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Mississippi Delta Project : health and environment prospectus.
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May 1995
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Description:The Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission was established in October 1988 to study and make recommendations on economic needs, problems, and opportunities in the Region and to develop a 10-year economic development plan for it. Two reports have been prepared by the Commission. They are Body of the Nation: The Interim Report o f the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission and The Delta Initiatives: Realizing the Dream...Fulfilling the Potential. The latter report, which was the Commission’s final report, notes “This final report is a trumpeting call by the Delta’s own people to begin the tasks that will create a new and better tomorrow for this, the body of the nation, and therefore a brighter future for the nation as a whole.” The same report concludes that the problems found in the Delta are common to all seven states— Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee— that have counties or parishes in the Region. The Commission makes a clear and compelling call for regional cooperation and cohesiveness in order to reach better solutions to the Region’s problems.
The Commission’s final report, Realizing the Dream...Fulfilling the Potential, contains sections on education, health, housing, community development, agriculture, natural resources, public infrastructure, entrepreneurial development, technology development, business and industrial development, tourism, and the environment. Each section contains goals and attendant recommendations. The sections on environment, community development, health, and education are especially pertinent to the Delta Project.
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