Archive - Oct 30, 2012
Some of the West Point Green Wave players, cheerleaders, drum line and head coach Chris Chambless took time out of their morning to visit the ICS Head Start Center in West Point to promote Head Start and help the kids celebrate Spirit Day.
Seen here is Ed Brown, a Green Wave football player shaking hands with kids from the school.
Some big and powerful people filled the Civic Center on Tuesday night for the much-anticipated unveiling of the Prairie Belt PowerSite that economic developers hope one day will house a billion dollar industry and provide hundreds of jobs to people in this region.
Heidi Smith with the Tennessee Valley Authority, Steve Wallace with the Tombigbee River Valley Management Association and Jim Parker with the Mississippi Development Authority all spoke to the crowd that exceeded 300 people from the community and surrounding area.
It’s official.
The Prairie Belt PowerSite has made its world debut. Now the economic development team that made all of it possible will go to work trying to land an industrial project that will bring jobs to West Point.
A number of high-powered local and state officials were on hand to unveil the 1,100 acre powersite on Tuesday evening.
More than 300 people from the community and surrounding counties showed up to see the much-anticipated site as well.
