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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: JACKSON’S FARISH STREET Keeping our eye on...

Kelly Graeber

As the public relations specialist of the Oxford School District, Graeber’s days are packed with handling weekly communication operations within a growing student population spread across seven schools including a new high school.

Displaced developer: Project 'basis' gives edge in JRA fight

» Developer says he’s optimistic ‘city leadership and new mayor are going to get to the bottom of this.’

By TED CARTER I STAFF WRITER ted.carter@msbusiness.com

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Around town {P 7} » Mistletoe Marketplace the kickoff to the holiday shopping season Winners {P 8} » Architects celebrate the winners in their profession Lists {P 14} » Title Insurance Companies

David Watkins alleges Jackson Redevelopment Authority secretly recruited Farish Group minor partners to persuade Yates Co. to take over project

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Inside Biz {P 2} » Laurel Machine & Foundry grows by diversifying

WATKINS FRUSTRATED BUT HOPEFUL AMID FARISH STREET STRIFE

The 2008 effort to rescue the bankrupt Farish Street redevelopment project led Jackson's civic and government leaders to the doorstep of David Watkins, a local lawyer turned developer who was drawing acclaim for putting together an $89 million salvage of the long-abandoned King

Edward hotel.

“They said take the goodwill you've built up with the King Edward and put it with Farish Street,” Watkins said in his first press interview since the Jackson Development Authority booted him from the project.

“Finally, I agreed to it.”

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Though the first downtown block of Farish Street to its corner at East Griffith can be walked in a minute or so, the longest tape measure might not cover the distance between views of the main players on why the redevelopment effort has returned to its limbo state of 2008.

But this time instead of the $1.5 million in debt, derelict block and unenforceable tenant leases left behind by Beale Street developer John Elkington's Performa Mississippi, the block has repaired water and sewer lines, brick pavement and new, historically correct building facades along its entire length.

That progress — completed since granting of the master development lease in January 2010 — came far too slowly, the Jackson Redevelopment Authority said in grabbing back the project from David Watkins and the Farish Street Group, LLC, of which he is managing partner.

The JRA has declined to address media questions about its Sept. 25 severing of the 45-year lease it had with Farish Street Group.

However, in a court filing last week objecting to developer liens against the project, the redevelopment agency claimed that Watkins and his partners failed to meet certain deadlines included in the lease agreement.

This failure “would constitute a default,” the JRA said.

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2 I Mississippi Business Journal I November 1, 2013 BUSINESS PROFILE

SMALL BUSINESS

Laurel Machine & Foundry grows by diversifying

Caterers offer tips for the holidays

By LISA MONTI I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

By LISA MONTI I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

Laurel Machine & Foundry Co. began operation in 1904 as a metal parts manufacturer and supplier for the Lindsey eight-wheel wagon factory. Today its biggest customer in Mississippi is the maker of enormous fork trucks.

LMF, which will observe its 110th anniversary next year, has grown and prospered through the leadership of four generations of the Mulloy family.

In 1911, J.W. Mulloy and his brother Richard “Dick” Mulloy bought Laurel Machine & Foundry. The company had eight employees in two wooden buildings. In 1924, LMF began a long running working relationship with another local businessman, the inventor of Masonite board.

Gene Mulloy, the third generation to run the company and now its CEO, said, “We built all of his original equipment for him. Mr. Mason was our largest customer for most of my time here.”

Mulloy remembered his introduction to the family business. “I rode my bicycle (to work) and did inventory when I was a kid,” he said. “I’ll be here 50 years next year.”

Mulloy said the changes since his grandfather, J.W. Mulloy, bought the business are hard to comprehend. “They didn’t have a cutting torch or an electric wire welding machine. Everything was riveted and built in the shop. I don’t see how they ever built anything in those days.” If something broke when it got to the field, he said. “All you had was a hammer. I can’t imagine.”

Over the years, LMF has continuously diversified its products and services while expanding its facilities. In 1989 the foundry division relocated to a new 50,000-square-foot facility at Hawkes Industrial Park and 10 years later the CNC Machining Division moved to a new 30,000-square-foot facility in the industrial park. It houses the largest horizontal machining center in the state of Mississippi.

LMF now has approximately 150 employees who work in five departments.

Mulloy said, “We just kind of grow here and grow there.”

He said, “We’ve got a foundry division where we actually melt steel and iron for castings. And we have two machine shops: The custom machine shop for repair work and a CNC (computer nu-

If you want your holiday party catered, here’s a tip from a pro: Book it with your caterer right after the first of the year. That way you’ll likely get the best possible date for your party or other event before the procrastinators realize the holidays are just around the corner.

That’s the word from Richard Chenoweth of Scranton’s Restaurant and Catering in Pascagoula.

“Basically try to rebook in January if you want the prime dates,” he said. He tries to get his regular customers to pencil in the dates first and then does what he can to accommodate newcomers and those who wait before they make plans. “Luckily we have several different venues to move people around,” he said.

TIP: Book your holiThe catering business day party during the has been steady over the last several years but week. “It cuts down Chenoweth expects this on cost. Spaces cost one to be exceptional because large more on weekends corporations celebrated and you can get milestones during 2013.

“We had to hire 50 extra some great rates on staff for the two weeks in October in addition to the catering as well.” staff that normally works – Kelly Pittman, events when they aren't Elements Catering and Floral Design owner working at the restaurant.” Otherwise, he said, some years are good, others not so much. “There’s no rhyme or reason to it,” he said.

Scranton’s has more than 30 years of experience catering gatherings such as wedding, rehearsal dinners, corporate events and in-home dinner parties. Services are offered at a private 3,200-square-foot banquet hall in Scranton’s historic restaurant and and a 5,000-square-foot ballroom at the Grand Magnolia Ballroom and Suites.

Taylor Grocery Special Events Catering in Taylor bills itself as the premier caterer for the North Mississippi area.

Catering manager Butch Scott, who’s been in the business for 20 years, also advises party planners to book early for the holidays.

“The sooner you can have your date, go ahead and book your caterer,” he said. That way you can be sure to get the caterer you want.

Scott said catering in Oxford isn’t as tied to the economy as it is in other places. “A lot of our economy is driven by the University of Mississippi and that’s pretty steady year-round,” he said.

Scott has been with Taylor since 2006 and said the full service business does everything from “small gettogethers in your backyard to big weddings and formal banquets.”

For The Mississippi Business Journal

Laurel Machine & Foundry Co. began operation in 1904 as a metal parts manufacturer and supplier for the Lindsey eight-wheel wagon factory. Today its biggest customer in Mississippi is the maker of enormous fork trucks.

merically controlled) shop which does higher production volume.”

Employees at LMF do structural, sheet and plate fabrication, manufacture and repair custom machinery and parts and also do casting work. There is a full-line metal service center that offers more than 10,000 industrial and oil field mill supply items. That department never closes to ensure customers can get the products they need when they need them.

LMF operates a fleet of trucks to pick up and deliver for customers within a 300-mile radius of the Laurel plant. Shipping to overseas markets is done through Gulfport, New Orleans and Mobile.

Among LMF’s customers are Howard Industries, Nissan, Hood Industries and Georgia Pacific.

“Our largest customer right now in Mississippi is Taylor Machine Works in Louisville,” said Mulloy. Taylor is a leading manufacturer of industrial forklift and material handling equipment. Mulloy said LMF makes the castings and fabricated steel products for the huge forklift trucks.

Gene Mulloy became CEO in 2005 when his son Trent Mulloy became president of LMF. Both men are active in local and state associations and as well as other business activities.

Larkin Simpson, director of the Jones County Chamber of Commerce in Laurel, called LMF a great company to work

with. “They’re always looking to do new innovative things,” he said.

Simpson described LMF as “a great Mississippi company and a strong partner in our community, always willing to give back. And they are not just selling Laurel; they are selling Mississippi and the Southeast.”

Simpson said that LMF had an unknowing hand in helping to land a GE Aviation facility in Ellisville recently.

A GE Aviation official was in town to take a look around and ended up going to LMF’s annual crawfish boil that features the famous anvil shoot and draws 2,000 to 3,000 people from the community. No one was told why the guest was in town. “He met a variety of people from the community,” said Simpson.

“After we landed the project and GE made the announcement, he said one of the things that really sold him on the community was the night he went to the crawfish boil. Without knowing it, that kind of clinched a big win for us.”

Looking at the future of LMF, Mulloy said, “We’ll be here. One of the good things about having five different smaller businesses is that most of the time if one or two of them are down, the other two or three are up. It helps to have the diversity we have. We work for so many different people, it’s been a blessing to be so diversified.”

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November 1, 2013

TECHNOLOGY

SpaceX to bring more innovation to Stennis SpaceX is bringing a new engine rocket testing program to Stennis Space Center along with an incredible background thanks to its forward-thinking chief, Elon Musk.

Musk, the billionaire founder of PayPal, is CEO/CTO of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla Motors.

Bloomberg Businessweek called Musk “the 21st century industrialist.�

Most recently he made headlines with his concept for the Hyperloop transportation system that would send travelers commuting through tubes at 700 miles an hour.

SpaceX is Musk’s third company, founded in 2002 with the formal name of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation. The mission is to build spacecraft for commercial space travel.

In 2012 SpaceX launched a rocket that sent the first commercial vehicle to the International Space Station.

At Stennis, SpaceX will test new methane rocket engines starting next year.

Also last week, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited the center to welcome employees back to work after the government shutdown. — Lisa Monti, MBJ

combined Cruisin’ the Coast and Second Saturday celebration Oct. 12. Saturday was the wind up of three days worth of vintage cars parading around to different venues. Restaurants, shops and hotels gave the popular annual event high marks.

Last week, travel writers from all over the country are touring South Mississippi, getting story ideas to write about for various publications.

This weekend is Bay BridgeFest in downtown Bay St. Louis. The festival began in 2007 and crowds have grown over the years. Last year it was named the Mississippi Tourism Association’s large event of the year and won AAA’s Southern Travel Treasure Award.

Headliners this year are The Revivalists and Dumpstaphunk. Other performers include Amanda

Shaw, Cedric Burnside, Walter Wolfman Washington and some local favorites. — Lisa Monti, MBJ

ENERGY

Price tag for Kemper plant grows another $150M KEMPER COUNTY — Mississippi Power Co. says the expected cost of the power plant it’s building in Kemper County has risen another $150 million because of schedule delays.

That pushes the total cost of the plant, a coal mine and associated pipelines to almost $5 billion. The complex

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— from staff and MBJ wire services

Golf carts discussed at city council meeting again

GULF COAST

Coastal Cleanup volunteers bag tons of marine trash The 1,277 volunteers who had a part in the recent Coastal Cleanup Day picked up 956 bags of trash from Mississippi’s coastal beaches and waterways. That amounts to 15,465 pounds of marine trash.

The cleanup is organized annually by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and Mississippi Marine Debris Task Force. This year was the 25th annual cleanup.

Earlier, volunteers with Mississippi Power’s Renew Our Rivers program pitched in to clean three coastal sites.

They removed 8.7 tons of that was too large to bag. — Lisa Monti, MBJ

SMALL BUSINESS

Back-to-back events bring crowds to Bay St. Louis Bay St. Louis businesses are enjoying back-to-back crowd-generating events this month. First it was the

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was originally projected to cost about $2.8 billion.

Atlanta-based Southern Co., the parent of Mississippi Power, says it will write off the additional $150 million when it announces quarterly earnings today. It’s the third straight quarter Southern has charged off Kemper costs, and shareholders will have absorbed $1.14 billion before taxes.

Also, the completion date for what the company calls Plant Ratcliffe was pushed back until the last three months of 2014. Mississippi Power spokeswoman Christy Ihrig said it costs $15 million to $25 million for every additional month of construction, which is the main reason the cost also went up.

HANCOCK COUNTY

A concerned citizen took the podium during a recent Bay St. Louis city council public forum to express concerns about kids driving golf carts around town. One under aged driver reportedly was seen chauffeuring his partying parents home. It wasn't the first time that event was brought up to the council.

The concerned citizen was assured the city is following state law regarding golf carts and that the police are writing tickets as needed.

Next item of business was the Mystic Krewe of the Sea Horse parade set for Lundi Gras 2014.

Don't look for floats, though. It's a golf cart parade. — Lisa Monti, MBJ

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FARISH

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Today, Watkins risks arrest if he sets foot on Farish Street, the Jackson Redevelopment Authority warns.

After the JRA's late September severing of its 2010 redevelopment lease with Watkins' Farish Street Group, a big question is whether any developer will want to venture onto Farish Street in partnership with the City of Jackson and its urban redevelopment entity, the JRA. Tallying up all of today's circumstances leaves significant doubt that Jackson any time soon can fulfill its quarter-century-old desire to turn the former African-American business and social district into a dining, entertainment and shopping draw.

If a development company is not scared off by debts, liens, a possible foreclosure and the certainty of awaiting the outcome of a lengthy litigation between Watkins and the JRA and – possibly – the Mississippi Development Authority and the JRA, something else will.

It's called “the basis.”

Or, in this instance, the lack of one.

The basis represents the investment the Farish Group has in the project and is used to calculate the accrued eligibility for historic tax credits and other development incentives. In official terms, the accrued credit eligibility for historic tax credits is the QRE, or Qualified Rehabilitation Expenses. The QRE goes to defray the developer's costs and is calculated as a percentage of the developer's investment in the total project costs.

Erase the stake Watkins and his partners have in the project so far, and the QRE applied to the percentage of costs is unlikely to be enough to make the project financially feasible for a new developer.

The Farish Street Group, of which Watkins is the managing partner, owns the current QRE. Without it, any new developer must start from a zero basis without any Qualified Rehabilitation Expenses on which to begin earning the coveted federal and state historic tax credits, according to Watkins' lawyer, Lance Stevens of the Jackson firm Stevens & Ward.

“This project is violently radioactive now,” Stevens said in an interview. “There is absolutely no one who would take over this project now unless there is the QRE.” How important are the historic tax credits and tourism tax rebate to a redevelopment effort such as the Farish Street project?

Consider that the QRE for federal tax credits is 20 percent of the private expenditures and the QRE for state historic tax credits is 25 percent.

Also subject to elimination is the Farish Street Group's accumulated basis for calculating the generous tourism tax rebate administered by the Mississippi Development Authority. Paid as a rebate on sales tax collections, the tourism tax rebate represents 30 percent of a developer's total costs and is paid out over a 15-year period, an amount Watkins estimates at $800,000 a year.

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The JRA further charged that any construction done on the site through Watkins Development – the development arm of Farish Street Partners— was done illegally and without a certificate of responsibility, an action JRA says violates the laws and regulations of the Mississippi State Board of Contractors.

Farish Street Group minor partner Leroy Walker, a Canton McDonald’s franchise owner, called the JRA’s impatience and desire to remove Watkins “understandable.”

“I think that David is a credible individual,” but “I do think some mistakes were made…. I think his effort was outstanding but not the results,” Walker said.

To put in context, though, critics should consider that the economy tanked just after he took over the project, a circumstance that dried up lending for both the project and potential tenants, Walker noted.

“There have been some constraints which prohibited us from moving forward like we wanted to.”

Minor partner and Jackson lawyer Robert Gibbs said he saw the negative direction matters were headed with the JRA. But at the moment, he said he is not prepared to judge “who is right or wrong” in this.

He said he nonetheless did not agree with the JRA’s decision to snatch the lease away from Watkins.

“We felt that we were getting closer every day,” Gibbs said of the Farish Street Group.

“A lot of extenuating circumstances that the public does not know about” kept the project from hitting certain deadlines, Gibbs stressed.

A particular obstacle was the public perception that City of Jackson money had gone into the project, he said. “That’s just not the case.”

In fact, the JRA stood to gain 25 percent of the project’s annual revenues upon completion of the redevelopment without to this point putting up any money, according to Watkins Development Another public perception Watkins has battled is that he has not actually sunk $4.5 million of his firm’s money into the project – a claim Watkins Development says a series of audits done on the project can readily disprove.

Some of the perception on the part of the council rests with the JRA putting Farish Street Group contact with the City Council off limits, Watkins Development says.

“We had a discussion last April with a council member who will remain unnamed who asked, ‘What about that $10 million we gave you?’” Watkins said.

“They haven’t been able to get any communication from us. The JRA says, ‘We’re going to handle all of the communications with the mayor and City Council.’”

Meanwhile, both Walker and Gibbs say that any

As with the historic tax credits, the Farish Street Group's removal from the project wipes out the basis applied to the tourism tax rebate to this point, Watkins and his lawyer say.

What is lost, Watkins said, is a $10-million basis that translates to $9 million in credits from historic tax credits and the tourism tax rebate.

Watkins calculated the basis on what he said is his $4.5-million investment and the MDA's investment of $5.5 million.

Getting a new deal The JRA's challenge today: Find a way to keep Watkins out of the project and keep

hope for reviving the effort to transform Farish Street must be minus Watkins.

“We’re seeing if we can organize and pull together additional interested entities that may want to participate, if we are allowed to go forward,” Walker said.

Watkins conceded the slow pace of construction and acknowledged the complexities of taking a block abandoned 30 years ago and transforming it into a music, food and cultural destination.

“Nobody has ever written 'How to Build an Entertainment District for Dummies',” he said.

Watkins said he has nonetheless emerged from the experiences he's had since recruited to rescue the project in 2008 with a fairly firm idea of what went wrong and how to fix it.

