Business Facilities - January 2008 - (Page 25) ALABAMA Governor Bob Riley ALABAMA Fast Facts Population (2006): 4,599,030 Largest Cities (2006): Birmingham, 229,424; Montgomery, 201,998; Mobile, 192,830; Huntsville, 168,132; Tuscaloosa, 83,052 Targeted Industries: Automotive, aviation/aerospace, life sciences, plastics, industrial machinery, technology Key Incentives: Capital Investment Tax Credit,Site Preparation Grant, Pollution Control Equipment Exemption, Employer Education Credit, Industrial Revenue Bonds,Enterprise Zone Credit AL – CO ALABAMA GDP by Industry (Total = $160.6 billion) (Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Data are 2006 estimates in current dollars.) 18.7% - Manufacturing CT – ID 20.2% - Services & Healthcare 16.4% - Trade & Transportation 3.1% - Agriculture & Mining 14.8% - Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate IL – LA 15.1% - Government 11.7% - Other 0 5 10 15 20 25 STATE CONTACTS Alabama Development Office/Alabama Center for Commerce Neal Wade Director 401 Adams Ave. Montgomery, AL 36104 800-248-0033 www.ado.state.al.us Alabama Industrial Development Training Ed Castile Director One Technology Court Montgomery, AL 36116 334-242-4158, ext. 412 www.aidt.edu Alabama State Port Authority Judith Adams Manager, Media Relations and Economic Development P.O. Box 1588 Mobile, AL 36633 251-441-7003 www.asdd.com REGIONAL CONTACTS Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development Authority Wiley Blankenship, President 24300 Highway 41 Brewton, AL 36426 251-248-2143 www.cgeda.net Metropolitan Development Board Ted vonCannon, President 500 Beacon Parkway West Birmingham, AL 35209 205-942-7284 www.mdb.org North Alabama Industrial Dev. Assn. J. Tate Godfrey, President and CEO P.O. Box 1668 Decatur, AL 35602 256-353-9450 www.northalabamausa.com CITY CONTACTS BIRMINGHAM City of Birmingham Office of Econ. Dev. Griffin Lassiter Corporate and Economic Liaison 710 North 20th Street Birmingham, AL 35203 205-254-2799 www.informationbirmingham.com ME – MS MO – NJ CULLMAN Cullman Economic Development Agency Peggy S. Smith, Director P.O. Box 1009 Cullman, AL 35056-1009 256-739-1891 www.cullmaneda.org NM – OK MOBILE Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Bill Sisson, VP of Economic Development P.O. Box 2187 Mobile, AL 36652-2187 251-431-8650 www.mobilechamber.com COUNTY CONTACTS Huntsville/Madison County Chamber Brian Hilson, President and CEO P.O. Box 408 Huntsville, AL 3580 256-535-2006 www.huntsvillealabamausa.com Tuscaloosa County Industrial Dev. Authority Dara Longgrear, Executive Director P.O. Box 2667 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 205-349-1414 www.tcida.com OR – TN UTILITIES Energen/Alabama Gas Corporation Lamar Smith Director of Economic Development 605 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N Birmingham, AL 35203 205-326-2796 www.energen.com MONTGOMERY Montgomery Area Chamber Troy Wayman Director of Recruitment P.O. Box 79 Montgomery, AL 36101 334-240-9458 www.montgomerychamber.com 25 TX – WY BUSINESS FACILITIES | 2008 SITE SEEKERS’ GUIDE http://www.cgeda.net http://www.ado.state.al.us http://www.informationbirmingham.com http://www.mdb.org http://www.aidt.edu http://www.cullmaneda.org http://www.northalabamausa.com http://www.asdd.com http://www.mobilechamber.com http://www.huntsvillealabamausa.com http://www.energen.com http://www.tcida.com http://www.montgomerychamber.com
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