Building the Delta
It’s an accurate enough business cliche: As goes construction, so goes the economy. The number of new builds, the workloads of contractors and their subs, the amount of renovations—all of these variables can be used as fair gauges of a region’s economic progress, or stagnation.

As a strong family must grow together and remain loyal to its members, so too have family-owned Delta businesses stayed the course. The same values that sustain the family such as tradition, loyalty, and care, have also helped in growing many of the Delta’s finest businesses. If there are any secrets to the Delta’s economic strength, one would be that family owned  businesses, which have endured and prosper here have played a larger role in our economy than many realize.

Two weeks ago a cross section of Deltans traveled to Washington to attend a conference on the proposed Delta Regional Authority called "Delta Vision, Delta Voices".
This proposed authority would cover 219 counties and be modeled after the Appalachian Regional Commission which was created to boost economic development efforts into an area that
spans the mountain region from West Virginia to the Northeast corner of Mississippi. Estimates are that the proposed Delta Regional Authority would have $30 million in start-up costs. The authority would also require congressional approval.