Proposals opened for NG work

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The Jackson County Board of Supervisors Monday opened proposals from firms wanting to work on a new testing facility for Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. The county will hire a grant administrator, architect and engineer to help submit a funding proposal to the Mississippi Development Authority, said George Freeland, executive director of the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation. He said the process is in its early stages, and a location, construction cost projection and size information is not known. (Source: Mississippi Press, 12/14/10)