Why Not Abbeville?
Alabama’s richest individual has been rebuilding the small town where he was born. “Hopeless and helpless” not long ago, Abbeville is now headquarters to a thriving, home-grown, coast-to-coast business.
Shaw Industries Finishing $184 Million Alabama Upgrade
Shaw Industries Group’s flooring plant in Andalusia, which makes fiber used in carpet, has been in the midst of a yearlong upgrade worth $184 million.
Wiregrass Plant Makes Ballistic Attack Busters
Lockheed Martin’s Troy plant builds missiles designed to knock out intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
Legacy Machine Maker
One of the largest employers in Dale County is a manufacturer that sprouted from the area’s rural roots and continues to flourish, cutting trees and clearing land.
Wiregrass Wunderkind’s Great Eats
Wiregrass native Kelsey Barnard Clark took her German-Southern heritage to school in the Ivy League of eats, New York City. Dothan now has her back with two KBCs and the best of both worlds.
A Pickles and Salsa Partnership
In the Wiregrass, vegetable farming and canning are investment grade traditions. A public-private partnership expects to generate jobs and new enterprise — including pickled veggies and salsas — as dependable as the area’s agricultural roots.
Commercial Jet Restores Wiregrass Aircraft Industry
The Wiregrass reversed one of its biggest job setbacks almost overnight, with an aircraft enterprise that’s bigger and better than the one that flew away.
Troy’s Diva
Troy tourism is her career, but singing is in her heart.
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Flashback: Crazy Rich Asians
In September 2009, the third richest man on the Forbes 2001 rich list, Yung Yeung, showed up at a press conference in Montgomery with...
Spotlight on Cullman County
Lying about halfway between Birmingham and Huntsville along Interstate 65, Cullman County has long been recognized for great schools and beautiful lakefront scenery, but...
Making a Living in Crenshaw County
A photographer’s account of business life in three rural Alabama counties: Part 1, Crenshaw County.
Opelika Ponders, Plumbs, Presents Itself
Residents of Opelika eagerly dove into a citywide charrette called DesignPlace. One result morphed from sticky notes, through local history, into a logo with locomotion.
Meet the New Inductees to the Alabama Business Hall of Fame
Since 1973, the Alabama Business Hall of Fame has honored business professionals who have brought lasting acclaim or recognition to the state. This year, seven Alabama business professionals will be recognized as the latest members of the Alabama Business Hall of Fame at a celebration Nov. 15 in Birmingham.