components for high quality fifth wheel campers. The company began production in mid-2015 and employs 130 in 122,000 SF of manufacturing space in Burnsville and at Tri-State Commerce Park.
We thank Vanleigh RV for selecting Tishomingo County for their lat-est expansion.
Tishomingo County Development Foun-dation, Tishomingo County’s public/pri-vate economic development team:
1,825 jobs & over $340 million in • private investment over the past 10 years.
4th highest increase in retail sales in • the state between 2008 and 2012.
Rated TOP TEN industrial sites in the • southern USA in 2012.
Rated TOP TEN rural sites in the • southern USA for reshored industry in 2013.
National Economic Development IN-• NOVATION AWARDS in 2012, 2013 & 2014.
Rated TOP TEN “Comeback Kids” in • the southern USA in 2015.
TCDF rated one of the best economic • development agencies in the south-ern USA in 2015.
We still have a lot of work to do, but just about everyone in Tishomingo County has family or friends working at one of the companies that have been recruit-ed to, or has expanded in, Tishomingo County. Most businesses have custom-ers that get their paychecks from these companies, or sell products or services to these companies. Everyone benefits directly or indirectly from economic de-velopment, including the school system that receives significant new tax revenue from economic development projects.
Be sure to thank TCDF Partners in Prog-ress and do business with those business-es that support economic development. A listing of these partners is on the front page of this update. You can learn more about these community minded busi-nesses at http://www.tishomingo.org/pdf_docs/Partners%20in%20Progress.pdf.
Also, remember to thank our TCDF, TCE-DA, and TCTC board member volunteers who serve without compensation of any kind.
TISHOMINGO COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security report for April 2016 reveals an unemployment rate of 4.5% for Tishomingo County. This is the second lowest unemployment rate for the county since such statis-tics have been tracked.
HAGO AUTOMOTIVE START OF OPERATIONS. Governor Bryant, Mississippi Development Authority Executive Director Glenn Mc-Cullough and other state and local officials joined hago Automotive owners and management in celebrating the start of manufacturing operations on June 16, 2016.
“Today is a great day for Northeast Mississippi and the state’s thriv-ing automotive industry as hago Automotive officially opens for business, generating so many new jobs for the area’s workforce,” Governor Bryant said. “The skilled workers and strong business cli-mate found in Tishomingo County and all throughout the state will help ensure hago’s long-term growth and success in Iuka for years to come.”
In Iuka, hago Automotive performs automated stamping with up to 400 tons of processing power, transfer stamping with up to 630 tons of pressing power, several laser-welding applications, parts washing and cleaning, parts processing and the production of assemblies. The facility also houses a tool-making department and a test labora-tory. The company is investing US$10 million and creating 80 jobs.
hago Automotive is a subsidiary of Germany-based hago Feinwerk-technik GmbH. Founded more than 40 years ago, it has grown from a regional tool shop to a specialized manufacturer and global sup-plier of sheet metal and stamped automotive parts.
TISHOMINGO COUNTY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONTISHOMINGO COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
TISHOMINGO COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL1001 Battleground Drive, Iuka, Mississippi 38852
800-386-4373 662-423-9933
www.tishomingo.org wwww.tishomingofunhere.org http://m.tishomingo.org
REPEAT BOUTIQUE & ART BY REGINA KENNEDY. A ribbon cutting was held on June 8 for Repeat Boutique and Art by Regina Kennedy.
Owner Regina Kennedy reported that “Repeat Bou-tique carries a tremendous line of consignment mer-chandise, everything from name brand like new men, women, and children’s clothing, medical scrubs, house-hold items, shoes, jewelry, handmade items, and lots of other items. We enable families to afford the best for very little money and we also help families in need.”
Regina Kennedy reported that she also “does water, acrylic, pastel, pencil, charcoal, and oil painting and pottery in her home. I paint portraits of people, land-scapes, buildings, and others. Paintings convey an im-age that photography cannot match.”
Repeat Boutique and Art by Regina Kennedy are locat-ed at 102 Main Street in Belmont. Repeat Boutique is open Monday thru Friday from 10 AM to 6 PM and Saturday from 8 AM to 5 PM. The phone number for Repeat Boutique is 662-454-9444.
The contact information for Art by Regina Kennedy is 662-871-0990 or [email protected].
EDDIE E. BOBO GUNSMITHING LLC EXPANDS PROD-UCT LINE. Eddie E. Bobo Gunsmithing LLC has many years of experience in selling, servicing, and repairing tactical firearms for the law enforcement communi-ty, as well as the general public. Bobo Gunsmithing is one of the few CLASS 3 dealers in the Mid-South. Eddie has expanded his product line to better serve law enforcement and the general public with highest quality firearms and accessories.
Eddie Bobo stocks SWAT team equipment, hand-cuffs, expandable batons, sound suppressors, police knives, hand guns, sniper rifles, full auto and tri-burst AR’s, police shotguns, and lots of other items. Eddie has both handgun and long gun firing ranges onsite for training.
Eddie can be contacted at 662-427-0374, cell phone 662-279-9415, or e-mail [email protected]. Visit by appointment only.
