By John Howell, The Panolian Describing the Panola Partnership’s role in Panola County and its in-house partnership with the Batesville Main Street Program is a complex proposal, but, in the next few weeks we will focus on its efforts to continue to improve the business climate and quality of … [Read more...]
TVEPA Scholarship Endowment to NWCC
Sybil Canon, associate vice president of Development and Special Projects at Northwest Mississippi Community College, recently presented a report to the Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association on the their endowment with the Northwest Foundation. Canon praised the association for its … [Read more...]
CTE opens doors after high school and into college
As Career and Technical Education Month has rolled along day by day during February, students in classrooms at South Panola and North Panola CTE facilities have worked on autos, cared for children, built interior and exterior structures, prepared meals — it’s a long list. Outside classrooms, CTE … [Read more...]
Young Professionals ready to assist in community projects
Young Professionals of Panola (YPP) met with city and county officials Tuesday morning, identifying areas of mutual interest and concern. “We’re constantly trying to figure out our place in the community,” YPP President Stephen Whatley said, speaking to an audience that included county … [Read more...]
Renasant Bank earns A+ health rating from DepositAccounts.com
Each fiscal quarter, DepositAccounts.com evaluates the financial health of every federally insured bank in the United States – more than 6,200 total. Each institution is graded on a number of factors, including capitalization, deposit growth, and loan to reserve ratios, in order to determine a … [Read more...]
SBA Disaster Loan Program available
The SBA and FEMA have a Disaster Recovery Center open at the Fire station on Main St. in Marks. If you or your business suffered any damage or loss of revenue during the December 23, 2015 tornado that hit Panola County, you can view this Fact Sheet for information. You can also call FEMA at … [Read more...]
Saving local railway was ‘the right thing to do’
By John Howell Originally published in The Panolian on November 24, 2015 A notice of rail abandonment filed in 2011 by Grenada Railway, LLC with the U. S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) pushed to fruition the creation of the North Central Mississippi Rail Road Authority … [Read more...]
GLENN McCULLOUGH — Teamwork: A winning strategy
Economic opportunity can change lives. Promoting Mississippi’s advantages to attract new career opportunities while supporting the expansion of our existing businesses is our primary mission at the Mississippi Development Authority. Three key principles guide us and help ensure Mississippi will … [Read more...]
All aboard…the Polar Express is coming to Batesville this holiday season.
All aboard…the Polar Express is coming to Batesville this holiday season. More details to come soon. Keep a watch on our Batesville Main Street and Panola Partnership Facebook pages and websites. Tickets are not on sale yet but we will let you know as soon as we receive that information. … [Read more...]
The Purchase of the Grenada Railway is the Result of Unprecedented Regional Cooperation in North Central Mississippi to Ensure Future Economic Viability.
This week the North Central Mississippi Regional Railroad Authority (the NCMRRA) completed the acquisition of the Grenada Railway line extending from Southaven, MS to near Canton, MS. Simultaneously with the acquisition of the line, the authority signed a long term lease agreement with a subsidiary … [Read more...]
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