Huntsville economic development team hitting on all cylinders

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Huntsville, Madison County economic development team hitting on all cylinders

By Ray GarnerJune 16, 2022

A delegation of officials from Madison and Limestone counties join Alabama Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield during a 2018 trip to visit Toyota executives. The Alabama group included Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, Madison Mayor Paul Finley, and Limestone County Commissioner Jason Black. (Ray Garner/Contributed)

Huntsville and Madison County have long had a tremendous reputation when it comes to economic development success. The area has been a leader across Alabama in job creation and capital investment for as long as many can remember.

Nonetheless, the past decade has witnessed the area’s economic engine thrust into overdrive with the addition of thousands of jobs, billions of dollars in investment and a vastly improved unemployment rate.

The growth has been widespread both internally, with established companies expanding their existing operations, and external, with the recruitment of new companies. Many of the new members of the local industrial roster include some of the top brands on the planet.

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