City of Moss Point Economic Development

The River City is open for business.

Nine investment opportunities in one Gulf Coast city that is ready to build, with master plans in hand, city leadership behind them, and capital partners welcome.

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An Open Invitation
Downtown Waterfront final master plan, City of Moss Point

Moss Point is the River City, where the Escatawpa and Pascagoula meet, thirty minutes from Mobile and thirty minutes from Biloxi, with direct frontage on I-10. The planning is done and the groundwork is laid, and what is left is the invitation: several shovel-ready opportunities for investors who want to be early on the Gulf Coast's next chapter.

Why Moss Point Now
$11.66M
Unmet annual retail demand across 8 categories
$2M
Raceway truck-stop expansion underway on the Hwy 63 corridor
11,890
Population, primed for growth
10 min
Corporate-aviation access at Trent Lott International Airport
I-10
Direct frontage with Gulf Coast access
$46,684
Median household income
The Opportunities

Nine opportunities. One river city.

Every one of these is a plan-ready investment. Click any card to see the full opportunity, master plan, key numbers, and Mayor Knight's direct contact for that project.

01
Anchor

Downtown Waterfront & City Hall

Mississippi's next riverfront district

78-room boutique hotel, 131,161 GSF mixed-use, master plan complete.

$11.66M
Unmet retail demand
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02
Historic

Downtown Small Business District

The historic heart, ready for the next era

Burnham's Drugs corridor. Existing buildings for acquisition or rehab.

Main Street
Walkable Main Street program
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03
Events

Pelican Landing

A riverfront event venue with room to grow

Conceptual master plan complete. Existing bookings. Riverfront amphitheater.

~800 seats
Proposed amphitheater capacity
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04
Corridor

The River City Mile

I-10 frontage. Gulf Coast access. Open parcels.

Hotel, fuel, distribution, light industrial, retail anchors.

Open
Available parcels
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05
Regional Asset

Trent Lott International Airport

A full-service airport, ten minutes from downtown.

Corporate-aviation access that brings executives in for Chevron, Northrop Grumman, Halter Marine, and Lowe's.

10 min
From downtown
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06
Aerospace Anchor

Northrop Grumman

One of the world's largest defense companies builds here

The MQ-4C Triton drone fuselage for the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force, plus F-35 work.

Since 2006
Building aircraft beside the airport
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07
Proven

Hwy 63 Corridor

Open, building, and filling in fast.

Cannon Toyota, Nissan, and Honda are open. A new Cannon Ford and a $2M Raceway travel center are under construction.

$2M
Raceway travel center, under construction
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08
Industry

Old Papermill Site

A large brownfield, ready for the next industry.

The former International Paper mill, a river-served brownfield ready for new industry.

Brownfield
Industrial redevelopment site
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09
Industrial

Industrial Corridor

The working belt south of the bridge

Fabricators, suppliers, and industrial-services firms along US-90 and the Escatawpa.

US-90
Moss Point's industrial base
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Be Early. Be Here.

The next Gulf Coast decade is being written right now.

If one of these opportunities fits what you are looking for, tell us. Mayor Knight personally responds to every inquiry within one business day.

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