Gulfport Establishes New Economic Development Website by Keith Burton - GCN 5/19/08 Gulfport administration officials, "City Hall," has established a new online presentation touting the city's economic development plans. The new website, linked from the city's main website, has information about the planned improvements coming for Gulfport and information that seems to take advantage of the work in other cities to tout Gulfport's success. Among the links on the Gulfport development website is information that outlines condominium developments in Biloxi and Biloxi's casinos as reasons why developers should build in Gulfport. The Gulfport website also mentions the new bridges in to Bay St. Louis and the Biloxi Bay bridge among the reasons Gulfport would be a place to build. Major projects listed on the website include the Ken Combs Pier, the
Gulfport Small Craft Harbor, Sportsplex
(Image left: Gulfport Harbor proposal. Image right: Gulfport Sportsplex proposal.) Of interest is a page on the website that lists Gulfport's top employers. They are: The City of Gulfport Top Employers Employer* # Employees 1. Memorial Hospital 2,661 2. Island View Casino Resort 1,457 3. Mississippi Power Company (regional) 1,299 4. Hancock Bank (regional) 1,213 5. Gulfport School System 916 6. Naval Construction Battalion Center 900 7. Harrison County School District (City only) 835 8. City of Gulfport** 700 9. Trinity Yachts 650 10. Wal Mart Gulfport 625 11. Garden Park Hospital 478 12. MGCCC (full time Gulfport only) 325 *Data is primarily from the Harrison County Development Commission **169 Employees of Southwest are on contract with Gulfport
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