HUGE thank you to the Mississippi Business Journal / Coopwood Publishing Group for featuring Natchez Workforce Development and the incredible work we’re doing in our area.

There are so many great things happening, and we are immensely grateful for your continued support!

Special thanks to Dan Gibson Mayor of Natchez for his ongoing vision and inspiration, and to the City of Natchez Board of Aldermen, Natchez-Adams County Board of Supervisors, and Natchez-Adams School District for creating and supporting spaces for workforce training, job creation, and wealth-building for generations to come.

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In Natchez, workforce development falls under a collaborative of organizations that began in 2022. Tuwanna Higgins-Williams is the Director.

“Natchez Workforce Development is comprised of different organizations: The City of Natchez, Adams County Board of Supervisors, Natchez-Adams School District, and Natchez, Inc., our economic developer,” she explained.

A coding academy, the fifth in the state, is coming to the school district according to Higgins-Williams. And there’s more.

“We have secured funding through Delta Regional Authority and Central Mississippi Planning and Development to hire career coaches for the Natchez-Adams School District,” she said. “We want to up-skill the employees our businesses and companies currently employ and, of course, their new hires. We’re working with Copaih-Lincoln Community College, we’re working with Natchez, Inc., and Marcal Paper Company, an advanced manufacturer right here in Natchez, is where we’re going to roll out this first type of piloted training where we provide training funds to train their employees in Microsoft Office and Automation and Control.”