Small Metro Areas
Mobile, Ala.
Rank: 1
Projected total GMP growth, 2007-2012: 34.31%
Australian shipbuilder Austal set up its U.S. operations
in Mobile in 1999, and ever since, the metro area has
bloomed as a manufacturing center. Last year, ThyssenKrupp
announced plans to build a $3.7 billion steel plant in
Mobile, expected to bring 2,700 new jobs by 2010.
Northrop-Grumman and EADS North America have selected the
city as a tanker production facility. One of Mobile's
biggest advantages: It's a deep water port with access to
two major U.S. highways.
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Source: Moody's Economy.com,
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
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