2019 Partners in ProgressA & B DistributingAbles Real EstateB & G Equipment of IukaBANCORPSOUTHCity of BelmontBelmont Parts SupplyBelmont PharmacyRobert BelueBestway, Inc.James BethayAlvia & Barbara BlakneyBMSI, Inc.Eddie Bobo GunsmithingBOW-T’s CateringBrooks GroceryJackie & Burnette BryantCity of BurnsvilleBurnsville TireRobert Carnathan HVACKenny CarsonCDI Machining & FabricatingClark Law FirmCommunity Spirit BankCook Coggin EngineersKen & Sheila CooleyCooper Marine & TimberlandsCorinth Coca Cola BottlingCornelison Law OfficeCornerstone Insurance & FinancialCountry Squire RestaurantPeyton CummingsD. L. Cutshall & Sons LoggingCutshall Funeral HomeNeil DavisDead Serious SecurityLeroy DeanDeaton Funeral HomeDennis Country StoreEagle Radio GroupFairless HardwareRalph & Dorothy FarrFellowship Christian RetreatFidelity National LoansFirst American Insurance ServicesFirst American National BankFirst Franklin Financial CorpPaul Fisher Oil CompanyFite Building CompanyG & G Steel Mississippi WorksGatlin’s PharmacyHarold GistGoat Island Campground, Inc.City of GoldenDr. Phillip GrayJames T. GrishamRobert GrishamHAGO AutomotiveHamilton-Ryker GroupHampton Inn of CorinthHarbin Heating & Air ConditioningHigh Maintenance Salon of IukaHighpoint Timber ManagementBoyce Hollingsworth State FarmHometown Pizza BelmontIndustrial Electronics RepairInternational Converter/NOVOLEXIntuition NutritionCity of IukaIuka Discount DrugsIuka HardwareJACOMA ConstructionJekyll & Hyde Market, Bar & GrillJeremy JohnsonJohn’s Garage/J&S Auto SalesJourdan Lumber CompanyLisa A. Koon, AttorneyMalcolm KuykendallDr. Ben Kitchens

Tishomingo County Update 2019 Partners in ProgressKX Technologies LLCLittrell Lumber MillHarold Lomenick State FarmGrace Long Real EstateMax Home LLCJena McNattMike & Dennie McReeMill Creek Marina & ResortMilligan Ready Mix, Inc.Mississippi Medical AssociatesToney MobleyMississippi SiliconMike MontgomeryMoore Automotive SupplyMike Nelson ContractorsNix Flying ServiceNorth MS Medical Center--IukaNorth MS Primary Health CareScott NunleyNunley Trucking CompanyJames D. NunnallyMiles D. NunnallyO’Claire’s BoutiqueOffice ProOld Country Store & DeliOn Point Dance StudioCharlotte OrickCity of PadenParson’s Earth WorksPeden’s Prop ShopDr. Jim Perkins, Iuka Animal ClinicPetals & PearlsPickwick Cabin RentalsPickwick Premier PropertiesPiggly Wiggly BelmontPiggly Wiggly IukaPlant Process SupportPray PotteryBilly RaineyRedmont Heating & CoolingRenasant BankRushing Drugs/Ben BurnsJimmie SeagoMartha SegarsScott SegarsTyler SegarsSids Trading CompanySilver Dollar SalesSkyline SteelSouthern Forestry, Inc.Sparks CPA Firm, PCThe Family Resource CenterTempur Sealy/Comfort RevolutionTennessee Valley AuthorityTIMCO, Inc.City of TishomingoTishomingo County Board of SupervisorsTishomingo County Electric Power AssociationTishomingo Health Services-- Iuka HospitalTOLTEC CompanyTri-State Educational FoundationTri-State RecyclingTruck Bodies & Equipment Int.Union Harbor Marina & ResortUniversal Faith Missions & Southwind A&DViva la Casita Mexican RestaurantMack & Jeanette WadkinsBeth Booker WhiteWhitaker’s Cleaning ServiceWiley Discount Tobacco & Beverages, Inc.Quaye YarberDan & Betty Young

COMMERCIAL LAND. Yellow Creek Port Authority is offering frontage on U. S. Highway 72 in Burnsville to truck stops and/or hotel developers. The site is for lease or sale. The price is determined by the apprais-al at the time of lease or sale.

The site is located in a Federal Opportunity Zone and New Markets Tax Credit Area. The site consists of a minimum 7.5 acres with additional acreage available if justified. Traffic count is 12,000 vehicles per day of which approximately 40% are heavy trucks.

