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BusinessJournal SeaPort service ‘disheartening’ A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF JOURNAL PUBLISHING AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

August 2015

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THE NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

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Pay now or pay later for infrastructure needs A study two years ago said Mississippi needed some $30 billion for highway and bridge repairs and improvements through 2035.

So where would Mississippi get that money?

The federal Highway Trust Fund gets about $50 billion a year DENNIS from its 18.4 cent tax per SEID gallon of fuel.

It’s that trust fund that Uncle Sam doles out to all 50 states.

We’ve been hearing about

America’s crumbling infrastructure for years. Roads, bridges and water lines built 50 years ago or more are slowly but surely falling apart.

It’s only after a major accident when there are calls for funding infrastructure needs across the country. But we are often short-sighted and our attention is easily diverted, and nothing happens.

As columnist Sid Salter recently pointed out, “TRIP – a private nonprofit organization that researches, evaluates and distributes economic and technical data on surface transportation issues in Washington. ... said 28 percent of major locally and state-maintained roads and highways have pavement surfaces in poor or

mediocre conditions” and “more than one-fifth of locally and state-maintained bridges show significant deterioration or do not meeting current design standards.”

Federal funds amount to about $470 million a year for the state’s infrastructure needs.

Problem is, Mississippi has about 4,700 miles of highways in dire need of repair at an estimated current cost of nearly $1 billion.

The state also has an 18.4cent gas tax per gallon, but it hasn’t been raised since 1987.

Even as gas prices have risen, the tax has not. With more fuel efficient vehicles, revenue is less than it was on an inflation-adjusted basis. Essentially, a dollar doesn’t buy what it used to.

But construction costs haven’t gone down, with asphalt, concrete and steel prices all having risen significantly during the past three decades.

The average household pays $46 in federal and state gas taxes every month, far less than most utility bills. A 10-cent per gallon increase in the federal gas tax amounts to an additional cost of $1.15 for the average driver, per week.

The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates $124 billion to $150 billion a year is needed just to maintain the country’s current infrastructure system. In 2013, the American Society of Civil Engineers estimated improving the quality of current infrastructure, raises the price tag to about $450 bil-

lion annually, or more than $3.6 trillion, by 2020.

One way or another, we need to pay for improving our state’s – and our nation’s – infrastructure.

If we don’t, the consequences could be devastating. Nobody wants to see bridges and highways full of cars and people collapse.

That’s the ultimate price we shouldn’t have to pay. Now we just need to figure out a way to pay for the needed improvements. And a will to follow through.

DENNIS SEID is editor of the Northeast Mississippi Business Journal. Contact him at (662) 678-1578 or dennis.seid@journalinc.com. Follow him on Twitter @dennisseid.

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SeaPort ‘hasn’t inspired confidence’

BY DENNIS SEID BUSINESS JOURNAL

TUPELO – Ten months into a 24-month contract in which SeaPort Airlines provides air service to Tupelo, officials with the airport are looking for a way out.

The Portland-based airline has been plagued with late and delayed flights from the start, and even with a reduced schedule to lessen the demand on a short supply of pilots, service still is sub-par.

“Seaport is continuing to struggle to meet performance even with the abbreviated schedule,” said Tupelo Regionial Airport Executive Director Cliff Nash. “We still have cancellations due to crew availability and some other issues, but mostly it’s due to crew availability. We continue to have the same problems. Even with one flight less to both Memphis and Nashville each day, we’re still seeing the same issues.”

SeaPort got city and airport leaders’ support last year as it promised to provide more reliable performance than its predecessor, Silver Airlines. With the city’s approval, the U.S. Transportation Department awarded the airline a

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Brent Farrar boards his flight last October on SeaPort’s inaugural flight to Memphis from Tupelo. two-year subsidized contract for $2.5 million a year.

In its contract, SeaPort is receiving federal Essential Air Service funding to provide 18 round trips a week to Nashville and 12 round trips a week to Memphis.

But that schedule was cut back in June, and last month, the schedule was reduced again.

Now the airline is flying only two flights a day, down from as many as five.

SeaPort officials say the move is only temporary until early September as it brings in more newly graduated pilots to fill its ranks.

But it may be too little, too late.

