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YOU'RE INVITED - CLTT INDUSTRY SUMMIT
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Come join us and network at the CLTT Industry Advisory Council Summit on May 17, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the University of Southern Mississippi campus in Long Beach. The Summit will be held on the 3rd Floor of the library.  We will have the great pleasure to have as special guest speaker Senator Willie Simmons, Chairman of the Highway and Transportation Committee. We will also present a report on the accomplishments and happenings of the Center for Logistics, Trade and Transportation (CLTT) at Southern Miss and engage with you in a conversation to gather your ideas about future activities of the CLTT to meet your needs and opportunities of the gulf region. Your attendance and engagement in this Industry Summit is very important as we continue to build and shape the CLTT to support your organizations and the Gulf Region opportunities and needs. Working lunch will be served (seating is limited). This event is FREE of charge.
 I look forward to seeing you in Long Beach! Tulio Sulbaran, Ph. D. Director, Center for Logistics, Trade and Transportation |
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MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF FREIGHT-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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 The Columbus Lowndes County Development Link (the Link), located in Mississippi's Golden Triangle, has adopted the Policom Corporation Economic Strength Rankings to evaluate the success of it economic development efforts. The rankings of Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Micropolitan Statistical Areas attempts to measure the condition of a region's economy and the standard of living. The rankings are based on 24 metrics broken down by groups that attempt to capture the quality of the economy (e.g., jobs, wages, and income), how the economy is behaving (e.g., retail and construction numbers), and negative factors (e.g., welfare and Medicaid payments). Based on these national rankings, the Links industrial attraction efforts that leverage its multi-modal transportation infrastructure have moved the area from the nation's 374th ranked micropolitatian area in 2004 to 57th today. Making it one of the few Mississippi areas to move up the national rankings (See chart). The area has attracted over $4 billion in investment including Severstal, Eurocopter, and Paccar. One of the keys to the region's success has been the integration of its railroads, inland waterways, and road and it is an example of successful freight-based economic development. LEARN MORE | VIEW CHART
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TRANSPORTATION BOOK RECOMMENDATION:
THE BIG ROADS BY EARL SWIFT
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 For anyone interested in the U.S. Interstate system and why the highways are the way they are today, The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways by Earl Swift is an interesting read. He brings out a number of important points such as highways initially being developed by the private sector and only later did the federal government take the lead role as it does today and how the highways got their number designation. The author also attempts to debunk a number of commonly accepted ideas about the highways system such as that President Dwight D. Eisenhower founded the interstate system, that there are straight stretches for military airplanes to land, and that Thomas MacDonald, who served as the chief of the Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) for 34 years, from 1919 to 1953, was a unsympathetic technocratic who blurred the line between state and federal responsibility. LEARN MORE
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
University of Southern Mississippi
Long Beach Campus
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In preparation for the Industry Summit on May 17, please find the following link: Proposed Modifications of the Industry Advisory Board Bylaws.
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Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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CONTACT US Dr. Tulio Sulbaran, Director [email protected]601.266.6419 Fax: 601.266.5717 118 College Drive #5138 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-000 
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