In a several-hour interview last week, the former lawyer and developer of Jackson's King Edward Hotel and Standard Life residential building detailed the challenges of repairing a faulty city utilities system installed a decade earlier and the painstaking work, expense and time required to maintain the early 20th century historic integrity of the revamped buildings.

He further recalled the frustration of relying on JRAprovided engineering reports attesting to the structural stability of the anchor building at the street's south end only to learn in mid 2012 that the two-story former dry cleaning building lacked a true foundation – an oversight that piled new expenses of from $1.4 million to $1.7 million onto the project.

The frustration mounted, he said, after former Mayor Harvey Johnson and the JRA directed him to stay mum about the foundation snafu and his attempts to bring fresh private-sector money into the project. In the meantime, members of the JRA board, the City Council and other political voices initiated a media backlash against him, he said.

The drumbeat against his efforts has come, Watkins said, “because people don't understand what is going on.”

At the same time that Farish Street Group is “spending millions of dollars and there are contracts going out and we have these deals with the artists, they are saying 'get rid of the developer,'” he added.

Ready to oblige his detractors, Watkins began looking for a co-developer or – better still – a developer to take over for him. The main motivation came from the need to plug the $1.5 million or so hit the faulty building foundation had put on the project's already tight budget, according to Watkins.

Further incentive came from the realization that meeting conditions for federal and state historic tax credits would require the Farish Street Group to do the tenant buildouts or risk losing the credits, he added.

“Just one section of buildings on the block would be $5.6 million to build out. That does not include See JRA, Page 10

the $10 million basis from the project.

Watkins and his lawyer say the JRA has already made one failed backdoor attempt at this. They allege the scheme involved the JRA's recruitment of a trio of Farish Street Group minor partners to pitch Yates Construction on taking over the project.

Watkins said he had previously persuaded the $1-billion Philadelphia-based construction company to buy out the Farish Street Group in a deal that would have the Watkins partnership stay on to run the development. “This was in February 2013,” Watkins said. “They were doing this whole block and the second block. They said they would pay us $6.4 million” and let the Far-

ish Street Group operate it.

“We ran it by our partners and the mayor (the up-for-reelection Harvey Johnson). It was not received very well.”

Watkins claimed that soon after, the JRA and the three minority partners – Leroy Walker, Socrates Garrett and Robert Gibbs — pitched a different deal to Yates, one that would preserve the basis but not include him.

“Then suddenly the deal with Yates dies,” Watkins said of the construction company's initial plan.

Today, Watkins said he feels betrayed by the partners keeping the new plan from him.

He noted that after the minor partners made their proposal to Yates, the JRA ended all communications with him.

“It's called conflict of interest,” said Stevens, Watkins' lawyer, of the secret actions Watkins alleges his partners and the JRA took.

“You've got the JRA breaching their good faith duty under the contract and the minor members breaching their fiduciary duties within the Farish Street Group LLC,” Stevens said.

“I mean everybody is screwing everybody.”

With the public fuss over the Farish project growing, Yates has apparently dropped its interest, Watkins said, though he added he lately has had zero communications from the company.

Watkins' claim of backdoor maneuverings by his partners brought a denial from Robert Gibbs, a Jackson lawyer; a “no comment” from Socrates Garrett, a Jackson construction company owner; and an acknowledgment that it, indeed, occurred from Leroy Walker, a Canton McDonald's restaurant franchise owner.

Watkins said he would not have known about the meeting had details of it not “shown up in somebody's email and I asked Robert Gibbs about it.”

The JRA is not giving its version of events, having notified the media in a press statement this week that it would not address any Farish Street issue outside of public meetings of the JRA board. JRA attorney Zach Taylor of Jones Walker has a longstanding policy of not discussing JRA business with the media.

For his part, Gibbs said Watkins initiated the only approach to Yates Construction of which he is aware.

Walker's recollection is that he notified Watkins of the meeting after it occurred, and said those who joined him at the meeting were Taylor, Gibbs, Garrett and Dr. Claude D. Brunson, a University of Mississippi Medical Center anesthesiologist.

“The numbers just weren't there,” Walker said of the look he, the other partners and Yates Construction gave a takeover of the project.

Some of the numbers difficulty could relate to having to pay Watkins off.

Walker acknowledged Watkins must be paid before any new partnership without him can move forward and make use of the project's basis.

“We're going to have to negotiate in a way that satisfies David,” he said.

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he qualifying deadline for candidates in next year’s federal elections is not until March 1, but already the political landscape is stirring with activity.

While it is still early in the process, we would like to make a request of all who would participate in this process: Conduct a serious campaign with civility.

There is no need to exaggerate the seriousness of this period of American history.

Our armed forces remain deployed in harm’s way overseas. Our economy is not yet employing all those who can and would work if given the opportunity. Our national debt is an ever lengthening shadow across the path

of future generations.

To meet such challenges demands more of a candidate — whether challenger or incumbent — than a snappy slogan.

Mississippians need and deserve competent men and women to mount substantive campaigns that rigorously and vigorously examine our nation ‘s problems and our options for solving them.

At the same time, the candidates and all those associated with their campaigns would best serve their cause by maintaining a civil attitude even in the heat of debate.

As Alan Simpson, a grand old man of the Grand Old Party told the online news jour-

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That’s especially sound advice for someone seeking a legislative position in either chamber of Congress.

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6 I Mississippi Business Journal I November 1, 2013 Profiles of growing young professionals in Mississippi

Age: 37 Communications Coordinator, Oxford School District

Keeping our eye on... KELLY GRAEBER Hazlehurst native Kelly Graeber says being the daughter of a high school art teacher and educator helped her grasp the gift of learning at an early age.

As the public relations specialist of the Oxford School District, Graeber’s days are packed with handling weekly communication operations within a growing student population spread across seven schools including a new high school.

“My work style is a little mixture of cheerleader and team player meets middle linebacker and endurance athlete,” Graeber says. “I see public education using communications professionals more to help coordinate information about what is going on in public education and continue to tell the story of school districts in which they work.”

Graeber graduated with honors from Mississippi College and was a student producer and reporter at WAPT-16 in Jackson. Her previous work experience includes being the first director of Volunteer Oxford, public relations manager of the Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau,

Heroes or mentors: “Grandmother Eloise. She's the epitome of the Southern belle: charming, kind, beautiful, respectful, yet firm in her beliefs and morals.”

Best thing about Mississippi: “The rich history, culture, literature, arts and music.”

Best Mississippi event: The Great Mississippi River Balloon Race in Natchez Favorite Mississippi food: Homegrown tomatoes with garlic salt Childhood dream job: TV reporter or airline attendant First job ever: Lifeguard and dance teacher Favorite movie: “Grease” Favorite music: Kudzu Kings Twitter handle: @kel_e_shannon

development coordinator for the Mississippi Children's Home and special projects officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health.

“I truly believe that some people have the wrong idea about public relations professionals,” Graeber says. “We are not just ‘spin doctors.’

Storytelling is actually a very honest description of what we do. It's not just the good stories that we tell, but we have to tell the realistic side of issues that might cause conflict or stir undesirable emotions.”

Graeber advises young professionals to be resourceful, don’t burn bridges, don't let others do the work for you and dress professionally.

“You don't have to spend hundreds on a wardrobe,” she says. “Make sure you are groomed from your hair down to your toe nails. Make your first impression the best one.”

Graeber enjoys volunteering, painting, working out, teaching aerobics and spending time with her husband Kenny.

— By Stephen McDill

Firm welcomes Shepherd

HORNE promotes seven staffers

C. Gavin Shepherd has joined Rushing & Guice, PLLC as an associate. Shepherd is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law where he served as a staff member on the Tennessee Law Review and was a certificate of academic excellence recipient. Prior to law school, he was employed as a contract specialist for the United States Defense Department in Huntsville, Ala. Shepherd graduated magna cum laude from the University of Alabama with a bachelor of science in commerce and business administration while majoring in finance. While at the University of Alabama, he was recognized as an Outstanding Undergraduate in Finance and he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma.

Shepherd has been admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Mississippi.

CPA and business advisory firm HORNE LLP recently announced the promotion of seven team members in the firm’s administrative office. Karla Bennett was named finance manager for the firm.

Stephany Griebler, a member of the firm’s learning and development team, was promoted to supervisor.

Jordan Willett Haygood was promoted to senior associate. Haygood works as a recruiter for the firm.

On the firm’s technology team, Ben Sylve, Tony Coco, Chad Miller and Robert Smith all earned promotions. Sylve was named senior manager. Coco, Miller and Smith were all promoted to supervisors.

Banks receives award Former presiding justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court and Phelps Dunbar, LLP senior partner Fred Banks was recently honored by the Mississippi Center for Justice with its “Champion of Justice” award for 2013. Banks has spent much of his legal career dedicated to civil rights and justice and was a member of the legal team that implemented landmark civil rights legislation and desegregated public schools Banks in Mississippi. From 1976-1985, Banks served in the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he was chair of the Ethics Committee, as well as a member of the Judiciary Committee and the Legislative Black Caucus. He then served as a circuit judge in Hinds and Yazoo counties, and in 1991 was appointed to the Mississippi Supreme Court. In 2001, Banks retired from his position as presiding justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court and joined Phelps Dunbar’s Jackson office.

Banks currently practices in the area of commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, legislative and governmental relations, and appellate law. He has been recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in America and Mid-South Super Lawyers. He also currently serves as legal chair on the NAACP’s national Board of Directors.

Knight

Rubinoff

C Spire hires, promotes staff C Spire Wireless has made numerous staffing moves. Rob Rubinoff has been named manager of social media and interactive strategy. Rubinoff comes to C Spire with over six years of experience as interactive director for Mad Genius. Prior to his stint at Mad Genius, Rubinoff was a freelancer for eight years. A native of Miami, Fla., Rubinoff is a graduate of Wheaton College with a bachelor’s degree in cultural anthropology and a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Miami. He holds certification in Google Analytics IQ and is a member of the Information Architecture Institute.

Krystal Tomblin has been named retail development manager. Tomblin, who joined C Spire in 2009, has served in a variety of retail positions prior to her latest assignment, including market manager stints in the Columbia and Waynesboro markets and as a customer service coordinator, team leader and account service representative. A native of Jacksonville, N.C., Tomblin attended

Tomblin

Wright

Coastal Carolina Community College.

Joseph Wright has been promoted to manager of device engineering. Wright, who joined C Spire in 2010, has served in a variety of related positions, including test development engineer for Thomson Inc. and as a consultant for ESL Spectrum. Prior to his recent promotion, Wright was a device engineer for the company. A native of Indianapolis, Ind., Wright is a graduate of Purdue University with a bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering technology.

Terrell Knight, a 19-year veteran in the telecommunications industry, has been named vice president of government sales and economic development. Knight, who joined C Spire in 1994, has served in a variety of management positions for C Spire, including separate stints as director of sales, business development and government and as an area manager in the company’s South Mississippi markets. A native of Taylorsville, Knight is a University of Mississippi graduate with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

People Lease adds Paul

Carter earns appointment

Lisa Paul has joined People Lease with several years of payroll and accounting experience.

Paul lives in Brandon with her husband, Dave, and their two sons. A native of Alabama, she enjoys traveling, sports and visiting her daughter at Jefferson State College.

Dr. Gregory A. Carter, associate professor in the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, has been appointed interim associate dean for the Gulf Coast operations of the College of Science and Technology.

Carter, who also serves as chief scientist at the Southern Miss Gulf Coast Geospatial Center, earned his postdoctoral degree in botany from the University of Maryland in 1986 and his doctoral degree in botany from the University of Wyoming in 1985. He earned both his master of science and bachelor of science in botany degrees from Auburn University in 1982 and 1979, respectively.

Paul

Stein made director BKD, LLP’s has promoted Jaime M. Stein, CPA to director. A member of the BKD National Financial Services Group, Stein has 15 years of experience in public accounting. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants. Stein has also participated in the Leadership Rankin program sponsored by the Rankin County Chamber Stein of Commerce.

She is a 1998 summa cum laude graduate of William Carey College University with a B.S. degree in business with an emphasis in accounting. In 1999, she obtained her master’s degree in professional accountancy from the University of Southern Mississippi.

For announcements in Newsmakers; Contact: Wally Northway (601) 364-1016 • wally.northway@msbusiness.com

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It’s ‘Mistletoe’ time

By FRANK BROWN I STAFF WRITER frank.brown@msbusiness.com

There is a list. And this week, Brandon Kennedy is checking it twice.

The opening of 33rd-annual Mistletoe Market is only days away, and, after 22 months of preparation, Kennedy, the chair of this year’s event, is ready to setup and check off the final details.

Mistletoe Marketplace, the Christmas holiday-themed shopping weekend sponsored by the Junior League of Jackson, is Wednesday through Saturday at the Mississippi Trade Mart. General shopping hours for the event begin Thursday morning and feature about 160 businesses from Kennedy across the country.

About 35,000 shoppers from around the Southeast will attend the Junior League’s main fundraiser, which provides the funds organization uses to help pay for its 30-plus community projects. Last year’s Mistletoe Marketplace raised almost $1.18 million, according to the Junior League’s annual report. The Junior League is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.

But for Kennedy, this almost-two-year volunteer effort has become a daily job since last year’s event ended.

“I was named chair-elect in January of 2012, and I sat on the steering committee and observed the planning for the 2012 event,” said Kennedy. “My committee was chosen in September 2012, and we shadowed and watched last year.

Since then, it has become a day-to-day job for me. I’m running a business. Yes, It’s a nonprofit and fundraiser, but it’s a job for me. A volunteer job for me.”

Anything involved with this year’s Mistletoe Marketplace goes through Kennedy.

“I oversee all the decisions,” she said. “I have a committee of 13 others. I attend meetings with our corporate sponsors, meetings with our Friends of Mistletoe, and any meetings with businesses we’re partnering with, I will attend.

“It’s a 22-month commitment for me and my co-chair Jennifer Walker.”

In the world of Mistletoe Marketplace, corporate sponsors are huge, and Kennedy’s job involves daily meetings with potential sponsors throughout the year of planning.

“We have about 110 corporate sponsors, and that includes sponsorships of $5,000 or more in cash or in-kind sponsors,” she said. “Anything under that amount is considered a Friend of Mistletoe. That includes a lot of business and personal sponsors.

“We try to really promote our sponsors because they are a big reason we can do this. Ticket sales are important to us, but corporate sponsorships and merchant booth fees are the bulk of what we do.”

And yes, Virginia, there is a list.

“I’ve laughed, because we have all these notebooks we’ve passed down through the years,” said Kennedy. “But, we do have a master timeline that we live by and check it off monthly. It’s a 40-plus page document we have on a computer, and we print it out and distribute among ourselves.”

And adjustments are made annually to the timeline.

“Last year, we launched Mistletoe Marketplace magazine, so the timeline for that is still a work in progress,” she said.

“With the Rudolph Race (a 5K run/walk and 10K run) being new this year, that timeline was a shot in the dark, so

GENERAL SHOPPING Thursday, Nov. 7, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 8, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 9, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

SPECIAL EVENTS Eat, Shop and Be Merry • Girls’ Night Out Presented by Belk Located in Center Court Thursday, Nov. 7, 6-8 p.m. $30 per person Rockin’ Down the Runway for Tweens and Teens Presented by University of Mississippi Medical Center Located in the C Spire Wireless Special Events Pavilion Friday, Nov 8, 3:30-5 p.m., $30 per ticket Accompanying adults must have an event ticket • Parents are not required to attend The Rudolph Race: 5K Run/Walk and 10K Run Presented by Central Mississippi Chevy Dealers Race begins and ends at the Mississippi Coliseum Saturday, Nov. 9, 7:30 a.m., $30 registration Santa Snaps • Photos with Santa Presented by Nucor Steel Jackson, Inc. Located in the Ergon Food Pavilion Saturday, Nov. 9, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Photos available for purchase at www.mistletoemarketplace.photoreflect.com. No personal cameras, please.

we’ll adjust that for next year.”

Other special events this year include a Girls’ Night Out and Rockin’ Down the Runway for Tweens and Teens.

Those events change sometimes change from year-to-year.

“Some of them are recycled in a way, especially the ones we realize are big hits,” said Kennedy. “The Thursday night event, for example, used to be a Business After Hours, but we realized that wasn’t what our crowd was looking for, so we moved it to a Girls Night Out event — and there are very few tickets left for that event because that is what our crowd is looking for: Two hours of shopping, eating and beverages.”

Of course, the shoppers want to know what’s for sale. This year’s list touts 90 out-of-state vendors and 70 vendors from all parts of Mississippi. The vendor list also reflects 57 merchants who weren’t there last year.

“It started 33 years ago with few vendors, but going back as far as I can remember, we’ve had vendors from all over the country,” said Kennedy. “We are very careful in our se-

Photos courtesy of Mistletoe Marketplace

Junior League of Jackson members spent part of their summer working on decorations for the upcoming Mistletoe Marketplace, scheduled for Nov. 6-9.

lection process. We make sure we have a certain percentage of new merchants every year and that a certain percentage of merchants are from the Jackson area, because we want to draw the crowd from all over.

“We usually have about the same number of vendors.

Some merchants are rotated and they are not selected to come back each year. We have a system from which we base those decisions. And, of course, some years a merchant chooses not to come back.”

And sometimes merchants must be left out, even when they want to attend.

“That’s the hard part,” she said. We see the sales all together, and we know what our shoppers are looking for. It’s so hard because there may be two booths that sell similar items, and we have to choose the one that will best suit our shoppers’ needs.

