Tupelo Furniture Market Loses $200K State Grant

September 21, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in Tupelo on September 22, 2011 from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z5232294509&z=1250249032 JACKSON - A loss of a $200,000 state grant likely will mean less national attention for Northeast Mississippi's furniture industry. V.M. Cleveland, chairman of the Tupelo Furniture Market, said the loss means less national marketing of area furniture manufacturers and of the twice-yearly market. "We spend $2 million per year of our own money on the furniture industry and on the market," Cleveland said Wednesday. "The loss of the $200,000 obviously affects how much we can promote. It is just like everything else - something we will have to cut back." During a hearing Wednesday of the Legislative Budget

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