Gov. Kay Ivey Celebrates Alabama Economic Development Successes, Job Growth And Trump Shoutout

By Michael Tomberlin

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey could not have picked a better time to talk to the state’s economic developers.

Major industrial development victories like the $1.6 billion Toyota-Mazda plant and its 4,000 jobs announced for Huntsville, and the $1 billion Mercedes-Benz expansion in the state, coupled with a record-low unemployment rate, made for a welcome reception at the Economic Development Association of Alabama Winter Conference at the Hyatt Regency Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover this morning.

“And then, to top it all off, last night President Trump pointed out the fact that Toyota-Mazda had selected Alabama because they wanted to be where the action is here in the United States of America,” she said, referencing President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night in which he name-dropped Alabama. “Thank you, Mr. President, for calling out the fact that Alabama is indeed open for business and ready for more.”Ivey noted that since she took office last year, the state has announced $5 billion in new capital investment and 12,000 new jobs from economic development projects. The state’s December unemployment rate of 3.5 percent matched the record low set last November, and Ivey noted the 2.09 million workers in Alabama is a new record.

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