“We look very closely. They all apply under categories, and we look closely at the categories they apply under. We try to have a good percentage of each and not be too heavy under one category.

“We have a waiting list of merchants that want to get in,” she said. “We also try to keep our eye out for merchants we might like to have, but we don’t really seek out other merchants.”

“There are so many pieces to the puzzle. You have to watch it all and give attention to detail because you don’t want something slipping through cracks. We have to make sure every little thing happens that is supposed to happen.”

As that marketplace draws closer, volunteers will be unloading decorations that were built over the summer and supplies from the warehouse and setting up in the Trade Mart.

“It’s really neat seeing it from the inside because you see how much work it does really take. But to see it from my perspective is neat because I’ve seen every little detail. I mean, there’s going to be some things that we’ve missed, and we’re going to be running at the last minute to get them, but we try to avoid them much as possible.

“Right now, everything is planned and we’re checking the last few things off the list. Right now signs are being printed, and there are last-minute event details. Tickets are still being sold and processed. Still a lot happening.”

So will Kennedy have time to catch her breath before Wednesday night’s Preview Gala?

“No!”

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MISSISSIPPI CELEBRATES ARCHITECTURE

Designing winners On Oct. 17, the American Institute of Architects-Mississippi held its Mississippi Celebrates Architecture, which included this year’s Design Excellence Awards presentation.

Perhaps the event itself was as important as the winners. For the first time in recent memory, the program, which was held in Jackson, included the presentation of the Design Excellence Awards and Community and Membership Awards as well as recognition of newly licensed architects.

The new format’s aim was to draw more awareness and attention to the state’s design community, and organizers were pleased with the results. Nearly 200 individuals attended the event.

“We were extremely pleased with this year’s program, and are already going over scripts and seeing what we can do differently for next year’s program,” said Anne Marie Decker, AIA, of Duvall Decker Architects, P.A., who is president of AIAMS. — By Wally Northway

Special to The Mississippi Business Journal

Merit Award — Haiti Chapel (unbuilt project). Architect: Dean & Dean Associates/Architects. Client: But God Ministries

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Honor Award — Dr. A.H. McCoy Federal Building. Architects: Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons Architects and Engineers, P.A.; Schwartz/Silver Architects Inc. Client: General Services Administration Timothy Hursley/ The Mississippi Business Journal

Merit Award — Midtown Affordable Housing, Phase I. Architect: Duvall Decker Architects, P.A. Client: Jackson Housing Authority

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Merit Award — Midtown Affordable Housing, Phase II. Architect: Duvall Decker Architects, P.A. Client: Jackson Housing Authority

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Merit Award — Mississippi State University Master Plan. Architects: LPK Archtiects, P.A.; Sasaki Associates Inc. Client: Mississippi State University

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Honor Award — State Fire Academy Classroom Building. Architect: Burris/Wagnon Architects, P.A. Client: State of Mississippi

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Honor Citation — Bolivar County Courthouse Restoration. Architect: Belinda Stewart Architects, P.A. Client: Bolivar County

Regions building, Capital Towers vie for Secretary of State lease The Regions Building and Capital Towers are the finalists to become the new home to the Mississippi Secretary of State’s annex office, according to the state Department of Finance and Administration.

The Regions Building, already home to a number of state offices, is at 210 E. Capitol St. and is managed by the Hertz Investment Group.

Capital Towers is at 125 S. Congress St. and is managed by the Mattiace Company.

A selection by the DFA and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann could be made any day now, the DFA says.

With its lease at 700 North St. expiring in January, the Secretary of State's Office wants the new space ready

by Jan. 21.

The RFP asked for suitable

office space within four blocks of the Secretary of State's main office in the Heber Ladner building at 401 Mississippi St. The search area for the

new office was bounded on the east by State Street and the north by High Street. The RFP cited worker safety concerns in narrowing the boundaries for the new office

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The landlord must provide at least 100 parking places for staff and provide maintenance and janitorial service. — Ted Carter, MBJ

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Merit Award — Collins Depot. Architect: Belinda Stewart Architects, P.A. Client: City of Collins

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DOWNTOWN JACKSON

Liens are first battleground in Watkins fight with JRA

By TED CARTER I STAFF WRITER ted.carter@msbusiness.com

LUBA lauds MBJ Best Places to Work awards The Mississippi Business Journal recently announced its winners of its annual Best Places to Work survey. More than 300 people converged on the Hilton in Jackson for the awards ceremony.

Businesses, large and small, from across the state were honored for the dedication they have shown to their workforces.

“In business, technology and processes may change, but the fact remains that employees are the heartbeat of an organization,” says Trent Bondy, assistant vice president of sales, LUBA Workers’ Comp. “This year's recipients' success is a direct result of exceptional staff contributions. There’s no doubt, it’s the people, the human element, who make things happen.”

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The Jackson Redevelopment Authority has countered a lien filed recently by Watkins Development on behalf of the Farish Street Group and another by Dale Architects against the Farish Street redevelopment project with a court claim that the publicly property is immune from liens.

The JRA further claims that Watkins Development has no standing to initiate a lien, since the recently severed lease agreement for the redevelopment was with the Farish Stret Group — not Watkins Development.

“The JRA is not indebted to Watkins Development for any sums whatsoever,” the JRA filing says.

The Dale Architects lien is separate and represents a claim for about $350,000 in services.

Watkins is both CEO of Watkins Development and managing partner of the Farish Street Group, LLC., which until Sept. 25 had a master lease to transform the long abandoned downtown block of Farish Street into an entertainment district.

Lance Stevens, lawyer for Watkins, said the liens are to ensure the return of the approximate $4.5 million of Farish Group money that went into the project. The liens, he said,

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would have priority over liens from other investors in the project, including the Mississippi Development Authority, which has a $5.4 million stake in the effort to transform Farish Street into an entertainment district.

Watkins Development “had a partnership with FSG and they know it,” Stevens said in an email.

In insisting it had immunity from liens, the JRA called the attempt by Watkins to secure his investment “incredible.”

“The property of the Jackson Redevelopment Authority is public property and it is not subject to any liens,” the JRA said in a press statement, though it did not cite a statute or legal precedent.

“Moreover, in its lease, the Farish Street Group committed that it would not allow any liens to be placed on Jackson Redevelopment Authority’s property and if any were attempted to be filed, it would satisfy them.

It has failed to do so.”

The JRA did not detail why the promise not to file a lien would be necessary if a public property is not subject to liens.

An attorney with the Mississippi Senate who specializes in public lands said nothing appears in state statutes on either public lands or liens that would prohibit a private entity from entering a lien on publicly held

property. “I don’t see why we would have something like that,” the lawyer said. “I just don’t know what they could possibly be referring to.”

An exception could be something in Mississippi case law, an area of law that attorneys for the Legislature do not follow closely, the lawyer said.

The JRA, for its part, advised in its press statement on the court filing that it would not field questions about the lien issue or any other aspect of the dispute with the Farish Group.

The Mississ Development Authority said last week the $5.4 million it has in the Farish Street redevelopment is in loans to Watkins and was used to pay off construction loans, a method the MDA noted is common in financing construction projects” in which it has an interest.

“The loans were not secured with the buildings but rather through future lease payments,” Tammy Craft, MDA spokeswoman, said.

“MDA is working with Jackson Redevelopment Authority and the Central Planning and Development District to determine the future course of action on how the loan will be recouped,” Craft said. “All legislated funds for this project have been expended.”

more than $6 million and have Farish Street Group operate it upon completion. Mayor Harvey Johnson and some of the minority partners gave that plan a thumbs down, however. any of the kitchen and other fixtures,” he said.

But Yates wasn’t entirely out of the picture. Three A chunk of the money from a $5.4 million loan of the partners and JRA attorney Zach Taylor made a from the Mississippi Development Authority had to clandestine pitch of their own to Yates, Watkins said. be diverted to rebuilding the buildings, “keeping the He said he did not know the partners had buildings from falling over,” Watkins said. approached Yates until he discovered an email Getting the MDA money required the partnership to revealing the negotiations. put up a 10 percent match and another 18 percent of Walker, the minority partner, acknowledged the hard costs at the end of 2011, according to Watkins. talks occurred but said ultimately the numbers just weren’t right.

Partner Quest Watkins attributed Yates’ dropping of the deal Some partnership interest came from Hope Enterprise, a community redevelopment agency that to a realization that the project carried “just too much politics.” seeks to bring economic vitality to distressed Watkins said he is willing to continue the project communities in Mississippi and neighboring states. or give it to another developer. Whichever route it Hope Enterprise could bring a vital offering to the goes, the numbers add up to the potential for a project: Federal new market tax credits, a valuable tool successful redevelopment of the first block of Farish for Mississippi developers to use to cut project costs. Street, he said.

Watkins said he stepped aside as the JRA and The revamped development model – one that does not include the millions in New Market Tax Credits minority partners negotiated. Construction stopped originally envisioned – can work, he said. The plan, he for the four months the talks went on with Hope, added, rests on securing the federal and state historic Watkins said. tax credits that will cover 20 percent and 25 percent, “I wanted to allow the JRA and the minority respectively, of the construction costs; the tourism partners to work out a deal without me. That was tax rebate that will generate $12 million over 15 years; fine,” Watkins said. “My goal was to get Farish and the $10 million bond commitment the JRA made Street done.” but has yet to follow through on.

Hoer Enterprise would ultimately deem Farish “I’m optimistic that the city leadership and the new Street too risky to put a significant share of its New mayor are going to get to the bottom of this.”

Market Tax Credits allocation into.

If the chance comes to address city leaders, he said Next up: Yates Construction, a deep-pocketed he would make one main point: “We have a great opportunity here and we don’t want to throw the Philadelphia company. baby out with the wash water.”

Watkins said Yates fell in love with the project earlier this year and offered to buy out the project for

JRA

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AN MBJ FOCUS:

INSURANCE & EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

How important are benefits ...

... to the employee and employer?

By LISA MONTI I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

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MPLOYERS STILL rely on an attractive benefits packages to help them fill vacancies but a new generation of employees and the recent economic downturn have changed the way benefits are looked at these days.

“Good benefits and insurance continue to be a big draw when it comes to attracting employees,” said Cindy Webb, director of human resources at Mississippi Power.

“In addition to competitive pay, it’s important to also offer a stable work environment and a culture that values diversity, inclusion, flexibility, teamwork and work/life balance.

Amber Olsen, of Nextaff Gulf Coast in Ocean Springs, said, “Benefits still encompass a large part of attracting talent to an organization in executive and professional positions.

The candidate pool is flooded right now with qualified employees for entry level, hourly positions so benefits are rarely an issue.

“Employers can be more selective and candidates tend to take positions regardless of benefits.”

Sherry Van Valkenburg, HR Business Unit manager at the Cooper Tire Tupelo Plant, said, “Employers have

“The newer generation has a tendency to change jobs more frequently, and consequently, wants a more portable benefit.”

Sherry Van Valkenburg HR Business Unit manager, Cooper Tire Tupelo Plant

been moving away for some time from programs such as defined benefit pension plans in favor of more portable defined contribution or 401(k) plans.

“The newer generation has a tendency to change jobs more frequently, and consequently, wants a more portable benefit.”

At the University of Mississippi Medical Center, there are approximately 9,100 employees representing different professions of different ages.

Michael Estes, UMMC’s chief human resources officer, said he believes benefits have a place in hiring. “They are still very important from both a recruitment and a retention perspective.”

Estes said different generations of workers see benefits differently, so employers must be creative and relevant with their offerings to attract and keep employees. “The relevance of some of the older benefits really take

on far less relevance,” he said.

The Millennial Generation, those born in the early 1980s to the early 2000s, won’t spend 25 years in one place, he said. “The data show that they will be someplace for probably

five to seven years.” Rewarding people for years of service means little to younger workers, he said.

So companies and institutions are “going to have to get a little more creative to adapt to the changing needs of the workforce today versus the ones before,” he said.

“It really is generational.”

Estes said, “As employers continue to balance economic and financial pressures, we are seeing more of a ‘recalibration’ of sorts with increased cost sharing in many programs such as healthcare plans and dental plans.”

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12 I Mississippi Business Journal I November 1, 2013 STATE GOVERNMENT

Managed care saving Medicaid money » Executive director says enrolling recipients has saved the state about $40 million Medicaid executive director David Dzielak says enrolling Mississippi Medicaid recipients in managed care has saved the state about $40 million.

To increase those annual savings, Dzielak said recently the Legislature will have to remove the restrictions on the managed care program.

The Medicaid budget for the current fiscal year is about $800 million in state funds.

State officials constantly are searching for ways to trim the ever-increasing budget for the Division of Medicaid, which provides health care services for about 645,000 elderly, disabled, poor pregnant women and poor children.

Officials have viewed managed care – where a health care company is provided a set fee to provide medical services regardless of how costly those services are – as a

method to save funds.

But some complain that managed care companies limit access to care for recipients to make money.

For that reason the Legislature has been cautious Dzielak in placing Medicaid recipients in managed care.

“The people Medicaid serves are some of the most vulnerable in the state,” Dzielak said.

“They make for some of the most difficult patients to manage.”

During the 2012 session, the Legislature gave the Division of Medicaid authority to place up to 45 percent of its recipients in managed care, but “carved out” certain services from managed care.

For instance, hospitals are still reimbursed solely under the “fee for service” model where they are paid for the services rendered.

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Dzielak, an appointee of Gov. Phil Bryant, is expected to try to expand managed care during the 2014 session, he told legislators at a recent hearing.

Currently, he said about 22 percent of Medicaid recipients are enrolled in managed care.

He said under the current law it is difficult to increase that percentage even though the cap is 45 percent of Medicaid recipients.

The issue, Dzielak said, is that 55 percent of the recipients are children. Under the current law, all children could not be placed in managed care because of the cap.

“We do not want to split the group,” Dzielak said.

“This (45 percent cap) is preventing us from putting categories of people in managed care.”

Dzielak argued to legislators that managed care “places some predictability in costs” and also results in better health care

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outcomes. The managed care companies have an incentive to practice preventive medicine to hold their costs down. He said health care outcomes have improved in several areas for managed care patients.

Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, a former chair of the House Public Health Committee, said he believes managed care has served a purpose in the Medicaid program. He said the educational component of managed care that helps recipients to learn how to deal with hypertension, for instance, has worked both to curb costs and produce better health outcomes.

But he said he is concerned about managed care companies “cherry-picking” recipients to sign up the most healthy, and thus, least costly.

“I am not saying we need to expand the program,” he said. “I think we are just about at the threshold. I like it right at about 45 percent.”

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Besides the traditional benefits such as health insurance and paid vacation, there are perks like free parking and cafeteria discounts and what UMMC calls voluntary benefits. Employees also can choose from the menu of voluntary benefits, including discounts that UMMC has negotiated with local businesses such as car dealers and cell phone companies.

Estes said UMMC is constantly updating its benefits to keep them competitive.

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Taylor Grocery is famous for catfish and barbeque, Scott noted. “We cater a little bit of everything,” he said.

During football season, there’s tailgating and also catering for visiting team alumni groups, including LSU and Auburn, he said. “This time of year a lot revolves around football,” Scott said.

When the football team has an off day, weddings help fill the Taylor Grocery catering calendar. “We do a lot of weddings, somewhere around 30 plus a year,” Scott said. There are also family reunions and employee picnics to cater.

Christmas parties aren’t as much a part of the catering business as they were 10 years ago, however. “We probably see just a small percentage of the parties we used to do,” he said. “Everybody used to do employee Christmas parties.”

More manufacturers are getting away from Christmas parties because of the economy, he said. Even though things are starting to improve for some companies, the parties “never came back,” he said.

Elements Catering and Floral Design owner Kelly Pittman is based in Columbia but she serves customers from Jackson and Gulfport to New Orleans and Birmingham. She started the business in Atlanta in 2009 and moved home to Mississippi in November 2012.

She suggests booking your holiday party during the week, say on Monday night or a late Sunday afternoon for a couple of reasons. “It cuts down on cost,” she said. “Spaces cost more on weekends and you can get some great rates on catering, as well.”

The catering business has its ups and downs, she said, “just like anything else.” The majority of her business is weddings and comes in the fall, from August to December. Things drop off in January because of the cold and again in the summer months. “Clients like to plan events for springtime and fall due to Mississippi's harsh summers,” she said.

Corporate Christmas parties account for half of Element’s business during December.

“It’s mostly jewelry companies having new lines coming out to showcase their rings. That’s also engagement season.”

You can find licensed caterers by county on the Mississippi State Department of Health web site at msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/43,0,231,204.html.

“We are constantly assessing what the marketplace looks like,” said Estes. “Then we match that up to what we hear our employees say is important to them. It’s not what we think is important.”

UMMC tries to be a progressive institution when it comes to putting together its benefits packages, Estes said. “We’re always looking ahead and trying to figure out what those programs and services need to look like for that continuum of workers we always need as well as the folks we have now.”

To show how often benefits can change, Estes said, “If you look at the voluntary benefits that we had in place today, they look

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very different from what we had in place two years ago.”

Estes said organizations should recalibrate their benefits in response to the economic climate. “If they are truly progressive in how they’re looking at their workforce, they also need to be constantly realigning the programs and services they have in place for their employees to meet the new generation of workers that are coming in.”

Estes said the Millennial Generation worker is more interested in having a meaningful job and learning opportunities, according to research.

“They’re not as locked into promotions

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and titles as the prior generation but they are locked into that continuous learning and the opportunity to have fulfillment out of the work that they’re doing.”

