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Mississippi Economic Development Professionals - Mississippi's Competitiveness Survey
1.
How many Expansion Projects have you won in the last year?
2.
How many Greenfield projects have you worked in the last year and what was the source of the projects?
MDA
Utility
Local
Consultant
3.
How many Greenfield projects have you worked on in the last year and what was the total Jobs/Capital Investment?
# Won
# Jobs
Capital Investment
Avg. Salary
# of Total Greenfield Projects Worked
Please answer the following questions on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 = Not Competitive 5 = Extremely Competitive)
4.
What is the overall quality and/or availability of sites?
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What is the overall quality and/or availability of buildings?
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5
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How much has your local community/utility/state invested in your sites and buildings in the last five years?
Total Local Community Sites and Buildings Investment
Total Utility Sites and Buildings Investment
Total State Sites and Buildings Investment
Does not apply
Please rate the overall preparedness level of your utilities infrastructure below. (1 = Not Competitive; 5 = Extremely Competitive)
7.
What is the overall preparedness level of
your water infrastructure?
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5
8.
What is the overall preparedness level of
your sewer infrastructure?
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5
9.
What is the overall preparedness level of
your gas infrastructure?
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5
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What is the overall preparedness level of
your electric infrastructure?
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5
11.
What is the overall preparedness level of
your fiber infrastructure?
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5
12.
What is the overall preparedness level of
your rail infrastructure?
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5
13.
I feel overall like Mississippi's Economic Development Retention and Recruitment Program (state, utility, local) is trending.
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5
14.
Do you have an established Existing Industry Retention and Expansion Program and how often do you visit with existing industry annually?
Yes
No
# Visits
15.
What Industry Sectors does your regional typically target?
Aerospace, Aviation, Defense
Agriculture, Food, and Beverage
Automotive
Chemicals
Distribution and Logistics
Forestry
Energy
Life Sciences
Medical Devices
Metals
Plastics
IT/Data Center
Other (please specify)
16.
My Organization's Overall Budget is:
Less than $150,000
$150,000 - 250,000
$251,00 - 500,000
$501,000 - $1,000,000
$1,000,001 - $2,000,000
>$2,000,000
17.
My Organization's Top 3 focus areas currently are:
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Current Progress,
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