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PLANE AND SIMPLE: Cullman’s Airport Is Important to Business “With 100 planes you get access to the maximum potential state grant ($400,000) offered each year,” says Bob Burns, manager of the airport. “Most of our growth has been in the last five years,” says Burn. “Corporations came in. But if [they] can’t fly in, they go somewhere else.” Airport Manager Bob Burns (right) discusses the new hangers with John Cook (left) and John Cabri after a ribbon-cutting ceremony in May. n May, officials from the Cullman Folsom Field Airport held a ribboncutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of a new 16-plane, $550,000 hangar. The project took two years to complete, and was funded partially by a $250,000 grant from the state of Alabama. The airport itself paid the remaining balance. In total, 77 planes are housed at the airport, and a long-term goal to reach a capacity of 100 has been set. I Still think Cullman’s just another small town? Then it’s time to switch gears. We didn’t invent the strategy of recruiting national and international business to rural America, but after years of cultivating relationships with business from all corners of the globe, we think we’ve perfected it. That’s why Cullman continues to rank near the top nationally for industrial recruitment and existing industry growth. Considering Cullman is home to numerous automotive-related industries, has a top-10 ranked school district in the state, successful workforce training programs and state-of-the-art healthcare facilities, it’s easy to understand why industry has deep roots in this part of central Alabama. Cullman: A Workforce To Be Reckoned With Workforce The Cullman Areaprogram is a Solutions (CAWS) partnership dedicated to improving the labor pool in the greater Cullman region. Focus areas of the CAWS program include: • Exchange opportunities for educators to give them a better understanding of area careers • Career readiness programs for students to prepare them for the workforce • The Cullman Area Career Awareness Expo to help promote career opportunities • Programs targeted toward underemployed and dislocated employees Cullman Alabama Economic Development Agency Post Office Box 1009 200 First Ave NE Cullman, AL 35056-1009 256.739.1891 phone cullmaneda@cullmaneda.org Cullman County Economic Development 614 Second Ave SW Cullman, AL 35055 256.775.4696 phone www.cullman.co.al.us Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce Post Office Box 1104 Cullman, AL 35056-1104 256.734.0454 phone www.cullmanchamber.org AMANDA SHAVERS-DAVIS/THE CULLMAN TIMES www.cullmaneda.org #2102 at www.BusinessFacilities.com BUSINESS FACILITIES 37 http://www.cullman.co.al.us http://www.cullmanchamber.org http://www.cullmaneda.org http://www.cullmaneda.org http://www.BusinessFacilities.com

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