They also want flexible work schedules.

Bobby Patton, Human Resources Manager at the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery, said he’s seen that trend. “Interestingly, over time we have seen an increase in inquiries during the employment offer process related to work/life balance, such as questions around vacation and flex-time.”

TITLE INSURANCE COMPANIES

14 I Mississippi Business Journal I November 1, 2013 Firm

Address

Phone

Website

Agents National Title insurance Company

1207 W. Broadway, Columbia, MO 65203

(573) 442-3351

www.agentstitle.com

Chicago Title Insurance Company

2400 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60614

(773) 528-1816

www.ctic.com

Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company

601 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32204

(888) 866-3684

www.cltic.com

Conestoga Title insurance Co.

137 E. King St, Lancaster, PA 17602

(717) 299-4805

www.contitle.com

EnTitle Insurance Company

3 Summit Park Dr., Independence, OH 44131

(800) 362-2305

www.entitledirect.com

Fidelity National Title insurance Company

601 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32204

(904) 954-8100

www.fntic.com

First American Title Insurance Company

2001 Airport Rd., #301, Flowood, MS 39232

(800) 247-8010

www.firstam.com

Investors Title Insurance Company

121 N. Columbia St., Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514

(919) 968-2200

www.invtitle.com

National Title Insurance of New York Inc.

5 Peters Canyon Rd., Ste. 300, Irvine, CA 92606

(877) 220-5441

www.nationaltitleny.com

Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

400 2nd Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55401

(800) 328-4441

www.oldrepublictitle.com

Security Title Guarantee Corporation of Baltimore 6 S. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202

(410) 727-4456

www.esecuritytitle.com

Stewart Title Guaranty Company

(601) 977-9776

www.stewart.com

5760 I-55 N., # 200, Jackson, MS 39211

Source: Individual firms. Please direct questions or comments to Wally Northway at research@msbusiness.com.

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Jackson, cont’d Crescent Cay, LLC LLC 8/1/13 140 Crumley House Rd. CRH Resources, LLC LLC 8/28/13 3670 Lakeland Lane DACS Enterprise Inc BUS 8/29/13 3824 Miller Ave DB Business Group LLC LLC 8/28/13 1485 Livingston Ln Deerfield Investors LLC LLC 8/9/13 400 East Capitol Street Del Mundo LLC LLC 8/15/13 2215 Mobile Ave Dependable Tax Solutions LLC LLC 8/6/13 204 Triangle Drive Destin Properties II, LLC LLC 300 Concourse Blvd., Suite 200, 8/8/13 Ridgeland, MS 39157

Destin Properties III, LLC LLC 8/8/13 300 Concourse Blvd., Suite 200, Ridgeland, MS 39157

Destin Properties IV, LLC LLC 8/8/13 300 Concourse Blvd., Suite 200, Ridgeland, MS 39157

Destin Properties V, LLC LLC 8/8/13 300 Concourse Blvd., Suite 200, Ridgeland, MS 39157

Destin Resort Holdings LLC LLC 300 Concourse Blvd., Suite 200, 8/8/13 Ridgeland, MS 39157

DirectPacket, Inc BUS 8/12/13 506 South President Street Dorothy Hawkins Designs LLC LLC 8/16/13 749 Gillespie St Double Digit Shoetique LLC LLC 8/29/13 39 Cedar Place Dunwoody Distributing LLC LLC 8/15/13 506 South President Street Eastgate Apartments, L. P. LP 8/30/13 1437 Old Square Road, Suite 201 Econo Flooring Inc BUS 8/29/13 3824 Miller Ave Economic Data Consultants LLC LLC 8/27/13 401 East Capitol Street Exsail, LLC LLC 8/22/13 1221 Scots Glen Faith and Hope Independent Living, LLC LLC

8/2/13 247 Sharon Hills Dr FBS Administrators DBA BUS 8/13/13 506 South President Street Fieldwood Energy LLC LLC 8/15/13 248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 First Global Money Inc BUS 8/5/13 506 South President Street Flores Family, LLC LLC 8/2/13 405 Tombigbee Street Fondren Associates, LLC LLC 8/21/13 627 Mohawk Ave Fortner Enterprises LLC LLC 8/19/13 506 South President Street GabbyMak Properties LLC LLC 8/30/13 190 East Capitol St #600 Generation Ready Inc. BUS 401 East Capitol 100-M Heritage 8/16/13 Building Building

GEnt. LLC LLC 8/20/13 4623 Womack St Global Montello Group Corp.

BUS 8/9/13 506 South President Street Global Vendors, LLC LLC 8/12/13 1533 Fairwood Dr Goldenrod Investments, LLC LLC 8/19/13 3900 Lakeland Dr. Ste 508 Government Records Services, Inc.

8/21/13

BUS

506 South President Street

Grace Missionary Baptist Bible Church

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8/5/13 407 Eastview Green Lane Innovations, LLC LLC 8/1/13 506 South President Street GTP Towers I, LLC LLC 8/21/13 840 Trustmark Blvd, 248 E Capital St #840 Guardian Senior Care, Inc. BUS 8/5/13 1867 Crane Ridge Drive Suite 220A Halcon Operating Co., Inc BUS 8/27/13 248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 HATHOR LLC LLC 8/14/13 454 Dunbar Street

Hawks Square LLC LLC 8/29/13 6 Fondren Green Circle HD Real Estate, LLC LLC 8/2/13 190 East Capitol Street, Suite 100 Heatcraft Inc. BUS 8/29/13 506 South President Street Helping Hands Cleaning Service LLC

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8/26/13 1310 Rockdale Dr Highway 18-Siwell LLC LLC 8/28/13 4568 Siwell Rd HKT Wine & Spirits, LLC LLC 8/7/13 1109 Plantation Blvd Hope Gave NP 8/7/13 210 Briarwood Dr Apt 3105 Housing Assistance Group, LLC LLC 8/6/13 948 Bellevue Place, Apt 114 Housing Mississippi, Inc. NP 8/20/13 Hope-Enterprise Corporation 4 Old River Place HumanaCares, Inc. BUS 8/22/13 506 South President Street Hypercube LLC LLC 8/1/13 506 South President Street ICapture, LLC LLC 8/6/13 6040 I-55 North Frontage Road Independent Enterprise LLC LLC 8/7/13 1015 Laura Ave. Inspire MS DBA LLC 8/2/13 11 Pear Orchard Park Inspire Weddings & Events LLC LLC 8/2/13 11 Pear Orchard Park J.M. Howard - King Place, LLC LLC 8/26/13 190 East Capitol Street, Suite 100 J.M. Howard - Rosa, LLC LLC 8/26/13 190 East Capitol Street, Suite 100 Jack Rippa 601 LLC LLC 8/30/13 436 Dunbar St Jamaal Bankston DBA OTH 8/30/13 1104 Norman Street JC Automotive Paint & Body Shop, LLC LLC

8/1/13 1915 Greenleaf Avenue JH Holdings, LLC LLC 8/13/13 506 South President Street Jive Communications, Inc. BUS 8/28/13 506 South President Street JJL Group, LLC LLC 8/8/13 1125 Martingale Drive Johnson/Benchmark, LLC LLC 8/27/13 1867 CRANE RIDGE STE 200-A 39216 Joyflow Yoga, LLC LLC 8/15/13 506 South President Street JPFCE Federal Credit Union NP 8/6/13 600 East McDowell Road JTB DSR LLC LLC 8/21/13 351 Edgewood Terrace Dr Judicial Counseling and Drug Testing Center, LLC LLC 8/21/13 816 S Gallatin St K&T Hillside Farm, LLC LLC 8/7/13 506 South President Street Kum & Go, L.C. LLC 8/8/13 506 South President Street Kum & Go, L.L.C. LLC 8/8/13 506 South President Street Kyrus Solutions, Inc. BUS 8/12/13 506 South President Street L and P Acres, LLC LLC 8/19/13 1021 Meloan Drive Lamar Life Leverage, LLC LLC 8/15/13 190 East Capitol Street, Suite 800 Lamar Life Master Tenant, LLC LLC 8/15/13 190 East Capitol Street, Suite 800 Lamar Life QALICB, LLC LLC 8/15/13 190 East Capitol Street, Suite 800 Lamar Life Sponsor, LLC LLC 8/15/13 190 East Capitol Street, Suite 800 Landmark Restaurant Company Jackson, LLC LLC 8/16/13 506 South President Street Landmark Restaurant Licensing Company LLC LLC 8/27/13 506 South President Street Lee Nails, LLC LLC 8/6/13 506 South President Street Lee Smith Aircondition Service DBA

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8/2/13 1081 Autumn St Lee Smith DBA OTH 8/2/13 1081 Autumn St LegacyTree Foundation NP 8/12/13 506 South President Street Levi’s Only Stores, Inc. BUS 8/12/13 506 South President Street Lightning Intermediate Holdings, LLC

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8/13/13 506 South President Street Lucius Wright DBA OTH 8/23/13 3925 Oak Hill Drive LYELYE LLC LLC 8/7/13 142 Wildwood Blvd M G Quick Stop LLC LLC 8/27/13 3541 Medger Evers Blvd Magnolia Environmental Solutions, LLC LLC

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Manning Dental, Inc BUS 8/23/13 1619 Sheffield Drive Mass Group Marketing, Inc. BUS 8/13/13 506 South President Street McRaven Independent Living LLC LLC 8/19/13 4785 S McRaven Rd (39204) Med3000 Health Solutions of the Virginias, L.L.C. LLC 8/6/13 248 E Capitol Street, Suite 840 Mellow, Inc. BUS 8/19/13 2906 N State St. B-4 Meyer, Borgman & Johnson Inc. BUS 8/16/13 506 South President Street Mid Town Dental PLLC PLLC 8/20/13 808 North State Street Midvale Land & Timber LLC LLC 8/30/13 506 South President Street Mississippi Consultants NP 8/12/13 308 E Pearl Street, Suite 203 Mississippi Periodontic Specialists PLLC PLLC 8/9/13 1445 Lelia Dr Mississippi Periodontics & Implants, PLLC PLLC 8/8/13 1445 Lelia Dr Mississippi Together, LLC LLC 8/6/13 1072 West Lynch Street (39203) Mississippi Vision Center, LLC LLC 8/21/13 2711 Ste A Greenway Dr Morgan and Maples Studio, LLC LLC 8/22/13 4123 North Honeysuckle Lane Mulberry Dreams, LLC LLC 8/29/13 3026 North State Street MuniStrategies MS NMTC Investments 9, LLC LLC 8/8/13 2819 North State Street (39216) Nashville Acquisition, L.L.C. LLC 401 East Capitol 100-M Heritage 8/16/13 Building Building National Transportation Association Inc BUS

8/1/13 407 Briarwood Dr #210b Netrelevance, LLC LLC 8/26/13 506 South President Street ODD-BALL TACKLE & ENTERPRISES LLC LLC

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506 South President Street

Paladin Professional Services PPS, LLC LLC

8/20/13 506 South President Street Pangea Holdings LLC LLC 8/13/13 506 South President Street Pathway to Career Empowerment, LLC LLC

8/30/13 144 Park Circle PDSCC Holdings, LLC LLC 8/9/13 188 East Capitol Street, Suite 1400 Peachtree Columbus III LLC LLC 8/7/13 506 South President Street Peddler’s Field, LLC LLC 8/9/13 2469 Meadowbrook Road Performance Solutions of Louisiana, LLC LLC

8/8/13 840 Trustmark Blvd, 248 E Capital St #840 Pro-Gas Services LLC LLC 8/29/13 506 South President Street Professional Resource Development, Inc.BUS

8/26/13 506 South President Street R360 Environmental Solutions of Mississippi LLC LLC 8/13/13 506 South President Street Raymond Road Solutions, LLC LLC 8/30/13 The Pinnacle Building, Suite 100 Reagan Joiner Group LLC LLC 8/7/13 247 Sharon Hills Drive Realty Income Properties 29, LLC LLC 8/16/13 506 South President Street Red Electric & Maintenance LLC LLC 8/12/13 2821 Tara Rd RedLine Contract Services, LLC LLC 8/13/13 506 South President Street

Rush Agent Digital Marketing, LLCLLC 8/9/13 1740 Bellewood Road Russell Collision and Auto Repair, LLC LLC 8/19/13 401 East Capitol Street, Suite #100

Ruth’s This-N-That LLC LLC 8/9/13 2127 Wandering Way S&L Storage LLC LLC 8/8/13 2615 Robinson Street Safe Bet Auto Sales LLC LLC 8/6/13 1424 S Gallatin St (39215) SB Holdings, LLC LLC 8/8/13 120 N Congress St Ste 200 SCM Consultants, LLC LLC 8/14/13 1507 Sherman Avenue Skechers U.S.A., Inc. BUS 8/8/13 506 South President Street Smart Money Solutions, LLC LLC 8/19/13 821 N Congress Street (39202) SRC Interests, LLC LLC 8/28/13 3670 Lakeland Lane Steimel Communications Inc BUS 8/9/13 506 South President Street Stone Artistry, LLC LLC 8/26/13 506 South President Street Surgo Assets Management, LLC LLC 8/23/13 120 N. Congress St., Suite 600 T.E.A.C.H. LLC LLC 8/19/13 6230 Berrywood Drive Tasty Treats Concessions, LLC LLC 8/27/13 2084 Dunbarton Ste 5 TCWG, LLC LLC 8/9/13 248 East Capitol Street Suite 840 Team Eight Clothing & Sales, LLC LLC 8/2/13 506 South President Street TEPCO Contract Glazing Incorporated BUS

8/2/13 506 South President Street The Can Man Shredding, LLC LLC 8/13/13 1819 Valley Street The Carpenter’s Son Ministries NP 8/9/13 740 Broadmoor Drive Total Business Development DBAOTH 8/23/13 3925 Oak Hill Drive Tradebe Environmental Services LLC

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8/26/13 506 South President Street Tri-Me Property LLC LLC 8/1/13 5640 Keele St E13 Troopers Scramble for Palliative Care

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8/19/13 236 Deer Run Unifund CCR, LLC LLC 8/13/13 506 South President Street Unlimited Occasions LLC LLC 8/22/13 1040 Monroe St Venotomy Service L.L.C. LLC 8/23/13 1230 Bailey Ave Victory Christian Center NP 8/2/13 106 Rock Glen Pl W.A.F.T. Transitional LLC LLC 8/5/13 1160 McLean St WAGHID, LLC LLC 8/12/13 506 South President Street WAJAJZ LLC LLC 8/16/13 5935 Waverly Dr Wallace and Janice Jones LLC LLC 8/19/13 5935 Waverly Drive Warriors Brigade NP 8/29/131888 Main St, Ste C #270 Madison 39110 Watershed Counseling Associates PLLCPLLC

8/14/13 5417 Wayneland Drive WebMax, LLC 8/20/13 1636 Lockwood Ave., Jackson, Ms 39211 WebMax, LLC LLC 8/27/13 1636 Lockwood Ave., Jackson, Ms 39211 Webstore & Development LLC LLC 8/29/13 506 South President Street Westfalls Investment Group LLC LLC 8/2/13 5002 Highway 80 West

Reflections Dramatic Productions, LLC LLC

Westhaven Memorial Funeral Home Inc.BUS

8/6/13 318 S. State Street Reginald Burks DBA LLC 8/16/13 1096 Autumn St Rehoboth Outreach Ministries of Mississippi NP 8/14/13 5430 Robinson Road Extension Reltco, Inc. BUS 8/12/13 840 Trustmark Building Restore Homes LLC LLC 8/15/13 3966 California Avenue Retail Vision, LLC LLC 8/5/13 506 South President Street RetailVision DBA LLC 8/5/13 506 South President Street Riverbend Tire Center II, LLC LLC 8/13/13 3165 Northside Drive

8/13/13 2051 Summit Drive-Suite C WF-FD Master Lease II, LLC LLC 8/30/13 506 South President Street

Roberts Nuclear Safety Consulting, LLC LLC

8/8/13 300 Concourse Blvd Ste 200 Rodney’s Repair Service, LLC LLC 8/19/13 506 South President Street Roseburgh Interior Design, LLC LLC 8/21/13 6429 Amblewood Place Rubik Acquisition Company LLC LLC 8/9/13 506 South President Street

Will Power Flooring and Remodeling LLCLLC

8/19/13 2126 Belvedere Dr Wipro Insurance Solutions LLC LLC 8/8/13 506 South President Street Women On A Mission NP 8/27/13 135 East McDowell Rd Wood Group Power Operations (West), Inc. BUS

8/12/13 506 South President Street Woodhaven Lawn Service LLC LLC 8/1/13 5968 Waverly Drive Workforce Solutions LLC LLC 8/27/13 126 E. Amite Street WSW Investments, LLC LLC 8/19/13 3900 Lakeland Dr. Ste 508 X-Ceptional Hair Studio LLC LLC 8/8/13 4807 North State St Ste 305 Xcell Intellectual Property Consultants L.L.C. LLC 8/21/13 3549 Jackye Lane XRA Consulting LLC LLC 8/1/13 50 Northtown Drive Apt 18E

Yolanda A. Martin Education Consultant LLC LLC 8/9/13 4545 Meadowlane Dr York Risk Control Services, LLC LLC 8/20/13 506 South President Street

Jayess Magnolia Winds Publications and Productions LLC LLC 8/21/13 45 Robey Jefferson Road

