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PEOPLE workforce development HANCOCKCOUNTY:
PARTNERS FOR STENNIS & MICHOUD story and photos courtesy of
UPCOMING EVENTS
MAY 3
5-7pm – Hancock Chamber Business After Hours with East St Tammany Chamber of Commerce at Silver Slipper Casino Hotel for Cinco de Mayo Networking
MAY 4
5pm – First Friday at Lazy Magnolia Brewery, Kiln
MAY 5
8am – 12pm – Hancock County Farmers Market
MAY 12
All Day – Second Saturday in Old Town Bay St. Louis 8am – 12pm – Hancock County Farmers Market
MAY 17
5pm-7pm – Hancock Chamber Business After Hours at Bodega & Bodega Spirits & Liquor, Court Street, Bay St. Louis
MAY 18
8:30am – Hancock Chamber Greenways & Byways Community Conversations: Smart, Networked Communities
4pm-11pm – The Krewe of the Mystic Seahorse – Pirate Day in the Bay, Beach & Main
MAY 19
11am-11pm – The Krewe of the Mystic Seahorse – Pirate Day in the Bay, Beach & Main
8am – 12pm – Hancock County Farmers Market
MAY 25-27
St. Clare Seafood Festival, Waveland Friday, 5pm – 11pm Saturday, 11am – 11pm Sunday, noon – 5pm
MAY 26
8am – 12pm – Hancock County Farmers Market
For details go to www.hancockchamber.org
Hancock Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Richard Gilbrech, director of John C. Stennis Space Center, updated area leaders during a two-state com- munity briefing hosted by Partners for Stennis & Michoud last month at Northshore Harbor Center in Slidell. More than 130 attendees also heard updates from Todd May, director of George C. Marshall Space Flight Cen- ter, which oversees the Michoud As- sembly Facility in New Orleans and Dr. Bill Burnett, technical director of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanog- raphy Command at Stennis.
Partners for Stennis & Michoud Chairman, Michael McDaniel of Aero- jet Rocketdyne, provided an update
on the re-branding of the Partners or- ganization to communicate its mission to advance business in Mississippi
and Louisiana at these two NASA as- sets. The goals of the re-branding is
to build awareness of the two federal sites as regional employers; market
the regional aerospace and defense technology corridor to attract private sector investments and new residential home sales; and build a strong alliance between the two states to advocate for regional workforce development.
“We want decision makers and
interested citizens to know and un- derstand the value and importance
of these two NASA assets and what
it means to all of us as a significant source of employment and income for this region,” said McDaniel.
Partners for Stennis & Michoud is a coalition of Mississippi and Louisiana citizens and businesses. Members of the non-profit organization are volunteer representatives from businesses, cham- bers of commerce, economic development agencies, educational institutions, local governments, community groups and private citizens. For more information and to join Partners, go to www.partnersforstennis.org.
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Dr. Richard Gilbrech, Director of John C. Stennis Space Center