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Shoals Economic Development Authority

Phone:
(256) 764-0351
1-800-239-6087
FAX: (256) 764-3850
20 Hightower Place
Suite 1
P.O. Box 580
Florence, Alabama 35630

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The Shoals is committed to economic growth. For many years, manufacturing has been the basis for this growth. Shoals area elected officials and community leaders are pro-business and support not only the recruitment of new industry but also the retention and expansion of existing companies. Their leadership in industrial park development, along with sound financial incentive programs, has led to numerous new site locations and existing industry expansions.

The Shoals Area of Northwest Alabama boasts a wealth
of advantages for business success:

   • Educated and productive workforce

   • Moderate cost of living

   • Excellent transportation system with no traffic congestion
     and easy access to interstates

   • Prepared sites and buildings in a variety of industrial parks

   • Affordable power costs

   • Desirable recruiting location

   • Incubator facilities for small, start-up businesses

   • Engineering and construction firms ready to meet company needs

   • Building costs that are 16 percent below the national average

   • Local economic development authority to facilitate fast tracking for projects

   • Regional and state workforce initiatives

   • State-of-the-Art telecommunications infrastructure

   • University of North Alabama

   • Northwest-Shoals Community College

   • Commercial Air Service via Northwest Alabama Regional Airport

   • Major Norfolk Southern Railroad transportation hub

   • Government and business leaders committed to economic growth