News Archive
Membership Engagement Manager
March 29, 2023 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Matthew Harrison, President
Phone: 662-229-9502
Email: info@grenadameansbusiness.com
Membership Engagement Manager
...
Read More
Resolute Forest Products Sold to Paper Excellence
March 1, 2023 - Paper Excellence Welcomes Resolute Into Its Family of Companies
(All financial information is in U.S. Dollars)
RICHMOND, BC, March 1, 2023 /CNW/ - The Paper Excellence Group (the "Group"), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Domtar Corporation ("Domtar"), today announced the successful closing of its previously announced acquisition of Resolute Forest Products Inc. (...
Read More
RailUSA Rebrands
March 1, 2023 - March 1, 2023 To: Our valued customers and vendors Subject: Rebranding of RailUSA to Gulf & Atlantic Railways We are thrilled to share that our holding company has a new name, logo, and corporate office location! Our company, formerly known as RailUSA, is now Gulf & Atlantic Railways. Effective today our corporate...
Read More
Grenada Chosen for new RPN USDA Program
April 29, 2022 - President Biden is committed to ensuring federal resources and opportunities that can benefit rural America actually reach rural America. Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is launching the Rural Partners Network (RPN), a new whole-of-government effort led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to transform the way federal agencies partner...
Read More
ICE Industries expands for the 6th time in Grenada.
April 9, 2022 - Grenada's job market got a shot in the arm this week when Ice Industries added contracts for outdoor machine enclosures.
Ice Industries, headquartered in Sylvania, Ohio, will be investing more than $4 million into the Grenada facility to add new paint capabilities.
The Grenada facility primarily serves the automotive, HVACR,...
Read More
Grenada County awarded $500,000 industrial grant.
March 22, 2022 - CLARKSDALE, MS – Delta Regional Authority (DRA) today announced a $4,696,894 investment that will boost economic development and improve the quality of life for Mississippi Delta communities and residents. The investment will be matched by $6.8 million and will attract an additional $67.2 million in leveraged private investment (LPI) into Mississippi....
Read More
Grenada Railway Honored in 2021 Short Line and Regional Railroads of the Year
November 12, 2021 - GRENADA RAILROAD
In November 2011, the Grenada Railway was headed toward total abandonment. This Class III, once part of the longest railroad in the world, was going to be forgotten. It would take a tremendous effort from members of the community to change the railway’s fate. Known as Grenada...
Read More
GENERAL CONTRACTOR SELECTED FOR MILWAUKEE TOOL
November 12, 2021 - After a months-long, rigorous search process involving multiple construction companies, the Greater Grenada Partnership has been informed that Riley Construction has been selected as the general contractor for the Milwaukee Tool development in Grenada County.
Riley Construction is one of the largest construction firms in Wisconsin and Illinois. They provide...
Read More
“Build Better Together” Grenada Community Masterplan Announced
November 12, 2021 - By ADAM PRESTRIDGE (/taxonomy/term/15415) - Publisher Thu, 10/21/2021 - 8:45 PM
Anticipation runs high for Grenada residents as the wait continues for the first signs of construction of the mammoth Milwaukee Tool accessories manufacturing facility. The game-changing industrial development project was announced in mid-April and once complete will anchor the I55...
Read More
MILWAUKEE OPENS DOORS TO GRENADA OFFICIALS
August 12, 2021 - A great deal of behind-the-scenes work has transpired in anticipation for the ground-breaking of the Milwaukee Tool accessories manufacturing facility to be constructed in the I-55 Business and Technology Park since its announcement in early April.
As official procedures such as architectural drawings and permitting continue behind closed doors,...
Read More