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BUSINESS JOURNAL

MAY 2015

Hobby turns into labor of love

BY DENNIS SEID BUSINESS JOURNAL

WEST POINT – Five years ago, Dallas O’Bryant started growing vegetables on a half an acre. A graduate of Mississippi State University with an agribusiness degree, O’Bryant now works 10 acres, growing a variety of vegetables including potatoes, leeks, onions, green beans, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, squash tomatillos and radishes.

Right now, he’s in the midst of strawberry harvesting, made abundant by plenty of rain this year.

On the other hand, the rain has put the rest of his planting behind.

“The weather has put us about six weeks behind the schedule where we’d like to be,” he said.

O’Bryant owns Double D Farms in Clay County, near West Point. The farm is named after him and his brother, Dakota. But it’s mainly Dallas and his father, Mark, who work the farm, as Dakota is a senior in high school.

Two years ago, Double D started a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.

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LOCATION: 6352 Lone Oak Road, West Point FACEBOOK Double D Farms PHONE: (662) 295-3128 For those unfamiliar with a CSA, here’s how it works: A farmer offers a limited number of shares to the public, with each share consisting of a box of vegetables and other products.

Each share owner receives a weekly box, bag or basket of seasonal produce throughout the season.

At Double D, the CSA share cost is $435 for the season – $35 a week for 12 weeks.

Each week’s share will consist of three to eight vegetables and fruit; homemade pasta; homemade breads and sweet breads; and canned goods like jams, jellies, pickles, salsa and sauerkraut.

Dallas does the marketing and delivery while his father concentrates on the field work.

Delivery is limited mainly to the Golden Triangle area.

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Strawberry eason will soon be coming to a close.

“I go to Starkville, Columbus, West Point, Aberdeen and everything in between,” Dallas said. “I don’t go south of Highway 82, however.”

Double D also will be at the Starkville Community Market each Saturday starting this month.

Building the farm has been a dream Dallas has long pursued, and he hopes to continue growing at its current pace.

The farm isn’t quite at the point where extra help can be brought on board, which means it’s Dallas and his dad doing all the work. And as anyone who’s ever tried to grow his or her own backyard garden, imagine scaling

it up to 10 football fields.

“It’s an expensive hobby,” Dallas said with a laugh.“It’s expensive to get in it and it’s expensive to stay in it.”

The O’Bryants don’t claim to have an organic farm; however, they do minimize spraying.

“We don’t like spraying, but because of our numbers, we have to at times,” he said. “It’s just my dad and I working the fields, and there’s only so much we can do by ourselves.”

Two years ago, before he graduated from MSU, he was profiled in a story by the university’s office of agriculture communications.

At the time, O’Bryant said, “When it comes to my

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Dallas O’Bryant started Double D Farms in 2010.

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Beaverdam Fresh Farms: ‘Healthy foods create healthy communities’

BY DENNIS SEID BUSINESS JOURNAL

CEDAR BLUFF – The poultry and egg industry in Mississippi is big business, generating $3.1 billion and tens of thousands of jobs.

But most of the business goes to big business – large commercial producers like Sanderson Farms, Tyson Foods, Koch Foods and Marshall Durbin.

The hog industry generates another $153 million in the state.

Again, most of the production comes from largescale operations.

Then there are smaller farms staking out their niche.

Take, for example, Beaverdam Fresh Farms in Clay County, where Dustin and Ali Pinion have been doing their part to change traditional livestock farming and to get consumers buying healthier fare.

The couple raise chickens and pigs at their farm near West Point, and they work with other small farmers in the region to create buying clubs.

“I grew up in the Delta, where my family raised tomatoes,” Dustin said.

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the pigs with the acorns and foliage.

“Healthy soils create healthy foods create healthy communities,” Dustin said.

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LOCATION: Cedar Bluff WEBSITE: www.beaverdam freshfarms.com FACEBOOK: Beaverdam Fresh Farms “But that’s not what I wanted to do.”

He did, however, have a deep interest in where food came from and how to better grow and deliver it, all while being a better steward of the land.

“Farming is an art ... it’s an expression of yourself,” he said.

To that end, the Pinions raise their chickens and pigs in a unique way.

The chickens live on a grass-fed beef farm, and they grow in moveable open-air pens. Cattle farmer Johnny Wray moves his cattle into a new pasture every day to provide the grazers with new grass while the chickens are moved into the most recently grazed cattle pasture.

“We’re in four different pastures,” Dustin said, describing the work much like being a soil farmer.

The chickens scratch

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Alvin Tate loads the feeder for the pigs at Beaverdam Fresh Farms in West Point. the cow patties left behind by the cattle, which allows the soil to metabolize the manure more quickly.

