Alabama Newscenter — Alabama Wins Gold Shovel Award for 2020 Economic Development

Alabama News Center | June 15, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

By Jerry Underwood
Made in Alabama

Area Development, a prominent national business publication, has selected Alabama for its Gold Shovel Award, recognizing the state’s economic development success in the manufacturing sector during a challenging 2020, Gov. Kay Ivey announced.

The honor follows a year of strong results for Alabama, with companies announcing new facilities and expansion projects involving nearly $5 billion in capital investment despite uncertain global business conditions.

The projects, many in key strategic industry clusters, will create almost 10,000 jobs across the state and inject economic vitality into many communities recovering from the effects of the pandemic.

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