Editing Bay Springs, Mississippi (section)

==Economics==

Bay Springs was the site of one of six [[Sunbeam Products|Sunbeam plants]] in Mississippi. When [[Albert J. Dunlap]] downsized the company and closed the plant, 300 people lost their jobs. The last workers left the plant at the same time that Dunlap was negotiating a new contract for himself, worth over $46 million. The average annual salary at the Bay Springs plant had been less than $25,000.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kellerman |first=Barbara |title=Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters |url=https://archive.org/details/badleadershipwha0000kell |url-access=registration |year=2004 |publisher=Harvard Business Press |isbn=978-1-59139-166-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/badleadershipwha0000kell/page/139 139]}}</ref>

More recently, the Hol-Mac Corporation has located light industrial/manufacturing facilities in and around the Bay Springs area. One of the county's largest employers, this developing corporation has partnered with nearby Jones County Junior College with regard to job training and continues to expand employment opportunities in the local community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hol-mac.com/founder-charles-belton-holder-jr/ |title=Founder – Charles Belton Holder, Jr. |publisher=Hol-Mac |date= |accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref> Hol-Mac operates facilities in the town of Bay Springs and north of town in designated industrial areas between Bay Springs and the town of [[Louin, Mississippi|Louin]]. As of 2015, it has three main manufacturing facilities in the area, as well as additional office/HR support facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hol-mac.com/facilities/ |title=Facilities |publisher=Hol-Mac |date= |accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref>

[[Georgia-Pacific Corporation]] has long had facilities to handle lumber and timber processing in the Bay Springs area.

The city has a county courthouse, as it is the second county seat in Jasper County. Originally there were limited roads from east to west across the county, and the two seats served local people.