Economic Development Grant Proposal for the W.C. Gardiner Industrial Park

Yalobusha County, MS

On April 16, 2025, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) completed an environmental assessment (EA) and issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for a proposed economic development grant through TVA InvestPrep funds to the City of Water Valley to assist with the development of a portion of the W.C. Gardiner Industrial Park (WCGIP) in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. The area of TVA’s Proposed Action (herein referred to as the Project Area) encompasses 42.3 acres of disjunct forested areas and open grassy land located adjacent to Highway 7, in Water Valley, Mississippi. TVA funds would be used for tree clearing, removal or burning of felled trees, grading for a dirt building pad and a sediment basin, new park entrance with signage, new access road and roundabout, and grading for the removal of a farm pond.