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1,100 miles of roads and 2,200 miles of pipe going
back and forth.” The City must figure out how to work
closely with local businesses to be able to afford and
manage those projects. “The businesses – engineers,
construction companies, laborers, those companies
that provide commodities – are going to be crucial to
the pricing and the ability of Jackson to be able to pull
this off over the next fifteen to twenty years,” Davis
maintains.
Sometimes known as the “Best of the New South,”
Jackson has been recognized in recent years by many
regional and national media outlets, publications, and
organizations for its economic agenda. For example,
CNNMoney.com says it’s the “Eleventh Best City in
America to Launch a Small Business;” the Brookings
Institute’s Metro Monitor Report calls Jackson “One of
the 20 Strongest Performing Metros in America;” The
United States Conference of Mayors’ Report “U.S. Met-
ro Economies: Outlook – Gross Metropolitan Product,
and Critical Role of Transportation Infrastructure” lists
the city as “One of the Top 100 Metro Economies in
America.”
Business Development Manager, Davis sums up by
simply stating that “Jackson is a vibrant city with great
opportunities for economic development, great oppor-
tunities for working, and great opportunities for living.”
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