Columbus community since its opening in the early days
And there’s more work ahead for EMCC and for
of World War II, and today one of the nation’s top pilot
the Columbus labor force, as over $30 million in Park
training facilities. Some of the world’s best pilots graduate
and Airport infrastructure improvements pave the way,
from CAFB, while only twenty minutes away at Mississippi
literally, for a new phase of growth.
State University, the Raspet Flight Sciences Laboratory
Ready to roll. With a $17.5 million water and
and the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems both
sewer infrastructure investment—along with a $13
offer globally renowned research capabilities as well as
million expansion of the GTRA, already the state’s
engineering talent that is second to none. Right here in
third largest airport—the Park is poised for new
Columbus, at Mississippi University for Women (co-ed
activity. It’s a good position for the Park, just as the
since 1982), the formation of the School of Professional
Park offers a good position for industry, Higgins points
Studies has added another significant resource with its
out, offering inter modal convenience and speed, with
new Masters of Global Commerce, an advanced degree
excellent air, rail, highway and port access on the
program that integrates cutting edge technology with
Tenn-Tom Waterway.
global economics and entrepreneurial savvy.
While the area has largely resisted the recessionary
“We’ve also been exceptionally pleased to have East
pressures affecting the nation, Higgins and his development
Mississippi Community College as a training partner,”
team know the stresses on today’s manufacturers. Their
Higgins notes. “We’ve got an available workforce of
advice: Think big, in size and assets.
nearly 100,000, and thanks to EMCC, our workforce training is superb.”
“With all the demands of the global economy,” Higgins says, “it would be unwise to settle for any less.”
Industrial Sites The Crossroads Megasite.........................1,800 acres Golden Triangle Industrial Park.................... 960 acres Riverside Industrial Park............................... 271 acres GTR Global Industrial Aerospace Park........................................2,500 acres
In only a few years Link has brought to the area more than $3.4 billion dollars in industrial and retail development that has created more than 4,000 jobs.
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