Montgomery Business Journal – Final Progress Report 2011

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Imagine a Greater Montgomery is Changing the Landscape

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Goal I - Champion Public Education and Build a Competitive Workforce

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Goal II - Strengthen the Regional Economy

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Goal III - Transform the Image of Montgomery

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Goal IV - Embrace Diversity and Enhance Leadership Capacity

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Imagine a Greater Montgomery Founders

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Business Buzz

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Members on the Move

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Ribbon Cuttings

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New Members

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Changing Landscap

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Area Chamber of Commerce has worked as part of an amazing team of business, elected and civic leadership committed to turning that strategy into action. Each year the Chamber’s annual business plan has attacked pieces of the strategy, hammering away at the four major goals that drive every Chamber initiative.

This Progress Report highlights some of the major achievements under the Imagine a Greater Montgomery strategy.

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CNN traveled to Montgomery late in 2010 and spent five days profiling this case study of a dynamic city focused on building itself to emerge stronger and more vibrant than ever before.

“The Chambers I have seen around the country that have worked the best in cities are the Chambers that really work in cities. It’s not just a matter of PR; it’s a matter of doing it. From what we have seen here, the Chamber is doing it.” ~ Tom Foreman, CNN Anchor and Reporter, CNN’s Building Up America Series, 2010

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Doing what is necessary is key to progress

While the economic correction has been painful and long, Montgomery’s economy has succeeded in lessening its burden by attracting new capital investment and new job prospects. In 2010, Hyundai Power Transformers USA invested $120 million in Montgomery. The operation is expected to create 1,000 manufacturing jobs for the region’s economy. This investment was the single largest industrial project in the State, both in terms of capital investment and projected number of jobs. Furthermore, in 2010, the City was ranked 2nd in the State in terms of new and existing business expansion.

The region’s future economic prospect is promising. We are home to one of the fastest growing automobile producing companies in North America. We have access to interstate highways. We have access to quality institutions of higher education. And, until now the region’s economy was securely anchored around the State and Federal government. The challenge that remains is how we adapt to the new economy as the government sectors, at all levels, begin to right-size themselves and as the new and highly technology driven global economy begins to assert its role and demands its share of economic prosperity.

In addition, there have been many positive developments in Montgomery and the River Region, in spite of the economic correction. Through investments in infrastructure, like the revitalization of downtown, favorable improvements to the airport, the resurfacing of I-65, launch of the first phase of the I-85 extension in East Montgomery, the new connector road — the Montgomery area clearly has been busy building its ‘quality of place’.

As a result, there is a transformation taking place in Alabama’s capital city. What I have seen is a change in attitude in Montgomery, of having a plan, and knowing no fear in following that plan.

It is time we begin to forge a dream that runs parallel to the reality of the new business world and the new economy. We need to focus on building an economy based on cutting edge infrastructure and education that can compete globally and unconditionally. That, of course, requires the will to do what is necessary and to make the essential sacrifices. Imagining, and building, an even greater Montgomery will demand even more of its elected and business leadership, but the results will pay dividends for many years to come.

“What I have seen is a change in attitude in Montgomery, of having a plan and knowing no fear.”

Dr. Keivan Deravi, Special Assistant to the Chancellor/Economic Affairs at Auburn University Montgomery.

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Goal I

Champion Public Education and Build a Competitive Workforce

The new Carver High School is home to the Advanced Manufacturing Career Academy and the Hospitality/ Tourism Career Academy.

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“The bottom line for the Career Academies is workforce development, which will make us more competitive. It will improve the quality of life in the community for everyone.”

Keith Karst , division manager of customer services for Alabama Power Co. and

chairman of the Chamber’s Education and Work Development Council

Keith Karst, (left) chairman of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce’s Education and Workforce Development Council; Cheryl Fountain, principal of Sydney Lanier High School; and Arthur DuCote, chairman of the Chamber’s Career Academies Task Force.

O ther C hamber E ducation I nitiatives

The Chamber’s School Clean Up Every school in the district is Through the Chamber’s Education and cleaned, painted, landscaped and Workforce Development Council, senior-level business ready for students each fall.

and elected leaders are bringing meaningful change to Montgomery Public Schools.

The Leadership Development Institute Led by the Chamber partnering with Maxwell Seven new Career Academies (with two more underway) are AFB and area universities, every principal transforming Montgomery’s workforce. About 630 students and administrator in the Montgomery Public are enrolled in the seven Career Academies. School system receives leadership training.

Career Academies

Information Technology Career Academy at Robert E. Lee High School

Can Do Nation Website Created in partnership with the Chamber’s Facilities Taskforce to increase community participation with the schools.

Teaching Career Academy at Jefferson Davis High School Business/Finance Career Academy at Sidney Lanier High School

New Career Academy Camps Camp.edu, Camp Bones, and Camp Ca$h Flow prepare eighth-grade students to participate in Career Academies.

Law/Public Safety Career Academy at Sidney Lanier High School Health Science Career Academy at Jefferson Davis High School Hospitality and Tourism Career Academy at George Washington Carver High School Advanced Manufacturing Career Academy at George Washington Carver High School

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“Career Academies are intended to be the bridge between education and careers.”

Arthur DuCote, executive vice president and Central Alabama Area president for Regions Financial Corp. and chairman of the Chamber’s Career Academies Task Force

Goal 1: Champion Public education and build a competitive workforce

Montgomery Public Schools Points of Excellence Graduation rates climbed 10 points in 2010,

More than $145 million to 88.7%, surpassing the state average. is transforming Montgomery Public 91% of schools made AYP in 2010, School facilities thanks to the strong and reached 97% of AYP goals. leadership and partnership of the T.S. Morris Elementary and E.D. Nixon Elementary were named Alabama Torchbearer Schools.

City of Montgomery, Montgomery County Commission and Montgomery Booker T. Washington Magnet High is among Newsweek County Board of Education. magazine’s 2010 best American high schools.

Brewbaker Technology High School was named a U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 2010 New George Washington Carver High School

Forest Avenue Elementary was named a Blue Ribbon School in 2009.

$48 million

New Johnny Carr Middle School

$27 million

New east-side high school estimated $24 million New Bellingrath Middle School

$20 million

Loveless High School was named U.S. News and World Report’s 25th best high school in the nation; the only Gold Medal winner in Alabama.

Loveless High School was named a 2010 Newsweek magazine Elite School.

Booker T. Washington and Brewbaker Technology were named U.S. News and World Report’s Bronze Medal winners.

Sixteen MPS students were among the top scholars in the nation through national merit and national achievement scholars programs.

New Wilson Elementary School

$18 million

Dalraida Elementary School (renovation)

$7 million

Pintlala Elementary School (renovation)

$670,000

Mon tg om e ry P u bl ic S c hool s Ac h i e v i ng E xc e l l e nc e

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Goal ii

Strengthen the Montgomery Regional Economy

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In May 2011, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) announced a $173 million, 214-job expansion – the largest capital investment in Alabama for 2011, to date. HMMA announced a capital investment of $50.5 million in 2010 to produce the engine for the Elantra. And in 2007, the third-largest manufacturing project in the state was the addition of an engine plant at HMMA’s Montgomery facility, a $270 million expansion with 522 jobs. With approximately $1.85 billion in capital investment since 2002, HMMA employs almost 3,000 team members.

Montgomery landed Alabama’s largest new economic development project in 2010, ranking first in terms of investment and new jobs. And, Montgomery is leading the state in 2011 with the largest project capital investment to date.

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GOAL 2: STRENGTHEN THE MONTGOMERY REGIONAL ECONOMY

Montgomery emerged from the recession stronger in job creation, one of the few communities to post net job growth from 2000-2010.

The largest existing industry announcement in 2010 was MOBIS Alabama, which is spending $59.7 million to expand its facilities and will hire 250 people.

MOBIS also expanded in 2007, adding nearly 150 workers with a capital investment of $55.6 million.

Dow Corning is creating 30plus jobs as part of a $30 million project to increase capabilities at its Montgomery plant.

Employment in Montgomery surged by 17,378 jobs or 11.1%.

Even after the economic reset, Montgomery continued to post job gains during the period 2000 – 2010, while the state and nation lost jobs between January 2000 and December 2010.

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Hager Companies consolidated its operations by closing a facility in Oxford, Ala., and moving those operations and product lines to its Montgomery plant. The consolidation solidifies Montgomery’s operations, where the company employs about 275 people.

In 2009 Neptune Technolog y Group expanded and announced it would hire up to 90 engineers to join its headquarters in Tallassee.

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GOAL 2: STRENGTHEN THE MONTGOMERY REGIONAL ECONOMY

Montgomery ranked first in the state in the number of announced new jobs and capital investment created by new industry in 2010, with the creation of 1,144 jobs and $131,900,000 in capital investment.

The Chamber announced the successful recruitment of two corporate headquarters in 2010.

Source: Alabama Development Office

Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. will locate its corporate offices to Montgomery’s RSA Judicial Building in 2011.

Alabama’s largest new industrial project in 2010 was HYPO (Hyundai Power Transformers USA).

With an investment of $125 million and the creation of 1,000 jobs, the plant is Hyundai Heavy Industry’s first facility in North America.