That in turn allows the grass to grow more quickly.

“It allows more successional species to grow,” he said, explaining the process in which an ecology undergoes an orderly and predictable change.

The chickens provide a

steady, reliable source of fertilizer for the fields, which grow more aggressively. That keeps a field from being overused.

Pinion said the chickens provide 2 tons of fertilizer per acre.

“We get the use of the land, and Mr. Wray gets free fertilizer,” he said.

The Pinions usually keeps 1,000 meat birds and 400600 egg layers on the farm.

On another plot of dense trees and brush, they rotate their pigs in a similar manner. The pigs rotate plots to help fertilize previously undesirable earth and cut down dense foliage. As the brush is trampled and digested by the pigs, the Pinions choose which trees they will keep and nurture.

Those trees are usually trees that will later nourish

Last year, the couple tussled with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

They had been selling chickens through buying clubs to customers across the region, but agency officials notified them of a regulation that kept them from selling their poultry in markets. The enforcement of that rule cut their sales in half.

Under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s federal poultry standards, farmers can raise and slaughter up to 1,000 birds on their land and sell them in their state without mandatory inspections as long as they follow the safety guidelines.

Similarly, farmers can raise and slaughter up to 20,000 birds on their land and sell them in their state without mandatory inspections if they have a state-certified on-site TURN TO FRESH PAGE 8

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MAY 2015

Rienzi farmer patents new feeding device

BY DENNIS SEID BUSINESS JOURNAL

BOONEVILLE – Gregory Chambers was driving a tractor when he was 7, and the farming bug never left him.

“It’s always been in my blood,” he said with a broad smile.

Now 44, Chambers has always looked to do t h i n g s smarter and better, and Chambers his invention could help not only himself, but also fellow farmers across THOMAS WELLS | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM the country.

Fimmy Russell of Booneville gets a close look at Gregory Chambers’ patented “FeedHis mobile feeding tank – ing Tank” that was unveiled last month. officially called the Chambers Feeding Tank – is used to collect, store and deliver livestock feed. Chambers received a coveted U.S. patent in December.

Chambers also is the first black Prentiss Countian in more than a century to receive a U.S. patent.

His prototype feeding tank was displayed last month at the Prentiss County Ag Center, where Chambers, his family and

friends and local officials were joined by Gov. Phil Bryant and state Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith.

Chambers’ prototype feeding tank is the first – but not the last – of its kind, and he hopes to begin manufacturing and selling them soon. He intends to take models to trade shows and other events to get it on the market as soon as possible.

The Chambers Feeding Tank has an internal system that prevents feed from caking or solidifying. It also keeps rodents and pests out.

The tank is mobile and can be moved virtually anywhere. The feeding tank can hold 21⁄2 to 3 tons of feed, and there are other versions available as well.

“I’ve got 22 different designs,” Chambers said. “It’s not just one product – it can turn into 22 different designs, and it all has to do with feed.”

The feeding tank can help all farms of all sizes, he added.

Chambers has a 160-acre farm in Rienzi, where he grows soybeans and corn.

He also has cattle and goats.

It was seven years ago

when he got the idea of the feeding tank.

“It was raining, sleeting and snowing and I was out getting feed,” he said. “I said there has to be a way to transport feed and keep it dry.”

The initial tank was made from scrap iron and metal around the farm, but Chambers said high-quality steel will be used for the tanks made for sale. No retail price has been set, as details about manufacturing and distribution still have to be worked out.

Bryant said the Mississippi invention should be built in Mississippi, and Chambers said he is mulling options on where to build it, including in Booneville.

Hyde-Smith said Chambers’ invention “has the potential to benefit all American farmers. ... it is amazing. The accomplishment for getting a patent speaks volumes. It’s not just an idea, it’s a proven idea and it’s a proven idea that there’s nothing else like it.”

Chambers said he’s ready to get production started.

“I’ve got quite a few famers ready for me to get it out,” Chambers said.

Street retires from MSU Extension Service MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

STARKVILLE – After decades of service to Mississippi State University, a longtime scientist and administrator is retiring.

Joe Street, associate director for agriculture and natural resources with the MSU Extension Service, retired April 30.

Street began his career at MSU in 1980 as a plant physiologist for the Mississippi Agricultural and

Forestry Experiment Station in Stoneville and spent 17 years in that position. An early proponent of growing rice in the Delta, Street played a key role in developing Mississippi’s rice industry. For six years, he held a joint appointment as an Experiment Station scientist and MSU Extension specialist for rice before moving into administrative roles.

Street was the interim head, then head, of the

North Mississippi Research and Extension Center in Verona from 2003 to 2005.

