Awards and Recognition

• Site Selection Magazine selected the Mississippi Development Authority as one of the top ten economic development organizations in North America.
  
• Forbes ranked Jackson and the Mississippi Gulf Coast among the top 100 places in the United States to do business.
  
• Site Selection magazine selected the Nissan project as one of the top ten site locations in the United States.
  
• Expansion Management magazine ranked the Nissan project as one of the top ten deals in the United States in 2000.
  
• Corporate Location magazine selected the Nissan project as the top deal of the year 2000 in a presentation at the World Business Forum, Madrid, Spain.
  
• Southern Business & Development magazine named the Nissan announcement as the top deal of the year.
  
• Area Development magazine named Nissan as one of the top ten job-creation projects of the year.
  
• Site Selection magazine Governor’s Cup.
  
• Southern Public Relations Federation Best Public Relations Campaign Strategy.
  
• Southern Business & Development magazine Best State Per Capita 2002.
  
• International Economic Development Council Marketing & Advertising Strategy Award.
  
• Southern Economic Development Council Best of Show for Mississippi Retail Ad Campaign General Purpose Promotion.
  
• Expansion Management magazine ranked Jackson and Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula among America’s Top 50 Hottest Cities for places to expand or relocate.