Kiln Energy Environmental Technologies, LLCLLC

8/9/13 8365 Ridgewood Dr MILF Man I like Fishing, LLC LLC 8/29/13 17085 Azalea Street Rack and Roll, LLC LLC 8/20/13 2373 Rocky Hill Dedeaux Rd

Kosy Hospitality LLC LLC 8/23/13 1207 Walnut Grove Road PAYAL Hospitality, LLC LLC 8/23/13 1000 Veterans Memorial Drive The Shepherd’s Touch, Inc. NP 8/23/13 210 North Huntington Street

Lake Cormorant Desoto Landings LLC LLC 8/9/13 460 Blue Lake Drive Fellowship of the Hoof, LLC LLC 8/26/13 8585 Highway 301 N. VLS Investments LLC LLC 8/27/13 3099 Highway 301 North

Lamar K’s Autosales LLC LLC 8/20/136704 Hwy 72 East, Michigan City MS 38647

Lauderdale B & H Reclamation, LLC LLC 8/5/13 3710 Pamelia Dr Checkbook Daily LLC LLC 8/30/13 8426 Carloyn Dr

Laurel Beard’s Auto Finder, LLC LLC 8/13/13 66 Clairmont Circle Capital City Land Title, LLC LLC 8/15/13 735 Cherry Lane Clinton Oil & Gas Properties, LLC LLC 8/19/13 330 N 14TH AVENUE D & D Transportation LLC LLC 8/1/13 1315 Brown St Denny R Butts Welding Services LLC

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8/22/13 26 Kennon Ave Elcon Group LLC LLC 8/15/13 153 Hwy 533 Hip Homeschool Moms, LLC LLC 8/20/13 6 Hilton Road Mississippi College Planning LLC LLC 8/27/13 2404 Audubon Dr MK Wilson Properties, LLC LLC 8/14/13 1012 Euclid Avenue Priority Medical Clinic, LLC LLC 8/15/13 528 North 15th Ave, Suite E Southern Quality Welding Services, LLC LLC

8/5/13 15 Gardner Rd Taylor Services, LLC LLC 8/12/13 83 Dry Swamp Road Time is Now Church in Christ, Inc. NP 8/28/13 7 Marion Dr

Leakesville Country Farms Quail, LLC LLC 8/13/13 1261 Industrial Park Road L & B Builders, LLC LLC 8/30/13 1261 Industrial Park Road SandHill Jumps, LLC LLC 8/2/13 1261 Industrial Park Road

Lena Southern Hospitality Properties, LLC

LLC

534 Maze Rd

Lexington

NP 26651 Hwy 17 N

Liberty Acorn Ridge Hunting Club Inc NP 8/7/13 151 West Main Street Final Fell Logging, LLC LLC 8/1/13 4535 Towerhill Rd. The Lofton Industries, Inc. BUS 8/26/13 2267 A Street Rd Wall Family Land and Mineral Interest, L.P. LP 8/22/13 151 West Main Street

K & G Real Estate, LLC LLC 8/6/13 16115 Chunky Duffee Road

McCart Plumbing, Inc. 8/5/13

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Long Beach Allen Contracting, LLC LLC 8/20/13 219 Buena Vista Dr. Bates Wholesale LLC LLC 8/15/13 504 Old Savannah Dr Bear Bayou Holdings, LLC LLC 8/1/13 242 Reed Ave. Crowe Marine Service LLC LLC 8/8/13 611 S Forest Ave EA Wholesale LLC LLC 8/12/13 18024 Bert St Apt B Farley Family Dentistry LLC LLC 8/15/13 902 East Railroad Street Gulf Coast Fish and Paddle LLC LLC 8/23/13 100 Clower Ave KBBM LLC LLC 8/16/13 5076 Beatline Rd Mason Worldwide Limited Liability Company LLC 8/9/13 210 East 3rd St MS Holdings LLC LLC 8/20/13 20569 Johnson Road R. M. Waaga Construction LLC LLC 8/12/13 22043 Pineville Rd Signal VIII Properties, LLC LLC 8/14/13 407 Meadowwood Drive Southern Shores Guide Service LLCLLC 8/15/13 19069 Commission Rd The Joe Cat Foundation NP 8/22/13 305 Alexander Rd Yarbrough Business Properties, LLC

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8/6/13 21562 Tucker Road Yarbrough River Property, LLC LLC 8/6/13 21562 Tucker Road Yarbrough Undeveloped, LLC LLC 8/6/13 21562 Tucker Road

Lorman Smith’s Construction, LLC LLC 8/6/13 330 McDonald Road

Louise JoCo LLC 8/2/13

H & H Investments and Holdings, LLC

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Lyman LTD Installation LLC 8/13/13

LLC 11145 Allen Rd

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Louisville Cefalu and Perkins, LLC LLC 8/1/13 104 Curran Drive Greensboro Community Youth Group

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8/22/13 546 Davie Rd Thompson Media LLC LLC 8/1/13 7918 Hwy 25 N VH Ventures LLC LLC 8/22/13 109 East Ridge Drive

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Madison Baptist Leake QEI, LLC LLC 8/6/13 1888†Main†Street Blue Winds, LLC LLC 8/28/13 1888 Main St Ste C #302 Bonvillain Anesthesia LLC LLC 8/26/13 1037 N Azalea Dr Bostick Enterprises I, LLC LLC 8/9/13 102 Ivy Brook Drive Broadbill, LLC LLC 8/1/13 124 One Madison Plaza, Suite 1500 Bryan Tours, LLC LLC 8/1/13 125 Glenwood Bend C and S Farms of Madison County, LLC

LLC

8/15/13 118 Eagles Nest Circle Castle Solutions, LLC LLC 8/9/13 443 St. Ives Drive CFCW-MGTCO, LLC LLC 8/22/13 109 Golden Pond Drive Clinton Plaza LLC LLC 8/29/13 136 Bridge wAter Drive Colonnade at Eastern Shore, LLC LLC 8/7/13 116 One Madison Plaza, Suite 2100 CP1 Investment Advisors LLC LLC 8/27/13 115 Woodland Hills Cynthia’s Boutique, LLC LLC 8/15/13 133 Executive Drive Suite F DB Rehab, LLC LLC 8/21/13 117 Hoy Farms Dr. Dearborn Enterprises LLC LLC 8/19/13 110 Sutton Lane Densford Operating Company LLC LLC 8/20/13 7720 Old Canton Rd Ste C-1 G2 Marketing LLC LLC 8/19/13 567 Arbor Dr Germantown High School Choir Boosters Inc NP 8/20/13 200 Calhoun Parkway Grayce was Given NP 8/6/13 657 Baywood Pointe Hard Times Property LLC LLC 8/5/13 111 Munich Dr Hedgepeth Rental Properties, LLC LLC 8/8/13 146 Victoria Place Holden Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/21/13 612 Boxwood Place Indescribable, LLC LLC 8/26/13 164 Annandale Parkway East J F W Consulting LLC LLC 8/9/13 137 Harbor View Drive Jay Witcher Sales LLC LLC 8/22/13 541 Silverstone Dr Joe A. Ellington DBA OTH 8/13/13 148 Memory Lane Jolly-Lewis Company, Inc. BUS 8/2/13 104 Ashbrook Trail Long Surgical, LLC LLC 8/29/13 961 Madison Avenue Loyal Logistics DBA OTH 8/6/13 153 Stratford Drive M&T Raby Transportation, LLC LLC 8/14/13 512 Heyward Lane Magnolia Barrel House, LLC LLC 8/1/13 282 Deer Haven Dr Magnolia Trade Exchange, inc. BUS 8/19/13 3999 Harbor Walk Dr Ridgeland 39157 Mama Bear & the Cubs, LLC LLC 8/5/13 117 Katherine Pointe Drive Mike Willoughby Painting LLC LLC 8/26/13 317 Trace Harbor Rd. Morris II, LLC LLC 8/14/13 175 Lorman Lane Morris III, LLC LLC 8/14/13 175 Lorman Lane Morris IV, LLC LLC 8/14/13 175 Lorman Lane Morris V, LLC LLC 8/14/13 175 Lorman Lane

INCORPORATIONS

16 I Mississippi Business Journal I November 1, 2013 Morris VI, LLC LLC 8/14/13 175 Lorman Lane Morris VII, LLC LLC 8/14/13 175 Lorman Lane Morris VIII, LLC LLC 8/14/13 175 Lorman Lane Mosal Lake Hunting Club LLC LLC 8/26/13 140 Ashbrooke TRail NNCW Management LLC LLC 8/8/13 113 Executive Dr Suite A Outlets of Mississippi QEI, LLC LLC 8/7/13 1888 Main Street, Suite C163 Outlets of Mississippi State Investment Fund, LLC LLC 8/7/13 1888 Main Street, Suite C163 Pearson Natural Resources LLC LLC 8/19/13 1888 Main Street #141 Pembroke Properties, LLC LLC 8/26/13 109 Vinca Drive Pure Graphics LLC LLC 8/26/13 111 Laird Ave Queen Bees Beauty, LLC LLC 8/14/13 225 Kingsbridge Rd. S & L Commercial Builders, Inc. BUS 8/22/13 412 Hoy Farms Ct 39110 SECDE Advisory, LLC LLC 8/23/13124 One Madison Plaza, Suite 1500 Sentry Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. BUS

8/19/13 1027 North Azalea Dr Simranjit Singh DBA OTH 8/6/13 153 Stratford Drive Southwest Home Rentals LLC LLC 8/28/13 527 Arbor Dr SR Food & Gas LLC LLC 8/14/13 678 Hazelton Dr Summit Medical LLC LLC 8/13/13 129 French Branch T & D Carpet Care, LLC LLC 8/22/13 204 Munich Cove The Pink Zebra Monogram LLC LLC 8/20/13 115 Homestead Drive Thy Kingdom Come, Inc. NP 8/20/13 613 Ladner Ln Trustmark EquityPlus State Community Investment Fund, LLC LLC 8/7/13 1888 Main Street, Suite C163 Valley Grinding & Manufacturing, Inc. BUS 8/26/13 222 Stillhouse Creek Drive Wheaton Communications LLC LLC 8/5/13 108 Grayhawk Dr Williston Apartments LLC LLC 8/19/13 116 One Madison Plaza, Suite 2100 Zagwell.com DBA OTH 8/13/13 148 Memory Lane

Magee Byrce Acres LLC LLC 8/27/13 301 8Th Avenue SW Echols Family Eye Care, LLC LLC 8/20/13 1625 Simpson Hwy 49 Holistic Botanica, LLC LLC 8/13/13 110 Pete Lee Drive Hub City Development Investment LLC LLC

8/12/13 111 Madison Pl Livin’ Tha Dream LLC LLC 8/27/13 301 8Th Avenue SW NeuEdge Resources LLC LLC 8/19/13 800 4Th Street Sw, Suite C

Magnolia MLD Community Development LLCLLC 8/29/13 1151 JJ Carter Road

Marietta Boutwell Trucking LLC LLC 8/7/13 12383 Hwy 371 N

Mathiston Mathiston Quick Stop LLC LLC 8/1/13 18580 Hwy 82

McCarley Matthews’ Services LLC LLC 8/5/13 310 County Rd 542

McComb Bowlin Tree Service LLC LLC 8/19/13 3088 Hwy 51MM Debbie McWilliams Realty LLC LLC 8/9/13 6012 McComb Holmesville Road Future Farming Technologies Inc. BUS 8/5/13 200 Third St JaQueis Reed LLC LLC 8/13/13 305 Adams Ave LCS Turnover Services LLC LLC 8/13/13 1404 Carroll St Apt B

McNeil Realty LLC LLC 8/6/13 1160 Chester Reeves Road Mississippi Madness Outdoors LLCLLC 8/9/13 2122 Old Hwy 24 E NU-Crete Surgeons LLC LLC 8/5/13 1123 Weaver Rd Spider Vault, Inc. BUS 8/12/13 1030 Brights Bend Land Summit 39666 Sunny Day Financial, LLC LLC 8/21/13 1097 Hwy 98 East TMAC Consulting, LLC LLC 8/9/13 6012 McComb Holmesville Road U S Transport LLC LLC 8/27/13 403 Delaware Ave Yellow Dog, LLC LLC 8/13/13 112 Commerce Street

McCool B & L Consultant LLC LLC 8/16/13 9937 Hwy 411 Hopewell Trucking, LLC LLC 8/1/13 394 Hopewell-Mccool Road

McHenry AmeriText, LLC LLC 8/19/13 68B Beaver Dam Rd Trinity Funeral Services LLC LLC 8/8/13 39 Flurry Road

Meadville

Moselle JCM Services, LLC 8/23/13 Roasting Pigs, Inc. 8/2/13

8/1/13 1005 Terminal Drive Willow Creek Produce, LLC LLC 8/23/13 130 Watkins Road

Moss Point Custom Steel Fabrication, LLC LLC 8/2/13 10106 Havard Street Luci Knotts, Speech Therapy Services LLCLLC

8/26/13 5210 Huckleberry Lane M and E Feed and Seed, LLC LLC 8/23/13 4413 McInnis Ave Meridian Street Missionary Outreach Inc NP

8/16/13

5224 Meridian Street

Missylaneous Products by M and L, LLC LLC

8/1/13 SKCL LLC 8/2/13

3824 Sammie Hearndon Rd LLC 3436 Main Street

Adams Trucking, LLC LLC 8/7/13 4807 5Th Street Agape Transport, LLC LLC 8/12/13 6528 Hwy. 145 S. Autry Enterprises LLC LLC 8/9/13 6671 King Road Best Bodies of Meridian LLC LLC 8/5/13 4900 Popular Springs Drive Bo Reed Properties LLC LLC 8/23/13 2121 35Th Ave Fight Fit 365 LLC LLC 8/22/13 2910 Hwy 45 N Ste E Henley Driving Training, L.L.C. LLC 8/20/13 2101 Fifth Street High Touch Learning Systems, LLC LLC 8/2/13 1207 White Oak Drive Jess LLC LLC 8/19/13 333 Hwy 514 L & R Business Enterprises, Inc BUS 8/9/13 2100 23Rd Avenue M.G. Lane, Inc. BUS 8/27/13 7841 Timber Lane Meridian Wholesale Florist LLC LLC 8/27/13 1643 Marion Russell Road MOR Network, LLC LLC 8/2/13 3436 Highway 45 North Nail Shop-HT LLC LLC 8/27/13 1376 Bonita Lakes Circle Seamless Guttering Made Simple, LLC LLC

8/15/13 125 County Road 356 Trojans Touchdown Club NP 8/9/13 2211 5Th Street (39301) William D. Pomeroy Jr. LLC LLC 8/30/13 4300 Country Club Dr

Mooreville Larry’s Classic Trucks LLC LLC 8/19/13 1648 Cr 1451

Morton Piney Grove Cemetery NP 8/19/13 480 Scr 538 B Solomon Union Singing ConventionNP 8/2/13 316 SCR 503 F Verto Auto Sales LLC 8/21/13 183 Sanctified RD

Assurance Home Care Agency LLC LLC 8/30/13 1549 Shiloh Church Rd Decatur Family Dental, PLLC PLLC 8/20/13 750 Horne Road

Oak Vale D & D Ott Consulting, LLC LLC 8/1/13 4025 Hwy 13

Oakland Aspire Public Schools 8/30/13 1001 22Nd Ave Ste 100 Safe for Life Electrical Testing & Tool Sales LLC LLC 8/13/13 12951 County Road 211

Oakvale

O & J Recycling Tires LLC LLC 8/5/13 199 Berry Lott Rd

Ocean Springs

Myrtle Natchez

Meridian

Newton

Satin Hands LLC 8/28/13

Mendenhall

8/9/13 1557 Simpson Hwy 149 Strong River Real Estate, LLC LLC 8/15/13 609 Mangum Ave

Green Energy Medical, LLC LLC 8/1/13 208 Wells Street

Mount Olive

Alpha 1 LLC 8/2/13

Simpson County Investment Group, LLC LLC

LLC 121 McDuffie Rd BUS 260 Creel Road

S & S Services of South Mississippi LLC LLC

Homochitto Timber, LLC LLC 8/14/13 26 South First Street

Abundant Faith Outreach Church NP 8/29/13 303 Johnson Street Collins Redevelopment, LLC LLC 8/26/13 Peoples Bank, 160 E. Maud Ave. Collins State NMTC Fund, LLC LLC 8/26/13 Peoples Bank, 160 E. Maud Ave. Peridot Pearl LLC LLC 8/5/13 205 Thurman Rd

New Hebron

LLC 1185 Springdale Ave

3 W Timber and Construction LLC LLC 8/13/13 154 Providence Rd Chicken Coop Cottage LP LP 8/23/13 13 Ravenna Lane Dirt Works, LLC LLC 8/14/13 49 Sterling Road G Rayborn Equipment LLC LLC 8/16/13 692 Highway 61 North Gajanand LLC LLC 8/5/13 135 Hwy 61 South, Ste 1 Gray Studio, PLLC PLLC 8/22/13 300 Franklin St Great River Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center Inc BUS 8/14/13 319 Market Street J & F Blind, LLC LLC 8/16/13 549 Duncan Avenue Kaiser Operating, LLC LLC 8/2/13 75 Kaiser Lake Road National Action Network NP 8/30/13 8 Sun Court NELA Petro Properties, L.L.C. LLC 8/22/13 300 Franklin St Northpoint Sales LLC LLC 8/6/13 639 Highway 61 S On the Spot Auto Repair, LLC LLC 8/12/13 207 S Commerce St S and S Dozer Service LLC LLC 8/1/13 322 Main Street Sarah Wilson Trucking LLC LLC 8/26/13 12854 River Rd. UPRiver Transportation, LLC LLC 8/12/13 207 S Commerce St Whiskey Landing Cottage, LLC LLC 8/26/13 34 Stella Road

Nesbit B.E.E Rental Properties LLC LLC 8/9/13 20202 Aspen Drive BL’s Book Store DBA OTH 8/14/13 4678 Bienville Road Larry W. Dean DBA OTH 8/14/13 4678 Bienville Road RTS Trailer Sales, LLC LLC 8/27/13 95 Pleasant Hill Road TP Rental Properties LLC. LLC 8/20/13 2430 Getwell Rd

New Albany Beaver Ridge Lake, L.L.C. LLC 8/13/13 112 East Bankhead Street, Suite A Bellissimo Home Decor LLC LLC 8/20/13 909 Chloe Dr Illume Salon, LLC LLC 8/7/13 108 W Main St J2 Technologies, LLC LLC 8/12/13106 Celebrity Drive ( Tupelo 38804) Yamato Sushi & Steakhouse of New Albany Inc. BUS 8/23/13 302-B State Highway 30 W.