He served as head of the Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville from 2005 to 2008.

Street began work as an associate director in 2008, and served as the interim Extension director for six months in 2009. He focused on promoting and supporting the state’s agricultural producers and natural resources.

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Area farmers looking for some relief

here’s a lot of yellow growing in the soggy fields of Northeast Mississippi, but it’s not corn.

Fighting a wet spring, not many farmers have been able to plant their corn in this part of the state.

According to officials, nearly three-quarters of the state’s corn crop has been planted – but the window is closing fast on those who hope to put it in the ground. Many may have to go straight to soybeans.

Farms outside the Delta have been too wet to plant.

“Rainfall has definitely delayed corn planting this spring and been our major production limitation,” said Erick Larson, grain crops agronomist with the

Mississippi State University Extension Service. “We’ve got areas of the state where they were able to plant most of their intentions, and other areas where they haven’t even gotten their machines out

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of the shed yet.”

That would be the case in Northeast Mississippi, which hasn’t had enough dry days between all the wet ones to get in the fields.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported in mid-April

that about 71 percent of the state’s corn had been planted.

That compares to 63 percent planted at this time last year but below the five-year average of 82 percent.

Last month, area agronomy agent Chuck Stokes said Northeast Mississippi farmers were getting a little antsy.

“It’s been a lot like 2013 when we had a wet spring, when it was wet for most of March and well into April,” he said. “A lot of corn should have been planted by now, but there’s been very little of it.”

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“The problem is that if you’re planting everything so close together, you increase your risk,” Stokes said.

Earlier this spring, the USDA estimated Mississippi farmers would plant 570,000 acres of corn, up from 510,000 acres in 2014, but Larson said he does not expect planted acreage to reach that number.

Brian Williams, Extension agricultural economist, said large stockpiles of corn will likely keep prices low, a situation that will probably continue for a while.

“An average crop in terms of yield will ensure that the supplies are more than adequate,”

Williams said. “There are a few concerns about slow planting progress so far this spring, but given many producers’ ability to get the crop into the ground quickly once they can get into the field, that hasn’t impacted prices much.”

The 2015 soybean crop is expected to be the state’s largest since 1988, when growers planted 2.4 million acres.

Corn growers, at least in Northeast Mississippi, may have to take solace in that. In addition soybeans are more profitable than corn, especially with the latter selling for about $4 a bushel, down from $5.20 a bushel from a year ago. dennis.seid@journalinc.com

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Ag grads finding a bumper crop of job opportunities

BY TOM MEERSMAN TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

MINNEAPOLIS – Adam Donkers and many of his friends at the University of Minnesota don’t need to worry about jobs after graduating. They’re majoring in agricultural sciences or agricultural business, and large and small companies are eager to hire them.

“Pretty much every member (of my ag fraternity) has a full-time job when they’re graduating,” Donkers said.

“Every junior has an internship, most of the sophomores have internships and a good handful of freshmen have internships.”

Job posting boards, oncampus interviews and a special annual career fair for ag students show much the same trend, according to Sara Newberg, director of the university career center that assists ag majors.

Donkers, raised on a family farm in Minnesota, is a junior majoring in agricultural business. He’ll learn about agricultural lending this summer at CoBank, a co-op that specializes in farm credit. It will be Donkers’ third internship in three years, and he’s interested in grain merchandising as a career.

Purdue University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture studied the shortfall in agricultural jobs on a national basis, and estimated that from 2010 to 2015 there would be about 54,400 openings each year in agriculture and natural resource jobs, and about 29,300 graduates from specialized colleges and university departments to fill them.

One of the bigger gaps was in science and engineering, according to the Purdue report, with more than 14,000 jobs available to those with baccalaureate or higher degrees each year and only 6,200 specialized graduates.

The shortage is being filled by graduates recruited from“allied disciplines,” the study said – schools of engineering, health sciences and business.

Brian Buhr, dean of the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, said there’s clearly a need for more ag students in the pipeline, and he’s not surprised that companies are doubling down to find newly trained scientists.

“There’s a whole hightech side of ag that’s really booming,” he said. “It’s

everything from robotics and sensors in harvesting equipment or livestock production systems, or even managing soil and drainage issues, all the way over to the genetics and genomics side of the world.”

NOT YET A CRISIS

Adam Holton, CHS senior vice president of human resources, said the shortage of trained students is not a crisis, but that it has become more difficult to find and attract the best candidates in some areas.

“In our case, that runs the gamut on the pure engineering side with our energy business to our agriculture side to our processing and food ingredients,” he said. CHS is the nation’s largest farmerowned cooperative. “There is a challenge, and as we go into the future it will get harder.”

