With the hum of large earth-moving equipment in the background a “ground-breaking” ceremony for the new Keystone Foods plant today showed the project was way beyond the usual gold-painted shovels usually used for such occasions. The 184,000-square-foot plant at the …

The Gadsden City Council Tuesday approved a tax incentive package for a new business that officials said will create jobs and improve health care. The council approved sales and use tax exemptions and non-education ad valorem tax exemptions for S&H …

Everybody likes a bargain — even industrial recruiters. And the announcement Tuesday of an expansion of Keystone Foods and its location along with Southern Cold Storage to a site at Steele Station and Airport roads could be considered a “two-for-one” …

Tuesday was a good day for the job market in Gadsden, with an announcement of about 200 new jobs and the retention of another 520 jobs. After Gadsden city officials were given a briefing before the council meeting concerning “Project …

The moving of production by S.I.P. Inc. of Delaware to Gadsden will increase production at the plant here by 70 to 80 percent and add about six jobs, a company official said. The firm, which produces steel decking used in …

RAINBOW CITY – Rainbow City announced Monday a new industry coming to the city that eventually will employ about 20 people, according the Gadsden-Etowah County Industrial Development Agency. It was a rapidly developing recruitment process that took less than a …

For the second year in a row, announced industrial projects totaled more than $100 million, Gadsden-Etowah Industrial Development Authority executive director Mike McCain said. Six announced projects representing a capital investment of $148 million will retain 520 jobs and create …

School officials say a new $3.5 million automotive center will be located at the East Broad campus of Gadsden State Community College. GSCC recently applied for a grant from $55 million in funds earmarked for special projects in the state’s …