New Travel Center to locate at CERES Industrial Park

Vicksburg, Miss. (December 29, 2022) – The Vicksburg Warren Partnership confirmed today that the Warren County Port Commission and the Warren County Board of Supervisors recently approved the sale of 22.94 acre parcel at the Ceres Industrial Park to Flowers Travel Center, LLC to construct a new travel center which is expected to include 8 fuel dispensers for cars, 3 diesel fuel lanes with satellites for trucks, an oil change and truck lube center, and a car and truck wash. The center is expected to also include a convenience store and two new restaurants. The project will create a minimum of 30 full time jobs with an estimated annual payroll of $936,000 per year. The total minimum anticipated investment is of $8,000,000.

Pablo Diaz, President & CEO of the Economic Development Partnership stated, “We are excited to see this addition to our industrial park as it will provide more food options for the employees working at the park and will help in generating additional revenue for Warren County though the attraction of more Interstate travelers that now will have more reasons to stop in Warren County instead of waiting to stop somewhere else.”

Don Brown, Chairman of the Warren County Port Commission said, !We have been working with multiple companies that wanted to locate in this particular piece of property and we are excited to have reached a deal with a project that we believe will enhance the park and provide great benefits for our community. As always, we are pleased that additional jobs will be created and that more investment is being attracted to Ceres and the Community at large.”

Diaz said that although no specific date has been given for the opening of the travel center it is expected that construction will start in the first half of 2023.

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About the Vicksburg Warren Economic Development Partnership
The Vicksburg Warren Economic Development Partnership is the official economic development entity representing Vicksburg and Warren County. The Partnership was formed in 2017 and brought together the Vicksburg Warren Chamber of Commerce, the Warren County Port Commission, and the Vicksburg Warren Economic Development Foundation. Pablo Diaz is President & CEO of the Vicksburg Warren Economic Development Partnership.