Developing Rural Alabama More Than a Dream

By Dennis Washington

For Bryant Whaley, his job as executive director of the Randolph County Economic Development Authority is simple.

“If I can have one less person going to Georgia for a job that is in Alabama, that’s a success to me,” Whaley said. “I have about 5,500 going out and about 1,500 coming in. A lot of mine go to Georgia, and they spend a lot of time there eating and shopping. If I can have one less person working in Georgia and they’re working in Randolph County or Cleburne or Clay, that’s a success to me, because that means money is staying in Alabama and that’s what’s important.”

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