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Read a play-by-play recap of how Mobile won the largest nongovernment economic development project in U.S. history – ThyssenKrupp
July 2008
How We Won The Big One
Business Alabama
Mobile serves as an example of American cities wooing foreign investment.
July 2008
Foreign Investment - Love me, love me not.
The Economists
Mobile's economy continues to expand, earning a number of significant economic development projects with team effort
June/July 2008
Bay City Boom
Thicket
For its 15th anniversary Southern Business & Development created a series of best places list. Mobile earned the lucky number 7 spot on the mid markets list.
2008
250 Best Places in the South to Locate Your Company - Mid Markets
Southern Business & Development
ThyssenKrupp ranked no. 2 on the top 100 projects for jobs and earns Alabama first place in the Hot Market state summary, and Mobile named Top Mid Market of the Year
Spring 2008
Job 100
Southern Business & Development
CiCi stands for corporate investment and community impact. ThyssenKrupp leads the investment list with $3.7 billion. Plus the magazine features a look at Coastal Alabama and its new nickname – Aviation Triangle.
March/April 2008
CiCi Awards: Corporate Investment Alabama's Coastal Gateway to Opportunity Trade & Industry Development
ThyssenKrupp USA named top project by capital investment and by the number of jobs created.
This issue also features Austal's expansion
March 2008
Top Industries of 2007 - Sticker Shock?
Modular Logic - Mobile is just one outpost of a worldwide boom in shipbuilding and railcar manufacturing
Site Selection
A city on the water – Mobile is a historic tourism destination, and even boaters are making note of the area's economic development mega project – ThyssenKrupp
Water, water, Everywhere: Much to do in Mobile
March 2008
Heartland Boating
A look at the initial news that Northrop Grumman won the U.S. Air Force refueling tanker project. Since then, Boeing officially protested the award and the project is expected to be re-awarded by year end.
March 2008
Unseated! Northrop Grumman/EADS tanker win has Boeing defense business scrambling
Aviation Week
Mobile is courting (successfully) the aerospace industry - lately wooing Airbus' parent company, the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., which has promised to build commercial airplanes and military tankers in the Gulf Coast city. Other heavy industries (steel, auto makers, etc.) are finding
March 11, 2008
In Mobile, aerospace is just part of a bolder vision of global commerce
SeattlePI.com
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.
January 30, 2008
America's Fastest-Growing Metros
Forbes.com
Many changes taking place on Mobile's Economic Landscape.
Volume 10 * Issue 4 October 2007
Mobile Bay: On The Water; On The Move
US Industry Today
Alabama’s Economic Incentives lead to one of the largest developments in state history—a German steel manufacturer’s $3.7 billion plant.
June 2007
Steel Heart of Dixie
Business Facilities, The Location Advisors
Expansion Management named Mobile on its annual list of “America’s Hottest Cities,” coming in at no. 27.
February 2007
America’s Hottest Cities
Expansion Management
Entrepreneur.com listed Mobile first on its annual list of “Hot Cities For Entrepreneurs,” under the mid-sized cities category.
2006
Hot Cities For Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneur.com
Commercial Property News mentions Mobile’s changing downtown, including $282 million of planned development.
April 2007
Regional Roundup – Mobile Moves On Up
Commercial Property News
In an article anticipating container traffic to double over the next 15 years, the author mentions the Port of Mobile’s new container terminal.
March 27 2007
US Ports Ready For A Cargo Surge
Financial Times
Business Xpansion Journal highlights how the Port of Mobile is responding to the evolving Alabama economy, and describes the nearly $400 million of upgrades at the Port of Mobile.
February 2007
Maritime On A Mission
Business Xpansion Journal
Southern Business & Development Mobile Top 10 Southern Mid-Markets with Highly-Diverse Economies.
Winter 2006
Top 10 Southern Mid-Markets with Highly-Diverse Economies.
Southern Business & Development
Parade evaluates school systems around the country, featuring the Mobile Area Education Foundation and the involvement of business leaders.
May 10, 2006
Good Schools Can Happen
Parade Magazine
The Wall Street Journal took a look at the role Mobile is playing in the recovery of areas damaged when Hurricane Katrina hit the Central Gulf Coast in 2005. The area’s major new investors, projects and businesses were included.
August 23 2006
Ill Winds of ’05 Blew Some Good To Mobile, Ala.
The Wall Street Journal
Site Selection recognized the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce as one of its Top Economic Development Groups. The issue also sites EADS as one of its Top 10 North American deals in 2005.
May 2006
Top Economic Development Groups
Site Selection