Recent News & Commentary
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Hands busy at DeSoto Industries
Mar 01, 2008 by: DeSoto Times
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HERNANDO - Idle hands may be the devil's workshop but you won't find any at DeSoto Industries.
The 50 mentally handicapped workers at DeSoto Industries in Hernando are nothing short of angels, according to DeSoto Industries Director Jerry Self....
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Developers moving forward with Jefferson despite DeSoto's slower housing market
Mar 01, 2008 by: Memphis Business Journal
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Construction is in full swing at the Jefferson, a new $70 million, 89-acre residential development in Hernando.
Jefferson Group, a partnership among four businessmen, is developing 200-225 lots in the southeast corner of Jaybird Road and Holly...
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Hernando retail centers thriving
Mar 01, 2008 by: Memphis Business Journal
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With dozens of new stores under construction or recently open, Hernando's retail industry is growing rapidly.
Long gone are the days when Hernando's retail offerings amounted to legendary burger-and-sundae shop Velvet Cream on Highway 51 and a...
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DeSoto officials get set for Great American Cleanup
Mar 01, 2008 by: The Commercial Appeal
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City and county officials donned reflective yellow vests and armed themselves with Litter Gitters on Wednesday to call attention to the Great American Cleanup on April 12.
Mayors and county supervisors called on citizens to get involved in clea...
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DeSoto sees big revenue gains
Jan 22, 2008 by: The Commercial Appeal
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Even without holiday season sales, DeSoto County in the last half of 2007 outpaced the previous year's latter half in state sales tax transfers.
Numbers from the Mississippi State Tax Commission indicate that retail sales here have not dropped ...
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DeSoto ranks 1st in income
Jan 21, 2008 by: The Commercial Appeal
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A newly released census report confirms that DeSoto County has the highest median income and lowest poverty rate among the eight counties in the Memphis metro area.
Another report, the American Community Survey (ACS), has shown in recent years ...
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Magnolia Lighting doubles space in its new Hernando showroom
Jan 21, 2008 by: The Commercial Appeal
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Magnolia Lighting, a fixture of the Mid-South home decor industry for more than 20 years, has moved to spacious new quarters in north Hernando.
The lighting showroom and Magnolia Electric Supply have relocated to the former Stylecraft complex o...
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MotoSport signs for Southaven
Jan 05, 2008 by: The Commercial Appeal
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A company specializing in motorcycles and ATVs is opening a new distribution and retail center in Southaven, the second major new distribution center to land there in less than a month.
Portland, Ore.-based MotoSport Inc., an online retailer of...
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DeSoto lands Trane facility
Dec 20, 2007 by: The Commercial Appeal
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Trane, one of the world's largest producers of heating and air-conditioning systems, has tapped Southaven for its new national parts distribution center, a project that will create as many as 140 jobs.
Besides the new jobs, Trane is transferri...
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Trane Announces New DeSoto County Facility
Dec 19, 2007 by: DeSoto Economic Council
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Trane, the leading global provider of indoor comfort systems and comprehensive facility solutions, has announced plans to locate a facility in Southaven. The company will lease Building H of the IDI Stateline Business Park, which will total 373,00...
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