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Job One for New Office: Build Mississippi’s Workforce

“For the first time in state history, this is a coordinated approach to workforce development like we have never seen before.” To read the entire article in Site Selection Magazine, click this LINK. 

Gov. Reeves shifting state economic focus to workforce development, helping businesses

Reeves said he's focused on creating more jobs and bringing more economic development and growth to the state. The state will rebrand the Mississippi Office of Workforce Development into Accelerate Mississippi and focus on improving its development policies to retain graduates and bring more people to Mississippi, he said. "I ...

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18 hours ago

This 💕Day and always, we are grateful for our economic development partners who bring exciting wins to our great state, like our friends in Madison Co. 💑 Last week, Mississippi Economic Development Council (MEDC) showed some ❤️ to Madison Co. and the entire team that successfully brought "Project Atlas" to Mississippi! MEDC honored the Amazon Web Services project with its 2024 Deal of the Year Award in the Large Population (60K+) category! 🎖️🌹💐 This record-shattering $10B project isn't just the largest single capital investment in Mississippi's history—it's also bringing 1K jobs to Central Mississippi! Talk about a match made in economic heaven! 💘

This "love story" doesn’t end there—by positioning the state as a hub for AI and machine learning, other high-tech companies are now catching feelings 🤗 for Mississippi and following AWS’s lead to "break new ground" here! 🖥️💌

Congratulations to our friends at Madison County Economic Development Authority, Entergy Mississippi and Accelerate MS! This win was truly made for you! 💖👏
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Your journey continues—find your career path today. #mspathfinder #CareerReadyDon't settle for second place. Find your path and get ahead in life with a great career! Visit mspathfinder.org to learn more.
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18 hours ago

This 💕Day and always, we are grateful for our economic development partners who bring exciting wins to our great state, like our friends in Madison Co. 💑 Last week, Mississippi Economic Development Council (MEDC) showed some ❤️ to Madison Co. and the entire team that successfully brought "Project Atlas" to Mississippi! MEDC honored the Amazon Web Services project with its 2024 Deal of the Year Award in the Large Population (60K+) category! 🎖️🌹💐 This record-shattering $10B project isn't just the largest single capital investment in Mississippi's history—it's also bringing 1K jobs to Central Mississippi! Talk about a match made in economic heaven! 💘

This "love story" doesn’t end there—by positioning the state as a hub for AI and machine learning, other high-tech companies are now catching feelings 🤗 for Mississippi and following AWS’s lead to "break new ground" here! 🖥️💌

Congratulations to our friends at Madison County Economic Development Authority, Entergy Mississippi and Accelerate MS! This win was truly made for you! 💖👏
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Your journey continues—find your career path today. #mspathfinder #CareerReadyDon't settle for second place. Find your path and get ahead in life with a great career! Visit mspathfinder.org to learn more.
Accelerate MS
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Your journey continues—find your career path today. #MSPathfinder #CareerReady
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