For more information, contact Robert Dexter, Execu-tive Director, Yellow Creek Port Authority, 43 CR 370, Iuka, Mississippi 38852 USA, 662-423-6088, e-mail robert@yellowcreekport.com.

JOB LISTINGS. Many of the industries, construc-tion contractors, and other businesses in Tishom-ingo County are seeking skilled and/or trainable workers. Some of these jobs are listed on the Mississippi Department of Employment Security web site.

Go to http://mdes.ms.gov/, click on “I need a job and Find a job now” and then type in your zip code or city.

The INDEED web site also lists local job openings at www.indeed.com.

2019 TISHOMINGO COUNTYDEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:Alvia BlakneyJackie Bryant

Ferrin Rainey Burress,Secretary-TreasurerMayor John Castleberry, Iuka

Greg Collier, President,Board of Supervisors

Ken CooleyPeyton Cummings

Dale CurtisNeil Davis

Eric Daniel, Vice ChairRalph Farr

Mayor Davy Ginn, GoldenHarold Gist

Robert GrishamDon Hall, First Vice Chair

Beth HudsonMalcolm Kuykendall

Steve McAnallyJena McNatt

Mike MontgomeryMayor David Nixon, Burnsville

Mayor Pam Oswalt, PadenJimmy Ramsey, Chair,

Economic Development AuthorityMayor James Tennyson, Tishomingo

Fred TruesdaleButler Whitehead, Chair

Sidney Whitehurst, Past ChairMayor Buddy Wiltshire, Belmont

Royal Witcher

2019 TISHOMINGO COUNTYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS:Charles Emmons, Vice Chair

Harold GistGlen Harrison

Malcolm KuykendallToney Mobley

Charlotte Orick, Secretary-TreasurerJimmy Ramsey, Chair

Jimmie SeagoButler WhiteheadTommy Williams

2019 TISHOMINGO COUNTYTOURISM COUNCIL:

Ellen Ayers, Vice ChairBarbara Blakney, Secretary-Treasurer

Natalie CokerMary Ann Grant, Chair

Sandra Medlin Leigh Ann Robertson

Buddy WiltshireTheresa Cutshall, AdministratorJim Gibson, Part-time Assistant

TRAXYS. A ribbon cutting was held for TRAXYS, Tishomingo County’s newest industry. Located north of Mississippi Silicon in Burnsville, the new industry will manufacture mineral additives for the steel and aluminum industries.

Starting as Project Float in 2016, TRAXYS is leasing a 100,000 SF industrial building from Yellow Creek Port Authority and will be using the barge facility on the Tenn-Tom Waterway at Burnsville as well as the new rail spur, both of which are owned by Yellow Creek Port Authority.

TRAXYS is headquartered in Luxembourg with over 20 facilities worldwide. The company’s focus is primarily on the marketing and sourcing of base met-als and concentrates, minor and alloying metals, industrial minerals and chemicals, and materials for steel mills and foundries.

HAGO AUTOMOTIVE. A ribbon cutting was held for the expansion of hago Automotive. The 50,000 SF addition is being leased from Tishomingo Coun-ty.

The company located in Tishomingo County in 2015 and is the first HAGO manufacturing facility outside of Germany. hago Automotive specializes in progressive and transfer stamping and secondary assembly processes in-cluding laser welding, robotic welding, high discharge welding, and fully au-tomated assembly for the automotive industry. The hago facility in Iuka is a subsidiary of Feinwerktechnik hago GmbH located in Kussaberg, Germany.

HAGO Automotive began an apprenticeship program in 2018. Joshua John-son, Tristan Daniel, and Dakota Tucker, all graduates of Tishomingo County schools, are the first apprentices. Each apprentice receives paid on-the-job training plus participate in fully paid course study at Northeast Mississippi Community College. Three additional students will be accepted each year beginning in January 2020.

For more information, visit the web site at www.hagoautomotive.com or e-mail information@hagoautomotive.com.

Tishomingo County Development Foun-dation, Tishomingo County’s public/pri-vate economic development team:

2,300 jobs & over $380 million in • private investment over the past 10 years.

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, and 2018.

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.

Tishomingo County rated among the • top three counties in the USA in cost efficient government in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.

In 2017 Tishomingo County rated 1st • in the south for new manufacturing jobs per capita over the last decade.

We still have a lot of work to do, but just about every citizen has family or friends working at one of the companies that have been recruited to, or has expanded in, Tishomingo County. Most businesses have customers that get their paychecks from these companies, or sell products or services to these companies.

