Spurring Rural Investment
Steve Turner, left, director of the Southern Rural Development Center at Mississippi State, hands the microphone to John Rounsaville, state director for USDA Rural Development in Mississippi, during Thursday's [June 21] Rural Opportunity Initiative workshop. The event brought together rural small business owners with investors from around the country. Rounsaville, an Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵalumnus, gave the workshop's keynote address.