Even with the reduced number of flights, SeaPort’s performance isn’t significantly better.

“We seem to be doing somewhat better, but we’re still seeing only 75 percent of flights flying,” Nash said.

“That’s still not good, but better than before.”

Dalton Sullivan, SeaPort’s Mid-South community affairs manager, said he understands the frustration of the airport and the flying public. But the continuing shortage of available pilots has exacerbated what was already a tenuous situation.

“We have 39 pilots based in Memphis flying the EAS routes in the Mid-South. ...

but we have lost more than two-thirds, almost threequarter of our pilots since the first of March,” he said.

“It’s not a problem that is unique to SeaPort.”

Sullivan said the larger legacy airlines – Delta, American, United, for example – have been adding to their pilot ranks by going to regional airlines. Those airlines, in turn, pull pilots from smaller airlines like SeaPort.

“When it comes to smaller airlines like us, there’s nobody to go to replenish our ranks,” he said.

“We have to go to flight schools to get qualified individuals. There are not as many pilots flying now as there were five or 10 ago, but there are more planes.

And it’s getting tougher to find qualified pilots.”

Sullivan said it’s not good customer service to run a full schedule and to cancel flights randomly, so SeaPort has cut flights across the country. The exception is in Arkansas, where the three cities it serves has good customer loads – airline industry speak for the percentage of seats filled.

The reduced flights are temporary through early September, he reiterated.

“We have one pilot class of 22 that graduated in June, although five did not pass the ground and air tests and won’t be moving on,” Sullivan said. Another pilot class is in session, but most of them will be headed toward SeaPort’s operations on the west coast.

At Tupelo Regional, Nash understands that a nationwide pilot shortage has affected the entire industry. He also understands the reasoning behind cutting flights, but isn’t convinced the moves will help.

“Now it’s to the point that with just two little flights a day, what are we trying to accomplish?” he said.

“SeaPort hasn’t inspired confidence. A regional airport has hurdles. You have to offer a service; there’s a cost associated with flying out of here – we’re competing with a car and Memphis. What a service provides is flexibility with a number of flights. When we’re down to only 2-3 flights a day, you lose that advantage, that flexibility...

You have to be reliable. If it doesn’t happen and you miss your connection, it’s not helping anybody. It’s just disheartening.”

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A river runs through it

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway commemorates 30th anniversary of dedication

BY RAY VAN DUSEN MONROE JOURNAL

An idea tracing back to the 1780s, a residual product spawned from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and a shape-shifter for a 234-mile stretch of Mississippi and Alabama, the Tenn e s s e e - To m b i g b e e Waterway is a 30-year story still being written.

“I went to Mississippi State University, and finished in 1961. So much change has happened, and we’ve had so much industrial growth. I remember crossing over the river looking down, and unless you wanted to get out in a canoe or a row boat, that’s all you could do,” said Donald G. Waldon, who was administrator of the Tenn-Tom Water Authority beginning in 1984 after coming in on the waterway’s construction in 1975 as a loaner from the federal government.

The Aberdeen Lock and Dam will renamed afterWaldon in the future to pay tribute to his many

contributions to the waterway.

“It was a labor of love for me, and I look at it in a very personal way,” he saidWhen it had been open for two or three years, I got a call from Rand-McNally, and they wanted information about the Tenn-Tom. I told people it was documented then, and it was for real.”

Originally designed for barge traffic with recreation in mind, the U.S. Congress authorized the construction of the waterway in 1946.The development of the Tennessee River by the Tennessee Valley Authority, especially the construction of the Pickwick Lock and Dam in 1938, helped decrease the waterway’s costs and increase its benefits.

The waterway was finally funded in 1970, and the project was dedicated by President Richard Nixon on May 25 of that year in Mobile.

On Dec. 11, 1984, the waters of the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers met at Amory after a dredge cut through an abandoned rail-

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• A lottery system determined Eddie Waxler Towing of Memphis as the first commercial tow to transfer the entire length of the waterway in January 1985.

• A combined 75 named and unnamed tributaries in more than 20 states spill into the Tenn-Tom Waterway.

• A total of 310 million cubic yards of soil was moved for the project. That’s more soil than what was used in the construction of the Panama Canal.

