Link has much to celebrate at annual luncheon
In the last decade, industries have made roughly $4.6 billion worth of investments in the Golden Triangle area. With that has come about 5,400 jobs.
That’s what Joe Max Higgins, the CEO of the Golden Triangle Development Link, said to begin the Link’s annual year-end luncheon on Wednesday.
Industrial park strategies geared toward prospects
Developing industrial parks can cost a lot of money, and there are certainly never any guarantees of a return on the taxpayer’s investment. What are the pros and cons of deciding to invest in the infrastructure needed to attract industrial and business development?
There is a saying: “No site, no project.”
Officials not ready to reveal retailer names
Officials are still not ready to reveal the identities of both retailers who will occupy a new facility where the unoccupied portion of the University Mall building currently stands, but Dick’s Sporting Goods appears to be one of the new stores coming to town.
Supes approve funding for major retail development
Lowndes County supervisors agreed to their end of a tax increment financing project today that would bring two major retail chains to Columbus as early as next October.
LINK TIF request pushed to mid-October
A tax increment financing project request related to a retail development possibly coming to Columbus was pulled from today’s Lowndes County Board of Supervisors meeting agenda and will also be removed from Columbus councilmen’s Tuesday agenda.
LINK to seek tax incentive deal for retail development
Golden Triangle Development Link officials will be on the agenda for the next county and city board meetings seeking a tax increment financing agreement associated with a potential retail development in Columbus.
Religion vs. Retail: Sunday alcohol sales still debated
On any given Sunday, Starkville restaurant owners and managers say you can find large crowds gathered at local eateries.
Holiday sales expected to rise 4.1 percent
Americans are expected to spend more during what’s traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, but they’re not exactly ready to shop ’til they drop like they have been in the past two years.