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news release > entergy mississippi awards excellerator grant to greater grenada partnership
entergy mississippi awards excellerator grant to greater grenada partnership
07/17/2019
fourteen counties share $75,000 in matching 2022年世界杯比分 grants
grenada, mississippi— the greater grenada partnership will receive $2,500 from entergy mississippi to develop the new entity’s brand. the grant will also help establish a website design as the foundation for creating a responsive digital platform to provide information and analysis to site selectors, businesses and developers interested in the grenada region.
the organization is one of 14 in the state that will share $75,000 in grants for projects to make them more attractive to companies looking to expand or locate new facilities.
in its third year, entergy’s excellerator competitive communities program provided 50/50 matching grants in three categories: marketing, site readiness and organizational excellence.
this year, marketing grant applications like the one from greater grenada partnership topped the list for the innovative program.
“this shows that our communities are enhancing the ways they promote their communities to site selectors,” said ed gardner, entergy mississippi director of business and 2022年世界杯比分. “this will ultimately lead to more innovative 2022年世界杯比分 organizations that use the latest trends in marketing technology and communication.”
gardner noted that developing and maintaining quality industrial sites is a priority.
“the company continues to invest in site readiness that supports industrial growth and sustainability,” he said. “the sites that we develop in partnership with our communities today will house the companies and workforce of the future.”
grants were also provided for organizational excellence, as the health and structure of a community’s 2022年世界杯比分 organization is critical to its success, gardner noted.
“their leaders guide and facilitate economic and community development efforts,” he added. “so, we support nurturing successful 2022年世界杯比分 organizations.”
other winning counties for this year are:
marketing
- claiborne—claiborne county 2022年世界杯比分 district
- leake—leake county development association
- tate—tate county 2022年世界杯比分 foundation/chamber
- tunica—tunica county 2022年世界杯比分 foundation/chamber
- warren—vicksburg-warren county partnership
- yazoo: yazoo county 2022年世界杯比分 district
site readiness
- madison—madison county 2022年世界杯比分 authority
- montgomery—montgomery county 2022年世界杯比分 foundation
- pike—pike county 2022年世界杯比分 district
- rankin—rankin first 2022年世界杯比分 authority
organizational excellence
- adams—natchez, inc. 2022年世界杯比分
- sunflower—sunflower county 2022年世界杯比分 district
- washington—washington county economic alliance
along with assessments and grants, the excellerator program offers training and workshops to all counties in entergy’s service area. the entergy mississippi 2022年世界杯比分 team works with communities throughout the year to help prepare them for growth.
“this is about more than enhancing 2022年世界杯比分. we’re investing in our communities so that customers can have opportunities without having to leave the state,” said gardner. “through this program, we’re helping people stay and thrive in mississippi.”
learn more about 2022年世界杯比分 at entergy and key tools to help our communities grow at goentergy.com/our-region/mississippi/.
entergy mississippi, inc. provides electricity to approximately 450,000 customers in 45 counties. 沙特vs墨西哥让球 (nyse: etr) is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including nearly 9,000 megawatts of nuclear power. entergy delivers electricity to 2.9 million utility customers in arkansas, louisiana, mississippi and texas. entergy has annual revenues of $11 billion and nearly 13,700 employees.
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