Cooperative Competes

Hattiesburg, Miss. (May 7, 2025) — Cooperative Energy, together with the 11 Member distribution cooperatives it serves, announced today the award of a Cooperative Competes grant to the Scott County Board of Supervisors for the proactive site readiness of a newly identified industrial site along Interstate 20 near the Town of Lake, Mississippi. The $50,000 […]

Poplarville, Miss. (April 23, 2025) — Economic development efforts in Pearl River County are poised for success with the completion of a specialized strategic plan and a recently awarded Cooperative Competes grant. In late 2024, the Pearl River County economic development division initiated a Comprehensive Incentives Study with partners at VisionFirst Advisors. The study outcome

  Economic development efforts in Greenwood and Leflore County are poised for success with a new brand name, tagline, and a recently awarded Cooperative Competes grant.   In late 2024, the Greenwood-Leflore-Carroll County Economic Development Foundation (EDF) announced the new brand, website, and comprehensive marketing campaign. The collaborative marketing and new website are a result

  Hattiesburg – Cooperative Energy, together with the 11 Member electric distribution cooperatives it serves, invested $277,500 in strategic economic development efforts across the state in 2024.   The grant funds were awarded as part of the Cooperative Competes program which provides funding for proactive site and community development to attract new capital investment and

  Hattiesburg, Miss. (September XX, 2024) — Cooperative Energy, together with the 11 Member distribution cooperatives it serves, announced today the award of a Cooperative Competes grant to Greene County Board of Supervisors for the proactive site readiness of the Greene County Rail Site. The $13,500 Cooperative Competes grant will be used to assist with

    Hattiesburg, Miss. – Cooperative Energy is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the next round of the SiteInvest program. This initiative is aimed at improving the readiness and enhancing the development of industrial properties within the territories of Cooperative Energy’s 11 Member cooperatives.   SiteInvest is built on a three-tier

Hattiesburg, Miss. (February 28, 2024) –Governor Tate Reeves and the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) recently awarded the sixth round of Mississippi Site Development Program grants. Industrial properties in Hancock, Pearl River, and Scott counties were among the latest recipients. Together, sites within Cooperative Energy’s Members’ service territories received over $268,000 in state grant support. The

Cooperative Energy announced the industrial properties selected as finalists in the first round of the SiteInvest program. The property investment program was announced in September 2023 at the inaugural Economic Development Summit. SiteInvest is designed to help improve readiness and enhance the development of industrial properties in Cooperative Energy’s Members’ territories. The program is a

  Cooperative Energy, together with the 11 Member electric distribution cooperatives it serves, invested $397,275 in strategic economic development efforts across the state in 2023. The grant funds were awarded as part of the Cooperative Competes program which provides funding for proactive site and community development, with the goal of attracting new capital investment and