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Selma Growth Study Our Economy and More Friends

The 2007 new YMCA and Holiday Inn Express along Medical Center Drive Parkway
If you are considering a Healthcare career, how much consideration should be placed on the economy
of the community you are evaluating?
At Vaughan Regional Medical Center, we believe it's important for you and your family to have
an understanding of companies in our area, those who are working to drive business to Dallas County,
and what they are working on.
Selma has infrastructure uniquely in place that other communities our
size simply don't have, and within 30 miles of Selma we have 10,000 acres of public land available.
Dallas County may also have some of the lowest property taxes in the country.
State and Regional: A compelling combination of factors like affordable land, a trained workforce,
state and local incentives, and signs of growth, exist not only in Selma and Dallas County, but through our
state. To date, four (4) auto manufacturers were attracted to Alabama Honda, Toyota, Mercedes, and
Hyundai. As major auto assembly plants create numerous supplier jobs, Hyundai's location in Montgomery
has positively affected our area and Dallas County.
- Unemployment in Dallas County was 7.5% in 2007 down more than 5 points since 2002, and is considered a very low rate in the rural south.
- Four (4) industrial parks with full infrastructure in place are in Selma and Dallas County.
- Between 20042007 1,200 new jobs were created in Dallas County.
- Three (3) Hyundai suppliers are located in the Craig Industrial Park, just minutes from Selma.
Hyundai has not laid off employees as of December of 2008. - 1,500 acres are available prewired with fiber optics, power, with ready sewer, water, and rail.

The Economic Development Authority markets Selma and Dallas County
to new industry. It developed “Team Selma”
in 2002 as a forum for community decision makers to come together to
support new companies who relocate to Dallas County. The Selma
and Dallas County Centre for Commerce was created in 2003 when
the Economic Development Authority (The EDA), the Chamber of
Commerce, the Tourism & Convention Bureau, and the Leadership
program came together in one location at 912 Selma Avenue. Each of
these organizations maintains autonomy as they share workspace and
expenses in the beautifully renovated 1904 Carnegie Library
building.
- The organizations which make up team Selma are usually disjointed in most communities Team Selma
is an innovative approach and the results have led to transcending all political and social issues, fostering
good relations and economic growth.
Selma Industry and business growth prospects are compelling what was once an eyesore in the
community the decommissioned Craig Field, with its airstrip and facilities already in place, has
been reinvented into the largest of 4 industrial parks in our area.
Selma Tourism
continues robust numbers. A corner of Waters Avenue and Broad Streets has
been designated for a Voter’s Rights Interpretive Center by 2012 which will
grow local tourism by 100,000 per year.
Selma Lifestyle amenities are clear signs of a growing community new facilities
for recreation and families, academic buildings, and medical services facilities, follow a robust and growing
economy.
Growth in Selma

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Wallace Community College's planned Health Science Building (Started in 2006) Featured in Schools section
| $5 Million YMCA adjacent to Vaughan RMC (Opened in 2007) Featured in Life section
| Vaughan RMC's Outpatient Surgery Center (Completed in 2007) Featured in Hospital section
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in 2008:
Additional Community Facilities Developed:
- AL State Park Canoe and Kayak Trail with trail heads/picnic areas along the Alabama River
- 2008 $180,000 Skate Park
- New Holiday Inn Express completed in 2008 across from hospital

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The presence of new Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Walgreens are clear signs
of Selma's positive long-term prospects for growth
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More Growth in our County Meet Mayor Tom Lee and Valley Grande
Between 20042007, newlyincorporated Valley Grande's population doubled from 1,800 to 4,000,
offering more acreage for home sites, new subdivisions, and a future town centre. Mayor Lee's
focus is on developing a "bedroom community" to Selma where people can "come out spread out."
Click Here to Meet Mayor Lee and Valley Grande
Craig Field and Industrial Park the largest of 4 Industrial Parks in Dallas County
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Extension road completed in 2007 for easier access to Highway 80 from Craig Industrial Park
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Craig Field, formerly the busiest military airstrip in the country and former
Air Force training base,
decommissioned in the 1970s, is now one of four industrial complexes, which is expanding, with Team
Selma aggressively marketing attractive incentive plans and pitching low costs of doing business combined
with inplace sewer, water, rail, prewired fiber optics, a FBO municipal airport, onsite fire
station, and jet fuel tanks, along with an executive golf course and a growing list of high profile tenants.