LLC 77 Buckley Hill Road

Barnett Plaza LLC LLC 8/6/13 6400 POCO ROAD Carolina Properties, LLC LLC 8/14/13 429 Porter Avenue Digestive Health LLC LLC 8/1/13 3890 Bienville Boulevard Eldridge Consulting LLC PLLC 8/7/13 6013 Old Spanish Trail Eldridge CPA, PLLC PLLC 8/7/13 6013 Old Spanish Trail Fitness Complex LLC LLC 8/27/13 214 Maple Drive Floco Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/15/13 15021 Stacey St Get Your View, Inc. BUS 8/19/13 407 Rue Chateauguay GNIK Group, LLC LLC 8/9/13 1512 Government Street GO America, LLC LLC 8/15/13 1000 Government St,reet,Suite E Goldsmith Consultants and Navigation Services, LLC LLC 8/22/13 429 Porter Avenue Goula 4968 LLC LLC 8/9/13 814 Canebrake Dr Gulf Coast Equities Group, LLC LLC 8/20/13 2112 Bienville Boulevard, Suite a Gulf Coast Wildlife Rehab NP 8/26/13 5550 Richmond St JJJA, LLC LLC 8/7/13 1225 Monticello Blvd JP Marine, LLC LLC 8/13/13 1406 Bienville Blvd., Suite 101 MEKA Health, LLC LLC 8/16/13 736 Signal Street MS Investment Group, LLC LLC 8/23/13 6819 Washington Ave. Suite D OS2GO, LLC LLC 8/5/13 6912 Oakhurst Drive Out on a Limb Tree Service, LLC LLC 8/26/13 9 Fleetwood Place Roots Back Home, LLC LLC 8/7/13 3110 Government Street South of Ninety, Inc/ BUS 8/22/13 929 Washington Ave Southern Mississippi Funeral Service LLCLLC

8/27/13 2113 Government St. Bldg. L Stepping Stones Learning Center, Inc. BUS 8/29/13 3104 Magnolia Lane Troy Vincent Construction LLC LLC 8/22/13 3017 Oakleigh Circle

Okolona F W Acquisition, LLC LLC 8/27/13 431 Highway 41 East

Olive Branch Advantage Inc BUS 8/22/13 8850 Midsouth Dr Suite 950 Beyond the Limits LLC LLC 8/6/13 13333 Willow Nest Dr Cindy Nail Salon Corporation BUS 8/26/13 8110 Camp Creek Blvd Ste #110 Clove Apparel Inc. BUS 8/6/13 8556 Whites Crossing Drive Fitzgerald and Associates Management Group LLC LLC 8/19/13 8566 Ashley Dr Global Marketing Alliance Inc BUS 8/15/13 6920 Oak Forest

JulySixth, LLC LLC 8/30/13 4154 Lexi Dr Lai Zom Corporation BUS 8/19/13 7427 Goodman Road Ms. Shirley’s Treasures, LLC LLC 8/9/13 12377 Hillary Step Drive Parasol Properties 101, LLC LLC 8/15/13 9955 Southbend Drive Parasol Properties 102, LLC LLC 8/15/13 9955 Southbend Drive Parasol Properties 103, LLC LLC 8/15/13 9955 Southbend Drive Parasol Properties 104, LLC LLC 8/15/13 9955 Southbend Drive Protank Southeast, LLC LLC 8/5/13 8971 Yahweh Drive Reliant Medical Associates, PLLC PLLC 8/13/13 9363 Planation Oaks Drive RS Trucking Services LLC LLC 8/29/13 7537 Wisteria Dr SG Investments LLC LLC 8/15/13 6570 Autumn Oaks Drive Southern HVAC Reps LLC LLC 8/8/13 4201 Forest Hill Rd., South Sykes Trucking, LLC LLC 8/16/13 10651 Cali Cove Triple G Enterprises LLC LLC 8/30/13 10257 Loftin Dr Unique Party Rental LLC LLC 8/26/13 7721 Hacks Cross Rd Ste 103 Used Tire World Inc BUS 8/22/13 8850 Midsouth Dr Suite 950

Osyka Dakota Wells, LLC 8/12/13 Easley Farm LLC 8/30/13

LLC 214 Carter St LLC 212Liberty St E

Oxford Ag Services LLC LLC 8/19/13 602 Bickerstaff Lane Air Voice Wireless, LLC LLC 8/29/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C All Kleen Carpet Cleaning, LLC LLC 8/21/13 114B Skyline Drive American Fire Technologies LLC LLC 8/19/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Andy Smith DBA OTH 8/14/13 1209 Academy Lane Atticmedia Inc BUS 8/5/13 31 Private Road 3070 AW Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/6/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Beacon Solutions LLC LLC 8/27/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Brian Phillips Commerical Real Estate, L.L.C.LLC 8/26/13850 Insight Park Ave University MS 38677

BrickHouse Electronics LLC LLC 8/27/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Brighton Village Condominium Association NP 8/2/13 119 Heritage Dr Cafe Salon LLC LLC 8/8/13 147 Edgewood Bvld.

Cannon Toyota, LLC LLC 8/2/13 1300 Access Road, Suite 100 Cannon Vicksburg, LLC LLC 8/21/13 1300 Access Road, Suite 100 Catawomper Press LLC LLC 8/15/13 206 Northpointe Blvd Christian Ebook Samaritan LLC LLC 8/27/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C CJ Industrial Supply LLC LLC 8/7/13 813 Hwy 6 West Coast to Coast Inspection Services, Inc BUS

8/26/13

405 Galleria Lane Suite C

Commercial Roofing Experts Inc. DBA BUS

8/14/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Covenant Services DBA BUS 8/14/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Desoto Dental Auto, LLC LLC 8/26/13 2155 South Lamar Dixie Fiber II, LLC LLC 8/14/13 619 University Avenue #201 DP Engineering LLC LLC 8/15/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C DP Engineering Ltd. Co. LLC 8/15/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C DSI-ITI, LLC LLC 8/22/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Eco Turf DBA OTH 8/14/13 1209 Academy Lane Employment Control, Inc. BUS 8/1/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Fins Up Tailgating LLC LLC 8/23/13 110 South 17th Guardian Ignition Interlock Manufacturing, Inc. BUS 8/26/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C

Hadley Construction Specialties Inc

BUS

8/9/13 130- A Courthouse Square HMD Group PA PA 8/14/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Hollaman Raney IRA LLC LLC 8/23/13 81 County Road 231 HOPE Angels LLC LLC 8/20/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Huggins Dental Auto, LLC LLC 8/26/13 2155 South Lamar JDR Auction Services of Florida, LLC

LLC

8/19/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C JFW Commercial, LLC LLC 8/26/13850 Insight Park Ave University, Ms 38677 Job Care LLC LLC 8/9/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C LM Purchasing LLC LLC 8/29/13 310 Heritage Drive

Thompson, Dreessen & Dorner IncBUS 8/2/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Thumbs Up Glove & Safety Inc BUS 8/5/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Tri-Lakes Asphalt, LLC LLC 8/29/13 310 Heritage Drive Turn on the Heat, LLC LLC 8/30/13 1300 Access Rd., Ste 100 Veritas Legal Plan, LLC LLC 8/5/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C Vermillion Properties, LLC LLC 8/19/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C Winning Solutions, LLC LLC 8/27/13 1200 Jefferson Avenue, Ste 200C Yow & Yow Attorneys at Law, PLLC

PLLC

8/29/13 1300 Van Buren Avenue #112 Zirtual Inc. BUS 8/12/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C

Loose Diamonds Music Publishing, LLC LLC

8/16/13 827 North Lamar Boulevard Magnolia Comfort Services, L.L.C. LLC 8/21/13 3016 South Lamar Blvd Muddy Holdings, LLC LLC 8/1/13 265 N Lamar, Suite W My Clear View Windshield Repair, Inc. BUS

8/22/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Nelson Law Firm, PLLC PLLC 8/2/13 831 Maplewood Dr New Age Technologies, L.L.C. LLC 8/9/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C New Albany Ezells LLC LLC 8/15/13 129 County Road 3088 Non-Profit Industries, Inc. NP 8/15/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C North Mississippi Family Services, Inc. BUS

8/1/13

26 Gumtree Drive

North Mississippi Recycling Solutions LLCLLC

8/13/13 299 South 9th Street Suite 101 OPG Properties LLC LLC 8/20/13 2094 Old Taylor Road Suite 200 Oxford Acting Studio, LLC LLC 8/22/13 11 PR 3057 #8 Oxford Candle Company LLC LLC 8/13/13 2 CR 148 Oxford Juneteenth Festival NP 8/1/13 722 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Oxford Motor Holdings, LLC LLC 8/1/13 299 South 9th Street, Suite 101 Oxford Real Estate Group, LLC LLC 8/22/13 1300 Access Road, Suite 100 Oxford Wine Co. LLC LLC 8/19/13 265 N. Lamar, Suite W Parkway Centre Condiminium Association NP 8/16/13 2716 West Oxford Loop Ste D Petpremium, Inc. BUS 8/19/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Realiance Property Advisors, Limited Liability Company LLC 8/27/13 404 Andalusia Drive Rebel Boilers LLC LLC 8/8/13 119 CR 207 Roasted Food Co. LLC LLC 8/9/13 265 N Lamar, Suite W Rockby, Inc. BUS 8/27/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Romi Relief Foundation Usa NP 8/22/13 518 College Hill Rd Rose B, Inc. BUS 8/1/13 3 LaRhonda Drive Rose S, Inc. BUS 8/1/13 1739 University Avenue Suite 116 Rosedale Holdings, LLC LLC 8/1/13 1739 University Ave Suite 116 Roundabout Hair Gallery LLC LLC 8/23/13 1151 Frontage Road Num A Sage & Stuart Consulting, LLC LLC 8/9/13 108 Morgan Ln SevenSouth Tailgating, LLC LLC 8/1/13 1403 Jackson Avenue East Shannon Waltchack, LLC LLC 8/27/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C Simplifi Services, Inc. BUS 8/14/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C SMP Farm, LLC LLC 8/20/13 299 South 9th Street, Suite 101 Sourceone Restoration Service DBA

BUS

8/14/13 405 Galleria Lane, Suite C Southern Sun IP, LLC LLC 8/15/13 829 North Lamar Boulevard, Suite 2 Stay the Whole Weekend, LLC LLC 8/27/13 829 North Lamar Blvd Suite 2 Sure Rental LLC LLC 8/5/13 512 Deer Creek Dr Team Direct, LLC LLC 8/26/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C Team VIP, LLC LLC 8/30/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C The Tech Team, LLC LLC 8/26/13 405 Galleria Lane Suite C

Pachuta J & R Trucking Inc 8/7/13

BUS 567 CR 411

Paris M & A Trucking LLC LLC 8/2/13 46 County Road 430

Pascagoula All American National Trucking, LLC

LLC

8/12/13 1403 Convent Avenue Big Bend Hunting, LLC LLC 8/16/13 705 Eastwood St Bishop Insurance Services PLLC PLLC 8/16/13 1813 Ingalls Ave (39567) Firefly Network Solutions LLC LLC 8/16/13 3103 Pascagoula Street G A Painter, LLC LLC 8/1/13 2004 Martin St Iglesia Pentecostal Nuevo Pocto NP 8/30/13 1711 Cherokee Dr Reliable Referrals LLC LLC 8/5/13 2103 Glendale St Riverside Technology, Inc. BUS 8/14/13 3209 Frederic Street Rubber & Specialities Inc. BUS 8/9/13 2802 Andrew Avenue Sam’s Jewelry & Pawn LLC LLC 8/29/13 1041 Denny Ave

Pass Christian BBD, LLC LLC 8/21/13 109 Smith St Broad Avenue Holdings, LLC LLC 8/12/13 23441 Arcadia Farm Road C & L Fence Inc BUS 8/26/13 16548 Bell Creek Road Focus Development LLC LLC 8/8/13 28510 West Dubuisson Road SPR Enterprises of Pass Christian, LLC LLC

8/21/13 1039 Demourelle Rd Veggies Market LLC LLC 8/29/13 120 Wisteria Drive Wise Realty LLC LLC 8/8/13 28510 West Dubuisson Road

Pattison Santa’s Runway LLC 8/23/13

LLC 1028 Parks Lane

Pearl A K Crossroads LLC LLC 8/29/13 312 Airport Road Dusty’s Wishing Well, LLC LLC 8/26/13 3922 Old Brandon Rd G.T. Michelli Co., Inc BUS 8/29/13 1163 Weems Street Genesis Mortgage, LLC LLC 8/1/13 2845 Highway 80 East Gravel Road Archery LLC LLC 8/27/13 124 Cedar Springs Circle Harin LLC LLC 8/1/13 2107 Lloyd Street Joli Grace, LLC LLC 8/16/13 21 Spring Lake Circle Nary Inc BUS 8/30/13 823 Chapelridge Dr Reliable Renter LLC LLC 8/29/13 423 Walnut Grove Drive Southern Style of MS LLC LLC 8/28/13 1223 St Augustine Dr Stephen Goodlow Agency LLC LLC 8/5/13 200 Riverwind Dr Ste 105

Pearlington Underground Games LLC LLC 8/23/13 17035 Cedar Drive

INCORPORATIONS Pelahatchie Rocking R Farm LLC LLC 8/28/13 1658 Holly Bush Rd. S & S Abstract LLC LLC 8/13/13 1576 Lake Road

Perkinston Skaggs Janitorial and Maintenance LLC LLC

8/29/13 78 Meadows Road Stone Medical Review, LLC LLC 8/21/13 100 Three Oaks Rd

Petal B.V. & E. LLC LLC 8/20/13 41 Sheeplo Loop BKH Properties, LLC LLC 8/20/13 107 Springwood Dr Bruce and Bruce Farms, LLC LLC 8/20/13 202 Corinth Rd Hawk Crest Productions LLC LLC 8/5/13 2040 Old Richton Road Pair of Kings, LLC LLC 8/19/13 92 Merritt Road Reds Lawn Care LLC LLC 8/20/13 105 Butler Rd

Philadelphia Court Enforcement Services LLC LLC 8/28/13 1207 Meadow Lane HWSS, Inc. BUS 8/30/13 10561 Rd 735 Insight Counseling & Consulting, LLC

LLC

Rhonda Sellers, LLC LLC 8/21/13 346 West Oxford Street 8/21/13 8035 Hwy 6W Southern Shears, LLC LLC 8/9/13 290B West Oxford St Valley Holdings LLC LLC 8/19/13 2335 Hwy 342

Mangrum Industries LLC LLC 8/26/13 228 Sundance Cove Monetelle Group LLC LLC 8/28/13 505 Montrey Rd Monetelle Properties LLC LLC 8/27/13 505 Montrey Rd Montelle Corps LLC LLC 8/27/13 505 Montrey Rd

Pope

Ridgeland

Superior Office Machines, LLC LLC 8/19/13 1077 Hubbard Road Tigers Custom LLC LLC 8/23/13 8088A Pope-Crowder Rd

ACS Doma LLC LLC 8/22/13 5317 Venetian Way Jackson, Ms 39211 Advantage Mixed Martial Arts IncBUS 8/23/13 611 South Pear Orchard #2896 Alpha furniture LLC LLC 8/7/13 1062 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 222

Riverwood Custom Wood Designs, LLC LLC

Poplarville

Audacious Angels Success Center LLC

Changing Lives Christian Services, Inc.

