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NASA News
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Chris McGee, NASA News Chief
NASA Public Affairs Office
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000 Oct. 19, 2009
228-688-3249
christopher.mcgee@nasa.gov
RELEASE: CLT-09-161
STENNIS SPACE CENTER CERTIFIED AS PROJECT READY TECHNOLOGY
PARK
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. – NASA‘s John C. Stennis Space Center has
become the first site to earn certification in the new
technology park category of the Project Ready Certified Site
Program, an industrial site program formalized by Mississippi
Power’s economic development department earlier this year to
attract new industries to Southeast Mississippi.
One of the fastest-growing trends in the site
location business is the demand for “Project Ready” industrial
sites. Companies move much faster today than in the past when
making site location decisions. These companies want sites ready
to go and relatively risk free. Stennis Space Center already has
passed the qualifying steps to meet this growing demand.
“Since Hurricane Katrina, we have seen a 10 percent growth in
our center’s workforce in support of NASA, other government
agencies, and private technology-based companies,” Stennis
Director Gene Goldman said. “We feel that our future is bright
in south Mississippi, and we hope this certification will
reassure those looking at our center.”
The designation is important, Mississippi Power Economic
Development Director Arnie Williams said. “Across the country,
we’re seeing that certified sites are a proven advantage to lure
industry,” Williams explained. “We have seen how certified sites
have brought major projects to other communities, and how great
an impact they have on the regional economy. We want Stennis
Space Center to see its share of this kind of growth.”
Mississippi Power has retained McCallum Sweeney Consulting (MSC),
a site selection consulting firm based in Greenville, S.C., and
Waggoner Engineering Inc., based in Jackson, Miss., to help
implement its Project Ready initiative. The MSC team was
responsible for ensuring Stennis Space Center met the site
criteria needed to attract and accommodate technology-based
agencies and companies.
Stennis will be formally recognized as a Project Ready
Technology Park on Nov. 6. Following that announcement, work
will begin with the Mississippi Development Authority and local
economic development commissions to market Stennis Space Center
with the new Project Ready Technology Park certification.
For information about Stennis Space Center,
visit:
www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis
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News releases provided by NASA’s Stennis Space Center are
available at
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/news/index.html
For more information, call the NASA Public Affairs Office at
Stennis at 1-800-237-1821 or 228-688-3333
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