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Salute to IndustryMay 26, 2013

East meets West Point

Yokohama Rubber Co. brings jobs, hope to Clay County ...10


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4-County Electric Power Association..................................................................... 13AbilityWorks ..........................................................................................................2American Eurocopter ..............................................................................................3Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle ........................................................2Brunini Law Firm ..................................................................................................13Burns Dirt Construction ..........................................................................................6C & P Printing.......................................................................................................14

Cash & Carry Building Supply ..............................................................................14The Clinic at Elm Lake ..........................................................................................14Columbus-Lowndes Recreation Authority ............................................................. 15East Mississippi Community College .......................................................................9Ecolab ....................................................................................................................7Evans Plumbing & Air Conditioning ........................................................................7Industrial Fire Protection ......................................................................................... 6Galloway-Chandler-McKinney Insurance ..............................................................14Golden Triangle Regional Airport ............................................................................ 2Greater Starkville Development Partnership ............................................................5The Columbus Lowndes Development LINK ...........................................................5Magnolia Business Systems..................................................................................... 8Metso Paper ..........................................................................................................16

Mid-South Signs ................................................................................................... 15Mississippi Industrial Waste .................................................................................. 12Neel-Shaffer .........................................................................................................15Newell Paper Company .......................................................................................... 8Quality Inn ........................................................................................................... 12River Chase Inn ...................................................................................................... 4Southern Ionics .....................................................................................................15West Point Community Growth Alliance ..............................................................12Wheeler Roofng ..................................................................................................12

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1782 Airport Rd. Columbus, MS 662.327.6226 www.eurocopterusa.com

We are proud Mississippians.

Dwight RobinsonHometown: Starkville, MSAircraft Technician, LUH5 years at AE

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Quality Documentation Analyst3 years at AE

Lance LehrHometown: Columbus, MSLead Aircraft Technician, New Helicopter Completions7 years at AE

We work for the leading helicopter manufacturer in the country American Eurocopter. Our company has the largest share of the commercial market,and is the sole provider of the U.S. Armys UH-72A Lakota aircraft.

Right here in Mississippi we build the Lakota as well as the AS350 used by law enforcement, medical emergency services and private industry.

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Photos Micah Green | Dispatch Staff

East Mississippi Community Colleges24th Annual

Industry Appreciation LuncheonAward Winners

Special Recognition Award: Tri-County Regional Development Steering Committee (left to right) Marvel Howard, EMCC president Rick Young, Jack Wallace, JimMcAlexander, West Point mayor Robbie Robinson, Jackie Edwards, Gordon Flowers, Starkville mayor Parker Wiseman and EMCC Workforce Services Director Raj Shaunak


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a huge THANK YOUto our industrial

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Oktibbeha and Clay

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EMCC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, naonal origin, sex, disability or age in its programs and acvies.

Contact Dr. Jackie Stennis with inquiries regarding this policy, (662)476-5000 or [email protected]

Summer classes begin May 29. Fall classes begin Aug. 20.

For information about Workforce classes, call (662) 243-2686.

GoldenTriangle campus: (662) 243-1900 Columbus Air Force Base: (662) 434-2660

Website address: eastms.edu

Summer classes begin May 28. Fall classes begin Aug. 19.For information about Workforce classes, call (662) 243-2686.

EMCC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities.Contact Dr. Andrea Scott Mayfield with inquiries regarding this policy, 662-476-5000 or [email protected].



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After the ink was dry on the contract,

officials from Mississippi and

Yokohama Rubber Company

signed April 29, Golden Triangle Regional

Development LINK CEO Joe Max Higgins

wasted no time letting a packed house at the

Ritz Theater and Conference Center know

what needed to happen during construction

of the tire manufacturers newest plant.

Our job is just starting. Weve given

(Yokohama) our word, our bond, and weve

shaken their hand. Weve told them were

going to make sure theyre successful in West

Point and Clay County, Mississippi, Higgins

said. For city and county leaders, weve got

roads to build, sewers to install, a whole host

of infrastructure. (Tennessee Valley Authority)

and 4-County (Electric Power Association),

get the trucks ready. Its time to start.

Since then, Higgins said great strides

have been made. The process of selecting a

contractor to build the plant is expected to

be complete at the end of this month. The

states portion of the bond is expected to

close around July 15, with West Point and

Clay Countys portion expected to close

about a month later, Higgins said.

Another major component of the process

of bringing the global tire manufacturing

plant to West Point: the design of what will

be Yokohama Boulevard and how it will

connect U.S. Hwy. 45 to the plant itself.

Higgins said recently that the engineer in

charge of that portion of the project and the

Mississippi Department of Transportation

were in agreement on that design.

That drives everything because once you

know all the points where the road enters

the highway and goes onto the site, all

youre doing is connecting dots, Higgins

said.

He said much more work is in progress

behind the scenes, including the location of

a water tank and sewer collection lines.

Were still thinking September for the start

of construction of the plant (and) were

looking at 18 months to build it, maybe a

little longer, he said. (Yokohama officials

indicated) they want to be in test mode

by the third quarter of 2014 or the start of

the fourth quarter. A lot of work is going to

happen real quick.

EAST MEETS WEST POINTYokohama tire plant a boon for the Golden Triangle

By NATHAN GREGORY | [email protected]

Governor Phil Bryant, Hikomitsu Noji, president of Yokohama Rubber Company, and others ride through the empty eld in Clay County that will soon be home to a branch of the Yokohama tire plant. Photo Micah Green

ON THE COVER: Governor Phil Bryant shakes hands with

Yokohama Rubber Company President Hikomitsu Noji

after signing the paper work nalizing a deal that will see

Yokohama Tire Company open a plant in Clay County.



