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Alabama Launchpad expands reach with new regional competitions
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - The startup competition that has pumped millions of dollars into innovative companies across Alabama is poised to accelerate its impact.
EDPA is accepting requests for proposals for the Alabama Launchpad Regional Partnership Program through April 3 and will admit two regions per year over the next five years.
The reason behind the move is simple: To help more high-growth potential companies start, stay and thrive in Alabama.
UA Researchers Project Metro-Area Growth, Rural Population Decline in Alabama
March 21st, 2017
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Alabama population is expected to grow by nearly 500,000 people by 2040, according to the latest projections from the Center for Business and Economic Research in The University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Commerce.
Expected economic development in major Alabama metropolitan areas and population trends mostly are fueling the projected 11.3 percent increase.
The state population is expected to grow at 3-4 percent per decade, similar to the rate seen in 1980s. This is slower than the 10.1 percent or 7.5 percent growth during the 1990s and 2000s, respectively.
Birmingham attraction named among the 100 Greatest American Music Venues
Consequence of Sound, a popular online music publication, has named Saturn Birmingham one of the 100 Greatest American Music Venues.
The new list included several iconic spots like Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheater and San Francisco's The Fillmore. Saturn was the 50th ranked establishment on the list.
Saturn opened in 2015, making it one of the newest venues on Consequence of Sound's list. Here's what the publication had to say about one of the Magic City's top spots to catch a show:
Nine days left to complete the AdvantageSite Pre-Consultation Application!
AdvantageSite is a voluntary industrial site preparedness program created in order to make the state more competitive for companies considering a location in Alabama.
Twenty-three projects have located on sites with AdvantageSite designations since the program's inception in 2008. These projects represent the creation of more than 4,362 jobs and $948.7 million in capital investments.
Interested in seeking an AdvantageSite designation in your community?
The purpose of the pre-consultation checklist is to determine what applications for AdvantageSites will be accepted in 2017.
The pre-consultation checklist will be available through Friday, March 31.
Click here to get the pre-consultation form and learn more about the program.