Category Archives: News

In summer of 2017, CMPDD staff began work on the 2018-2022 Economic Development Administration (EDA) Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS).

The CEDS is the result of a local planning process designed to guide the economic growth of the area.  It was developed using a grass-roots approach and studies the economy of the area which provides a glimpse of the area as a whole. … Read more.

The District updates and maintains an Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) count database for functionally classified roadways in the Jackson Urbanized Area (JUA), which includes portions of Hinds, Madison, and Rankin Counties. This data is collected in coordination with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), on a three (3) year rotating schedule in one of the aforementioned counties.… Read more.

The CMPDD Area Agency on Aging (AAA) in conjunction with the Mississippi Department of Human Services/Division on Aging and Adult Services held its annual public hearing on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Area Plan for Aging Services on July 18, 2017 at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.… Read more.

On Wednesday, August 9, 2017, the Central Mississippi Planning and Development District (CMPDD), which is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) responsible for coordinating the federally-mandated transportation planning process for the Jackson Metropolitan Area, announced they are accepting applications for the next round of Transportation Alternative (TA) funding available through the MPO.… Read more.

The District and the Mississippi Municipal League (MML), co-hosted a newly elected official orientation meeting in CMPDD’s Jackson office on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. The meeting was well attending by over 40 new officials and key staff members of MML and the District.… Read more.

We invite you to join us on Facebook and keep up to date on our weekly activities. You will find information about meetings, programs, and public events. You’ll also see highlights of what our staff is doing to fulfill our mission of serving the ever changing needs of the governments of the seven counties we represent – Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, Warren, and Yazoo.… Read more.

CMPDD is drafting a new, five-year Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for FY2018 – 2022, and input is being sought from community leaders. The District has emailed the CEDS survey to community leaders and elected officials across its seven counties and have requested that they take the time to complete and return it, as the responses will be compiled and used for the 2018 – 2022 CEDS that will be drafted later this year.… Read more.

In February, the Jackson Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) approved $20.1 million in Federal Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funding for metro-area transportation projects aimed at reducing congestion and improving the safety and efficiency of the regional transportation system.  The STBG program is a federal-aid transportation program that provides funding through the MPO to local municipalities and counties for transportation improvements in the urbanized area.… Read more.

Southcentral Mississippi Works (SMW) is the seventeen county workforce area which serves individuals and employers in the central and southwest part of the state.  CMPDD serves as the fiscal administrative entity for the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds provided through the U.S.… Read more.

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From left: Elise Munn, Chuck Carr, Brenda Harper, Mitzi Stubbs, Greg McNeely, Wayne Davis, Terry Channell, Jimmy Phillips, Pokey Evans, Darrell McMillian, Rita Payton, Perry Hood, Shannon Watts, Kenneth Powell

CMPDD staff presented officials of McNeely Plastics, Inc., Copiah County, and Copiah County Economic Development District with a National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) award for Innovative Projects.… Read more.