With approximately $1.85 billion in capital investment since 2002, HMMA employs almost 3,000 team members.

When Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) announced a $173 million, 214-job expansion, it was the largest capital investment in Alabama for 2011. HMMA announced a capital investment of $50.5 million in 2010 to produce the engine for the Elantra. And in 2007, the third-largest manufacturing project in the state was the addition of an engine plant at HMMA’s Montgomery facility, a $270 million expansion with 522 jobs.

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Hausted Patient Handling Systems purchased a portion of STERIS Corp.’s business and decided to stay in Montgomery and create 49 jobs with a capital investment of $3.1 million.

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GOAL 2: STRENGTHEN THE MONTGOMERY REGIONAL ECONOMY

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The Chamber’s actual corporate development prospect visits increased 115% from 2008 to 2010, with inquiries up 71% for the same period.

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Montgomery’s per capita income surpassed that of the state in 2009.

Montgomery’s average annual wage increased 16.3% between 2005 and 2010.

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GOAL 2: STRENGTHEN THE MONTGOMERY REGIONAL ECONOMY

Montgomery was ranked #7 in Economic Growth Potential in Business Facilities Magazine’s 2011 rankings.

Montgomery ranked #8 for Potential Job Growth in Forbes Magazine’s 2010 Best Places for Business and Careers.

Montgomery was the most affordable housing market among comparable Southeastern markets by Q2 2010.

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GOAL 2: STRENGTHEN THE MONTGOMERY REGIONAL ECONOMY

The Chamber’s Small Business Resource Center is thriving, providing programs for every phase of a growing a small business.

Services include mentoring in important areas such as financial planning, marketing, and future growth strategies; workshops, seminars and classes on all aspects of successful business development; guidance in developing business contacts, pursuing government contracts and opportunities.

The newly renovated foyer presents a modern look, reflective of the program’s success.

Minority small-business membership in the Chamber grew by 5% in 2010 through outreach and community engagement.

Co-working office space is available for entrepreneurs who need limited space on a permanent or temporary basis.

For every $1 invested, the Small Business Resource Center returns $3 to the region’s community.

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GOAL 2: STRENGTHEN THE MONTGOMERY REGIONAL ECONOMY

The growth in the medical community has been nothing short of spectacular the past five years.

Envision 2020, in partnership with the City of Montgomery, the Montgomery County Commission and regional medical facilities, was the catalyst for the new River Region Health Center, which wll replace the aging Lister Hill Health Center. The new facility, which will be operated

by Health Services Inc., is being built adjacent to Jackson Hospital and expected to treat about 25,000 patients a year.

Baptist Health has expanded services at its three hospitals.

The Taylor Medical Complex, on the grounds of Baptist Medical Center East facility, contains an expanded Montgomery Surgical Center. Baptist also operates four imaging centers.

Jackson Hospital has opened a surgery center and an imaging center as well as a family medical clinic.

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GOAL 2: STRENGTHEN THE MONTGOMERY REGIONAL ECONOMY

No mistake about it – Montgomery is a military town. The continued support from elected officials, business leaders and the Chamber has strengthened and grown the missions at Maxwell/Gunter Air Force Base.

Behind the scenes, the Chamber, along with elected leadership, has worked to preserve and/or create close to 1,000 jobs at Maxwell/Gunter Air Force Base.

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GOAL 2: STRENGTHEN THE MONTGOMERY REGIONAL ECONOMY Maxwell/Gunter Air Force Base

Maxwell Air Force Base “Intellectual and Leadership Center of the Air Force.”

$1.4 billion

Air University’s Officer Training

$271.5 million

School was expanded in 2010 and now includes all Reserve and Air National Guard Officer Training in addition to the existing Active Duty Officer Training mission, resulting in an additional 50 fulltime military instructors and 300 additional students attending Officer Training School each year.

More than 30,000 students attend Air University each year.

overall economic impact

$732.4 million annual payroll

annual contracts

2,300 active-duty military personnel

1,200 Air Force Reserve personnel

3,700 government civilians

2,100 civilian contractors

In 2010, the Air Force Program

13,605

Executive Office for Business and

family members with the active-duty military

Enterprise Systems was formed

Maxwell and Gunter Air Force Base construction projects total more than $147 million in the past five years alone.

at Gunter. It was a reorganization

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retirees

The Air Force Program Executive Office for Business and Enterprise Systems Headquarters at Gunter manages a contract portfolio valued at $806M. The Muir S. Fairchild Research Center at Maxwell – the largest military library in the country – will be expanded in a $13.4 million project.

Sustainment Group (OSSG).

The 26th Network Operations

Montgomery was selected in 2010 as

Squadron was activated at Gunter

one of four Enterprise Service Centers

as part of the new 24th Air Force

for the Air Force Cyber Command,

Cyber Command in San Antonio.

creating 200 jobs at Gunter.

The new Network Operations Squadron added 53 Department of Defense civilian jobs and 50 new civilian contractor jobs last year.

Another 63 high-paying civilian jobs will be added next year.

The 187th Fighter Wing at Dannelly Field was selected as one of four Air National Guard Associate Units and will have active duty pilots and maintenance personnel assigned to the wing. This expanded mission will begin in 2013 and add 50 new jobs and six aircraft.

Maxwell and Gunter received federal stimulus money for a variety of projects, including a combat skills training site.

Gunter “Acquiring, operating, sustaining, and enabling enterprise IT capabilities while accelerating the modernization of infrastructure to support the warfighter across the spectrum of combat and mission support.”

Air Force Program Executive Office for Business and Enterprise Systems Mission statement

Goal iiI

transform the image of Montgomery

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The transformation of Montgomery the past five years has been so dramatic that the city not only looks different, it truly has positioned itself as a convention destination and a great place to live, work and play.

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The Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center is a game changer for conventions and tourism.

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Montgomery now has 100,000-plus square feet of meeting space at the Renaissance as well as 342 rooms.

Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center has 237 rooms. Downtown now has close to 1,100 rooms.

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GOAL 3: TRANSFORM THE IMAGE OF MONTGOMERY

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Tourism is an economic engine that is changing the image of Montgomery.

The Chamber’s Convention & Visitor Bureau (CVB) once competed for meetings and events with 100 to 300 delegates, but now seeks conventions with 400 to 600 delegates or more.

That difference is huge considering the average delegate spends $263 a day.

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The Chamber restructured the CVB to meet the needs of entering a next-level convention recruitment market. As a result, the Chamber increased its room-night bookings in 2010 over 2009 by 38%, with 2010 bookings represented more than $6 Million in economic impact to the local economy.

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The number of conventions mostly generated by the Chamber’s CVB has increased 49 percent from 2007 to 2010. The number of delegates attending conventions booked by the CVB has surged 73% in that same time span.

The demand for hotel rooms has also jumped from about 1.2 million in 2008 to 1.3 million in 2010, an increase of nearly 7.5 percent during a recession and slow economic recovery. In all, 1,425 hotel rooms at 15 hotels have been added since 2007, giving Montgomery 7,136 rooms at 85 hotels – a nearly 25 percent increase in hotel rooms.

GOAL 3: TRANSFORM THE IMAGE OF MONTGOMERY

David Bronner, CEO, Retirement Systems of Alabama, changed the downtown skyline with the opening of the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center, RSA Judicial Building and the new RSA corporate headquarters.

The Central Alabama Sports Commission was created in a partnership with the Chamber and the City of Montgomery, to increase tourism through sporting events and the improvement of facilities.

Cramton Bowl is being renovated and a 92,000-square-foot multipurpose sports facility is being built for a wide variety of youth and recreational sporting events.

More soccer fields are being added to host larger tournaments.

Projects Changing the Landscape Of the more than $600 Million in combined public and private sector investment in the development of the convention and entertainment district, the private sector has invested $2.30 for every $1 invested by the public sector.

One Court Square is now Questplex, the future home of the main downtown city-county library branch and Children’s Museum of Alabama.

Downtown also took on a new look with The Alley - a combination of restaurants, art gallery, bar and loft apartments. And speaking of loft apartments, there are more than 100 downtown and nearly all in the past five years.

In addition to those loft apartments popping up everywhere, developers announced plans for a four-story, 220-unit apartment building in the city’s warehouse district.

The region has a host of amenities for delegates and tourists including the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre at the Renaissance; Riverwalk Stadium where the Montgomery Biscuits play their home games; Riverwalk; the 40-foot Harriott II riverboat that holds 400 passengers; Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Montgomery Zoo; and the Civil Rights Memorial just to mention a few.

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Alabama State University has embarked on a five-phase, 25-year plan that costs more than $600 million and includes an oncampus 30,000-seat football stadium. Many new academic buildings have already been completed including life sciences, forensics, health sciences and education. About $20 million is being spent to renovate the library and millions more for additional student housing and Student Services Center.

Auburn University at Montgomery upgraded its entrance and is building a 75,000-square-foot wellness center, which will contain a pool, weight room, track, rock-climbing wall, basketball courts as well as academic facilities. AUM has been given approval to select an architect and construction manager for a new residence hall. The university offers 44 degrees and recently added a master’s program in cyber systems and information security.

Inside the classrooms, ASU recently graduated its first students with doctoral degrees in microbiology and is developing master’s level courses in forensic sciences.