• Each lock holds 20 million gallons of water.

• Tennessee citizens started a petition drive in 1805 to try to push Congress to move forward on the project to link the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers.

• The waterway’s construction met opposition through environmental challenges and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad through a lengthy time in federal court battles.

• The waterway encompasses a four-state corridor of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky.

• In addition to miles of waterway, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway has thousands of acres set aside for recreational hunting. road embankment.

After a 12-year construction, the $1.9 billion project was officially dedicated June 1, 1985 in Columbus. Dignitaries from more than 20 states with watersheds connected to the waterway brought containers of their waters to the dedication for a ceremonial mixing of the waters, with Democratic Al-

abama Congressman Tom Bevill and Secretary of the Army John Marsh turningthe valve to release the water.

“At the time, it was the largest public works project in the United States,” Waldon said. “Looking at how long it takes to build something now, the Corps of Engineers is building a lock and dam on the lower Ohio River, and it alone is $3 billion and is taking twice as long as it look to build the whole Tenn-Tom.” Eutaw Construction President Tom Elmore came in 1976 as project manager with Granite Construction to build the Aberdeen Lock and Dam, and after the project was complete, he started his construction company, which is headquartered in Aberdeen and serves customers from Texas to North Carolina.

Notable projects that had

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A barge heads south down on the Tennessee-Tombigee Waterway from the Aberdeen Lock and Dam while pleasure boats in the distance head north to lock through. The waterway, which was officially dedicated 30 years ago this week, is the perfect mix between industry and recreation. stuck out to the Kansas native before the lock and dam construction included work on the Washington, D.C., Rapid Transit Authority, highways and an aqueduct in Lancaster, California, with waters tracing back to the Hoover Dam. The lock and dam project entailed 220 cubic yards of concrete and 2.5 million cubic yards of soil. The bottom of the foundation for the structure is 60 feet deep.

The project was completed in 1980.

“It was a big boom,” Elmore said of the waterway flowing through Aberdeen.

“Every store downtown was open, and we had four thriving car dealerships. I have a farm in Becker Bottom, and sometimes you couldn’t get to it because of the flooding.

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Internet allows communities to connect, compete

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hen I hear the word “transportation,” I think of conveyance. Cars. Trains.

Motor coaches. Trucks.

Ships. Airplanes.

Then I put my marketing hat on, and review the four P’s of marketing: product, price, place and promotion. Transportation is definitely a “place” function that deals with channels of distribution.

I had the great fortune to be a part TY of the ROBINSON CDF and CREATE Foundation’s Jim Ingram Community Leadership Institute and the Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Tourism Leadership Program. Both times I had the opportunity to meet and hear Vaughn Grisham, the acclaimed sociologist from the University of Mississippi.

In one of the meetings, Grisham talked about how Tupelo was formed. Tupelo started growing after the two railroad lines made a grade crossing.

Our group discussed with him other cities where there were multiple modes of transportation which aided in their economic growth. Most of the cities discussed had access by rail, water, air and land.

We discussed visionaries like former Atlanta Major William B. Hartsfield, who oversaw the building of an expressway system and for whom the

Atlanta airport is partially named.

We compared the transportation systems of major cities. Most are accessible by water, while some others aren’t. We talked about those with greater access than others and how they have grown more.

We looked at the assets of North Mississippi. Interstate 55 and the designated Interstate 22/U.S. Highway 78. The Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway. The railroad routes.

The regional airports. All of these make the area attractive to prospects. Getting the goods to the consumers is very important.

Then the big question came.

What is the next transportation access that will be a determining factor to industries and businesses looking to locate here?

To fit in with the transportation discussion, it was once called the “information superhighway.” It’s the connectivity to the Internet. And, not unlike the other transportation routes, those areas with the greater capacity to serve businesses, industries and customers are in a better position to grow economically.

I joined our firm in 1992. And, I’ve watched the growth of electronic media. Yes, we had a computer, but it was more of a word processor than what I would call a computer today. It managed our invoicing, but initially it was not connected online. Our first electronic medium – our first email – was a fax machine, able to send a document electronically.

“Email” has a new mean-

ing today. Now our fax machine is rarely used.

