Our history

Aerial view of an industrial port facility with cranes, warehouses, train tracks, parked vehicles, and large containers near a body of water.
Aerial black-and-white photo of an industrial area with buildings, parking lots, roads, and a water tower, with a river and a bridge in the foreground.
A black-and-white photo of a roadside scene with signs for Chehardy's The Reef Lounge and Dixie Beer, a small building on the left, and an empty road extending into the distance on the right.

More than 65 years of shaping & Stengthening our Community

  • HCDC was created to promote and develop harbors, seaports, industrial sites and other related facilities.

  • To date, Harrison County has the largest population and the greatest number of cities of the six Mississippi coastal counties.

  • The Harrison County Development Commission is actively advancing several significant projects to bolster the region's economic growth. From Ocean Aero to Mississippi's first Buc-ee's, we are doing big things at HCDC.