Gulf Coast Alliance for Economic Development
Gulfport, MS

Overview: A partnership of South Mississippi
counties nearest the Gulf of Mexico. This
professional group works as a central contact
for businesses and industries considering
relocating or expanding into the South
Mississippi area.

Members: Hancock County Economic
Development
Commission (Jack Zink,
executive director);
Harrison County
Development Commission; Jackson County
Economic Development Foundation (George
Freeland, executive director);
Mississippi
Power
(Arnie Williams, director of economic
development).

Projects of note: The Alliance's "sectors"
project has five Web sites, news feeds and
reference books that focus on
aerospace,
shipbuilding, advanced materials, marine
science and geospatial technologies. The
Alliance
for four years produced a science and
technology quarterly newsletter that cover
ed
all five areas.

Website: www.mscoastalliance.com
Aerospace interests
...As part of the "sectors" project, the
Alliance maintains a
Web site that highlights
the aerospace-related activities in South
Mississippi. It also publishes an annual
directory, and covers aerospace news in a
quarterly newsletter and as-needed special
reports. For access to those publications,
visit the above Web site and click on
"publications."
...Primary aerospace activities in South
Mississippi include NASA's John C. Stennis
Space Center and Stennis International
Airport and Airpark in Hancock County, the
Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport in
Harrison County (Gulfport), Keesler Air
Force Base (Biloxi) and the Northrop
Grumman Unmanned Systems Center in
Jackson County (Moss Point).
Gulf Coast Alliance for Economic Development
Bay St. Louis-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS
Hancock
Harrison
Jackson