The graphics that we once created with colored pencils and markers are now composed on a computer.

The old markers that were used have dried up.

Thanks to the Internet, I have friends in other countries I can see when we talk. I can conduct a nationwide conference, look at everyone and not have to leave my office.

We can share and manipulate files all online.

In some cases, the Internet can make a long journey instantaneous. We’re able to connect with each other in places that we could not before. Motor coaches, airplanes and some automobiles are coming equipped with Wi-Fi. I can do more with my smartphone than I could with my first computer.

North Mississippi is fortunate to have the Mississippi Economic Growth Alliance & Point of Presence (MEGAPOP). With MEGAPOP’s partnership, North Mississippi has access to a more than 40GB capacity, giving local Internet service providers faster, more competitive and more reliable service.

Just as larger cities have a greater capacity for traditional traffic, like the sixlane Interstates, the communities that have a greater bandwidth and greater connectivity points will be the ones who have the edge in recruiting the new businesses.

TY ROBINSON is president and COO of Robinson and Associates, a Tupelo-based marketing, advertising and public relations agency.

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

Imagine the Possibilities career expo mixes learning with fun

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et to take place October 6 and 7 at the BancorpSouth Arena, over 3,000 8th graders from Lee, Pontotoc, Union, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe and Prentiss County public schools will participate in Imagine the Possibilities, an interactive career expo, the first of its kind in North Mississippi. Students will be transported to and from the BancorpSouth Arena, where they will spend two hours exploring many of the careers avail-

able in our region.

Sponsored by the Toyota Wellspring Education Fund at CREATE and in partnership with over 125 participating businesses and industries, students are given the opportunity to explore a variety of career Pathways, set forth by the Mississippi Department of Education.

Each Pathway is led by a Pathfinder, a member of the business community and volunteer who coordinates Pathway members to design and implement hands-on ac-

tivities intended to inspire the students to further explore that Pathway. Before attending the event, teachers will familiarize students with the Pathways they can expect to see at the event. Software is used before and after the event to help the students corral their thoughts about the event and encourage a direction for their high school Pathway choice.

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A vital role in the Chamber’s membership outreach and retention program, CDF Ambassadors serve the Tupelo/Lee County business community by enhancing communication between the CDF Board of Directors, staff and the general CDF membership.

CDFwelcomesnewambassadors

The new members of the 2015-2016 CDF Ambassadors Club officially began their year of service following an orientation luncheon May 19. This year’s club is made up of 38 ambassadors, representing a variety of CDF-member businesses.

The Ambassadors Club is utilized to promote the interests of business and CDF, by initiating contact with members and prospective members at CDF events, business site visits and other community events. Participation in the club gives vol-

unteers a unique opportunity to share their business with the community and other Ambassadors, while serving as goodwill emissaries of CDF’s Chamber of Commerce division.

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2015-2016 Ambassadors Club Rashni Barath . . . . . . . . . . . .Trustmark National Bank Kayla Baxter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Busylad Rent-All Amanda Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Community Bank Jim Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hilliard Lyons Stephanie Browning . . . .Hampton Inn & Suites Tupelo James Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Renasant Bank Gail Collins . . . . . . . .Century 21 - Sue Gardner Realty Sheila Davis . . . . . . . .OSA - One Stop Advertising, LLC Tracy Davis . . . . . . . . . . . .Rasberry Financial Services Bill Dickerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BancorpSouth Barbara Doles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BNA Bank Becki Duffie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kelly Services Veleka Flagg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CB&S Bank Michelle Freeman . . . . . . . . . .Mitchell McNutt & Sams April Grissom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WLOV-TV (FOX) Romanda Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hilton Garden Inn Dianne Harris . . . . . . .Summit Group Companies, LLC Toby Hedges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shelter Insurance Shirley Hendrix . . . . . . . . . . . .R & B Specialty Printing Jim Jolly . . . . . . . . . .Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

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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.

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In celebration of its new location at 1105 S Gloster St. in Tupelo, NAPA Auto Parts held a ribbon cutting. With over 422,000 quality parts and accessories for automotive and industrial applications, NAPA Auto Parts offers the most extensive inventory in the industry. For more information about NAPA Auto Parts, call (662) 842-0036 or visit napaonline.com.