Troy University’s Montgomery Campus is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Montgomery and includes unique facilities like the Rosa Parks Library and Museum, the Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts and the W.A. Gayle Planetarium.

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The Huntingdon Tomorrow Campaign launched May 2011, and will offer an exciting array of new and improved facilities and academic and student life programs introduced during a seven-year period.

Faulkner University broke ground on the new, $2.5 million Allen Law Center, which will include additional study space in the law library, a classroom, faculty office space, and a courtroom.

It will also hold the law school’s elder law, family violence and mediation clinics for low-income clients.

GOAL 3: TRANSFORM THE IMAGE OF MONTGOMERY

Montgomery has undergone more than $400 Million in massive infrastructure upgrades, including the completion of the I-65 widening, I-85 widening, Maxwell Boulevard, Carver High School, and the renovation and expansion of the Montgomery Regional Airport, with $70 Million approved to begin construction of the I-85 extension.

Throughout the city, roads are being upgraded and new streetscapes constructed for Maxwell Boulevard, West Fairview Avenue, Cloverdale Road, and Madison Avenue as well as others.

A new connector road will be constructed from Ray Thorington to Taylor Road, which will open up that area to thousands of new homes and the site of a new eastside high school.

I-85 Extension project gets the green light to begin construction in Fall 2011.

The latest project at the Montgomery Regional Airport was the completion of the intermodal facility and parking system improvements. More than $13 million has been invested in the airport renovation and expansion in the past 10 years.

2007

2010

11,734

12,812

7.5%

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180,333

188,522

4.5%

DEPLANEMENTS

177,578

186,970

5.3%

TOTAL PASSENGERS

357,911

375,492

4.9%

AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS

2007-2010

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Goal iV

Embrace diversity and enhance Leadership capacity

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Traditionally, the Chamber’s core mission is to create jobs and improve the quality of life in Montgomery and the River Region. But, when the Imagine a Greater Montgomery strategy was developed, it was obvious that without quality leadership at the helm, the community would flounder. Montgomery needed a diverse, engaged leadership for the future.

Women in Business

The Chamber’s Women in Business Forum brings together top female executives on a monthly basis to develop mentoring programs, training and communication vehicles for professional women.

At the Women in Business Annual Gathering, the prestigious, nationally recognized ATHENA Award is presented.

Diversity Summit

The Chamber launched the first Diversity Summit in 2008, and it is now a nationallyrecognized conference.

Keynote speakers have included the chief diversity officers for Home Depot and Monster Worldwide.

This sold-out event brings nearly 600 attendees together, focused on harnessing diversity as an asset for business and community.

Emerge Montgomery

Through the Imagine strategy, the Chamber forged a partnership with Leadership Montgomery to create a comprehensive leadership development program. Emerge Montgomery is a dynamic outcome of that partnership.

Emerge Montgomery young professionals organization was created in 2008 boasts more than 1,200 engaged participants.

Seventy-nine young professionals graduated from Leadership Montgomery’s Torchbearers program in the first two years. The program inspires young professionals to become engaged in a leadership capacity.

Emerge is launching LEAD Summit - a regional young professionals conference - in November 2011.

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Partnership The successes of the Imagine a Greater Montgomery economic development strategy is built upon partnership. The Chamber works hand-in-hand with elected leaders, focused on shared priorities and a common vision.

“We can dream great dreams, and we can have great successes, but we have to have them together. We have joined together to put our shoulders to the wheel and build a better place. And we have only just begun to fight.”

Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange

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“The Montgomery County Commission knows that partnering with the City, the Chamber, the Industrial Development Board, the State… those partnerships are the key to progress.

In Montgomery, economic development is a team sport.”

Montgomery County Commission Chairman Elton N. Dean, Sr.

“Working together, the Chamber, the City Council, the County Commission, the Legislative Delegation, and alongside our Congressional delegation, there is absolutely nothing we can’t do.”

Alabama Representative John Knight

Visionary Leaders. Extraordinary Results.

The Imagine a Greater Montgomery strategy has changed the landscape of Montgomery and the River Region. Imagine a Greater Montgomery Investors provide the leadership, commitment and influence required to shape meaningful and measurable economic progress. The strategy is a collaborative effort between the City of Montgomery, Montgomery County Commission and private investors. It is through these partnerships that we celebrate the progress outlined in this report.

Legacy Founders

Board of Advisors - Platinum

Sterling Bank

City of Montgomery

Dixie Electric Cooperative

W.K. Upchurch Construction Company, Inc.

Montgomery County Commission Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC Alfa Insurance Companies Alabama Power Company Montgomery Industrial Development Board Regions Bank Aronov Realty Management, Inc. The Colonial Company SABIC Innovative Plastics Summit Housing Partners Jim Wilson & Associates, Inc.

Sustaining Founders The Advertiser Company Alabama Gas Corporation AT&T Alabama Baptist Health Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC

Board of Advisors - Gold Aliant Bank Greater Montgomery Homebuilders Association Hodges Warehouse + Logistics & Hodges Real Estate

Whitney National Bank Wilson, Price, Barranco, Blankenship & Billingsley, PC

Chairman’s Circle Ball, Ball, Mathews & Novak, P.A.

Industrial Partners, LLC

HOME Place Farms

Merchant Capital Investments

Integrated Computer Solutions

Smith Industries, Inc.

JESCO, Inc.

TCU Consulting Services, LLC

Mount Scrap Material Co., Div. of Waste Recycling, Inc.

Board of Advisors - Silver Aldridge Borden & Company, PC AmeriFirst Bank

Palomar Power South Energy Cooperative Sabel Industries, Inc.

Balch & Bingham, LLP BankTrust BB&T Big Lots Distribution Center Buffalo Rock Pepsi

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama

Capell & Howard, PC

BBVA Compass

Edwards Plumbing & Heating

Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood, Inc.

Jackson Thornton

Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc.

Jerry Kyser Builder, Inc.

Larry Puckett Chevrolet

John Stanley & Associates, Inc.

Rheem Water Heaters

KOWA Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.

Wells Fargo

LWT Communications, LLC

A special thank you to the businesses and elected leaders who are the founding visionaries behind the Imagine a Greater Montgomery strateg y.

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Legacy Founder and Public Sector Partners

Montgomery City Council Bottom Row (Left to Right): District 9 Councilman Charles Jinright; District 5 Councilman Cornelius “C.C.� Calhoun; District 7 Councilman Arch; Lee; Mayor Todd Strange. Second row: District 6 Councilman John Dow; District 8 Councilman Glen Pruitt, Jr.; District 1 Councilman Jim Spear.

Third row: District 2 Councilman Charles Smith; District 4 Councilman David Burkette; Councilman Tracy Larkin.

Montgomery County Commission Bottom row (Left to Right) Chairman Elton N. Dean, Sr. and Vice Chairman Reed Ingram. Second row - Commissioner Ham Wilson, Jr.; Commissioner Jiles Wilson, Jr.; Commissioner Dimitri Polizos.

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HMMA Hyundai Motor Co., Korea’s largest automotive manufacturer, announced April 2, 2002 that it would construct a $1 billion automotive assembly and manufacturing plant in Montgomery.

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC (HMMA) was incorporated April 12, 2002.

Three years later, Chung Mong-koo, chairman and chief executive officer of Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, and then Alabama Gov. Bob Riley gathered with elected officials to celebrate the grand opening of Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC. The $1.4 billion plant is the company’s first U.S. manufacturing facility and employs about 2,500 people. Additionally, more than 72 suppliers have located businesses throughout North America to support HMMA, creating 5,500 additional jobs with a combined capital investment of $500 million.

The company’s 2-million square-foot manufacturing plant sits on 1,744 acres and includes a stamping facility, paint shop, vehicle assembly shop, a two-mile test track and two engine shops, where Hyundai also produces engines for the Kia manufacturing plant in Georgia. In May 2005, the facility marked the official start of production with its first saleable 2006 Sonata.

The HMMA plant manufactures the Sonata and Elantra, the company’s top-two selling cars and produced a record 300,000 vehicles last year. More than 1.4 million vehicles have been produced at HMMA, which recently received the 2011 Alabama Large Manufacturer of the Year Award.

Hyundai sold a record 538,228 vehicles in 2010 – the first time the automaker eclipsed the 500,000 plateau – and is on pace this year to break that mark.

HMMA is investing $173 million, creating 214 new jobs, to expand and modify an existing engine plant to produce the 1.8 liter Theta/Nu engine that will be used in the Elantra. Construction is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2011, with production beginning in March 2012.

Pictured: Y.D. Lim, President and CEO, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama. LLC

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Alfa Insurance Companies Alfa Insurance Companies began in 1946 to provide fire insurance to Alabama Farmers Federation members. Since then, Alfa has grown to offer an array of insurance plans including life, health, property and automobile. Alfa and its affiliates now provide insurance and other financial services to more than 1 million customers in 12 states.

Alfa has more than 1,000 employees at its corporate headquarters in Montgomery and about 500 licensed insurance agents in Alabama.

The company has 1 million-plus policies representing about $25 billion of insurance in force. Alfa, which has about 2,600 employees overall, has 254 service centers including at least one in each of Alabama’s 67 counties.

