Business Alabama Magazine

Business Alabama reviews the year's top stories as the 21st century emerges from its teen years.

Alabama’s most influential business people lead major organizations, serve on top boards of directors, work to influence public policy and command significant political sway. Here are 20 standouts.

The Appalachian Regional Commission, Southern Research and a team of college interns assist small businesses in four counties hit by a coal mining slump.

Global building materials innovator James Hardie scouted the South before choosing Prattville for its 10th U.S. plant — a $220 million, 200-job investment that’s the largest new industry in Prattville in 50 years.

Designed with respect to Mother Nature, the Lodge at Gulf State Park is built to be environmentally friendly, energy positive and strong in the face of wind and waves.

Turner Construction Co. recently topped out Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Huntsville, a project that broke ground in October 2017 and is set...

Looking for Red Flags: How to Spot and Stop Real-Life White-Collar Criminals

Bellefonte developers now want $1B in incentives The developer seeking to complete Bellefonte Nuclear Plant and bring it to an electricity-producing status for the first...

Lying about halfway between Birmingham and Huntsville along Interstate 65, Cullman County has long been recognized for great schools and beautiful lakefront scenery, but...

A photographer’s account of business life in three rural Alabama counties: Part 1, Crenshaw County.