Warehouse 605 celebrated its 10th anniversary with a ribbon cutting. Located at 605 Daybrite Dr. in Tupelo, Warehouse 605 features a beautiful selection of home furnishings, accessories and gifts. For more information, call (662) 231-9008 or follow Warehouse 605 on Facebook.

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ECONO SIGNS OF TUPELO

LAUGHING WILLOW BOUTIQUE

Econo Signs of Tupelo celebrated its new ownership with a ribbon cutting at 707 Daybrite Dr. Econo Signs of Tupelo provides general signs and banners, as well as a complete line of traffic safety signs and LED message signs for sale or rent. For more information, call (662) 844-1554 or visit them online at econosignsusa.com.

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dents have the opportunity to discover a career interest they may have FROM 7F never considered.”

Black says it is also imture, Food & Natural Reportant to introduce stusources; Architecture & dents to the reality that Construction; Arts, A/V careers mix between inTechnology & Communi- dustries. For example, in cations; Business ManNortheast Mississippi agement & alone, an engineer has the Administration; Educaopportunity to work in a tion & Training; Energy; variety of industries inEngineering; Finance; cluding automotive, conGovernment & Public Ad- struction, energy, ministration; Health Scimanufacturing, informaence; Hospitality & tion technology, and Tourism; Human Services; more.

Information Technology; “Imagine the PossibiliLaw, Public Safety, Correc- ties centers around formtions & Security; Manuing community facturing; Marketing; and partnerships with local Transportation, Distribubusinesses, to address the tion & Logistics. community challenges of Not only will 8th graders inspiring and motivating be exposed to a variety of students to pursue career careers available in the re- goals,” said CREATE gion, students are also Foundation Chairman given a glimpse into the Mike Clayborne. “This salary range, education re- issue is not unique to quirements, and daily Northeast Mississippi, or work environment of each even to our state. Students career path. everywhere need to know “Our job is to broaden what jobs are currently our students’ perspectives available, the necessary of the working world and training and education respur them to begin planquired, and the potential ning for their futures,” pay scale. Career awaresaid Community Develop- ness should start at an ment Foundation Director early age and should inof Workforce Developvolve the entire commument Gina Black. “By ofnity.” fering hands-on For more information experience within a variabout Imagine the Possiety of career paths all bilities, call (662) 844-8989 under one roof, these stu- or visit

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MeyerappointedtoICSCState GovernmentRelationsCommitteeChair Grant Meyer, of Community Development Foundation (CDF), has been appointed to serve as the Mississippi Government Relations Committee Chair for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) 2015-2016 term.

In his role, Meyer will serve as the ICSC membership point of contact for government relations activities and legislative issues in the state of Mississippi.

He will also work closely with the ICSC Office of Global Public Policy, working to achieve the committee’s legislative goals.

As Government Relations Chair, he looks forward to maintaining strong lines of communication with elected officials while addressing the challenges and opportunities facing Mississippi’s ICSC membership.

Among other activities,

ICSC’s various Government Relations committees organize legislative days and develop coalitions with local counterparts in other business and real estate groups.

At CDF, Meyer serves the municipalities of Lee County on a variety of planning and development related issues. Additionally, Meyer works with the Lee County Council of Governments, a county-wide coalition of governments. Meyer holds a Master’s degree in urban planning with a concentration in real estate development from Harvard University.

Founded in 1957, ICSC is the premier global trade association of the shopping center industry.

Its more than 70,000 members in over 100 countries include shopping center owners, developers, managers, marketing specialists, investors, retailers and brokers, as well as academics and public officials. For more information, visit icsc.org.

JACQUIE MCALISTER, Customer Service Representative with First American National Bank, was awarded June Ambassador of the Month. Jacquie mentored 19 businesses and attended three CDF events.

Congratulations, Jacquie!

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“The Ambassadors are an asset to the Chamber of Commerce by helping our staff meet the needs of our nearly 1,200 members,” said CDF Chamber of Commerce Vice President Judd Wilson. “Through our ambassador mentor program, ambassadors make crucial visits and phone calls to member businesses ensuring all the needs of our businesses are met. This exceptional group of volunteers also attends ribbon cuttings, grand openings and other CDF events, providing a vital link between CDF and our membership.”

