Alabama Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair recently applauded the significant strides being made to attract transformative investment and high-quality jobs to Alabama’s rural regions — a cornerstone of the economic development strategy for Governor Kay Ivey’s administration.
The results speak for themselves. Since 2020, economic development projects landing in Alabama’s “targeted” rural counties have generated $7 billion in new capital investment and created nearly 9,000 jobs, according to data from the Alabama Department of Commerce.
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