Officials Break Ground on New Business Incubator at MSU Research Park

Officials Break Ground on New Business Incubator at MSU Research Park

City, county and university officials came together Monday with Mississippi congressional leaders to break ground and celebrate a new business incubator, which will also accommodate expansion of II-VI Inc., a growing company already housed at the Thad Co

City, county and university officials came together Monday with Mississippi congressional leaders to break ground and celebrate a new business incubator, which will also accommodate expansion of II-VI Inc., a growing company already housed at the Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park. Participating in the groundbreaking were David Shaw, vice president for research and economic development; Whit Hughes, Mississippi Development Authority; Marvell Howard, Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors; Jack Wallace, Oktibbeha County Economic Development Authority; Senator Thad Cochran; MSU President Mark Keenum; Congressman Alan Nunnelee; Congressman Gregg Harper; Carl Johnson, II-VI Inc. Board Chairman; Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman; and Architect Jim Eley.