February 7, 2019 Batesville, Mississippi – The Mississippi Economic Development Council (MEDC) announced that the SPARK Program/Industrial Manufacturing Education Program won the 2018 Community Economic Development Award (CEDA) on February 7, 2019. The CEDA program is a “Best Practices” … [Read more...]
Northwest Mississippi Community College campus in works for Batesville
Batesville and Panola County are poised to move near the front of the line of areas in the North Mississippi/West Tennessee region offering workforce training combined with traditional college opportunities if a campus of Northwest Mississippi Community College can be established here as local … [Read more...]
Joe Azar named Director of Economic Development for the Panola Partnership
BATESVILLE, MS (January 11, 2017) – On Monday, January 9, 2017, the executive board of the Panola Partnership unanimously voted to offer the Director of Economic Development position to current executive board member Joe Azar. Azar has served on the Panola Partnership executive board for the past … [Read more...]
Panola Partnership to Assist Local Company and Workers
Batesville, MS Panola Partnership, Inc. is in contact with local representatives at Batesville Casket Company and representatives from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security to discuss plans to assist local workers in returning to the workforce when the plant closes in March of 2017. … [Read more...]
Partnership joined efforts to secure Grenada Railway
In each of the last three Friday editions, The Panolian has featured the community services and benefits provided by the Panola Partnership and Batesville Main Street. The first installment on April 8, “Partnership’s multiple roles serve community,” explored the many services that Partnership … [Read more...]
Architect’s venture gets support from Panola Partnership
The attractive colors and the awnings on downtown buildings from the renovations that swept around the Square in anticipation of the arrival of the Polar Express Train Ride late last year had been incubating in the mind’s eye of the owner of ILLUS Visual and Design Arts since this business moved to … [Read more...]
Partnership resources help new business
When two friends who had known each other for years decided that they shared sufficiently strong interest in video to start a business, they found ready assistance from the Panola Partnership. Now in its fourth year, L3 Media has utilized Partnership resources to market itself, build … [Read more...]
Partnership’s multiple roles serve community
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...]