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WELCOME TO CLAY COUNTY

For the April 29 announcement, a host of

local and state officials rallied the audience

in celebration of what Mayor Scott Ross

called a red letter day in the history of West

Point, perhaps unequaled in our history.

The Mississippi House and Senate

approved a $130 million incentive package

April 26 during a special session that drewthe global tire manufacturer to the Magnolia

State. Once the first portion of the plant is

built in 2015 at the Prairie Belt Powersite,

the company plans to create at least 500 jobs

for bus and truck tire manufacturing. In all,

the four-phase project is expected to have

created at least 2,000 jobs once construction

on the entire plant is complete in 2023.

Mississippi leaders who appeared at

the April 29 ceremony included Gov.Phil Bryant, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, U.S.

Reps. Alan Nunnelee and Gregg Harper,

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and House Speaker

Phillip Gunn. Also present were Yokohama

President Hikomitsu Noji, CEO Yashushi

Tanaka and Director of Product Planning

Andrew Briggs among several other

company representatives.

Noji said the occasion was historic for

Yokohama.As the U.S. economy continues to

recover, the commercial tire industry is

forecasted to be on the upswing. We cannot

be any prouder to have chosen the great

state of Mississippi to join us, Noji said.

Today affirms our commitment to the North

American market and to our customers that

have given us their confidence over the

decades. We are very excited at the prospect

at having an even stronger relationship and

even deeper community involvement, which

can only result in the highest degree of

success.

I ALWAYS KNEW WE COULD DO THIS

Bryant noted Yokohamas history and

reputation while commending the work of

the Mississippi Development Authority, the

LINK, state legislators and congressmen

among other entities for their collaboration

to lure the manufacturer to Mississippi.

I always knew we could do this. There

were some challenging times because

there was a lot of tough competition out

there. There were many states that fought

hard for this and wanted this great factory,

Bryant said. This is a wonderful worldwide

company thats 90 years old (with) 17,000

employees, (and makes) about $4.5 billion

a year. Even at that, this commitment was

(a) tremendous challenge for Yokohama, so

it was up to us to give them the opportunity,

the information, the resources they neededto be able to make this tough and difficult

decision for their company. Theres one

thing I promised (Yokohama representatives):

Mississippi will not let you down.

A SILVER LINING

Alongside Higgins representing the LINK

at the event was board chairman Gordon

Flowers, a West Point native and Columbus

attorney. Flowers gave a nod to his ClayCounty roots and said the areas resiliency

was demonstrated after the closure of the

Sara Lee and Bryan Foods plants and was a

tribute to its people.

Two thousand jobs were lost in a very

short period of time. It was a dark economic

cloud, like a pall over this area in Clay

County, Flowers said. What I think weve

received here with Yokohama is the silver

lining of that dark cloud. This wonderful

company has made its commitment to this

area, and were so thankful that they are

here.

Ross echoed Flowers, adding the

agreement the city and county signed with

the LINK last year was the driving force

behind this development. Shortly after the

Bryan plant closed, Ross said, a community

meeting was held for residents to come

together and collectively grieve over the

loss of the industries and determine what to

do next.That day, we brought together all of

our regional partners: Mississippi State

University, East Mississippi Community

College, 4-County. All the folks we knew

could make a difference came together that

day. Our community did not put its head

down. We took a gut punch, but we fought

back, Ross said.

BENEFITS FOR COLUMBUS, STARKVILLEEconomic developers in Oktibbeha

and Lowndes counties say Starkvilles

and Columbus high quality of life should

position those towns to compete for the

expected influx of people moving to the area

for employment.

Local economic developers say the

LINKs success will not only help improve

unemployment numbers in the area but

also attract more workers to the area. Those

workers have to live somewhere, and

officials believe all three Golden Triangle

cities stand to gain due to the high quality of

life they each offer.

Out of all the employees at the Golden

Triangle Industrial Park in Lowndes County,

50 percent lived in that county while 25

percent lived in Oktibbeha County, a 2012

LINK study states. The remaining percentage

was divided up between Clay County (11

percent) and outside of the Golden Triangle.

Obviously this is a huge win for WestPoint, but its also a huge opportunity for

Starkville to really showcase the quality

of life that we have to offer here, as well

as the quality of our public school system,

the restaurant and entertainment amenities

we have and the fact were only one of

two (Southeastern Conference) towns in

the state, Greater Starkville Development

Partnership CEO Jennifer Gregory said.

An increase of residents will boost advalorem sales tax returns, the primary way

each city collects money for services.

Not only will there be a competition for

residents, but area businesses will also be

vying for service contracts associated with

the plants construction.

The plant is expected to provide relief to

the areas unemployment numbers. Lowndes

and Clay counties remain above the state

(8.7 percent) and national (7.6 percent)unemployment rates.

Clay Countys 18.2 percent

unemployment rate for March represents

the highest figure out of Mississippis 82

counties, while Oktibbehas number is the

lowest reported in the tri-county area.

NEWFOUND FRIENDS

Clay County supervisor Shelton Deanes

noted the April 29 ceremony as the first

shovel in the dirt.

To our new partners and friends: We

thank you all for looking our way, Deanes

said. This was a very important move, not

just to Clay County, but this was important

to the whole state of Mississippi being able

to stand together as one and make a vote

for something that is going to help not just

this region, but all the regions that are close

around.

Starkville bureau reporter Carl Smith

contributed to this report.

Students from Church Hill Elementary School exit The Ritz in West Point during Yokohama ofcials visit.

Photo Micah Green



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