Business News for the Mississippi Delta

Delta State University Holds Certification Ceremony 

Delta State University recently hosted a certification ceremony recently to recognize graduates of the Agricultural Aircraft Operations Career Pathway program. The event was held at The Gin in the West End District and celebrated a new generation of skilled aviation professionals poised to support Mississippi’s vital agricultural sector. The program is the result of DSU’s […]

AI And Business in The Delta

Treading Lightly Appears to be the Trend  AI’s time might have come—but the clock hasn’t struck yet in this part of the state. At least, not yet. The question right now, at least as concerns Mississippi Delta businesses, is not are you using Artificial Intellingence in your operations—but why aren’t you?  Ted Connell, a partner […]

A Major Economic Impact  

Clarksdale’s Annual Juke Joint Festival Drives Revitalization When the Juke Joint Festival was launched twenty-two years ago, downtown Clarksdale was a quiet place. There were quite a few empty storefronts. Contrast that to this year from April 10-13 when visitors from at least twenty-six international countries, forty-seven states and forty-nine Mississippi counties converged downtown for […]