The City of Booneville is growing its business
Cities and towns in Mississippi are certainly not immune to the effects of a slow economy and no one is more painfully aware of it than mayors. Booneville, Mississippi has seen its share of recession difficulties and cost increases associated with inflation, but the city is confronting the challenges head-on.
“You’ve got to grow your business or you’ll become stagnant,” said Booneville Mayor, Joe Eaton. “Especially in times like this when our overhead is going up, and our tax base is going down.”
Eaton is new to the office of mayor, but not new to business and city government. “I worked for Caterpillar and was a business manager for an automotive parts distributor, before I became mayor,” he said. He achieved his experience with city government as a member of the Booneville Board of Aldermen from 1993 to 2001.
