From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Selma-Dallas County Center for Commerce is under new leadership. Brenda Tuck took over as director of the organization on January 1st. The organization promotes community, tourism and economic development in Dallas County. “We have that quality of life community development side through our Chamber. We have the pure industrial economic development side through our…
The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce has named a new chief officer of economic development.
Troy University’s Center for AI Research and Education began in January in the Sorrel College of Business with a goal of bringing AI principles to businesses in a practical way.
Global beverage company Diageo has announced plans to bring a $412 million beverage distribution plant to Montgomery.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The city of Selma is recognized for its economic development success in 2023. Selma ranks among the Top 40 Micropolitan in the country for corporate expansion projects in Site Selection magazine. The Top 40 recognition has area leaders excited about what the ranking says about Selma. The three projects that lead to the ranking represents…
The Alabama House of Representatives has approved a package of economic development bills that would renew and expand the tax breaks and other incentive programs the state uses to lure industries.
The first bottles are expected to come off the line in 2025.
Gov. Kay Ivey, Prattville Mayor Bill Gillespie and other state and local leaders have broken ground for the James Hardie expansion in Prattville’s Industrial Park.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed recently joined David Lamb on Alabama News Rising. In a wide ranging interview, the Mayor paid tribute to late Commissioner Elton Dean, updated the progress of plans to develop the West side of Montgomery and gave an infrastructure report for downtown road improvements. Categories: Montgomery Metro, News Tags: construction, economic development, Infrastructure, mayor reed, montgomery, Road…
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed joined David Lamb on Alabama News Rising to discuss a host of issues. Included in the discussion was how the mayor decided on his choice for police chief, how the Inland Port will impact the city and how soon, how he intends to spur development in West Montgomery and what message the development of the Shady…
