Economic Competitiveness

Resource Management

Technology Commercialization

Educational Achievement

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Promoting a Positive Business Climate in Mississippi

High Priority Goals

Economic Oriented

Establish and sustain an economic development vision and strategic plan for Mississippi

Strengthen Mississippi’s business image

Enhance competitiveness of legal environment

Diversify and improve Mississippi’s economic base

Increase support for existing firms

Strengthen physical infrastructure

Help attract tourism opportunities and expand film-making in Mississippi

Increase participation in adult lifelong learning, worker training and professional development activities

Education Oriented (P12)

Better prepare children for school

Maximize the number of people graduating from high school

Train, mentor and retain better teachers

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Gaining Momentum

A Partnership
To Benefit
Mississippi

Momentum Mississippi is a public-private partnership formed in 2004 by Governor Haley Barbour to address the state’s long term economic strategy.

By activating and strengthening the Statewide Economic Development Planning Act of 1987, the privately-funded Momentum Mississippi has worked to improve many aspect of Mississippi's economic competiveness by builidng on what is set forth in Mississippi Code that suggests:

“…the economic development of the state should be strategically, comprehensively and exhaustively planned…[and] the state should foster open communication between government and the private sectors of our economy and that the state should provide a policy, a vision and a framework to encourage an environment conducive to entrepreneurship and rapid development in the State of Mississippi.”