Academy gets MDA funding

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Jackson County's Board of Supervisors have agreed to accept the Mississippi Development Authority's nearly $20 million grant to build a maritime training facility. The Hurricane Katrina community development block grant money will be used to develop a shipbuilding academy to help local shipyards better train their employees. Northrop Grumman will be the major tenant, but VT Halter Marine and Signal International will also use the facility. (Source: Mississippi Press, 07/21/09) Background story, Alliance Insight, July 2009