To recruit the best people for its needs, Holton said, CHS has heightened is efforts to go “upstream” and contact undergraduate and community college students early in their studies to inform them about agrelated fields and careers.

The company also maintains strong partnerships with colleges and universi-

ties, he said.

Don Wyse, a professor in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at Minnesota, has watched the number of students in agricultural sciences fluctuate over the past four decades, and has supervised graduate students who took their advanced degrees into plant breeding and genetics labs at Monsanto, Syngenta and other companies.

Those jobs were in demand during the past decade,Wyse said, and students lost interest in basic agronomy - the science of growing crops for produc-

tion - because there were fewer opportunities.

Now the pendulum is swinging back, said Wyse, because companies have determined that their future profits may depend less on new genetics, and more on improved crop systems that increase yields by using precision agriculture.

That might include people to analyze chlorophyll in plants to see how well they’re growing, Wyse said, or specialists to design precision planting equipment, or analysts to study soil chemistry and crop history to predict which varieties to

plant and how far apart to space them.

Holton, of CHS, agrees, and said basic agronomy knowledge coupled with the latest technical skills will be a winning combination for job seekers.

“The needs continue to grow to feed a hungry world with the same amount or less of acreage, and that’s all coming through technology: environmental sciences and agricultural sciences,” he said. “My guess is there are jobs that will exist in precision ag 10 years from now that we’re not even thinking about right now.”

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Double D FROM PAGE 2

“In the next five years, I’d like to be working on 20 acres of vegetables and five acres of fruit. ... but that’s a big (financial) investment and a time investment.”

That’s why having a successful start to the growing season is critically important.

The strawberry season lasts about eight weeks, and it provides a window of opportunity to get some needed cash flow.

“We started planting in October, got the first crop in April, and then we’ll grow

BUSINESS JOURNAL tomatoes on top of the strawberries after that’s over,” he said. “If we didn’t have the strawberries, we’d be sunk right now.”

As Double D Farms grows and gains more customers, Dallas is careful not to step onto anybody else’s territory. He said he admires and respects the work of Tupelo’s Native Son Farm, and also has friends in Oktibbeha County doing similar work.

In other words, everybody wants to grow more healthy foods for people, and there’s plenty of room for all.

“I’m not as far as I want to be, but I am where I expected to be,” Dallas said.

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processing facility.

The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce had an additional regulation requiring an inspector to be present during the slaughter of meat before it can be sold in a market (or anywhere that is not the farm the meat was raised and slaughtered on).

While that’s feasible for large commercial producers, that isn’t the case for small farmers like the

Pinions.

A petition was started to get an exception to the regulation, and more than 2,000 people signed it.

The petition asked the department to allow small farmers like Beaverdam to bring their products to the customer and to sell through buying clubs, farmers markets and retail stores.

A partial victory was achieved, allowing them to sell through buying clubs, but not at farmers markets at retail outlets.

The Pinions also needed a state-approved slaughtering facility on their farm, and through a

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Kickstarter campaign, the farm’s customers raised more than $35,000 to help with building it.

Dustin delivers his farm’s meat and eggs – as well as other products from buying club member farms – to Tupelo and other communities every two weeks.

Beaverdam Fresh Farms’ buying clubs are private, but they are free.

Members are required to enter an email address and to make two orders per year. Information is available on its website at www.beaverdamfreshfarms.

The buying clubs help

local farmers directly, Dustin said.

“About $100,000 went to area farmers and growers last year,” he said. “We want that number to grow as well.”

The website is being redesigned to allow members to buy online, rather than through emails. It will be more convenient for all, Dustin said.

“We’ve run out of room on the form for products,” he said. “We’ve had to take some items off to make room for new ones.

But that won’t be a problem when you’re able to order online.”

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ChamberConnection A publication of Journal Publishing and the CDF Chamber Division – May 2015

Raybern Foods begins hiring at Tupelo facility Officials from Raybern Foods, food manufacturer specializing in heat and serve sandwiches, announced the company is hiring at its Tupelo, Miss., plant.

“Today is an exciting day for Raybern Foods, as we begin building our team in Tupelo,” said Matt Amigh, Raybern Foods Chief Operating Officer.

“We are thrilled to join the fabric of the community and look forward to working with the people of Mississippi.”

Raybern Foods announced in January it would locate its manufacturing operations in the former Sara Lee building, creating app r ox i m a t e l y 200 jobs.

Raybern’s is coordinating Matt Amigh all hiring for Raybern Foods its hourly proChief Operation duction and skilled mainOfficer tenance posi-

‘We are thrilled to join the fabric of the community and look forward to working with the people of Mississippi.’

tions through the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) and the Workforce Investment Network (WIN) Job Centers.

