Find Your Business's Home in Meridian

Business expansion and/or relocation is a sensitive business issue. The EMBDC honors your project's confidentiality. With that said, we are here as a non–profit agency to provide free consulting services to companies and consultants considering the Southeastern U.S. as a possible location. As you conduct your due diligence for identifying the best community for your future growth we hope you will look to us for any information, be it general in nature or industry specific. Our economic development team is here to support your efforts in making the best and most profitable decision possible.

While we are always just a phone call or email away you are welcome to submit your project requests online. Please complete as many of the fields below as you can and we will get to work to provide you with the customized information on potential sites and buildings as well as an initial financial incentive analysis to support the project.

Basic Information
Project Name
Business/Organization
Contact
Email
Phone
Mailing Address
Type of Business
4-digit SIC Code
Is this venture a(n) ...
New Enterprise Expansion Relocation
Interested in a(n) ...
Existing Building GreenField

Project Costs
Land
New Construction of Real Property
Building Rehabilitation
Manufacturing Equipment
Non-Manufacturing Equipment
Total
Company Estimates
New Jobs Created
Average Annual Salary of new Jobs
Net Mississippi Taxable Income
Finished Goods Inventory at Year End
Number of Existing Mississippi Exmployees
Current Assessed Value per Tax Assessor (in MS)
Transportation
Please indicate in miles how far your site needs to be located from:
Interstate
Four-lane road
Commercial Airport
General Aviation Airport
Deep Water Port
On site rail access Yes No
Estimate of Daily Inbound Transportation
Truck
Railcar
Estimate of Daily Outbound Transportation
Truck
Railcar
Workforce
Number of employees required
Estimated production hourly wage (without benefits)
Estimated annual facility payroll
Percentage of employees who are...
Unskilled
Semi Skilled
Skilled
Highly Skilled
List any special skills/education the employees need to have.

Site Characteristics
Provide proposed building and site configuration.
Briefly describe traffic flow and business operation to assist in site layout.
Existing Building Characteristics
Desired Total Square Feet
Desired Manufacturing Square Feet
Desired warehouse space square feet
Desired office square feet
Square feet for potential future expansion
Ceiling clearance at side under beam
Ceiling clearance at center between beams
Square feet for potential future expansion
Ceiling clearance at side under beam
Column spacing
Floor type
Floor thickness
Largest Crane Capacity required
Number of Truck Wells required
Number of Dock high doors
Number of floor level doors
Number of rail doors
Number of Parking spaces

Utilities
Water
Voltage of Line required
Maximum load required
Load factor
Dual feed? Yes No
Describe any special need of electricity supply that would be needed in the building
Sewer
Estimated average GPD discharge
Estimated peak GPD discharge
Describe the size and depth of the line desired in the building
Describe any special sewage services that would be needed at the site
Gas
Describe size, pressure, and capcaity desired of line serving your building
Describe any special needs of natrual gas supply that would be needed in the building

Please list any other special requirements or conditions not already addressed
Please include a list of any key drivers that will ultimately drive the location decision

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