Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 6 - Economic Development
Part 9 - Economic Development Division
Chapter 6 - Mississippi Forestry Facility Grant Program
Rule 6-9-6.4 - Eligibility Criteria

A. the project has a minimum investment of ten million dollars ($10,000,000);

B. the project site utilizes at least fifty (50) acres of land under public control (meaning the land is held or controlled by a public entity, or held by a public option);

C. the applicant proposes to use funds for the purpose of utility, infrastructure, and/or transportation development;

D. the project produces a high level of public benefit;

E. the project demonstrates best practices and complies with the required growth-to-drain ratio (meaning a one and five (1.5) growth to one (1) drain ratio of trees within a fifty-mile radius of the facility, which can be verified by the Mississippi Forestry Commission);

F. the project will comply with and expand upon existing infrastructure in the community;

G. the distribution of geographic size and location of the project; and

H. the applicant can demonstrate the ability of the proposed project to be completed on time.