Results
A summary of the results of the IDA's work from our inception can be found in our news articles.
Headlight, an economic data research firm ranked Gadsden #3 in manufacturing employment growth in Alabama during 2014; an article from 2015 discusses the report details.
An accounting of our activities and accomplishments in 2014 is HERE.
Information about employment and unemployment during 2009-2013 is HERE.
A progress report is available which shows Gadsden's wage growth (see page 2) as ranking #15 in the U.S. during 2010-2012.
Click HERE for articles about Gadsden being a "Leading Location" in the U.S. for economic and job growth during 2007-2012.
Click HERE for an article that ranked Gadsden #11 among small metro areas in the U.S. for new business attraction during 2000-2007.
The IDA produced an Economic Impact report describing the impact of IDA projects during 1985-2006.
Site Selection magazine named the IDA as one of the top development groups in the U.S.
Business Facilities magazine chose the IDA as a recipient of its Economic Development Achievement Award of Special Merit.
Southern Business and Development magazine placed Gadsden on its “hot markets” list due to the impact of IDA projects.
Economic Development Tomorrow cited the IDA as a model of professional practice.
IDA program successes constitute a chapter in Plant Closures and Community Recovery.
Office innovations at the IDA comprise a case study in Computer Applications in Economic Development.
Our business recruitment techniques were highlighted in Marketing Cities in the 1980’s and Beyond.
The global management consulting firm Arthur D. Little, Inc. selected our existing industry assistance program as one of the best development projects in the nation.
An economic research report from the University of Alabama at Huntsville concluded that Gadsden was the “leading turnaround area” in the state since the mid-1980s.
New tax revenues generated by IDA projects over the years exceed the funds allocated to our budget by a wide margin. Some of the companies with which we have worked appear below.
 ALDOT |
 AmeriCold Logistics |
 Averitt Express |
 Choice Fabricators |
 Crown Column & Millwork |
 Fehrer Automotive |
 DPP-Flocking Division |
 Inteva Products |
 Goodyear Expansion |
 DPP-Plastics Division |
 G-N Compaction |
 Gadsden Fabrication |
 Gadsden Tool |
 Gadsden Warehousing |
 Jay Mid-South LLC |
 Kentucky Farm Kitchens |
 Keystone Foods |
 Leach & Company |
 Millard Refrigerated Services |
 Cintas |
 NARMCO Plant #2 |
 NARMCO Plant #3 |
 Praxair |
 Job Corps Center |
 Putnam Plastics |
 Southern Cold Storage |
 R.J. Corman |
 Signode Tool Repair |
 Simmons Sign Company |
 Southern Steel Products |
 MS-2 LLC |
 Tate's Machine Shop |
 Techtrix |
 Tennessee Aluminum Processors |
 Koch Foods |
 NARMCO Plant #1 |
 Rainbow Cultured Marble |
 RC Mold and Machine |
 Pacific Trading |
 PMDF, LLC |
Industrial progress can not happen without a cohesive public/private partnership and a cooperative team effort. To cite just one example, all of the following were involved with the IDA in recruiting the NARMCO Group’s Prince Metal Stampings plant to the Gadsden Airport Industrial Park. Subsequently, NARMCO’s favorable experience in Gadsden resulted in their decision to invest $25 million and build a second plant, and then to purchase a 240,000 sq ft building for a third plant here.
Economic Development Partnership of Alabama
Alabama Development Office (now named the Alabama Department of Commerce)
Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute
Alabama Career Center office in Gadsden
Alabama Department of Revenue
Alabama Automotive Corridor Alliance
Alabama Technology Network Center in Gadsden
Economic Development Department, Alabama Power
Economic Development Department, Alabama Gas
External Affairs Department, AT&T
Mayor of Gadsden
Gadsden City Council
Gadsden Planning Department
Gadsden Engineering Department
Gadsden Geographic Information Systems Department
Gadsden Legal Department
Gadsden Finance Department
Gadsden Building Department
Gadsden Revenue Department
Gadsden Fire Department
Gadsden Airport Authority
Industrial Development Board, City of Gadsden
Water Works and Sewer Board, City of Gadsden
City of Attalla
Etowah County Commission
Etowah County Revenue Department
Gadsden State Community College
Mid-South Industries
Mid-South Electronics
Stamped Products
Techtrix
Rainbow Powder Coatings
Dixie Tool & Die
Gadsden Tool Company
Choice Fabricators
Inteva Products
Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP
Maynard Cooper & Gale PC
Henslee Robertson Strawn & Sullivan LLC
Inzer Haney & McWhorter PA
Donald W. Causey & Associates PC
Jones Blair Waldrup & Tucker, Inc.
Qore Engineering
Gadsden-Etowah County Chamber of Commerce
Contributors to Partnership 2000 and Horizons 2012
In Etowah County, the partnership is effective and the team effort is successful.