JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Entering his final term, Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) has been touting a string of recent economic wins he calls "Mississippi Momentum."

Central to his reelection campaign, WJTV 12 News asked Reeves about the momentum and how he plans to ensure every Mississippian can benefit from this economic boom.

“We landed the project up in Marshall County, another $2 billion project. It's going to be the largest project in state history based upon the amount of payroll they have because they're going to have 2,000 jobs and making somewhere in the neighborhood of $65,000 to $70,000 a year. So, about $100 million and $130 million payroll," said Reeves. "And then, of course, the massive investment here in central Mississippi, which is Amazon Web Services. They're going to build two data center complexes that publicly committed to $10 billion in CapEx. I think it's going to be a lot more than that, and they've hinted towards that over the last several months. But they also committed to a thousand jobs. And I think when all is said and done, those thousand jobs will be more than that. But even if they're not, they're going to be averaging somewhere in the neighborhood of $78,000 a year. Again, very good wages in Mississippi.”

The investments Amazon has pledged to make has Reeves hoping for a population increase, fueled by more retail and more housing that could transform the metro.

“The AWS announcement is going to have an impact, certainly in Madison County, but it's going to have an impact in all of central Mississippi. You know, I wouldn't limit it even to Hinds, Rankin and Madison. I think about Warren County and the prospects. I think things are going to look different. I think we've got a golden opportunity in downtown Jackson. Downtown Jackson has huge potential, and you've seen the state investing more and more into downtown Jackson through the Capital Complex Improvement District (CCID)," the governor said. "You look at other cities around the south, the City of Jackson's about 20 years behind what we've seen in a lot of the increased investment in the rebirth of the downtown area. I think Jackson is going to see a rebirth. I can't tell you if it's going to happen tomorrow or a month from now, a year from now or longer, but I'm really optimistic about the future of Jackson. We've got a lot of buildings, for instance, downtown that have really good bones. We're not just creating a thousand new jobs. We're creating a new industry.”

Reeves hopes the new industry will keep some young talent in the state.

“We're not going to rest on our laurels and depend upon the city leadership, but we do think that it is important that the City of Jackson does well. There are areas in Jackson they're doing very, very well. The Fondren area. There are projects in the Belhaven area where local businessmen have invested and created restaurants and created places for people to go. Young people want to see that. That's what young people want. We need to see, for instance, Belhaven and Millsaps continue to get better and grow and add more students at those two schools. And Jackson State, more students at Jackson State is all really good for our capital city. And so, we want to continue to see that happen," stated the governor. "We want to make sure that everybody in Mississippi and everybody in the City of Jackson has an equal opportunity to be successful. We're not going to guarantee that people are going to take advantage of the opportunities that they are given. But what we are working to do is make sure that everybody has an opportunity for success, if they as an individual are willing to do it.”