Individuals interested in employment opportunities at Raybern Foods may apply online at www.mdes.ms.gov or by searching “Raybern” through the MDES job placement mobile

About Raybern Foods

Raybern’s is a 30-year-old family founded company that hand crafts millions of sandwiches every month. Available in deli and freezer sections at retailers nationwide, Raybern’s sandwiches include the #1 selling Philly Cheesesteak sandwich in the U.S. (Source: Nielsen 2014).

Raybern’s invented the frozen deli sandwich, using delicious, top quality meats, delicious sauces and hearty cheeses and a unique bread recipe that cooks up ‘bakery soft’ after just 90 seconds in the microwave. Learn more at www.Rayberns.com. app. The free, MSWorks app is available for download from Google Play or the Apple App Store.

Persons needing assistance with the application process or access to an Internet accessible computer may visit any WIN Job Center in Mississippi. For a complete list of the WIN Job Centers in the state, please visit http://mdes.ms.gov/win-jobcenters/.

TO APPLY FOR PRODUCTION AND SKILLED MAINTENANCE JOBS AT RAYBERN FOODS: 1. Visit www.mdes.ms.gov, and highlight the “I need a job” section.

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4. Follow the prompts to apply for a position of interest.

Rob Leibowitz, CEO of Raybern Foods, prepares to reheat sandwiches for media and guests at the company’s new production facility in Shannon.

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Vice President Chamber of Commerce

Community Development Foundation’s 2014-2015 Board of Directors CDF’s goals and objectives are accomplished through the efforts of members appointed to committees operating under one of CDF’s three divisions: Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development, and Planning and Property Management.

2014-2015 Executive Committee Mr. Chauncey Godwin, Jr., Chairman Ms. Lisa Hawkins, First Vice Chairman Mr. Barry Smith, Second Vice Chairman Mr. David Rumbarger, President/Secretary Mr. David Copenhaver, Immediate Past Chairman

Mr. Tillmon Calvert Mr. B.J. Canup Mr. Scott Cochran Mr. Clay Foster Ms. Julianne Goodwin

Mr. Bryan Hawkins Mr. Jerry Maxcy Mr. Guy Mitchell, III Dr. Dick White Mr. Tollie White

2014-2015 Board of Directors Mike Armour Roger Bland David Brevard Mike Bryan Mark Burleson Bo Calhoun Tillmon Calvert B.J. Canup Gary Carnathan Grace Clark Mike Clayborne V.M. Cleveland

Scott Cochran Fred Cook David Copenhaver Beverly Crossen Jay Dey Mike Eaton Joe Estess Clay Foster Chauncey Godwin, Jr. Julianne Goodwin Bryan Hawkins Lisa Hawkins

Skipper Holliman Blair Hughes David Irwin Tommie Lee Ivy Wesley Jones Jamie Kennedy Bob Kerley Gearl Loden Jimmy Long Zell Long Derek Markley Jerry Maxcy

Robin McGraw Larry Michael Guy Mitchell Ted Moll Mabel Murphree Mary Pace Aubrey Patterson Harry Rayburn Jack Reed, Jr. Scott Reed Eddie Richey Drew Robertson

Ty Robinson David Rumbarger Jason Shelton Barry Smith Jane Spain Gary Sparkman Buddy Stubbs Sean Suggs Aaron Washington Jimmy Weeks Dick White Tollie White

2014-2015 Ambassadors Club Jesse Bandre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Exceed Technologies Rashni Barath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Trustmark National Bank Betty Baxter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bishop's BBQ Grill Stephanie Browning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hampton Inn & Suites Tupelo Becki Duffie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kelly Services Cheryl Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wingate by Wyndham Romanda Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hilton Garden Inn Dianne Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Summit Group Companies, LLC Toby Hedges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shelter Insurance Jim Jolly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Denise Kennedy-Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Special Occasions by Denise Justin Kirk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.S. Lawns of Northeast Mississippi Charlise Latour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprint Print Molly Lovorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C Spire Bea Luckett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TRI, Inc. Realtors Brad McCully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sportsman Lawn & Landscape Katie McMillan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Key Staff Source Holley Meriweather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Community Bank Leigh Monroe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Main Street Family Dentistry Kelsey Norrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Renasant Bank Allen Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Premium Productions Fred Pitts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Safestore of Tupelo, Inc. Ashley Hardy Prince . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .local MOBILE Jacob Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C Spire Mary Sue Tudor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lamar Advertising Lisa Wadley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sylvan Learning Center Mary Werner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robinson & Associates Stephanie West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Best Western Plus Grady Wigginton . . . . . . . . . . . . .Legal Shield – Grady Wigginton & Associates June Wigginton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Legal Shield – Grady Wigginton & Associates

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AMBASSADOR OF THE MONTH

Residential • Commercial • Industrial

B&B CONCRETE CO., INC. 130 N. Industrial Rd. • Tupelo, MS 38802 842-6312 • Dispatch: 842-6313 • Fax: 842-6327 visit us at bbconcrete.com

Mary Werner, Business Development with Robinson & Associates, was awarded March's Ambassador of the Month. Mary participated in eight CDF events and contacted 25 CDF members through the Ambassador mentor program. Congratulations, Mary!