This year’s club represents such business sectors as technology, communications, banking, real estate, non-profits, insurance, hotel and hospitality management, restaurants and telecommunications, among others.

“I am an Ambassador because I want to give something back to the community and I believe in supporting local business. Being an Ambassador helps CDF focus on the bigger picture of developing this community with jobs and in doing that, improving the quality of life in Tupelo,” said Jim Brown, financial consultant with J. J. B. Hilliard, W. L. Lyons, LLC. Ambassadors receive points for each CDF event that they attend or volunteer to work. An Ambassador of the Month is recognized each month, with an Ambassador of theYear recognized at the CDF Annual Meeting each spring.

“Being an ambassador allows for me to give back to the community that has given so much to me and my family,” saidTrustmark National Bank Commercial Lending Secretary Rashni Barath. “Since being part of the CDF family, I have gained more insight and knowledge about what is going on in Tupelo and surrounding areas. It’s great to know that I can help this area grow!”

For more information about the CDF Ambassadors Club or to apply for the 2016-2017 CDF Ambassadors Club, please contact Emily Addison at (662) 842-4521 or eaddison@cdfms.org.

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Sam Stevens finds new home in Tupelo

BY DENNIS SEID BUSINESS JOURNAL

TUPELO – Sam Stevens Motors has been a family owned business for nearly seven decades, calling Amory home since 1948.

But the dealership moved to Tupelo four months ago, expanding its presence and its business.

“Things have changed a lot. ... we needed to grow and market differently and find new opportunities,” said owner Sam Stevens, whose father founded the dealership.

Sam Stevens Motors now is located on Eason Boulevard in Tupelo, sandwiched between McDonald’s and Sprint Mart near U.S. Highway 45.

It’s a prominent location, which already has paid dividends.

“After we moved here, within the first month, we doubled our business,” Stevens said.

“It’s a high-profile location, and we’re enjoying it.”

At 67, Stevens still likes what he does and has no imminent plans to retire.

His daughter, Lindsey Martin, and her husband, Houston Martin, are waiting in the wings, and Steven said, “I’m trying to get to a point where I wind down and hand it over to them.”

Business, meanwhile, continues to grow thanks not only to the dealership’s location, but also its long history of good customer service and its selection of pre-owned cars.

“It’s hard to find quality used vehicles these days,” Stevens said. “We’re a high -quality dealership, not a high-volume dealership, and we’re only going to sell cars that meet our quality standards.”

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Stevens shops for preowned vehicles in Nashville and Atlanta, spending every TuesdayThursday scouring thousands of cars.

“I look at 10,000 cars a week, but I’ll only buy five to 10 cars,” he said. “There are a lot of cars of sale, but the quality is not there for most of them.”

Sam Stevens Motors has been recognized by cars.com and cargurus.com for its outstanding customer service over the years, and Stevens said that’s the key to getting customers new and old to drop by.

“I enjoy working with people, and my goal is to help people,” he said. “We want to help them feel their way through any credit problems they might have, and we want to give them a good car at a reasonable price.”

The dealership offers financing as well as extended warranty plans.

And, Stevens added,

“We don’t really do a lot of selling because the cars do it themselves because of their quality.”

Stevens grew up in the automobile business, so it was natural for him to follow his father’s footsteps.

He began working at the dealership in 1969 and bought it from his father three years later.

The auto industry has had its ups and downs since he’s had the dealership, including the Arab oil embargo and a trio of recessions.

Stevens was a Chrysler Dodge Jeep and GMC dealer for 30 years, but the GMC franchise was sold to Larry Clark, and Chrysler bought the Chrysler family brands back in 2009.

Stevens didn’t want to get out of the automobile business and opted to concentrate on higherquality, lower-mileage used cars and trucks.

While the Amory location had treated the dealership well over the years,

more of its customers were living or working outside the area.

Tupelo, the hub of Northeast Mississippi, was the obvious choice for Stevens.

“We had been talking about it and praying about it for four years, then last December I drove by this location we’re at now,” he said. “I’d never thought about it before, but then it was almost a no-brainer to come here.”

After sealing a lease in December, the dealership officially opened in Tupelo in April.