Pictured: Jerry Newby, President and CEO of Montgomery-based Alfa Insurance

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Alabama Power Company Alabama Power Company, which was founded in 1906, provides electricity and service to 1.4 million homes, businesses and industries in Alabama. It is one of four U.S. utilities operated by Southern Co., one of the nation’s largest electricity producers.

Alabama Power, the second-largest subsidiary of Southern Co., was the first electric utility in the country to establish an economic development department.

The company has almost 90,000 miles of power lines in the state and its nearly 7,000 employees service an area of 44,500 square miles.

Pictured: Kenny Coleman, Vice President of the Southern Division, Alabama Power

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The Industrial Development Board of the City of Montgomery The Industrial Development Board was created in 1947 by the Legislature in the WallaceCater Act. The act was designed to provide incentives for industrial prospects to locate in Montgomery and for existing industries to expand.

The Industrial Development Board of the City of Montgomery works behind the scenes in recruiting new industries and helping existing industries expand.

The board owns several hundred acres at the Interstate Industrial Park and also has some land at Montgomery Industrial Terminal.

The Industrial Development Board helped recruit a number of projects including: Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA), Hyundai suppliers and SABIC Innovative Plastics. The board has nine members who are appointed to a three-year term by City Council members.

Pictured: F. Berry Grant, Chairman, The Industrial Development Board of the City of Montgomery

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Regions Bank Regions Financial Corporation is the largest bank in the state and is the only Alabama-based company on this year’s Fortune 500 list of the country’s top firms by revenue. Regions ranked 293 on the list with 2010 revenue of $8.2 billion Regions Financial Corp. was formed in 1971 as First Alabama Bancshares Inc., the state’s first multibank holding company. With the combination of three banks, the holding company had $543 million in assets and 40 banking locations in Birmingham, Huntsville and Montgomery. The company now has $132 billion in assets.

Regions serves customers in 16 states across the South, Midwest and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operating about 1,800 branches and 2,200 ATMs. In the River Region, Regions has 325 employees; 20 branches; 47 ATMs; loans totaling $1 billion; and $1.9 billion in deposits.

Pictured: Arthur J. DuCote, Executive Vice President and Central Alabama Area Executive, Regions Bank

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Aronov Realty Co. Aronov Realty, which was founded in 1952 by Aaron Aronov, is one of the oldest real estate development and management firms in the United States and is the largest privately held, fullservice real estate company in the Southeast.

The company has developed numerous properties, including office, industrial, retail, residential, resorts and multi-family.

One of those properties is Eastdale Mall and its 1 million square feet of retail space. Aronov Realty also developed the Selma Mall and the University Mall in Tuscaloosa. Aronov developed four Publixanchored shopping centers in Montgomery. The firm has developed 100-plus shopping centers.

Aronov, along with Lowder New Homes, developed Deer Creek, an 800-acre subdivision

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which has grown to about 1,200 homes over 14 years. Other River Region residential properties developed by Aronov are Dexter Ridge, The Villas at Brookstone and Windsor Hill. Aronov Realty has also developed 12,000-plus apartment units.

Some of the company’s larger office properties are Executive Park, Aronov Building, One Commerce Street, Carmichael Center, Crescent Center and Aronov Center.

The company is now operated by Jake Aronov, chairman and CEO, and his brother Owen Aronov, president. Aronov Realty has developed 25 million-plus square feet.

Pictured (L-R): Owen W. Aronov, President and Jake F. Aronov, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aronov Realty Company

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Jim Wilson & Associates, LLC Jim Wilson & Associates has developed some of the bestknown properties in Montgomery and topping that list are Wynlakes Golf & Country Club and The Shoppes at EastChase. EastChase has expanded over the years and the East Montgomery site has hotels, an office building and upscale apartment units. The company added the EastChase Market Center to the development, which now features more than 1.5 million square feet of retail space.

Jim Wilson and Associates also built one of the state’s best-known projects – Riverchase Galleria in Birmingham.

The company, which has developed malls in several states, broke ground last year on its

mammoth $1 billion Redstone Gateway office park in Huntsville. The park, adjacent to Redstone Arsenal, will eventually have 4 million-plus square feet of retail and office space as well as two hotels.

There will be dozens of office buildings for military and civilian workers. The project will be developed in three phases over a 15- to 20-year period.

Jim Wilson & Associates is also developing New Park, a 1,200-acre residential project in East Montgomery that features an elementary school named after the company’s founder Jim Wilson Jr. and a YMCA facility.

Pictured (L-R): Jim Wilson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Will Wilson, Company President, Jim Wilson & Associates, LLC

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SABIC Innovative Plastics SABIC Innovative Plastics manufactures items found in a wide range of products. The Lexan resin and plastic pellets made at the company’s Burkville plant in Lowndes County are used in everything from electronics to automotive to textiles to health care products to packaging as well as transportation and outdoor vehicles.

The company’s products are found in buses, boats, airplanes, motorcycles and cars. A small sampling of SABIC products in a vehicle include body panels, spoilers, grilles, wheel covers, roof racks, pulleys, sensors, transmissions and lighting.

Some of the company’s products are in computers, laptops, monitors, printers, scanners, phones, televisions and projectors.

SABIC products are used in shower liners and spa liners as well as a host of items in the health care sector: surgical instruments, IV therapy, medical lighting, medical trays, respiratory and sleep therapy to name just a few.

Other items that have SABIC products are eye glasses, traffic lights, CDs, DVDs, cell phones, greenhouses, appliances and even fighter jet canopies.

SABIC is the Saudi Basic Industries Corp., which has nearly 300 employees at its 6,300acre Burkville facility (about 300 acres have been developed for the plant site). It is one of the largest polycarbonate sites in the world.

Pictured: Thomas J. Tsekouras, General Manager, SABIC Innovative Plastics

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Summit Housing Partners Summit Housing Partners, LLC began in 1995 with a simple concept: building strong communities improves affordable housing. Since that time, the company has grown from one property in central Alabama to 93 properties across nine states, comprising almost 15,000 apartment units. Today, Summit is a leading owner and operator of affordable and workforce housing in the Southeastern and South Central United States.

Pictured (L-R): Blake Brazeal, President; Daniel Hughes, CEO; Greg Fox, CFO, Summit Housing Partners

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The Colonial Company The Colonial Company, a privately owned diversified holding firm, has its corporate headquarters in Montgomery at the Town of Hampstead.

The company consists of Lowder New Homes and the Colonial Insurance Agency.

Lowder New Homes, one of the three largest home builders in Alabama, is involved in nine residential developments, including two in Prattville and one in Millbrook. The Montgomery developments are Hampstead (40 homes), in conjunction with other partners; Woodland Creek (200 homes), StoneyBrooke (240 homes), Deer Creek with Aronov Realty; and Wyndridge (245 homes).

The two Prattville properties are Highland Ridge (490 homes) and Mountain Lakes (25 homes) and the development in Millbrook is Grand Park (12 homes).

The Colonial Co. grew from Lowder Construction Co., which was formed in 1956. The company’s projects or investments include office, golf course, shopping malls, shopping centers and multi-family.

Colonial Insurance Agency has expanded from a real estate and financial services insurance advisory firm to a full-service insurance brokerage and risk-management company.

Pictured: James K. Lowder, Chairman, The Colonial Company

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Sustaining Founders

Samuel P. Martin, President and Publisher, The Advertiser Media Company

J. Tyler Fondren, Regional Director, AT&T Alabama

AT&T Alabama

Advertiser Media Group The Advertiser Media Group not only produces the region’s largest daily newspaper, but it prints a Georgia daily newspaper and advance sections and inserts for a second Georgia newspaper.

The Montgomery Advertiser is the core business of the Advertiser Media Group, but the company also publishes the Prattville Progress, Millbrook Progress, Wetumpka Progress, Maxwell-Gunter Dispatch, The Bulletin Board as well as several specialty publications.

The company, which has 200-plus employees, has a partnership with Yahoo and is targeting audiences by demographics, geography and behavior.

Joe Hampton, Division Manager, Alabama Gas Corp.

Alabama Gas Corporation Alabama Gas Corporation, which is known locally as Alagasco, is the No. 1 natural gas distributor in the state. The company serves 425,000-plus customers in more than 200 cities, communities and towns. About 75,000 of those customers are in the River Region.

AT&T has invested more than $1.3 billion of infrastructure in Alabama from 2008 to 2010. The company is planning to expand and upgrade 120-plus cell sites in the state for increased bandwidth, coverage, reliability and 4G coverage.

The company has been aggressively adding and upgrading cell sites for several years. Two years ago, 30 new cell phone sites were added and 60 were upgraded to 3G, which gives users faster downloads.

AT&T Alabama has 7,000 employees in the state and 275 in the River Region, where the company has been for 130-plus years.

The company, a subsidiary of Energen Corp., has more than 1,000 employees in Alabama and 100-plus in the River Region.

Alagasco can trace its roots back to 1852 when it was called the Montgomery Gas Light Co. The company became Alabama Gas Co. in 1948 after a series of mergers and acquisitions.