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“Serving North Mississippi Since 1949”

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MISSISSIPPI TITLE LOANS

In celebration of its open house at 2233 W Main St. in Tupelo, Mississippi Title Loans held a ribbon cutting. With experience and professionalism, Mississippi Title Loans can help you get a fast cash title loan that works for you in 30 minutes or less. For more information, contact Mississippi Title Loans at (662) 842-3230 or online at mississippititleloansinc.com.

ROOM TO ROOM

In celebration of its 12th birthday, Room to Room held a ribbon cutting. Located at 3651 Cliff Gookin Blvd. in Tupelo, visit Room to Room to view their unique collections of home furnishings, accessories, rugs and art. For more information, call (662) 844-5374 or visit www.roomtoroom.net.

MAY 2015

Mid South Auto Supply expanding with new NAPA Auto Parts location Mid South Auto Supply will expand its operations in Northeast Mississippi opening its seventh NAPA Auto Parts store at 1105 S Gloster St. in Tupelo.

In addition to housing its corporate offices, the facility will also serve as Mid South Auto Supply’s redistribution center to each of its NAPA-affiliated stores in Tupelo, Columbus, Baldwyn, Booneville, Corinth and Jackson, Tenn.

The 10,000 square-foot facility is expected to open by early June and will employ 15-20 full and part-

time employees, bringing Mid South Auto Supply’s total number of employees to 70. This store will be open extended hours and seven days a week. NAPA Auto Parts is the only locally owned parts store in Tupelo.

“With our Corporate of-

fices and our redistribution efforts now under the same roof, we become much more efficient and poised for future growth,” says Mid South Auto Supply president Charlie Kinney.

Tupelo’s Barnes Crossing location, which will remain open, was recently named “Store of the Year” for NAPA’s Memphis region. This is the second time in three years the store has been honored by the distribution center that serves more than 180 stores in five states.

WOODMEN OF THE WORLD

In celebration of the one-year anniversary of its office restoration, Woodmen of the World held a ribbon cutting. Located at 386 Mobile St. in Downtown Saltillo, Woodmen of the World offers trusted financial services with valued member benefits and programs. Woodmen of the World can be contacted at (662) 869-7062 or online at woodmen.org.

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Kellex Seating Locating Manufacturing Operations in Tupelo, Miss.

Officials from Ohio-based Kellex Seating, manufacturer of commercial upholstered seating, announced the company is expanding into Mississippi by locating operations in the formerTupelo Manufacturing facility inTupelo.The project represents a $600,000 corporate investment and will create 75 jobs.

“I appreciate the Kellex team for selecting Tupelo as their location to pursue new growth and investment opportunities,” Gov. Phil Bryant said. “Mississippi’s furniture manufacturing

sector has been extremely prosperous in recent years, and I know Kellex will find the competitive advantages needed for success in today’s demanding economy in north Mississippi.”

“We chose Tupelo as the site of our newest manufacturing facility because we know that the local workforce is strong and experienced,” said Kellex COO Doug Fawcett. “We want to give furniture artisans in this area the opportunity to be part of a thriving organization where their efforts are appreciated by col-

leagues and customers alike. We also want to contribute to the area’s economy by creating jobs and supporting local business partners.”

“The past several months have seen unprecedented growth in demand for furnishings, particularly in the hotel and timeshare segments,” said Kellex President Chris Rice. “Our new Tupelo facility ensures that we will be able to meet all of our existing and future commitments on time. Our planned expansions will enable us completely satisfy

our present customers, and enable further expansion in the future. Our goals of improving lead times and increasing capacity have driven our decision to expand, once again.”

Fawcett also said Tupelo also offers logistical advantages, such as facilitating access to West Coast markets.

“The combination of our North Carolina and Mississippi plants is ideal from the customer’s perspective,” he said.“We will have the capabilities and resources to broaden our product offering and to fulfill orders from

across the nation with outstanding efficiency.”

