Economic Development


The Vicksburg-Warren County Economic Development Foundation (EDF) is one of the most respected economic development organizations in Mississippi. The Foundation's professional economic developers work to attract business and industry to the areas, members of the EDF, ranging from interested citizens and small business businessmen to representatives of Fortune 500 Companies have formed working committees to unite the people of Vicksburg and Warren County in a program of economic/community development.

Ceres Research & Industrial Interplex


Ceres is a fully developed research and industrial interplex located centrally between Dallas, Atlanta, Memphis and New Orleans. There is a total of 1,340 acres at the site with 860 available for new development and 64,000 square feet available in an industrial building. The site is within a Foreign Trade Zone, Free Port Warehousing and a U.S. Customs Port of Entry.

Port of Vicksburg



Vicksburg has been a key river port for Mississippi for more than two centuries. The Port of Vicksburg is located halfway between Memphis and New Orleans on the Mississippi River and has been around since the 1960s. In 2004, it was ranked 11th among U.S. Inland Ports based on trip ton miles.

Why Vicksburg Works

Vicksburg is what people love about Southern living!  Mild winters and warm summers with one of the world's most beautiful sunsets and largest riverfronts, Vicksburg is a clean, safe, beautiful community where people are genuinely friendly and welcoming.  If that isn't enough incentive to want to do business with us, check out the other great things we offer prospective clients.

 

Federal Tax Credit on Wages 
Employers could receive up to $1,500 per employee that live and work in the zone.

Work Opportunity Credit 
Employers could receive up to $2,400 for employees hired from groups that have high unemployment rates, including youth 18 to 24 that live in the Zone, plus veterans and food stamp recipients.

Commercial Revitalization Deduction 
Would allow businesses that construct or rehabilitate commercial property to deduct a portion of the cost over a shorter period of time.

Increase Section 170 Deduction 
Allows qualified businesses to take up to $35,000 on equipment purchases.

Tax Incentive Programs in Downtown

Tax Rebatement 
Renovations or improvements to existing structures allow owners to receive tax abatement for up to 7 years.

Façade Grants 
Grant available for (%) one-third of the cost of rehabilitation.

Historic Tax Credits
You would receive up to 20% of the rehabilitation cost in federal tax credit.


Visit the Vicksburg-Warren Economic Development Foundation website for more information.