Spotlight

Jackson, Marshall, DeKalb and Cherokee counties in northeast Alabama are close to the high-tech and manufacturing opportunities in the Huntsville/Madison County area, as well...

Lake Guntersville State Park • Alabama’s largest lake was created in 1938 when the Tennessee Valley Authority dammed portions of the Tennessee River to...

Jackson County Jackson County was selected to participate in the Rural Recovery Accelerator, a new community-oriented technical assistance program to help rural communities build economic...

Northeast Alabama Community College Northeast Alabama Community College is a major provider of higher education, career and technical programs, degrees and certificates. The main campus...

Brian Baine Baine is mayor of Fort Payne. He is a graduate of Fort Payne High School and attended Northeast Community College and Gadsden State...

Highlands Medical Center Jackson County is home to Highlands Medical Center, a 170-bed full service, acute care facility in Scottsboro owned by Jackson County Health...

Jackson County Carpets and flooring The county’s largest manufacturing sector is carpet, rugs and flooring, with at least 2,000 employees. The larger companies include Maples Industries...

Jefferson County spans 1,111 square miles in north central Alabama. It is the state’s most populous county with 659,680 people. Alabama’s largest city, Birmingham,...

Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument • The Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument is dedicated to telling the history of Black Americans and their fight...

University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB is a research university and academic medical center and a major economic driver in Jefferson County.With more than 22,500...