The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) provided assistance in support of the project for infrastructure improvements.The city of Tupelo assisted with the project, as well.

“MDA is glad to welcome Kellex Seating as the newest business partner to the state of Mississippi and looks forward to watching the company thrive in Lee County,” said MDA Executive Director Brent Christensen. “We thank our economic development partners at the city

of Tupelo and the Community Development Foundation for their hard work in bringing this great company to Mississippi.”

Founded in 1994, Kellex Seating is one of America’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of commercial upholstered furniture for the hospitality and senior living industries, specializing in sofas, sleepers and loveseats, lounge chairs, benches and settees, bariatric seating, occasional seating, motion seating, and more. For more information, visit www.kellex.com.

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Downtown revitalization improves quality of life for Baldwyn residents

BY KEENAN STONE CDF INTERN

Downtown Baldwyn is quickly becoming one of Mississippi’s finest examples of Main Street life. But the success of Baldwyn’s downtown has not been without blemish. The downtown façade and infrastructure became a product of blight due to decades of public use and natural decay. Refusing to allow further deterioration to continue, the City’s leadership took action and developed a comprehensive plan for the revitalization of its historic downtown. The implementation of the plan is currently underway and the first phase has already been completed.

The Downtown Revitalization Project was initiated due the urgent need of economic growth and development in the City of Baldwyn. The first phase was completed in 2011. The project included the recon-

struction of the original 1940 sidewalks, the creation of decorative crosswalks, new streetlamps, new irrigation and new landscaping throughout the downtown; these improvements were made possible by a $440,000 grant from the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), awarded in 2010. The foundational elements that drew funding for the first phase included the designation of Baldwyn as a Main Street Community in 2002 and its placement on the National Register in 2008, establishing the Downtown as a Historical District in 2009. Additionally, the City’s $9,000 initial investment for downtown façade renovations sparked private interest that ultimately led to capital investment. Since 2010, the City has invested $100,000 in façade improvements. $1.2 million dollars of private investment was poured into building renovations in the

past year, since the spring of 2014.

The Downtown Revitalization Project has greatly improved the quality of life for the residents of Baldwyn. Locals benefit from newly constructed sidewalks from the school to the downtown, and tourism of the historical district has exponentially increased. Lula Lee’s, a live music diner, is one of many highly successful small businesses that occupy the newly restored historical buildings.

For those who enjoy the arts, the Claude Gentry Theatre is a popular destination with sold-out shows every week. The City even invested in a P.A. system that plays cultural music throughout the historical district, further adding to the lively ambiance.

The City projects that this contagious growth will invade the commercial district, attracting more retail business. The City will also look to improve on sur-

rounding residential areas in latter project phases. The continued success of this project would be impossible without the diligence of City leadership, the cooperation of small business owners, the individual sponsorships and the civic engagement of the Baldwyn community. Along with the Baldwyn community, Lee County benefits from a prosperous Baldwyn because it is an essential part of the county’s image to prospective industries across the globe looking to expand into U.S markets.

The Downtown Revitalization Project serves as a testament to the vitality of the Baldwyn community and its effective unification of innovation and historical tradition. The City of Baldwyn’s success on a project of this scale is truly remarkable, and it serves as a shining example to other municipalities looking to Downtown Baldwyn following private sector renovations take the same steps of of the buildings, and public sector renovations of sidewalks, streetscape and building façades. progress.

TUPELO POLICE DEPARTMENT

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY EDUCATION

The Tupelo Police Department recently broke ground on its new headquarters located on the corner of Front St. and Franklin St. Work on the 34,000 square-foot facility is expected to take about 18 months and will bring most of the department’s employees and services under one roof for the first time in years.

Southern Hospitality Education recently celebrated its open house with a ribbon cutting. Located inside the Renasant Center for IDEAs at 398 E Main St., Ste. 213, Southern Hospitality Education provides food and alcohol safety for businesses in the hospitality industry. For more information, call (844) 768-8433 or visit southern-edu.com.

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Interested in starting a business? Let the Renasant Center for IDEAs and the MS Small Business Development Center help you get started.

‘How to Develop a Business Plan’ May 5

‘Starting a Business – First Steps’ May 6, May 26

All classes are from 1 – 2:30 p.m.

To register for a workshop or for more information, contact Dana Cawthon at 1-800-725-7232 or (662) 680-6988.

Are you interested in promoting your business with a ribbon cutting?

Contact Emily Addison at (662) 842-4521 or eaddison@cdfms.org.

