MSU: Tenn-Tom’s great potential

The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, a 234-mile system running through four southeast states, is an engine for economic development with great potential, according to Domenico Parisi, director of Mississippi State University’s National Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center (NSPARC) research facility. Speaking to the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Opportunities Conference in Point Clear, Ala., on Aug. 27, Parisi touted NSPARC’s recent economic analysis of the waterway. The Tenn-Tom is uniquely positioned as the prime route for transporting chemical and plastic goods from Ohio River-based facilities to the Gulf of Mexico. There’s room for expansion and investment, Parisi claimed, and could be the “centerpiece of multi-state regional opportunities and become a gateway to the global economy,” For more about NSPARC, visit www.nsparc.msstate.edu. (Source: Mississippi State University 08/28/15) Gulf Coast Maritime Note: Tenn-Tom impacts 17 southeastern metropolitan regions and 111 counties with a population of about 6 million people.