Everyone benefits from economic de-velopment, especially the school system that receives significant tax revenue from economic development projects.

Be sure to thank our TCDF Partners in Progress and do business with those businesses that support economic de-velopment. A listing of these partners is on the front page of this update. You can learn more about these commu-nity minded businesses at http://www.tishomingo.org/pdf_docs/Partners%20in%20Progress.pdf.

Remember to thank our TCDF, TCEDA, and TCTC board member volunteers who serve the community without compen-sation.

INTUITION NUTRITION. A ribbon cutting was held for Intuition Nutri-tion. Owner Andrea Jones reported that “we offer the best and most healthful frozen fruit drinks, loaded teas, shakes, and kids cups. Our drinks are low calorie and guaranteed to give you that burst of energy without all the calories.”

Intuition Nutrition is located at 100 West Eastport Street (the former Corner Barbershop) in beautiful downtown Iuka. The business is open from 7 AM to 2 PM Monday thru Friday and 9 AM to 2 PM Saturday. The contact number is 662-660-4641. Find us on Facebook.

O’CLAIRE’S BOUTIQUE & GIFT SHOP. A ribbon cutting was held for O’Claire’s Boutique and Gift Shop. Owner LeAnne Anglin reported that “O’Claire’s is named in honor of my grandparents, Olen Plymel and Claire Plymel, who had three businesses in Eufaula, Alabama, for over 30 years. Owning my own business has been a life-long dream and my friends and neighbors have long urged me to open a boutique in Iuka. We carry a large variety of small to 6X women’s clothing. We cater to hard to fit sizes. We also carry a line of jewelry, shoes from sizes 6 to 10, Bibles and devotional books, and all kinds of cosmetics such as Tarte, Urban Decay, Benefit Cosmetics, Kylie, iT Cosmetics, and more.”

O’Claire’s Boutique and Gift Shop is located at 109 South Fulton Street in beautiful downtown Iuka. The business is open from 10 AM to 6 PM Monday thru Friday and 9 AM to 3 PM Saturday. The contact number is 662-415-3416 and e-mail oclairesboutique@gmail.com. You can also order online at www.facebook.com/oclairesboutique.

FAMILIES FIRST RESOURCE CENTER. The free services of Families First for Mississippi are available to residents of Tishomingo County.

These services and programs in-clude:

Promotion of literacy; •

Accredited high school; •

Parenting skills; •

Positive Youth Development • Classes;

Child in the Middle Program; •

Addiction assessments and edu-• cation;

Job readiness; •

Improving job skills; and•

Finding jobs or better jobs.•

Families First fills gaps left by other social programs.

Tishomingo County has a local re-source office located at 236 Kaki Street in Iuka. Services are free and confidential.

Refer potential clients to Tonya McAnally or Pam Morris at 662-423-3836 or e-mail tcmcanally@frcnms.org/pmorris@frcnms.org.

Visit the web site at www.families-firstforms.org.

MDRS REHABILITATION SERVIC-ES. Tishomingo County has one of the highest rates of disability in the state.

Thousands of Mississippians with disabilities are employed each year through the Mississip-pi Department of Rehabilitation Services.

No-cost services to individuals include helping discover what jobs you like; determining what type of work you are good at do-ing; obtaining the training you need; offering specialized help that you may need to do your job; and assisting with college expenses.

MDRS works with businesses to promote diversity in the work-place; provide a job ready work-force; and to provide no-cost re-sources and training.

No-cost services to businesses include referral of job ready can-didates; job coaching; follow-up support; Work Opportunity Tax Credit; on-the-job training; and job site accommodations and building accessibility evalua-tions.

For more information, visit www.mdrs.ms.gov or contact Heather Collums at 662-844-9634 or hcol-lums@mdrs.ms.gov.

THE SECRET TO A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNI-TY. Although many believe recruitment of manufacturing plants is the best way to cre-ate new jobs, home-owned small businesses are the real secret to a successful economy. 99.7% of all businesses in the USA are small businesses--that is 288 million businesses.

AERIAL ADVERTISEMENT. A ribbon cutting was held for Aerial Advertisement. Owner Coby Tapp reported “I am one of the few li-censed drone photography operators in the state. Residential, commercial, and indus-trial real estate buyers nowadays demand to see aerial photography of property before deciding to visit in person. Nothing shows the building, grounds, and surrounding prop-erties better than a low to middle altitude aerial photo or video.”

Aerial Photography is located at 412 Battle-ground Drive in Iuka. The telephone number is 662-424-2267 and the e-mail address is co-bytapp1@gmail.com.