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Sustaining Founders

W. Russell Tyner, President and Chief Executive Officer, Baptist Health

Jere L. Beasley, Sr., Founding Shareholder, Beasley Allen

Beasley Allen

Baptist Health Baptist Health is the region’s largest non-government employer with 3,500-plus employees and has nearly 500 affiliated physicians.

The company operates three hospitals – the 454-bed Baptist Medical South; 150-bed Baptist Medical Center East; and the 85-bed Prattville Baptist Hospital.

In addition to the hospitals, Baptist Health operates the network of five Pri Med clinics; Montgomery Surgical Center and four imaging centers.

With all its facilities, Baptist Health performed almost 32,000 surgeries in a one-year period; delivered more than 4,400 babies; and handled 300,000-plus outpatient visits as well as 110,000plus emergency department visits.

Baptist Health also operates the Institute for Patient Safety & Medical Simulation, which is a 22,500-squarefoot, state-of-the-art training facility.

The law firm of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has been involved with verdicts and settlements totaling more than $20 billion.

A. Bruce Crawford, City President, BBVA Compass

BBVA Compass Compass Bank was one of the larger banks in Alabama and Texas. Then along came BBVA, the second-largest bank in Spain, which acquired Compass.

And the company kept growing, acquiring the $14 billion Guaranty Bank, which is based in Austin, Texas, but had 55 branches in California. That expanded the BBVA Compass footprint to seven states. BBVA Compass is the thirdlargest bank in Alabama; fourth-largest in Texas; and the fifth-largest in Arizona.

The bank, which has 100 employees in the River Region at eight branches, ranks in the top 20 of U.S. commercial banks.

BBVA has $740 billion in assets; 100,000plus employees in more than 30 countries; 7,400 branches and 47 million customers.

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The firm, which was founded by former Alabama Lt. Gov. Jere L. Beasley in 1979, holds U.S. records for largest verdicts/settlements in four categories: The largest verdict against an oil company – $11.9 billion.

The largest pharmaceutical drug settlement – $4.85 billion.

The largest private environmental settlement – $700 million.

The largest predatory lending verdict – $581 million.

The firm has 60 attorneys and 200-support staff, including a full-time nurse, investigators, computer specialists, technologists and computer experts, a public relations department and a comprehensive trial graphics department.

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Steve Cawood, President, Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood, Inc.

Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood Some of the most prominent buildings in the region were designed by Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood.

Larry. F. Chapman, District Manager, BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama

Here is a sprinkling of just a few of those noteworthy buildings:

Donald G. Henderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc.

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BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama Everything about BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama is big. The health care provider is so big it insures most of the state’s residents.

In a one-year period, the company’s customer service department answered 7.1 million-plus phone calls and 100,000-plus e-mails. The company processed 75 million-plus claims and the average time per claim was 1.6 days.

BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama insures more than 3 million people in Alabama with 3,800 employees, including 32 in the River Region.

The company, which has been operating in Alabama for more than 75 years, provides a wide range of health and dental insurance to employer groups, individuals and the senior market.

> The Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center > The former Colonial Bank corporate headquarters in East Montgomery. > RSA Activity Center and Plaza. > The Lakeview Center at EastChase.

The company also played various roles in projects for Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Sturbridge Plantation, The Waters, Taylor Lakes, Deer Creek, New Park, Blount Cultural Park, Gateway Park, Montgomery Zoo’s elephant exhibit and the list goes on and on.

The firm is a one-stop shop for all design needs. The Montgomery-based company boasts the following services: architecture, land surveying, civil engineering, airport planning, right of way, municipal engineering, landscape architecture, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering, transportation engineering and community and master planning.

The company has 290 employees at 10 offices in four states: Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina.

Jackson Hospital & Clinic The Jackson Hospital & Clinic campus keeps expanding. The hospital’s newest facility is the Jackson Clinic Family Medicine, which features three physicians. The nearly $1.1 million facility (including the parking lot) offers on-site X-ray and laboratory services and has extended hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Friday. The clinic treats patients ages 3 and older.

The hospital also has a separate imaging center and a separate surgery center. Jackson Hospital has grown from 37 beds and five physicians in 1946 to 344 beds today and 185 physicians on the medical staff.

Jackson Hospital is one of Montgomery’s Top 10 employers with 1,500 people.

And those people are busy as Jackson handles about 100,000 out-patient visits a year; performs about 23,000 surgeries a year; handles about 36,000 patients a year at its imaging center; and has about 14,000 hospital admissions a year.

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Larry D. Puckett, President and Owner, Larry Puckett Chevrolet

John W. Livings, Senior Vice President and Business Banking Area Manager, Wells Fargo

Larry Puckett Chevrolet The dealership’s slogan is so popular that it was used in a movie: “At Larry Puckett Chevrolet, we let our customers do the talking.”

The dealership is a Prattville institution and its president – Larry Puckett – is not only a well-known Prattville businessman and resident – he is the chairman of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. He is the first non-Montgomery businessman leading the Chamber, but Puckett will remind anyone and everyone he is just a guy who sells cars.

Puckett, who has been in the car business for almost 30 years, has 59 employees and nearly all of his sales staff has been there at least 10 years.

In addition to selling new and used cars, the dealership features an Express Oil Change and Service Center, where customers can get a 10-minute oil change. Other Express Oil Change options include transmission service, fuel system cleaning, air filter replacement, fuel filter replacement and wiper, bulbs and fuses.

The Express Oil Change site contains a full-service automotive mechanical department called the Express Service Center. Larry Puckett Chevrolet, which has 400 to 500 vehicles on the lot, also has a Collision Center.

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Wells Fargo

Peter A. Reynolds, Vice President and General Manager, Rheem Water Heaters

Rheem Water Heaters Rheem Water Heaters, which has 1,100 employees, is the second-largest manufacturer in Montgomery to Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama.

Rheem manufacturers a wide variety of water heaters for residential, commercial and industrial customers.

The types of water heaters range from conventional storage-style units to tankless as well as electric and gas units. Some of the larger commercial units have 175-gallon storage capacities compared with the typical household unit that contains 40 to 50 gallons.

The company has three facilities in Montgomery, including the company’s water heating division headquarters.

About 850 work at the Gunter Industrial Park site. The Montgomery manufacturing plant has been expanded three times and is about 675,000 square feet with a capacity of producing 10,000 units a day.

Wells Fargo has been around for more than 150 years, but is new to the River Region after the buyout of Wachovia Bank. The famous stagecoach pulled into Montgomery last October and the bank showed off its new signage.

The San Francisco-based company is the country’s fourth-largest bank with more than $1.2 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo has 280,000 employees nationwide; 70 million customers; 9,000-plus branches (the company calls them stores) and 12,112 ATMs. Fortune magazine ranked Wells Fargo 19th in the country by revenue – that’s 19th of all companies.

Wells Fargo has a strong presence in the River Region with 10 branches (140 in the state) and 140 employees.

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BusinessBuzz HYUNDAI BREAKS MONTHLY SALES RECORD Hyundai set an all-time sales record for April with 61,754 vehicles sold and its retail market share is expected to hit a record 5.7 percent.

The Sonata and Elantra, which are both produced at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama’s plant in Montgomery, accounted for 71 percent of the monthly sales in April (nearly 44,000 cars).

Hyundai has already eclipsed the 200,000 plateau for the year and is selling an average of 50,000-plus vehicles a month.

The Korean automaker’s sales in 2011 are up 31 percent from last year’s record-setting year of 538,228 vehicles sold.

The Montgomery facility produced 28,402 vehicles in April and through the first four months of the year was averaging nearly 28,700 a month.

HYUNDAI MOTOR MANUFACTURING ALABAMA NAMED MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR MONTGOMERY – Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA), LLC, was named 2011 Large Manufacturer of the Year.

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Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama President and CEO Y.D. Lim receives the Alabama Large Manufacturer of the Year Award from with Congressman Jo Bonner, R-Mobile.

HMMA, which has a manufacturing plant in Montgomery that produces Hyundai’s top-two selling vehicles – Sonata and Elantra received the prestigious award for companies with 400-or-more employees. Montgomery-based Rheem Water Heaters was a finalist in the same division.

Lafarge North America in Calera was the Medium Manufacturer of the Year (100 to 399 employees) and the Small Manufacturer of the Year (1-99 employees) was Florence-based Applied Chemical Technology. Montgomery-based Whitfield Foods Inc. was a finalist in the small division.

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manufacturers are selected by an independent panel of judges who look for demonstrations of superior performance in the areas of customer focus, employee commitment, operational excellence, continuous improvement, profitable growth and investment in training and retraining.

The Business Council of Alabama and Alabama Technology Network in partnership with The Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama and The National Association of Manufacturers present the Alabama Manufacturer of the Year Awards.

Dean Vette

CAPITOL CHEVROLET RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS DEALER AWARD MONTGOMERY- Capitol Chevrolet was recently ranked among the country’s highest-performing dealers by General Motors.

The dealership met or exceeded Chevrolet’s highest-quality

standards in a number of areas to earn General Motors’ mostprestigious dealer prize - the “Mark of Excellence” award for 2010. Capitol Chevrolet is one of the few Chevrolet dealers nationwide to earn the prestigious award.

