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Cullman County Economic Development Office

Cullman County
Economic Development


614 Second Avenue SW
Cullman, AL 35055

Phone: 256-775-4696
Fax: 256-736-2435

Director: Sammie Danford

About CCEDO

The Cullman County Economic Development Office provides a variety of services. CCEDO, at the discretion of the Cullman County Commission, assists local municipalities in aquiring funds for community development projects, such as walking trails, parks, boat docks, improvements to community buildings and others. Each year, CCEDO participates in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Firefighters Assistance Grant Program, aiding local volunteer fire and rescue organizations in obtaining funding for personal protective equipment, operating and training equipment, and vehicles. CCEDO also aids other county departments in obtaining grant monies and other federal and state funding.

The Cullman County Economic Development Office is also responsible for the promotion of Cullman County through this website, which it maintains along with several other county sites, including the Cullman County EMA website and the Cullman County Sheriff's Office website. The office also assists other county offices with the maintenance and updating of their own seperate websites, such as the Cullman Animal Shelter and the Cullman County Parks & Recreation Department.CCEDO also aids county offices in the production of audio/visual presentations and other electronic and print documents as well as assisting the County Commission Office's Data Processing Department with computer/networking issues at the courthouse and outlying county offices. CCEDO is also responsible for the administration of the courthouse phone system and acts as a liason on communications issues for all county offices.

CCEDO also works closely with the Cullman County Industrial Development Board, facilitating and hosting board meetings, and with the Cullman Economic Development Agency, who handle industrial recruitment for the area, as well as with the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce.

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CCEDO Staff & County Industrial Development Board

Staff


Name: Sammie Danford
Job Title: Director/Project Coordinator
Job Description:
Administration; authoring of grants; coordination of funding projects with local officials
Name: Rich Partain
Job Title: IT Specialist/Webmaster
Job Description:
Maintenance and development of county websites; author/edit press releases for local media and articles for the web; administration of Definity phone system at courthouse; act as communications coordinator for county offices; PC troubleshooting and repair; assist with grants.
   
Name: Cherrie Haney
Job Title: Office Manager
Job Description: Research grants, assist with grant applications, maintain media library, public relations.
   
Name: Buchanan Jackson
Job Title: Project Coordinator
Job Description: Research and author grants; coordination of funding projects with local officials.

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Cullman County Industrial Development Board

Raymond Williams
Chairman

Merchants Bank
Cullman, AL


Scotty Segroves
Vice-Chair
Scotty Segroves, CPA
Greg Barksdale
Secretary/Treasurer

Agent, ALFA Insurance Agency in Cullman
Dr. Jerry Galin
Past-Chair
Galin Enterprises

Billy Faulk
President of
First Federal Bank in Cullman

Grant Crider
Hired-Hand
Bremen, AL
Gordon Dunagan
Mike Eddy
Dr. James Thomas III
 
Cullman Economic Development Agency
The Cullman Community and Economic Development Agency (CEDA) is the office responsible for assisting with expansions of existing industry and recruiting new industry seeking to relocate or open a new facility in Cullman County.

Director: Peggy Smith
Phone: 256-739-1891
Fax: 256-739-6721

Website: http://www.cullmaneda.org

Email: cullmaneda@cullmaneda.org

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Economic Development Links

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