NP

8/23/13 612 Highway 51 Suite B Aylo Investments Inc. BUS 8/26/13 287 Green Oak Lane (Madison 39110) Bath Planet of Mississippi, LLC LLC 8/9/13 601 Ridgewood Rd Capstone Interiors LLC LLC 8/28/13 830 Wilson Drive

Port Gibson

Caskey Periodontics and Implants, PLLCPLLC

Contrarian Trucking Inc BUS 8/19/13 110 Royal St R2PG, Inc BUS 8/9/13 6033 Rodney Rd Tina’s Beauty Shop LLC LLC 8/28/13 5028 Highway 61 South

Potts Camp Anderson Homes of Red Banks LLCLLC 8/23/13 40 Homan Road Smith Screen Shop, LLC LLC 8/27/13 753 Sawmill Road

Picayune

Purvis

GC Window Treatments Incorporated

BUS

8/29/13 1306 Goodyear Blvd Girl’s on the Go Pro Power Wash and Striping LLC LLC 8/22/13 128 Oak Point Rd Hackney’s Cleaning Service LLC LLC 8/19/13 1701 Evageline Dr HL&C - JONES, LLC LLC 8/7/13 2001 Hwy 11 North HL&C - LAMAR, LLC LLC 8/7/13 2001 Hwy 11 North HL&C-Jefferson Davis, LLC LLC 8/27/13 2001 Hwy 11 North Keener Agency, LLC LLC 8/26/1312015 Circle G Ranch Picayune, MS 39466 Klozet Freekz Clothing L.L.C. LLC 8/12/13 907 B Stockstill St MS Real Estate Co LLC LLC 8/1/13 108 Dumas Bailey Rd Nash Country Store Inc BUS 8/19/13 195 Arbor Gate Circle Apt G Nguyen Sunflower LLC LLC 8/30/13 53 Windy Hills Dr East Southern Seasoned, LLC LLC 8/14/13 208 Richardson Road Union Baptist Kindergarten, Inc. NP 8/21/13 1628 West Union Road

Pontotoc Ace Co. LLC LLC 8/2/13 270C West Oxford St Bodock Bed and Breakfast, LLC LLC 8/19/13 234 South Liberty Street BT’s of Pontotoc LLC LLC 8/13/13 108 Warren Street Cut Ups, LLC LLC 8/20/13 219 Toy D Lane Henry Real Properties, LLC LLC 8/13/13 127 N Columbia St Moore’s II, Inc. BUS 8/20/13 264 Lake Dr R and D Trucking LLC LLC 8/23/13 744 Hwy 342

LLC

8/20/13 60 Crocodile Lane Collision Pro “LLC” LLC 8/26/13 664 Joh Amacker Rd. RJS Investments “LLC” LLC 8/26/13 664 Joh Amacker Rd.

8/5/13 12881 Road 571 Knots, LLC LLC 8/16/13 106 Daniels Cv Lewis Poultry Farm Properties, LLCLLC 8/22/13 10280 Rd 838 Liquor Wine Store Inc BUS 8/7/13 540 Valley View Dr M & K Properties of MS LLC LLC 8/12/13 16210 Road 602 Oishi Japanese Express Ms Inc BUS 8/20/13 390 West Main Street

Bay Time LLC LLC 8/16/13 198 Boley Dr Cuevas Enterprises Inc BUS 8/6/13 301 S Curran Ave Family Fun Travels, LLC LLC 8/21/13 276 McSween Road GC Window Treatments Incorporated 8/21/13 1306 Goodyear Blvd

November 1, 2013

The Bright Side Tanning & Gifts, LLC

8/20/13

LLC

6930 Church Ave

Prentiss Dungan Farms, LLC 8/16/13

LLC 5843 Hwy 13

Cornerstone Surveying & Forest Management LLC LLC 8/19/13 23 Beaver Lake Rd Real South Hunting, LLC LLC 8/5/13 85 Max White Rd Voltaire Electrolysis LLC LLC 8/27/13 106 Sixth Street

Quitman BMP Express “LLC” LLC 8/1/13 209 Brown Ave MurRee Management, LLC LLC 8/8/13 405 South Archusa Avenue

Raleigh Lowery & Lowery Trucking LLC LLC 8/19/13 154 SCR 481-A

Raymond Dorcheat, LLC LLC 8/1/13 211 Emily Way Drive Evergreen Arms DBA LLC 8/1/13 211 Emily Way Drive Kristen H Owens FNP-C LLC LLC 8/21/13 129 Random Oak Cv Odom Secure Properties LLC LLC 8/8/13 1825 Seaton Road RL Mullins Consulting LLC LLC 8/26/13 20 Lakeview Drive

Red Banks GHA Finance LLC LLC 8/5/13 269 Briscoe Rd, Holly Springs, MS 38635 HIA Finance LLC LLC 8/5/13 269 Briscoe Rd, Holly Springs, MS 38635 IJA Finance LLC LLC 8/5/13 269 Briscoe Rd, Holly Springs, MS 38635 JJA Finance LLC LLC 8/5/13 269 Briscoe Rd, Holly Springs, MS 38635

Rich Magsby Lawn Service Inc BUS 8/30/13 343 Magsby Rd

Richland Get R Done Trucking, LLC LLC 8/26/13 627 Hwy 49 S, Suite A Harrell Designs, LLC LLC 8/1/13 1351 Old Hwy. 49 South

8/12/13 218 West Jackson Street Ceaser Enterprise LLC LLC 8/13/13 213 Peach Orchard Dr Chappell Holdings, LLC LLC 8/28/13 830 Wilson Drive Chuck Gautier Realty, LLC LLC 8/23/13 220 W. Jackson Street Community Links NP 8/23/13 631 Windover Way Curtis P. Caskey, D.M.D., PLLC PLLC 8/12/13 218 West Jackson Street Eagle Ridge Growth LLC LLC 8/6/13 574 Highland Colony, Ste 320 Eagle Ridge Growth Partners LLC LLC 8/6/13 574 Highland Colony, Ste 320 Edge Contractors LLC LLC 8/30/13 795 Woodlands Pkwy, Ste 220 Employee Benefits Solutions Inc BUS 8/23/13 5 Rivers Creek ( Jackson 39211) ESS Enterprises LLC LLC 8/13/13 1928 Lincolnshire Blvd ForesTech International, LLC LLC 8/19/13 270 Trace Colony Park, Suite B Foster Concrete Services LLC LLC 8/28/13 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Grant Writers’ Seminars and Workshops, LLC LLC 8/12/13 270 Trace Colony Park, Suite B Hawkins Autoplex LLC LLC 8/14/13 340 Arbor Dr. #2291 Hawkins Paint & Collision Inc BUS 8/14/13 340 Arbor Dr. #2291 Hunter Gulf Coast Services LLC LLC 8/16/13 270 Trace Colony Park, Suite B Interior Fashions of Mississippi, LLC

LLC

8/14/13 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B Interior Fashions, LLC LLC 8/14/13 270 Trace Colony Park Ste B International Church of God of Prophecy NP 8/2/13 405 Ashstead Court J & C Trucking LLC LLC 8/20/13 338 Brookwoods Drive JC’s Auto Sales LLC LLC 8/27/13 720 Avignon Dr, Suite 2 Karsyn Design and Events, LLC LLC 8/6/13 144 Old Orchard Road (Madison 39110) Le Bonheur Pediatrics, LLC LLC 8/27/13 1018 Highland Colony Parkway, Ste 800 LLI, LLC LLC 8/9/13 301 Highland Park Cove Suite B M&O California Insurance Services, Inc. BUS

8/30/13 270 Trace Colony Park, Suite B Madison Longhorns NP 8/20/13 600 Concourse, Suite 100; 1076 Highland Colony Pkwy 39157

Mag Ridge BMX Parents and Riders Association, Inc. NP 8/1/13 110 W. Jackson Street Magnolia Racing, LLC LLC 8/20/13 500 Hwy 51 Ste Z MPI Industries LLC LLC 8/26/13 270 Trace Colony Park, Suite B New Birth Apostolic Ministries’ NP 8/16/13 142 Mill Cove North Pearl, LLC LLC 8/1/13 904 Montrose Drive Noxubee Management Group, Inc.BUS 8/27/13 270 Trace Colony Park, Suite B Pathway Consulting Group Inc BUS 8/13/13 665 S Pear Orchard Rd., Ste 106-213 Perfect Silhouette Boutique LP LP 8/5/13 1884 Lincolnshire Blvd Pharmacy Group of Mississippi, LLC LLC 8/12/13 1076 Highway Colony Parkway, 600 Concourse, Suite 100

Pharmacy Partners of Mississippi DBA LLC 1076 Highway Colony Parkway, 600 Concourse, Suite 100

8/12/13

Reliable Fire Protection, LLC LLC 8/29/13 270 Trace Colony Park, Suite B Santangelo Group, LLC LLC 8/20/13 300 Highland Park Cove, Suite C Shea’s on Lake Harbour DBA BUS 8/26/13 287 Green Oak Lane (Madison 39110) Shepard, LLC LLC 8/7/131062 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 222 Southeastern Financial Solutions, LLC

LLC

8/19/13 591 Northpark Dr Ste A The Cress Group, LLC LLC 8/19/13 613 Crescent Circle, Suite 200 The Glen at Plantation Estates Condominum Association, Inc. NP 8/2/13 1068 Highland Colony Parkway The Lynn Michael Foundation DBA

Senatobia Dusty Dog Ridge “LLC” LLC 8/27/13 798 Jackson Rd, Sara MS 38665 Lucky Foods Inc BUS 8/19/13 500 Strayhorn Street, Apt #221

Shannon Goree Tax Service LLC LLC 8/9/13 1965 Pinegrove Rd

Shaw Family Day Care Inc. BUS 8/16/13 407 Old Hwy 61 S & S Automotive Services Corporation BUS 8/15/13 2961 Highway 448

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8/14/13 1054 Highland Cove Place Timothy Michael Quinn DBA OTH 8/14/13 1054 Highland Cove Place Unique Life Church Inc NP 8/19/13 323 Pinehurst Circle Windsor Plantation of Clinton, LLCLLC 8/12/13 605 Steed Road Wood Properties, LLC LLC 8/12/13 169 Green Glades

Shelby Jenkins United Generations Farm LLC

8/29/13

LLC

794 Blue Cane Road

Shubuta WW&S, LLC 8/8/13

LLC 870 County Road 117

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Ripley B A Builders LLC LLC 8/23/13 2841A County Road 500 F. B. F. Sales LLC LLC 8/19/13 108 East Jefferson St. Ripley Wine & Spirits, LLC LLC 8/28/13 400 E Walnut Street Silver Springs Wine & Spirits, LLC LLC 8/30/13 108 East Jefferson St. Taylor’s Plumbing and Pools, LLC LLC 8/27/13 222 Mary Ellen Dr

Red Hills Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/9/13 3364 Butler Road

Sidon Shanikkia’s Plus Size Boutique LLCLLC 8/27/13 50500 County Road 512 Lot 8

Silver City JC Professional, LLC 8/12/13

LLC 237 Main Street

Rosedale

Sledge

JOEDOT Farm LLC LLC 8/28/13 507 David Work Drive Kelly Investigation, Inc. BUS 8/22/13 702 Davis Ave

Boot Publishing, LLC LLC 8/9/13 3285 Squirrel Lake Road L & J Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/26/13 243 Williams Avenue

Ruleville

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Brighter Future Educational Diagnostic Services & Consulting, LLC LLC

Fresh Start School of Advanced Studies Amory NP 8/20/13 60361 Smithville Rd GMB Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/1/13 63492 Hwy 25 N

8/9/13

520 L. F. Packer Drive

Saltillo Bell Holdings LLC LLC 8/5/13 401 Cr 251 Carlock Air, LLC LLC 8/26/13 882 Cross Creek Drive Jackie Bell Holdings, LLC LLC 8/5/13 401 Cr 251 Tupelo Cab, LLC LLC 8/19/13 336 N Third Ave

Sandhill J & D Deer Processing LLC LLC 8/8/13 197 Carter’s Store Rd

Sandy Hook Stringers Septic Service, LLC LLC 8/12/13 182 Saint Paul Road

Sardis Joyful Fellowship Church of God in Christ NP

8/13/13

301 W Lee Street

Saucier Beemz Consulting LLC LLC 8/26/13 14880 Mill Ridge Rd Faith Homes LLC 8/9/13 23515 Central Drive Faith Homes LLC LLC 8/27/13 23515 Central Drive Gulf Coast Security Professionals Association, LLC LLC 8/29/13 21179 Yankee Town Rd KAR Logistics Inc BUS 8/21/13 18278 Robinwood Drive

Schlater Taylor Farms Trucking, LLC LLC 8/29/13 24003 County Road 115

Seminary GEOSITUS LLC 8/27/13

LLC 137 Tower Road

Snowlake Shores Veterans Low Voltage, LLC LLC 8/29/13 263 Shady Lane

Soso Innovative Services and Equipment Company, LLC LLC 8/20/13 1024 Highway 28 M & M Concepts, Inc. BUS 8/26/13 3236 Hwy 29 N S & M Auto Sales LLC LLC 8/22/13 24 Craven Drive

Southaven 6910 Snowden Lane LLC LLC 8/27/13 7125 Getwell Road, Suite 201 CrestCore Realty LLC LLC 8/15/13 7691 Lilly Lane Davis Park & Recreations LLC LLC 8/5/13 1291 Main Street Day Crossing Stables LLC LLC 8/5/13 670 Swinnea Lake Drive Desoto Dysfunction Tailgaters, LLCLLC 8/16/13 5699 Getwell Road, Building F, Suite 1 Diamond in the Rough Realty LLC LLC 8/20/13 8575 Darlington Cove Diesel Doc LLC LLC 8/21/13 7272 THORNFIELD COVE Dynapel Systems, LLC LLC 8/16/13 107 State Line Rd., #3 Goodman Doughnut King, LLC LLC 8/27/13 3034 East Goodman Rd Ideal Community Care LLC LLC 8/22/13 8869 Centre St Ste 3 Jasiri Financial LLC LLC 8/13/13 8786 North Creek Blvd #9-8 Jay Shree Sai Inc BUS 8/12/13 3075 Goodman Road E Ste 14 Lighting Group of America LLC LLC 8/23/13 5740 Getwell Road Bldg 10D North Delta Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, Inc. BUS 8/14/13 520 Goodman Road East

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Professional Virtual Services LLC LLC 8/13/13 8300 Lake Shore Dr W Saint Mary Inc BUS 8/19/13 1990 Goodman Rd Southern Drilling LLC LLC 8/19/13 5293 Getwell Road Sponsors Me Mentoring Program NP 8/21/13 4366 Pinehurst Blvd T.H.O. Enterprises Inc BUS 8/22/13 7592 Coral Meadows Dr The Sensory Shop LLC LLC 8/2/13 2246 Belmarie Cove Varz Boutique LLC LLC 8/5/13 215 Guthrie Dr

Star A Cab Company 8/23/13

BUS 103 Pecan Lane

Starkville Antisep Systems LLC LLC 8/30/13 905 Evergreen St Bowen Properties, LLC LLC 8/21/13 101 Tuxford Rd Conwill Communication LLC LLC 8/27/13 105 Maxwell St Apt C Dare2CareComputers LLC LLC 8/1/13 308 Louisville St Double B Investments LLC LLC 8/8/13 346 Ridgeland Drive Friends of Nanih Waiya Community Park NP

8/19/13 Genealogy, LLC 8/30/13

535 Lincoln Drive LLC 524 Greensboro St

Industrial Recyclers of Mississippi, LLC LLC

8/9/13 211-A C. C. Clark Road JC Manufacturing, LLC LLC 8/8/13 507 Mallory Lane Lamont & Son, LLC LLC 8/20/13 323 Branson Lane Lawrence Arnold, LLC LLC 8/6/13 1305 South Montgomery Street MG&L Merk, LLC LLC 8/30/13 2328 Old West Point Road Neelys Take-Out LLC LLC 8/29/13 2601 Persimmon Dr NEW 1 Properties, LLC LLC 8/27/13 612 Martin Luther King Drive NEW 2 Properties, LLC LLC 8/27/13 612 Martin Luther King Drive NEW 3 Properties, LLC LLC 8/27/13 612 Martin Luther King Drive NEW 4 Properties, LLC LLC 8/27/13 612 Martin Luther King Drive NEW 5 Properties, LLC LLC 8/27/13 612 Martin Luther King Drive NEW 6 Properties, LLC LLC 8/27/13 612 Martin Luther King Drive People of Purpose Professional Group, LLC LLC 8/20/13 101 East Lampkin Street Sara T, LLC LLC 8/6/13 1305 South Montgomery Street Swain’s Swings by Bigpat LLC LLC 8/9/13 709 Old West Point Road Sweet Gum Springs Apothecary LLC

LLC

8/20/13 731 Ridgewood Rd Vivacious Transformations Health Coaching LLC LLC 8/27/13 109 Locksley Way Apt 56 WavyColors LLC LLC 8/30/13 60 Technology Blvd.

Stringer Outdoor Help “LLC” 8/19/13

LLC 169 S R 1915

Sturgis Middleman, LLC LLC 8/30/13 5497 Ms Highway 12 Natural Wood Solutions LLC LLC 8/6/13 500 Smith Road

Summit Creative Connections, PLLC PLLC 8/7/13 4094 West Topisaw Road South Koehler Holdings LLC LLC 8/7/13 1106 N Laurel St North Pike Properties LLC LLC 8/5/13 1093 Lakeview Dr.

