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HONORING CITY OF DIAMONDHEAD, MISSISSIPPI ON THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY
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HON. STEVEN M. PALAZZO
of mississippi
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Mr. PALAZZO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the city of Diamondhead, Mississippi on the 10th anniversary of its incorporation.
Diamondhead received its charter as the 111th city in Mississippi by Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann on February 6, 2012. Much of the land that would ultimately become Diamondhead was purchased by Walter Gex Sr., in 1937 from the Gulf State Paper Company and the Easy Opener Bag Company. In the late 1960s, the Diamondhead Corporation, with interests in resort developments, developed Diamondhead on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, with Diamondhead as its first project because the land is the highest point of elevation in the area. Therefore, the project was named ``Diamondhead'' after an iconic volcanic cone on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
On October 25, 1961, NASA announced the formation of the Mississippi Test Facility, now the John C. Stennis Space Center. The center would border the Pearl River in Hancock County. Along with the center's construction an influx of government workers and contractors moved into the area. The community experienced additional growth as other enterprises arrived including the Naval Oceanographic Office at Stennis Space Center and the Michaud Assembly Facility in New Orleans East.
Diamondhead was initially organized as a property owners association
(POA) but on January 1, 1985, the Purcell Company (formerly the Diamondhead Corporation) turned over the POA to a homeowners board of directors. Following Hurricane Katrina, the POA experienced hardships that led to the need for added federal and state financial resources. Therefore in 2009, a vote for Diamondhead to become a city was filed with the Hancock Chancery Court, and an election approved the incorporation.
Madam Speaker, I would like to recognize the visionaries and homeowners of Diamondhead who worked tirelessly to bring Diamondhead to what it is today, ``a Community Where the Living is Easy''.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 124(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 124(2)
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