GULFPORT — Business leaders across the Coast see encouraging signs in the local economy, including the price of home sales beginning to rise, expansions at several businesses and a big jump in commercial building contracts in Hancock County.
"I think we're absolutely a shining star," George Freeland said during Thursday's Sun Herald Business Roundtable, which brings together Coast leaders from a variety of industries four times a year.
The executive director of the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation, Freeland said proposed short- and medium-range industrial prospects in South Mississippi surpass most areas of the country.
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