“It took a great deal of dedication and effort by every single person here at Capitol Chevrolet to achieve this benchmark,” said Dean Vette, general manager of Capitol Chevrolet. “We make our customers our top priority here and this honor is a tribute to the team effort we’ve all put forth over the past year.”

Capitol Chevrolet, which is Montgomery’s oldest automobile franchise, met or surpassed objectives for 2010 in the areas of divisional sales, customer satisfaction index, retail sales index and essential brand elements.

STANDARD ROOFING CO. AWARDED RESEARCH CENTER CONTRACT BIRMINGHAM - Hoar Construction of Birmingham has awarded Standard Roofing Co. the contract for roof replacement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Research Center in Mississippi.

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The reroofing work is part of a $30 million renovation project under way at the facility in Stoneville, Miss.

Standard Roofing Co. was recently awarded multiple contracts for roof replacement

by Kimberly-Clark Corp. on its Mobile tissue mill.

Standard Roofing Co. has its headquarters in Montgomery and branch offices in Birmingham, Pensacola, Fla., Atlanta and Gulfport, Miss.

ADVERTISER MEDIA GROUP ANNOUNCES NEWSPAPER REDESIGN MONTGOMERY- The Montgomery Advertiser launched a redesign of the newspaper, giving readers a new look on section fronts as

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well as new type fonts for body copy and headlines, making news stories easier to read. “We’re upsetting the visual status quo at the Montgomery Advertiser, and our customers will reap the benefits,� said Wanda Lloyd, executive editor of the Montgomery Advertiser. “In addition to the body font changes, readers will notice that our headlines have also changed. We are reducing the overall number of headline fonts

The Advertiser Media Group includes the Montgomery Advertiser, montgomeryadvertiser. com, Progress Editions (Prattville, Millbrook, and Wetumpka), prattvilleprogress.com, MaxwellGunter Dispatch, maxwellgunter. com, Bulletin Board, and thebulletinboard.com.

The company also owns more than 20 other diverse print and online channels that target consumer interests from classified to lifestyle products.

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AUM BEGINS PROCESS FOR NEW RESIDENCE HALL MONTGOMERY - The Auburn University Board of Trustees has given Auburn University at Montgomery approval to begin the process of selecting an architect and construction manager of a new residence hall. “Auburn Montgomery is growing,� said Chancellor John G. Veres III. “Our focus on offering relevant and quality academic programs, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 52)

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For several semesters, Auburn Montgomery’s residence halls have been at or close to capacity.

The university will proceed by selecting an architect and construction manager for the project, which must be approved by the board.

DSW STORE COMING TO THE SHOPPES AT EASTCHASE MONTGOMERY – The Shoppes at EastChase will soon have the area’s only DSW (Designer Shoe Warehouse) store.

DSW offers not only dress, casual and athletic footwear

for men and women, but also much more - hosiery, handbags and other accessories.

The 18,000-square-foot store, which will be located next to Panera Bread, is scheduled to open in the fall. This will be the company’s third store in Alabama.

“DSW is a great addition for shoppers in the River Region, offering a shopping experience not met in the area,” said Jeff Branch, property manager for The Shoppes at EastChase.

“We are so pleased to bring this brand name to those who’ve previously had to travel distances to shop there.”

ROUX RESTAURANT OPENS AT THE A&P LOFTS MONTGOMERY –Roux, a Southern restaurant with New

Orleans influences, opened in the former Village Kitchen location.

Foster and Bread Pudding with Whiskey Crème Anglaise.

“The name Roux seemed very fitting for a New Orleans-inspired restaurant located amidst the stunning architecture of The A&P with its signature courtyard and balconies and the nearby Garden District,” said David Dickensauge, a New Orleans native and chef/partner at Roux.

Prior to relocating to Montgomery, Dickensauge gained more than 15 years of culinary experience in Chicago, Orlando, New Orleans and Birmingham working with award-winning chefs at some of the country’s top restaurants including Hot and Hot Fish Club, Cafè Dupont, Commander’s Palace, Galatoire’s and Charlie Trotters.

Roux’s menu items range from Cornmeal-Crusted Oysters with Gumbo Jus and Braised Okra or New Orleans Muffallettas with Prosciutto, Capicolla Salami, Aged Provolone, to Seared Scallops with Creole Cream Corn or Blackened Alabama Catfish with Spring Baby Pea Succotash and Shrimp Remoulade.

House-made desserts include New Orleans Beignets with Powdered Sugar, Bananas

He graduated with a degree in culinary arts from the Culinary Institute of New Orleans and studied pastry and confectionary at the Culinard in Birmingham.

“We are thrilled to have Chef David on board from Birmingham as partner and executive chef for our new restaurant and direction,” said Barrett Gilbreath, fellow partner at Roux.

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RIVER REGION UNITED WAY HONORS OVERBY, DAVIS MONTGOMERY – Alfa Insurance executive Walter Overby and BB&T executive Guy Davis received the 2010 Bucks Weil Award from the River Region United Way. In 1995, the River Region United Way established the Adolph “Bucks� Weil Jr. Award. Previously known as the Special United Way Service Award, the award was renamed and focused to honor special service to the River Region United Way and its community partners including volunteer activity, monetary contributions and in-kind services.

Overby is vice president of corporate Internet for Alfa while Davis is the area executive for BB&T. CHOCOLATE CARNIVAL OPENS AT EASTDALE MALL MONTGOMERY – Chocolate Carnival has opened at Eastdale Mall.

“We are excited to open our first location in Eastdale Mall,� said Eddie Davis Jr., co-founder of Chocolate Carnival with Nancy E. Davis. “Since our opening we have received very positive feedback from the community.

People are excited about the foods we offer and the fun atmosphere that is the essence of Chocolate Carnival.�

Chocolate Carnival serves a variety of classic carnival foods, including funnel cakes and funnel fries, half-pound jumbo hot dogs, hamburgers and cheeseburgers, corn dogs, chicken sandwiches, and tater twisters. Chocolatecovered treats include chocolatecovered strawberries and Dip Stix – an assortment of dippable items that are skewered, doused in chocolate from a chocolate fountain, and topped with a choice of sprinkles and toppings.

SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER OFFERS COWORKING SPACE MONTGOMERY – The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce Small Business Resource Center is offering a coworking space – a first in the River Region.

Coworking space provides business owners an office environment, but at greatly reduced costs. Participants will have a month-by-month a la cart membership that provide access to trained business counselors, advice from a certified public accountant, private desk, WiFi, networked printing, copier, private office, meeting and conference rooms,

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early evening packages are available for adults only.

The first six participants will receive two months free membership. Monthly membership starts at $50.

Children under the age of 19 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Advanced reservations are required and certain conditions and restrictions apply.

Coworking space is geared for work-at-home professionals, independent contractors or people who travel frequently.

For information, call Douglas Jones, executive director of the Small Business Resource Center, or Heidi Powers at (334) 832-4790

For information, visit the website: www.thelatticeinn. com, call (334) 262-3388 or e-mail info@thelatticeinn.com.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS SET FOR AUG. 23 MONTGOMERY – The City of Montgomery municipal elections will be Tuesday, August 23, for the mayor and City Council members.

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THE LATTICE INN OFFERS PLAYCATION PACKAGE MONTGOMERY – The Lattice Inn is offering a Playcation Package for guests to swim, sun, and relax.

Innkeeper Jim Yeaman said the package costs $5 a person and guests can enjoy two hours of swimming in the salt water pool, relax in the hot tub or just lie out in the sun on any of the three decks.

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Guests must bring their own towels. Coolers and picnic baskets are welcomed, but glass beverage containers are not permitted. Wi-Fi is available at no additional cost.

Space is limited and reservations are accepted for late morning, midday or early afternoon packages. Late afternoon and

Citizens living in Montgomery must be a registered and qualified voter to participate in the municipal elections. Citizens, who have moved or relocated in Montgomery and need to register to vote or update an address, must contact the Montgomery County Board of Registrar’s Office at (334) 832-1215.

Voters must complete an absentee ballot application before receiving a ballot, which is available by calling (334) 832-1281, downloading the application from www.montgomeryelectioncenter. org or by visiting the Montgomery Election Center at 125 Washington Ave. The following are election deadlines: > Last day to register to vote is Aug. 12. > Last day to apply for an absentee ballot Aug. 18. > Hand-delivery deadline for an absentee ballot is Aug. 22.

BUSINESS BUZZ > Postmark deadline for an absentee ballot is Aug. 22 and must be received at the Election Center by noon Aug. 23. > Election Day is Aug. 23 from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. at the voter’s designated polling place.

Dave Borden, Fred Gray Sr., Larry Puckett, Jim Ray, Lt. Col. Thomas Risher and Elizabeth Sutton.

Finalists will be honored and winners announced at a reception at Wynlakes Golf and Country Club in October or November.

LOCAL BUSINESSES NOMINATED FOR ETHICS AWARDS MONTGOMERY – Thirty local businesses have been nominated for the 2011 River Region Ethics in Business and Public Service Awards.

The program is a partnership between Auburn University at Montgomery and the Samaritan Counseling Center Inc. It was established in 2009 to recognize businesses and business leaders in the Tri-County for their ethical standards.

The nominees are: Small Business - Godwin Jones Architecture, Gray’s Tires, Hudson Ink Corp., Thompson Insurance, Travel Leaders and WealthMark Financial.