It’s a move, while difficult at first, that turned out to be a good one.

“Our reputation and our brand is good, and we’ve got a lot of customers who we’ve seen in this market. ... Tupelo is a good car town, which means there are a lot of good dealerships,” he said. “When you have that, you have more people looking at cars.

That helps everybody.”

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Sam Stevens, with daughter Lindsey Martin, moved his dealership to Tupelo in April.

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STARKVILLE – Mississippi State officials say the university is positioned to help shape the future of energy storage in the Southeast.

A conference on campus this month will help frame the conversation for what the region’s future holds, they added.

MSU, in conjunction with the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, a Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by Lemont, Illinois-based Argonne National Laboratory, is sponsoring an Aug. 12-13 symposium at the Mill at MSU Conference Center on Russell Street in Starkville.

Speakers and panelists will be examining energy storage opportunities that could help local utilities and agricultural operations while improving resiliency to natural disasters.

The event kicks off with a 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. reception on Aug. 12. The second day begins with registration and a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m., followed by sessions taking place through 4:15 p.m.

U.S. Rep Trent Kelly will be the featured speaker at a networking luncheon.

The symposium also will include the announcement of a strategic partnership between MSU and Argonne for joint research in energy

storage, according to MSU Vice President for Research and Economic Development David Shaw.

A partnership memorandum of understanding will be signed by MSU President Mark E. Keenum and Argonne representatives.

Speakers and panelists also will focus on how smaller cities and rural communities could economically use renewable resources like solar and wind power to cut costs and become more energy efficient.

MSU and the federal representatives will be joined at the symposium by colleagues from the Tennessee Valley Authority, Entergy and the Southern Co. Other program topics will include ways farmers and others in agriculture may be helped and save money by turning to solar power; and how new storage technologies could help wind energy become competitive in the market Registration for the symposium is $150. Students may register for $50 each.

Online signup may be completed at www.ei.msstate.edu/jces rsymposium or by printing a website form and submitting it by mail. A complete symposium agenda and other information also is found at the site.

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Counseling 2 Career program available

FULTON – Young adults ages 16-24 can participate in a five-week Counseling 2 Career program at WIN Job Centers in Itawamba Community College’s fivecounty district. C2C is an opportunity for work experience and assistance with securing full-time employment.

Participants in the C2C program must not cur-

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boat traffic is great, along with the recreation.You can go any place in the world from Aberdeen, Mississippi, from the waterway.”

ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE

A barge traveling on the waterway can carry 58 times more cargo than a single 18-wheel tractortrailer and 2 1/4 times more than a 100-car train, so access to the waterway is an economic advantage for any port along its waters.

“Everybody has dirt.

Some have dirt and rail, but we’re fortunate enough to have dirt, rail and water,” said Monroe County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Skip Scaggs. “Part of what helps generate success in economic development is to build upon competitive advantages. When looking at projects driven by logistics, availability of water gives you the advantage.”

Monroe County is the only Mississippi county on the Tenn-Tom Waterway with two ports. Amory’s port is primed for industrial projects through a TVA InvestPrep grant in partnership with the Mississippi

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rently be enrolled in any school; have the desire to work, learn and grow and commit to an intensive five-week program that requires 40 hours per week of participation.

Locations are the ICC WIN Job Centers in Amory, Belden, Houston and Pontotoc. The services and training are centered on career guidance, individual counseling and work readiness. The program includes resume writing, ap-

plication tips, interviewing skills, business etiquette, soft skills, critical thinking, problem C2C, also known as Jobs 4 U, offers a paid work experience and is funded by The Mississippi Partnership Workforce Development Board and Three Rivers Planning and Development District.

For more information, contact McKinney at (662) 407-1205 or email rlmckinney@iccms.edu.

Development Authority, City of Amory and the Monroe County Board of Supervisors. City officials in Aberdeen have worked on a rail expansion to the city’s port that will offer an intermodal advantage for the site.

Scaggs said a goal is to attract an increased volume of traffic on the waterway to ensure more funding for maintenance and upkeep.

“We’re a 24-hour waterway, and we don’t want the volume so low to where it’s a part-time waterway that’s only open 12 hours a day,” Scaggs said.

