New Markets Tax Credit Coalition
Water Valley Mayor Donald Gray agreed the economic, social, and physical components of this project is going to be a great change” for the city. The physical part is going to make our city much better. The economic, I can’t even start to imagine. …Hopefully a lot of these students will come back and build houses and become taxpayers,” Gray said. People can make a good living and these kids make a really good living starting out. They feel better about themselves … about their families. https://mississippitoday.org/2020/02/03/5-million-tech-center-expands-effort-to-close-skills-gap-as-tech-firms-step-up-investment-in-mississippi/
Multi-Tenant Education and Technology Innovation Hub that expands coding-education and workforce training opportunities for an underserved diverse population in rural Mississippi. Tenants include BaseCamp Coding Academy (BCCA), a satellite campus for Northwest Mississippi Community College and a Business Integration/Incubation space for Business sponsors of BCCA.
Address: 802 Central Street, Water Valley, MS 38965
Census Tract: 28161950200
Milwaukee Tool used NMTC financing to expand the facility’s manufacturing capabilities by upgrading the current outdated facility and purchasing new, innovative, state-of-the-art equipment to further support its growing hole saw
Score board manufacturer: Capturion Network, LLC, a Laurel, MS-based company which sells, installs and services digital scoreboards for sports and entertainment venues nationwide, has received an undisclosed amount of financing