Medium Business - Chappy’s Deli, Cook’s Pest Control, Montgomery Eye Physicians, ServisFirst Bank and The Starke Agency.

Large Business - Adams Drugs, Alabama Power, GKN Aerospace, International Paper, Montgomery Cancer Center, Neptune Technology Group and Wilson, Price, Barranco, Blankenship, & Billingsley, P.C. Non-Profits - A Place Called Home, Children’s Harbor, Joy to Life, Montgomery Council on Aging, Montgomery YMCA and PASS (Peers Are Staying Straight).

Maury D. Smith Award for Excellence in Professional Ethics -

Q. Earl Freeman

FREEMAN HOUSE OFFERS UPSCALE, EXTENDEDSTAY RESIDENCE MONTGOMERY - The Freeman House is now available as a corporate extended-stay residence.

The 3,200-square-foot historic Victorian home sits atop Cottage Hill, overlooking the Alabama River and the downtown Montgomery skyline.

It is designed for private upscale extended-stay accommodations for business executives, employees or their clients.

The home has been restored and upgraded, but still features the original 110-year-old hardwood pine floors. There are two large guest suites with an off-suite sitting area for both.

The lease price is $3,000 per month plus deposit and there is a one-month minimum lease.

For information, contact Q. Earl Freeman at (334) 220-8656 or e-mail thefreemanhouse2@aol.com.

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WELLS MAILING EXPANDS PRESORTING SERVICE MONTGOMERY—Wells Mailing, a division of Wells Printing Co., has invested in new equipment and training that has enabled the firm to expand their existing lettersize pre-sorting service to flats.

The dealership, which acquired the GMC franchise earlier this year, was lauded as one of the highest-performing stores in the country by meeting or exceeding Cadillac’s 2010 sales goal, customer satisfaction index goal, year-end retail sales index target and essential brand elements objectives. Only a handful of Cadillac dealers nationwide receive this prestigious award.

Flats are oversize mail pieces, up to 12 by 15 inches, up to ¾ of an inch thick, and weighing up to 13 ounces each.

Wells Mailing clients already save on postage by allowing the company to process their mail for them. Those who take advantage of the service no longer have to weigh mail, apply postage, or even take their mail to a local post office or mail box.

Alley Station has it all. Chic, modern décor in a beautifully restored historical building. Downtown old Montgomery on the brand-new Alley. Old-fashioned service with state-of-the-art technology and fresh approaches to style. Traditional yet progressive.

Beautiful Rooftop Terrace (Seats up to 350)

Stunning Ballroom (Seats up to 350) Freedom in choosing your own vendors Expert help throughout planning process

Every morning and afternoon Wells Mailing drivers pick up Montgomery area business and non-profit mail at no charge to their customers and then apply postage at a reduced rate, saving their clients both time and money.

Irvin Wells, chief executive of Wells Printing Co., said, “Usually, when something sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true. That is not the case with our pre-sort mail service. Clients save both money and time, and we get to work with them - it’s a win, win, win situation.”

CLASSIC BUICK GMC CADILLAC RECEIVES ‘MARK OF EXCELLENCE’ AWARD

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“Our entire team here at Classic Buick GMC Cadillac is responsible for this award,” said Scott Walker, general sales manager at Classic Buick GMC Cadillac. “Obviously our sales force and finance staff worked hard to attain our sales goals, but every single employee – from the parts and service department to the office staff – helped make this possible by making our customers their top priority. Our goal now is to make sure we do what it takes to earn ‘Mark of Excellence’ every year.”

WARREN & CO. INC. PRESIDENT NOW LEADS NATIONAL GROUP Warren & Co. Inc. President Keith E. Warren was sworn in as the 49th president of the National Association of State Contractor Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) at its annual meeting.

He represents the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors as its executive director and a state board member of NASCLA, a national organization of State

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COPPERWING WINS REGIONAL AWARD FOR NEPTUNE EXHIBIT Keith Warren

Construction Regulatory Agencies based out of Scottsdale, Ariz.

The organization concentrates on consumer protection and national standards for the construction profession. Warren has been an active member of the organization since 2005 and has been with the Alabama Electrical Contractors Board since 1991.

BEASLEY ALLEN ATTORNEYS NAMED TO PRESTIGIOUS 2011 SUPER LAWYERS LIST MONTGOMERY – Eleven Beasley Allen attorneys were selected to the 2011 Super Lawyers list, a designation earned by fewer than five percent of lawyers in the state.

Included on the list is the firm’s founding shareholder Jere L. Beasley as well as shareholders J. Greg Allen, Thomas J. Methvin, J. Cole Ports, Daniel W. “Dee” Miles III, Andy D. Birchfield Jr., Rhon E. Jones and Benjamin E. Baker Jr. Three Beasley Allen attorneys also were included on the Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list, which recognizes the top up-andcoming attorneys – those who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing 10 years or less. Beasley Allen’s Rising Stars are Chris D. Glover, William H. Robertson V and Navan Ward.

Beasley was included in the Super Lawyers Top 50 in the nation.

The Super Lawyer designation is based on peer recognition and personal achievement, and

MONTGOMERY – Copperwing Design has received a regional award for its work for Neptune Technology Group. In the tradeshow category, Copperwing was awarded a Silver ADDY in the 2011 American Advertising Federation District 7 competition.

The tradeshow exhibit, which incorporates 18-foot-tall images and features actual stories of Neptune’s utility customers, carries the theme, “The Proof is in the Numbers,” to demonstrate the measurable results of ARB® Utility Management Systems™.

A unique focal point for the exhibit was the interactive component. A virtual video tour allowed users to explore automatic meter reading implementations and see how different Neptune products and components work together to meet dayto-day operational challenges utilities face. In addition, an animated video simplified a complex message regarding Neptune’s early compliance with future lead regulations.

Copperwing is a Montgomerybased creative consultancy offering design, digital media and integrated brand management services.

SUSTAINABLE LIVING EVENT FEATURES EXHIBITS, WORKSHOP, DEMONSTRATIONS MONTGOMERY - EcoMAX partnered with the Hampstead Institute and the City of Montgomery for a sustainable living event in the River Region.

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Randy Merijanian, the Town of Hampstead’s resident bee keeper, talks about the important role bees play in farming and gardening.

Schmidt, a Prattville Realtor and member of the Alabama Association of Realtors, is among an elite group of Realtors who have received the CRS designation. The designation is awarded by the Council of Residential Specialists, the largest not-for-profit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors.

EcoMAX at Hampstead Farms featured exhibits, demonstrations and workshops showcasing the latest sustainable living options.

More than 90 students from Carr Junior High participated in the event, which included a guided tour of the farm, listening to a presentation on the importance of pollination by honeybees and visiting each exhibitor for a small-group learning experience.

There was a recycling drive and an estimated 7,000 pounds of e-scrap was collected. The televisions, printers, computers and other items collected will be dismantled and recycled, keeping reusable materials such as plastic, glass and aluminum out of local landfills.

Event attendees also participated in several free, educational workshops throughout the weekend.

The classes were taught by some of the River Region’s sustainable living experts.

REALTOR ACHIEVES SPECIAL DESIGNATION MONTGOMERY – Lynda Schmidt of Aronov Realty Brokerage Inc. has been awarded the Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) designation

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Recipients have to complete advanced courses and demonstrate professional expertise in the field of residential real estate to obtain the certification. Fewer than 38,000 Realtors nationwide have earned the credential.

WILSON PRICE CONNECTIONS RAISES $15,000 FOR ONE PLACE MONTGOMERY – Wilson Price Connections, a women’s program organized by the accounting firm Wilson Price CPAs & Consultants, raised $15,000 from their second annual Flip Flop Friday charity event.

More than 2,000 participating professionals and students, representing 14 corporate sponsors, 35 companies and four schools across the River Region supported the effort by contributing $5 to wear flip flops to work or school Friday, May 13.

The event benefits One Place Family Justice Center, a new organization that aids victims

BUSINESS BUZZ hand-made soaps, honey, sprout breads and fruit pastries all made from locally grown ingredients.

Products are brought to market in season, ensuring the freshest, healthiest quality possible.

Wilson Price Connections raised $15,000 for One Place Family Justice Center. (From left) Jeri Groce, Blake Trammer, Margaret Hand, Montgomery County District Attorney Ellen Brooks and Frank Vickery.

of domestic violence by providing multiple services and support under one roof.

Flip Flop Friday was created to benefit a women’s and children’s based charity each year.

Wilson Price Connections presented the check to One Place at a celebration luncheon, attended by 200-plus supporters and featuring guest speaker, Kim Hendrix, who is development director of St. James School.

The luncheon also served as Wilson Price Connections’ final meeting for the 2010/2011 season on leadership, themed, “Grow 2 Lead the Women of Today and Tomorrow.”

The Shoppes at EastChase Farmers Market is located between Dillard’s and Earth Fare.

MAX4KIDS FOUNDATION GIVES $50,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS MONTGOMERY - The MAX4Kids Foundation recognized 10 graduating seniors from the River Region with a $5,000 MAX4Kids Scholarship.

