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is expanding into Hernando, Miss., a move that couldc put the firm in prime position for oneof Mississippi'zs fastest growing counties. The company is also rebrandintg itself, formally changing its name to A2H. It is in the earlyy stages of a new marketing campaign that will get under way this Edward Hargraves, secretary and senior partnerf of A2H, says the company hopes to have the new offic e open by the middle of October. A2H currently is finalizingy a lease. Hargraves says the company has positiones itself in areas ofaggressive growth, with substantiaol success in emerging, smaller municipalities like Jackson and other parts of West Tennessee.
"We've historicallgy been the civil engineers for those locations and have worked on their Hargraves says. "We think we can do the same thinf innorthern Mississippi." The company is no strangerr to the North Mississippi market, having done civip infrastructure design work for in Southaven. A2H also is working on a high schoolin Mo., which is budgeted at $8 million-$12 million. Locally, the company is doing infrastructure and site work forSunTrusr Banks, Inc.'s new building at Shady Grove and Poplar.
That project is being developed by Hargravex says A2H will start out slow in initially staffing the office with brancyh managerCecil Sowell, a 40-year veteranh of the engineering and consultinbg industry. The company's 47 employees will be availables as needed as the new office Sowell says his goal is to create visibilityh for the companyin Hernando. "One of the firstr things we want to do is let potentialk clients know where I am and the services we can Sowell says.
"My philosophy is that you have to be Out of sight is out of mind andif we'rwe successful there, things will fall into Brian Goff, executive director of the Hernand o Main Street Chamber of Commerce, says Hernando' s population has more than doubled in the last seve years, from 6,000 people in 2000 to nearluy 14,000 now. "Those numbers bring an increasre incommercial development," Goff says. "We've got a lot of retaipl developments coming online and therew is a lot of development potential in the Goff says the opening of Interstate 69 will help the area continu e to grow and attracg more businessesand people.
"With I-69 open and I-26i coming in the next three orfour years, that'll really accelerate growth," Sowell says. "There's a situation where there's a need for governments and consultants to be We need each other because government staffs may be overworkesdor overextended. We can serve as an extensiohn of that." Askew Hargraves Harcourt Associates, Inc. Address: 3009 Davies Plantation, Lakelanf 38002 Web site: www.a2h.
com