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15 Franklin County industry employees received Leadership Skills Certification through Alabama Industrial Development Training. Five local industries participated. If you were unable to send employees to the first class, another is being offered from August 31 - September 1. Download invitation for Class 2.

Senator Bedford has helped secure $650,000 in funding to extend sewer service into the Phil Campbell Industrial Park. Download the press release.

Senator Roger Bedford announced today that $655,000 funding has been secured to extend sewer into the Vina Industrial Park. And, an additional $900,000 funding has been secured to construct a speculative building in the Park. Download the press release.

State Senator Roger Bedford announced on July 26th that the Alabama Bond Commission, on which he serves as a member, has secured $195,000 for needed upgrades to the 190 acre industrial park. The funds will be used to prepare a pad ready site for a future company or speculative building and will be used to extend an existing road, along with other aesthetic improvements. The MG Industrial Park is the only park in the county and was the third in the state to be designated an AdvantageSite by State officials. Download the press release.

NW-SCC Phil Campbell hosted a special extended Business & Industry Leadership Program. From Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement, Compliance Specialist Joey May and Agent Adam Buchanan presented a Compliance Update that included topics on drugs and alcohol, spotting fake ID's, and employer I-9 Forms. From Lowe Mobley, Lowe & LeDuke, Matthew LeDuke and Jonathan Lowe presented an Employment Law Update that included recent case law and best practices tips.

The Business & Industry Leadership Program is sponsored by the Franklin County Development Authority to provide information, insight, networking opportunities, and resources to business and industry leaders. The next meeting will be September 15th.

AIDT Leadership Development training programs introduce team leaders, supervisors, and managers to effective leadership responsibilities, communication skills, teamwork, and motivational techniques. This two-day course will focus on skills that all leaders need to be effective. Download the invitation.

The Russellville Spec Building open house ceremony was held on November 10th. Over 50 people showed up to get a tour of the newly completed 55,700 sq. ft. building.

Groundbreaking was held for the $1.2 million Multi-Skilled Training Center at NW-SCC, Phil Campbell Campus. Officials shoveled the first dirt in the groundbreaking ceremony held for the new $1.2 Multi-Skilled Training Center to be constructed at the Phil Campbell campus of Northwest-Shoals Community College. The Multi-Skilled Training Center will give NW-SCC students attending the Phil Campbell campus the added option of training to enter the workforce in either welding or machine tool (CNC).

Shown left to right are: Mitchell B. Mays, Executive Director of the Franklin County Development Authority; state representative Johnny Mack Morrow; Phil Campbell Mayor Jerry Mays; Northwest-Shoals Community College President Humphrey Lee; Congressman Robert Aderholt; State Senator Roger Bedford and State Board of Education Member Gary Warren.

FCDA would like to congratulate Mr. Clint Dotson on his “Michael D. Roberts North Alabama Excellence Award” presented to him on September 15, 2009 by the North Alabama Industrial Development Authority. Download the press release in a PDF format.