A committee of area college educators selected the scholarship recipients based on scholastic achievement, extracurricular activities, qualities of character and leadership and essay responses.

Since 2001, the MAX4Kids Foundation has awarded $200,000 in scholarships to 110 high school seniors from the River Region. •

FARMERS MARKET RETURNS AT THE SHOPPES AT EASTCHASE MONTGOMERY – The Shoppes at EastChase will hold its Farmers Market again this year, from 7 a.m.-noon every Saturday until Aug. 27.

In addition to many in-season fruits and vegetables as well as fresh-cut flowers, The Shoppes at EastChase Farmers Market producers and growers will offer unique items such as organic meats and milk, goat cheese, natural bath products and

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Members on the Move ARTHUR NAMED PRESIDENT OF PRATTVILLE CHAMBER

Arthur has held the interim president position at the Chamber since January and was named executive vice president in 2004.

PRATTVILLE Jeremy L. Arthur has been selected the new president Jeremy Arthur for the Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to continue the work at the Chamber in this new role,” Arthur said. “The business community in Prattville has built a great Chamber and I look forward to advancing this strong organization.”

“Jeremy brings an excellent skill set to the position,” said Randy Grissett, chairman of the Chamber’s board of directors. “Our Chamber board and leadership are impressed with his extensive professional experience and enthusiastic passion for the Chamber business. He received unanimous approval from our board of directors to lead the chamber. We look forward to continuing to work with Jeremy at the Prattville Chamber in this key leadership role.”

Prior to joining the Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce in 2004, Arthur was an Outreach Research Associate for the Economic Development Institute at Auburn University.

He was responsible for several community assistance projects, particularly serving West Alabama and administered and coordinated the Intensive Economic Development Training Course at Auburn University.

He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Auburn University. His graduate studies include a master’s degree in public administration from Auburn University with a minor in economic development. He is currently a doctoral candidate at Auburn University in public administration and public policy.

SQUARE ROOT INTERACTIVE PROMOTES BENEFIELD TO ACCOUNT SERVICES DIRECTOR MONTGOMERY – Square Root Stacy Benefield Interactive announced Stacy Benefield has been promoted to the position of account services director.

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Benefield, who served previously as Square Root’s account executive, joined the team in 2006, and worked as the liaison between the agency and its local, national and international clients including Alabama Retail Association, Business Council of Alabama, Remington College, Northstar Travel Media and Focus on Mexico.

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” Philippians 4:13

CELEBRATING 11 YEARS OF SUCCESS!

Benefield brings more than 11 years of experience to her new role at Square Root.

As account services director, she will provide leadership and direction to all account services staff, while focusing on client satisfaction and retention. Benefield is also responsible for developing strategies to foster and respond to business development opportunities among existing clients.

In addition to her new responsibilities, Benefield will continue to serve as an account executive for key accounts, staying in communication with clients throughout the planning, implementation and support phases of projects.

Square Root Interactive is an interactive design agency specializing in Web-based communication solutions and creative services.

AMERIFIRST BANK ANNOUNCES CEO, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

Samuel R. Morgan

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Programs & Special Services College Preparatory Education • Individualized Tutoring Quality Instruction by Certified Teachers Distance Education • Evening School Programs for Special Needs Students

Interdisciplinary Arts Programs Music Education • Drama Productions • Dance Education After school programs (Praise Band, Guitar Lessons)

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Alfred E. Cook

AmeriFirst Bank announced that Samuel R. Morgan has been hired as the president and CEO and Alfred F. Cook Jr. has been named executive chairman of the bank’s board of directors.

Morgan comes to AmeriFirst Bank with 38 years of banking experience. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Auburn University. He graduated from several banking schools, including Louisiana State University School of Banking, University of Oklahoma National Lending Graduate School and Ohio State University Commercial Loan Management School.

Morgan, who has served in numerous banking capacities over the years, will maintain offices in Union Springs and Montgomery.

Cook has served on the AmeriFirst Board since 1995.

He recently retired after serving eight years as director of economic development for the City of Opelika. Cook previously worked in the corporate development department for the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce.

GARRETT NAMED SHAREHOLDER AT RUSHTON, STAKELY, JOHNSTON & GARRETT MONTGOMERY - R. Brett Garrett has been made a shareholder in the law firm of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A. Garrett joined the firm as an associate in 2004.

As a member of the litigation practice group, he handles a wide range of litigation matters with his primary focus on professional liability and general casualty insurance defense.

R. Brett Garrett

Garrett specializes in representing physicians, nurses, hospitals and pharmacies and has significant experience representing medical and nursing professionals in administrative and licensure matters. He also represents a number of health care providers and companies specializing in correctional medicine.

He received an undergraduate degree in political science/premedical studies from the University of Alabama in 2000 and his juris doctor from Cumberland School of Law in 2004.

WALKER360 HIRES VETERAN STRATEGIST MONTGOMERY - Walker360 has announced that Dawn Cherry has joined its team of marketing and advertising professionals.

Cherry, a native of the Tri-County area, worked for 18 years at two topDawn Cherry 50 banks and the past nine years as a marketing strategist and marketing analytics consultant for top-tier banking, natural gas and health care clients.

She has extensive experience in strategic planning, segmentation systems, marketing plan development and implementation, campaign analysis and tracking. Cherry received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in business administration from Troy University.

“Dawn is extremely intelligent and capable,” Walker360 President Taylor Blackwell said. “Her 28 years of experience in all facets of the financial services industry will enable us to provide a new level of service and additional marketing capabilities to our clients.”

Walker360 is an advertising and printing company that offers a range of services from marketing plans and strategies to graphic design and copywriting for radio, TV, print, outdoor, direct mail, websites and packaging.

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HAMPSTEAD INSTITUTE NAMES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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MONTGOMERYEdwin Marty has been named the executive director of The Hampstead Institute.

Marty, who has extensive regional, national and international experience in sustainable agriculture, will oversee everything from planning and educational programs to community outreach and events at Hampstead Farms in East Montgomery and the newly opened Hampstead Institute Downtown Farm.

While working as a garden editor for Southern Living magazine, Marty founded the Jones Valley Urban Farm, a non-profit, educational and working production farm in downtown Birmingham. During his eight-year guidance, Jones Valley Urban Farm grew from a single vacant lot into a citywide farm with 28 acres in production that provides food to restaurants, youth nutrition gardening programs for thousands

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of Birmingham students and garden plots for low-income housing residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Edwin Marty is a national expert and leader in the sustainable food movement,â&#x20AC;? said Chad Emerson, Hampstead Institute board member and director of development for the City of Montgomery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hampstead Institute is thrilled to have Edwin on board to direct our efforts and help make Montgomery and the River Region leading proponents of sustainable agriculture and development nationwide.â&#x20AC;?

The Hampstead Institute Downtown Farm opened in April as a working farm that grows, harvests and sells fresh, locally grown foods. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The unique public-private cooperation in Montgomery presents a tremendous opportunity to promote sustainable agriculture in Alabamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital city,â&#x20AC;?

Marty said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no reason to think Montgomery cannot become a leading model for sustainable agriculture, education and outreach for other markets across the country. I look forward to leading the city and The Hampstead Institute to the forefront of the local, healthy food movement. â&#x20AC;?

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Bailey & Glasser, LLP 201 Monroe Street, Suite 2170 Montgomery, AL 36104 334-262-6485 J.P. Perrine-Managing Partner www.baileyglasser.com Legal Services-Attorneys

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Fine Line Engravers & Gifts 1651 Perry Hill Road Montgomery, AL 36106 334-281-7577 Kim Tomberlin-Owner www.finelineengravers.com Gifts & Specialty-Retail Advertising Specialties

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American Family Care-EastChase 2570 Berryhill Road Montgomery, AL 36117 334-323-1330 Felicia Fortune-Director of Marketing www.americanfamilycare.com Hospitals/Clinics

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Insurance Companies/ Services American General Life & Accident Ins. Co., Morgan Lee-Agent Morgan Lee 2520 Fairlane Drive, Building 3, Suite 300 Montgomery, AL 36116 205-258-2598

Janitorial Service/ Supplies Absolute Janitorial & Lawn Ron Smith P.O. Box 8 Mt. Meigs, AL 36057 334-272-6999

Manufactured Home Community Evergreen Estates Victor Vega 4590 Troy Highway Montgomery, AL 36116 334-288-5629

Music-Piano & Vocal Instruction I Teach Keys Brannon Littleton 8449 Crossland Loop, Suite 113 Montgomery, AL 36117 334-518-9335

Optometrists/Labs Eye Candy Optique Joe Harris 3040 Woodley Road Montgomery, AL 36116 334-356-8915

Payroll Preparation Service Lotus, HR Baylor Wood P.O. Box 231599 Montgomery, AL 36123 334-481-2921

Real Estate Sales and Development Capital Real Estate Solutions, L.L.C. Dwayne Glover P.O. Box 240392 Montgomery, AL 36124 334-396-3180

Veterinarians Chantilly Veterinary Clinic Scott Welch 11123 Chantilly Parkway, Unit G Pike Road, AL 36064 334-277-2110

Photographers Fouts Commercial Photography Robert Fouts 513 Farmington Road Montgomery, AL 36109 334-270-9409

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