Video: Itawamba, Three Rivers Partner on Economic Development

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ITAWAMBA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) — Itawamba County has turned to an experienced team to help recruit new businesses and jobs.

County supervisors have contracted with the three-person economic development team at Three Rivers Planning and Development District to fill the role previously handled by the Itawamba County Development Council.

Three Rivers will work with existing industries and potential new industries for $80,000 a year through next September.

The agency has had success providing similar services in Chickasaw, Pontotoc and Union counties.

In the meantime, the county will continue a search for a full-time director to replace Greg Deakle, who left the county’s economic development agency last summer.