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Training the future with regional workforce development programs

The primary objective of the Community Development Foundation (CDF) Workforce Development Program is to assist individuals, business, industry and communities through training and education at all levels. All programs are intended to enrich, strengthen, and support the Tupelo/Lee County workforce. The programs help our school systems, community colleges, employers and employees upgrade their skills, increase their knowledge and advance their careers. The CDF Workforce Development Program strives to create a well-educated, well-trained workforce that continues to attract global organizations. For more information about local workforce development programs, contact CDF Director of Workforce Development Gina Black at (662) 842-4521.

MISSISSIPPI SCHOLARS AND TECH MASTER

The State Scholars Initiative began as a national program to encourage and motivate all high school students to complete a defined, rigorous academic course of study preparing for a successful transition to college or university coursework or vocational and technical training necessary to enter today's

competitive job market.

The State of Mississippi joined the State Scholars Initiative in 2003. Since then, more than 14,000 Mississippi high school students have graduated with the Mississippi Scholars distinction. The program begins in ninth grade and ends at high school graduation.

hosted Industry Education Day (IE Day) to maintain and improve the economic development of our region and to enhance career awareness and readiness for all students.

IE Day is the only event of its kind in the country and involves teachers from Tupelo and Lee County School Districts touring local industries and discussing skillsets necessary for students to be successful in the workforce.

TEK2GO ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CAMP

Tek2Go is a summer camp targeting 6th-9th graders, exposing them to the advanced manufacturing opportunities in Lee County. CDF partners with Itawamba Community College and Hawkeye Industries to host the weeklong camp for area students.

Students gain hands-on experience in a machine shop using mills, drills, CNC lathes, welding and painting.

Industry tours include INDUSTRY General Atomics, MTD EDUCATION DAY and Tecumseh Products, Since 1976, CDF has and more.

WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD EVENTS

application processing, customized training and training space and many other important services to new and existing business and industry. This seamless workforce training system ensures the presence of a highly skilled workforce, advancing the region’s economic prosperity by supporting existing industries as well as creating new high-skill and high-wage job opportunities.

CDF partners with the Mississippi State Extension Service offering all high school seniors this life skills activity. Welcome to the Real World is a program designed to help students learn about the financial obligations of adult life.

Each student is presented with an occupation, salary and family situation. Students then progress through a variety of ‘realworld simulations’ addressing transportation needs, housing needs, bill payBEST ROBOTICS ment, etc. Should a student Mississippi BEST is derun out of money, he or she signed to inspire and inmust obtain help through terest students in Financial Counseling. engineering, science, and technology by challenging students to build a remote-controlled robot that accomplishes a defined task within a competitive setting. A mentor and school coach guide student teams through the engineering process.

Using only the materials ITAWAMBA provided, students have COMMUNITY COLLEGE six weeks to design, deWORKFORCE PROGRAM velop and test a robot that Itawamba Community can outperform its comCollege (ICC) and the petitors. During this time, Workforce Development the students experience Center in Belden play a the same problems, chalvital role in the recruit- lenges, and breakment of new industry to throughs that a “real-life” Tupelo/Lee County. ICC engineering team enprovides assistance with counters when it takes a workforce aid, employee product to market. In screening and assessment, both cases, there are team

dynamics, time constraints, material constraints and pressure from other teams racing to solve the same problem.

Placed in a real situation, with real problems, the students provide real (and often ingenious) solutions. The weeks of hard work culminate in a thrilling daylong competition with one team achieving “BEST” performance.

BEST Robotics kits are free to middle schools and high schools through the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. For more information, visit www.msbest.msstate.edu.

IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES CAREER EXPO

This major career expo is designed to give some 2,500 eighth-graders a better understanding of the opportunities available after graduation. "Imagine the Possibilities" will feature activities connected to 16 different career clusters, while employees in each sector explain their jobs, the paths to obtain it and average salaries. Open to students in the eight public school districts located in Lee, Pontotoc and Union Counties, it will be held October 6-7 at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo.

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Booneville Hardware & Supply 403 Church St. • Booneville • 728-0032 "For all your hardware needs"

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Business Directory COMMERCIAL CLEANING SERVICES

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RH PLUMBING, INC. 224 Starlyn Ave. New Albany, MS 38652

662-534-4448

Commercial Plumbing, Gas & Industrial Piping RICHARD HANLON (662) 447-3213

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401 Elizabeth St. • Tupelo 662-842-7305

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We Accept All Medicare Part D Plans • • • • •

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Gifts & Fenton Glass Tyler Candles Aromatique Arthur Court Lenox & Gorham China

• Adora Dolls & Lee Middleton Dolls • Ole Miss & Miss. State Collegiate Items • NEW Casseroles to Go!

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Store Fronts • Mirrors Shower Doors • Garage Doors Commercial Doors Hollow Metal Doors

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