Alabama’s Commerce Chief, Gov. Ivey Note Economic Development Successes And Challenges

By Michael Tomberlin

Alabama continued a record-setting pace in economic development in 2019, but both the governor and the head of the Department of Commerce said 2020 is a new decade with new and lingering issues.

With the introduction in 2012 of the state’s first strategic plan for economic development, Accelerate Alabama, the state has seen more than $40 billion in capital investment and the creation of more than 130,000 jobs.

“A strategy is only as good as your execution,” said Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield. “We have proof that Accelerate Alabama works.”

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