Thomas Griffith, who was elected Amory’s mayor in 1977, recalls the gentleman’s agreement the city had with the Corps of Engineers for a land swap for the spot the city’s port occupies.

“Hob Bryan was the zoning commissioner at the time, and we worked with 300 landowners from California to New York for 158 acres,” Griffith said.

“We paid the same price as the Corps, which was almost $1,000 per acre, and it was mostly pumped out gravel pits. (The waterway) was a big project, and it was time consuming, but it was lot of fun. It was a tremendous piece of history that will probably

never be repeated again in our lifetimes.”

As questionable as the waterway’s approval and funding were, so was its uncertainty at times due to legal hurdles and politics in Washington.

“We faced challenges in the House and Senate even when it was 50 percent complete that was led by northern congressmen and senators frightened that potential industry would move from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt,” Waldon said.

The last votes to move forward with the waterway project passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by 10 votes and by two votes in the U.S. Senate, according to Waldon.

“Sen. (John C.]) Stennis was the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and he had plenty of influence,” Griffith said of the legendary Mississippi senator. “Also, Congreemsan (Jamie L.) Whitten was on the House Appropriations Committee. The City of New York and the Chrysler Corp. both went broke, and they both helped them during that time. In the final outcome, the northern congressmen started to come around. It was the right thing at the right time.”

Buying websites for ‘dummies’

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n my experience, first-timers purchasing websites often do not know the best questions to ask in order to get the best website for their needs.

Not all websites are created equal.

Not all web developers are created ASHLEY equal.

ELKINS And investing more money in a website doesn’t necessarily ensure you will get the best website for your needs.

I’ve compiled a list of questions to ask the company you are considering using for your website development. There are many companies offering their services these days.

If you don’t like the answers you get from that vendor, ask another.

1. WHO WILL OWN THE DOMAIN NAME AND ALL CONTENT (COPY, PHOTO, ETC.)?

This is extremely important. Hint: the answer should be “you.”

Some companies retain the rights of the domain name and hold you “hostage” saying that if you switch vendors, you can no longer keep your website name. Others do the same with your text/ photos. Upstanding developers will allow you to retain the rights to all of these.

2. WHAT KIND OF TURNAROUND TIME CAN I EXPECT? This question is pertinent to both timeframe to get the website live, and also to making changes once it is up and running.

Some companies are

Keep in mind that even though each website is made to suit the end customer and may not actually reflect that developer’s personal preferences, there should be some examples that you like. great with this, and other customers are left waiting for months – or years.

Quality work takes time, but you should be able to see progress and updates along the way.

It’s the developer’s job to provide an accurate time estimate. If you’ve provided all the required materials in a timely manner and this time estimate window has come and gone, it’s time to start asking more questions.

3. WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF YOUR WORK? Keep in mind that even though each website is made to suit the end customer and may not actually reflect that developer’s personal preferences, there should be some examples that you like.

Also check those websites for more than just style, but also functionality. If there are broken images and links on that website they gave you as a reference, you can probably expect the same for yours down the road.

4. WILL MY WEBSITE BE MOBILE RESPONSIVE? These days, a mobilefriendly website is not just nice to have, but one of the most important aspects. This is not only the most frequent way your website will be viewed, but also influences other factors such as SEO (Search Engine Optimiza-

tion) rankings. (Check out the websites they gave you for reference from your smart phone and see what they are like.)

5. HOW WILL THIS WEBSITE HELP MY BUSINESS? Just about all developers will mention that a new website will get you found, better SEO, mentioning that Google is the “new phone book,” etc., which is all true. But unless their answer revolves around getting your business more revenue, I advise you to continue your quest for your developer.

Many business owners are intimidated by moving forward with a website for their company because they are not personally familiar with how websites are made. A good web developer will listen to you, probe you to help you discover what you want, and guide you through the process.

Also, many web developers will let you be as involved or hands-off to suit your preferences.

Websites are an important business tool to promote your company and to be found. And with a great web developer, getting your website up can be relatively painless.

ASHLEY ELKINS is the agency director of Thrive Marketing in Tupelo, a division of Journal Inc. Contact her at (662) 678-1651 or ashley.elkins@journalinc.com

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