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Craig Field sits on Highway 80, a 4lane eastwest connector of I65 and I59 through
southern Alabama, and a connector to I85 in Montgomery, has rail, and full FBO services for recreation
and corporate aircraft.
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Craig Field Facilities/Services:
- Daily use FBO with 8,000' lighted runway at airport (1,000' overruns = 10,000')
- CAT 1 landing system
- Resurfaced runway in 20052006
- Available covered private plane hangars (rent is just $150 per month) hangar and fuel costs cheaper than Montgomery
- Jet Fuel for Charter and Corporate jets
- Alabama River and inland docks (part of state system)
- Aggressive financial incentives (tax abatements, enterprise zones, zero cap gains rates, accelerated depreciation schedules, et. al.)
- 4 Industrial Parks with 1,500 acres prepped for new tenants
- On Highway 80 4lane federal highway, with sewer, rail (2 railroads), fiber optics
- 9hole Golf Course
- Fire Station
- 1 million gallon water tank

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The Centre for Commerce Building, which is a restored Carnegie Library building, on the corner of
Selma Avenue and Lauderdale Street. The stained glass skylight adorns the ceiling.
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Jim Hodo, local apparel company president, with Wayne Vardaman,
president of the Centre for Commerce and Executive Director of our EDA
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M. Wayne Vardaman, Sr.
Selma & Dallas County Centre for Commerce
President, Economic Development Authority, since 2002
Team Selma
Wayne and his wife Paula raised Wayne Jr. and Paul in Selma. Both graduated from Morgan Academy and Auburn
University. He played college football for the legendary Coach Bear Bryant at The University of Alabama.
"Dallas County is a nice area to raise a family and has all the attributes of a small community.
Yet, it is close enough to larger cities to avail one of extensive cultural activities. Also, traffic to and
from the workplace is not a problem. Dallas County is made up of a diversity of people that are caring
and considerate. There are many examples of someone in need being helped by individuals and the community
atlarge."
Jim Hodo
President
American Apparel, Inc.
"If you like historic homes, this is one of the best places in America. We also have unique access
to the best natural resources in the eastern US and a diverse geography: trees, water, foothills,
prairies, with Montgomery 35 miles away, Birmingham and the University of Alabama in just over an hour, and
we're 3 hours to the Gulf Coast.
You simply can't get our combination of small town charm, tremendously inexpensive real estate low taxes,
and such easy, trafficfree access to larger city amenities that's why we are attracting
business as well as new residents."

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James Bearden, Chairman of world-famous Bush Hog, LLC, with William Deavor, MD,
speaking at the groundbreaking of Vaughan Regional's Surgery Center
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Companies in Dallas County:
- International Paper (County's largest employer)
- Bush Hog, LLC
- New Gas Concepts d/b/a Dixie Pellets
- Globe Metallurgical
- Lear Kyungshiun (Fortune 100/Wiring harnesses/1st tier supplier to Hyundai)
- M&B Railroad
- Henry Brick Company
- La Bour Pumps Peerless Pump Co. (industrial pumps)
- Hanil EHwa (400 employees 1st tier supplier to Hyundai 210,000 SF facility)
- Meadowcraft (500 employee/outdoor patio furniture 400,000 SF facility)
- Honda Lock of America (Car locks)
- Taylor Made (Shipping/trucking)
- Crown Laundry (commercial laundry)
- Cahaba Valley (Lumber, Mulch, and Timber products)
- Renosol (Tier 2 foam/rubber seating for autos supplier)
- Rayco Industrial, Inc. (300 employee/special welding)
- Pioneer Electric Coop (300 employees)
- State Trooper academy
- M&B Rail
- American Apparel, Inc.
- Innovation Center
- Citation
- FEMA
- Global Security Glazing
- Ross Neely Systems
- Waters, Inc.
- Bellsouth
- Talton Communications

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"A Place With A Celebrated Past Invites
Your Company To Come Make History."
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Companies considering relocation to Selma and Dallas County, as well as residents who wish to start
businesses/companies, may be entitled to federal, state, and local incentives, and are invited to contact
the Selma EDA for information on:
- Renewal Community, Enterprise Zone, Capital Credit Program, Industrial Revenue Bonds,
Property Tax Exemption, and Site Preparation Grants.
- Other State and Federal Programs include: Industrial Access Roads, ADECA Economic Development
Grants (used for Infrastructure), Economic Development Administration, Alabama Industrial Development
Training (AIDT), USDA Rural Development Loans and Grants, and Small Business Administration HUBZone.
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New Industry/Job Expansions 2004 to Date: Approximately 1,200 jobs created
Bell Road Industrial Park
Craig Industrial Park
Selfield Industrial Park
South Dallas Industrial Park
Industry Outside Industrial Parks
Business Outside Industrial Parks:
Bush Hog announced capital investment of $13.4 million in 2007.
County Road 145 widened and paved for faster access to Highway 80.
Rail Project completed to provide additional access to Craig Industrial Park and firsttime access to
Dallas Industrial Park.
2year option secured on 190acre site to attract large industry company.
Wage and Benefits Survey of Dallas County employers recently completed.
Additional Thanks:
Menzo Driskell, Director, Craig Industrial Park, 3348747419
Wayne Vardaman: 8003351332, www.selmaeda.com
Tom Lee: 3348743623, www.cityofvalleygrande.com
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