Sumrall House of Hope and Healing Ministry

NP

8/1/13 42 Aultman Lane JLL Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/26/13 256 Rock Hill Road Sweet Southern Charm LLC LLC 8/8/13 50 Latigo Loop

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Taylorsville DCDAJ Properties, LLC LLC 8/8/13 1916 Scr 80 West Healthier Living Home Care LLC LLC 8/22/13 524 Hwy 529 Rough Riders ATV LLC LLC 8/29/13 1523 SCR 1 Taylorsville Hospitality LLC LLC 8/23/13 212 Mayfield Street

Terry Blount’s Wellbuilt, LLC LLC 8/21/13 18349 Midway Road Fox’s Mobile Tune Up Club, L.L.C. LLC 8/22/13 4606 Hickory Vale Drive H & B Neal LLC LLC 8/7/13 4320 Pine Lake Drive ISP Mississippi LLC LLC 8/5/13 18349 Midway Road Kony Services, Inc. BUS 8/27/13 18349 Midway Road Kony, Inc BUS 8/27/13 18349 Midway Road Magnolia Church, Inc. NP 8/27/13 1074 Ford Rd New Earth Life Sciences, Inc. BUS 8/28/13 18349 Midway Road NLD Northstar VIII LLC LLC 8/15/13 18349 Midway Road Right-Away-Home Improvement and Services LLC LLC 8/26/13 269 Levon Ownes Drive SpiritHorse Therapeutic Center & Equine of Mississippi NP 8/12/133816 Henderson Rd Jackson 39272

Thaxton EFS Construction LLC LLC 8/13/13 535 Cheney Rd Miss Kittys Salon LLC LLC 8/8/13 1394 Coleman Rd

Tiplersville RJ Construction & Development, LLC

8/8/13

LLC

22231 Hwy 15

Tishomingo Tennison Properties, LLC 8/28/13

LLC 22 Cr 114

Tougaloo Black Dolla Entertainment, LLC LLC 8/23/13 308 Peach Orchard Dr., Ridgeland MS 39157

Tunica Rabbit Island Land Company, LLC LLC 8/12/13 1245 Main Street

Tupelo 3011 Robbins Loop, LLC LLC 8/9/13 336 N. Green Street (38804) 3588 North Gloster Street LLC LLC 8/20/13 3588 North Gloster Street 359 Fall Drive, LLC LLC 8/13/13 336 N Green Street (38804) American Wholesale Inc BUS 8/15/13 1160 North Veterans Blvd Becks Custom Audio & Video, Inc.BUS 8/12/13 1438 Mitts Drive Capital Hotels, LLC LLC 8/22/13 1020 North Gloster Street #110 Carol Wright, LLC LLC 8/20/13 201 South Spring Street CH Residential, LLC LLC 8/15/13 1546 Larkspur Place Covington Automotive Enterprises, LLC LLC

8/27/13 167 CR 13 Dean and Dean Marketing “LLC” LLC 8/12/13 2623 Honeysuckle Lane Faerie Finds, LLC LLC 8/9/13 336 N Green Street (38804) Gregory Ott, LLC LLC 8/12/13 623 West Main Street Harwell Family Realty, LLC LLC 8/7/13 105 South Front Street HDC, LLC LLC 8/8/13 121 Road 1850 J & J Furniture, LLC LLC 8/26/13 353 North Green Street JIGME LLC LLC 8/14/13 2218 West Main St Ste C JMOR LLC LLC 8/20/13 3588 North Gloster Street KH & Associates LLC LLC 8/7/13 536 West Jefferson Street, Suite 4

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18 I Mississippi Business Journal I November 1, 2013 Kirkley Investments, LLC LLC 8/22/13 336 N. Green Street Lowery Liners Inc. BUS 8/21/13 3612 A Grace Lane Magnolia Meat Supply LLC LLC 8/19/13 1098 Cliff Gookin Boulevard Mark N. Halbert, PLLC PLLC 8/29/13 109B S. Spring Street McLaurin Law Offices, LLC LLC 8/7/13 210 East Main Street, Ste 2a Melissa R Nolan, LLC LLC 8/12/13 322 Jefferson Street (38804) ND Real Estate LLC LLC 8/6/13 101 Seth Avenue New Albany Express Inc BUS 8/7/13 185 Winfield Drive NMS Hotels, LLC LLC 8/22/13 1020 North Gloster Street #110 Platinum Health of Tupelo, LLC LLC 8/16/13 398 N Eason Blvd Prateeksha, LLC LLC 8/23/13 852 North Gloster Street Progressive Buildings, LLC LLC 8/9/13 336 N. Green Street (38804) QB 42 Ventures, LLC LLC 8/22/13 1509 Summerchase Drive RedMed, LLC LLC 8/20/13 333 West Franklin Street Remedy, LLC LLC 8/27/13 1503 Martin Hill Dr Revive, LLC LLC 8/15/13 1854 Legion Lake Road Rogers Family Eye Care, LLC LLC 8/1/13 1001 Barnes Crossing Rd, Suite 400 Ronald Schoenberger, LLC LLC 8/20/13 201 South Spring Street ShaGam Carrier LLC LLC 8/14/13 1501 Ruffwood Road Sneaky Pete Charity Shoot, LLC LLC 8/2/13 301 West Main Street Southern Housing Enterprises of Corinth, Inc. BUS 8/26/13 2501 S. Gloster The Farmhouse LLC LLC 8/9/13 1725 McCullough Blvd

The Mitchell Law Group, LLC LLC 8/22/13 132 Omri’s Lane Tuk Tuk Thai Restaurant Inc BUS 8/16/13 932 William St Tupelo Engraving & Specialty Products LLC LLC 8/13/13 607 West Main Street Vegasigns Inc. BUS 8/13/13 932 William St

Tutwiler Front-Line Ministries of Rome, MS NP 8/9/13 612 Hancock Street

Tylertown Dermpoint Inc BUS 8/1/13 50 Hospital Drive Diamond V Poultry LLC LLC 8/28/13 317 Branton Bay Road Emerald Products, Inc. BUS 8/2/13 50 Hospital Drive Walthall Solomon, Inc. BUS 8/2/13 50 Hospital Drive

Union Jesus Name Church of Union, Inc NP 8/27/13 Hwy 49 East P360 Holdings, LLC LLC 8/16/13 10031 Road 343 Walker Outdoors, LLC LLC 8/29/13 214 James Street

Vaiden Poppa Pat’s Cabin, LLC LLC 8/19/13 2066 Attala Rd. 3989 Vaiden Campground, LLC LLC 8/19/13 375 Burkett Dr

Van Vleet Chieftain Farm, LLC LLC 8/20/131139 Hwy 32 Ext. (Houston 38851)

Vancleave Coastline Customs, LLC LLC 8/6/13 13601 Wildflower Lane Double CR Investments, LLC LLC 8/7/13 2421 Mamie Ln GM Apparel LLC LLC 8/28/13 17290 Old Kelly Rd Lucy & Robbie Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/7/13 2421 Mamie Ln

Verona Pannell Builders, LLC LLC 8/22/13 5081S. Raymond Avenue

Vicksburg 4QTRS Holdings, LLC LLC 8/5/13 1208 Washington Street Austin Family Dentistry, Inc. BUS 8/19/13 3040 Indiana Avenue Blush and Bashful, LLC LLC 8/23/13 101 Colonial Dr Bobby Marine V, LLC LLC 8/20/13 101 Lee Street Children’s Learning Center of Vicksburg LLC LLC 8/2/13 920 Farmer St Cynthia’s Cleaning Service LLC LLC 8/28/13 107 Fleetwood Dr Extra Cash Advance LLC LLC 8/27/13 1304 Clay St Golding Brothers Marine II, LLC LLC 8/8/13 101 Lee Street Harrison Foundation, Inc. NP 8/9/13 1485 Oak Ridge Rd Head Quarters Barber & Beauty Salon LLCLLC

8/9/13 905 Clay St Apt B Itta Bena Housing Partners L.P. LP 8/9/13 3412 Pemberton Square Blvd Suite 2-241 Itta Bena Pride LLC LLC 8/8/13 3412 Pemberton Blvd.

Kickin’ Brass LLC LLC 8/28/13 103 Fairview Drive

Leflore Housing LLC LLC 8/8/13 3412 Pemberton Blvd.

Mississippi Scholarship Fund, Inc. NP 8/29/13 901 Belmont Street National Services, Inc. 8/19/13 1423 Washington St Apt 202 Rim Rock of Mississippi, LLC LLC 8/19/13 1350 Fonsylvania Rd Southside Land Company of Mississippi LLC LLC 8/1/13 820 South Street, Suite 501 Stewart’s Preservation Team, LLC LLC 8/12/13 104 Linda Dr Stuart Insurance Co Inc BUS 8/20/13 3412 Pemberton Square The ARL Project NP 8/30/13 96 Zanders Road WiNK Contact Lenses Inc. BUS 8/20/13 801 Clay Street Apt 5d

Walls Arcado Road, LLC LLC 8/14/13 6520 Old Hwy 161 Pink Sparkle Cleaning Service, LLCLLC 8/27/13 6800 Hwy 161 Apt 157 Pool Contractors Supply, Inc. BUS 8/29/13 6970 Ginwood Cove

Walnut Grove SWHOWARD MINISTRIES, INC. NP 8/12/13 1461 Hwy 487 E

Water Valley Bruce Payday Loans Inc 8/15/13

BUS 109 Cr 282

Nature DeZigns Flowers and Gifts LLC

8/30/13

LLC

Water Valley Regional Industrial Foundation, Inc. NP 8/27/13 109 North Court Street

Waveland Tri R Bar and Grill, LLC LLC 8/26/13 312 Coleman Ave

Waynesboro Alec, LLC LLC 8/14/13 6314 Hwy 84 Alec, LLC - Electrical Contractors LLC 8/14/13 6314 Hwy 84 Bayne Properties LLC LLC 8/5/13 48 Timmy Bayne Drive Bazor Timber Company LLC LLC 8/5/13 136 Big Creek Rd Brewing Bicycles L.L.C. LLC 8/29/13 317 Big Creek Rd Dickerson & Dickerson Inc. BUS 8/8/13 705 Chickasawhay Street George’s Discount Wine and Liquor, LLC LLC 8/8/13 720 Station Street Riverside Hardwoods LLC LLC 8/1/13 401 County Farm Road Wayne’s Wine & Spirits Inc BUS 8/20/13 771 Matherville Diamond Road

Wayside C & G Trucking LLC LLC 8/22/13861 Hwy 438 Greenville, Ms 38701 Gary Blaylock Finishing LLC LLC 8/22/13861 Hwy 438 Greenville, Ms 38701 Gary Blaylock Landforming LLC LLC 8/22/13861 Hwy 438 Greenville, MS 38701

112 Young St

Norwood Investments Properties Inc

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8/15/13 109 Cr 282 The Lovejoy Cemetery Association, Inc. NP 8/14/13 756 County Road 220

Weir Triple J Forest Products, LLC LLC 8/20/13 609 Stewart Weir Rd

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A-1 Millwright Service LLC LLC 8/26/13 8189 Monticello Rd Betsy & Larry Properties, LLC LLC 8/12/13 2546 Sunset Road Carlisle Consulting, LLC LLC 8/14/13 10058 Sylvarena Road Performance Pneumatic, LLC LLC 8/29/13 3799 Hiram Ln NW

West Point 46 North, LLC LLC 8/21/13 103 East Broad Street Checkerd Flag Sales LLC LLC 8/27/13 1210 Oak Drive GWATTS LLC LLC 8/15/13 2307 Lower Town Creek Rd McMatters Trucking LLC LLC 8/23/13 7060 Lone Oak Road P. Trina Davidson, Attorney at Law, PLLC PLLC 8/27/13 502 Beledere Ave West Point OB-GYN, P.A. PA 8/12/13 531 S Division Street

Kinnectz Therapies, LLC LLC 8/13/13 605 North Union St Southern Wholesale & Grocery LLCLLC 8/7/13 4180 N. Applegate St

Woodville Dee & Tee LLC LLC 8/22/13 221 Bayridge Rd Gulf Park College Alumnae Association NP 8/2/13 130 Moore Street Gulf Park College Alumnae Association 8/1/13 130 Moore Street High Cotton Plantation LLC LLC 8/29/13 76 Meadowbrook Rd L & G Solutions, LLC LLC 8/12/13 22 Lily Loop

Yazoo City Action Lake Road, LLC LLC 8/12/13110 North Jerry Clower Boulevard, Suite W Bitt Payday Loan Services OTH 8/20/13 730 E. 15th St

Wiggins C & C Outdoors LLC LLC 8/27/13 752 Clubhouse Dr DataLynks Corporation BUS 8/19/13 28 Blueberry Lane Fore Gutters & Patios LLC LLC 8/29/13 50 Sunset Road Jennifer Jones Photography, LLC LLC 8/30/13 806 Carmen Court Mary Ida Ellis: Academy of Piano & Strings, LLC LLC 8/15/13 140 Matthew Johnson Rd The Reading Hut, LLC LLC 8/12/13 1037 Ray Avenue

Winona Divinity Supplies, LLC 8/22/13

LLC 309 Cade St

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» MISSISSIPPI LEADERS by Martin Willoughby

Treating with kindness Treppendahl grows center

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Up Close With ... Christina Treppendahl

ne of the biggest challenges today in the marketplace is employee engagement. National surveys tell us that 70 percent of employees are not engaged in their work.

This lack of engagement has a significant impact on the bottom line of businesses and our national economy. One of the key reasons for this lack of engagement is that people don’t feel appreciated in the marketplace. I have enjoyed the opportunity to work with Dr. Paul White, co-author of the bestselling book The Five Languages of Appreciation in theWorkplace. I learned from my work with him the startling fact that 65 percent of employees report they have received no appreciation in the previous year. Companies around the country are now realizing that one of the easiest ways to impact their bottom line is to be intentional about showing appreciation and cultivating greater employee engagement.

Christina Treppendahl, owner of The Headache Center in Ridgeland, understands the importance of treating employees with respect and valuing them.

Treppendahl, a native of Natchez, first pursued a culinary career and went to Johnson & Wales Culinary University. She shared, “I went to culinary school because of my love of food and cooking, but it was not the right career for me. It took my passion for the kitchen away from me; however, I still love to cook at home.” Treppendahl earned a

Title: Owner/nurse practitioner, The Headache Center Favorite Books: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls First Job: ”My first job was with Smitherman printing when I was 16. “ Proudest Moment as a Leader: ”Realizing my vision to launch my new clinic.”

Hobbies/Interests: Cooking, gardening, flying (“plan to get pilot’s license soon”), photography, travel

master’s degree in neonatal nursing from Vanderbilt University and she practiced as a neonatal nurse practitioner for 10 years.

At age 37 with four small children at home, she decided that she wanted to be a family nurse practitioner. However, she could not quit working to return to school so she continued to work in a critical care unit as a staff RN while commuting to college in Columbus weekly at the Mississippi University for Women. She recently ful-

filled a dream to own her own business by opening The Headache Center in the Renaissance in Ridgeland.

Treppendahl noted, “I have been an employee most of my life. I know that when you treat people like dirt or like they are common and can be replaced, you get back very unsatisfactory work.” She continued, “People need to know that they are valuable. If they don’t know they are valuable, it is the employer’s responsibility to show

“People need to know they are valuable.”

Christina Treppendahl The Headache Center

them how much potential they have so they will give more of themselves and be more dedicated to improving the overall outcome of the business (because they are valued as part of the Martin Willoughby team).” She clearly understands that you “win with people” in business.

Treppendahl also recognizes the importance of leading with a positive attitude. She emphasized, “I try to seize every day with optimism and perseverance. Life is not about what happens to us but how we handle what happens to us.” She believes that simple things like smiling at people, patting them on back and saying things like “good job” or “we can get through this day together” or “I could not have done this without you” means the world. She has found that people gravitate towards attractive (well-groomed) people that have gregarious personalities and who don’t go around complaining. She wisely noted, “Your attitude is everything. The boss’s tone sets the tone of the whole office.”

I am impressed with Treppendahl’s commitment and dedication. Having been an employee will serve her well now as an owner. I am sure that she will build a successful organization and fulfill her vision of growing and replicating her new business model by building a highly engaged team.

Martin Willoughby is a business consultant and regular contributing columnist for the Mississippi Business Journal. He serves as Chief Operating Officer of Butler Snow Advisory Services, LLC and can be reached at martin.willoughby@ butlersnow.com.

This spy novel is not the usual thriller

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» Sweet Tooth

By Ian McEwan Published by Anchor Books $15.95 paperback

nglish writer Ian McEwan has 15 books to his credit and has won all the major awards for literature in Great Britain; most notably the Man Booker Prize for Atonement. Sweet Tooth was published last year and is now out in paperback. As a novel in a vein different from McEwan’s other books, it doesn’t disappoint. I guess it’s a spy novel, but not in the usual sense.

The year is 1972 and the Cold War is still going on when a young Cambridge graduate, Serena Frome, joins England’s legendary intelligence agency MI5. She follows in the tradition of women who were smart math majors recruited as code breakers during World War II. However, Frome prefers literature to math and arrives at the secretive agency with a bit of a checkered past even though she’s the daughter of an Anglican bishop.

A compulsive reader of novels, she’s the perfect candidate to work with MI5’s program aimed at manipulating the

cultural conversation by funding writers whose politics align with those of the government. The operation is code named Sweet Tooth.

She infiltrates the literary circle of a promising young writer and becomes personally involved with him. At first she loves his stories; then she begins to love the man. Her room is searched; she’s sometimes followed; and friends aren’t always who she thinks they are. She learns the hard lesson of rule num-

ber one of espionage: trust no one. Along the way Frome also learns the shocking truth about her older professor/mentor/lover who was responsible for getting her into MI5, a truth that puts her under suspicion.

This book is seductive and well written — as we always expect of McEwan. The Boston Globe describes it as “Jane Austen meets John Le Carre’ meets John Barth.” McEwan is called “a thinking person’s bestseller writer, whose intelligent, tightly plotted novels, narrated in careful prose, address the pressing social and political issues of our days” by the San Francisco Chronicle.

I first became aware of McEwan a long time ago while studying contemporary English literature in London. He was a new young writer bringing a fresh approach to the English novel. It’s been a pleasure to follow his success and read his works through the years.

“This book is seductive and well written...”

— Lynn Lofton, mbj@msbusiness.com

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