Services for Industries and Businesses
The three counties of the TAP Alliance have partnered to strengthen our community as a low cost, value centered location for manufacturing and distribution in the United States. Our services to you are free and confidential and include, but are not limited to:
- Site and building selection assistance
- Financing of building improvements and construction of new buildings via the greater bonding authority of the three county alliance
- Packaging of financing for equipment and machinery for qualified applicants
- Negotiation of sale or lease terms on real property
- Negotiation and packaging of incentive offers such as ad valorem tax exemptions, Freeport Warehouse exemptions, periods of no or reduced rent, and state and TVA incentives
- Packaging of grants and loans for building improvements, infrastructure, access, and site work
- Negotiation and packaging of job applicant screening and job training & retraining services
- Negotiation of relocation assistance
- Assistance to relocatees in finding homes and integrating into the community
- Long term assistance with company needs
TAP Alliance Staff
- Jamie McCoy, NEMPDD
- Sharon Gardner at NEMPDD
- Brandon Grissom – President
- Tim Mitchell – Vice President
- David Bubba Pounds – Secretary
Board Members
The TAP Alliance Board is composed of the mayor and two supervisors from each county.
- John Castleberry, City of Iuka
- Chris Lindley, City of Booneville
- Brandon Grissom, Tishomingo County
- Mike Huddleston, Prentiss County
- Tommy Irwin, City of Corinth
- Jeff Holt, Tishomingo County
- Bubba Pounds, Prentiss County
- Tim Mitchell, Alcorn County
- Lowell Hinton, Alcorn County