Ready
for another
new industry!
Cooperation was the word of the day as city and county officials
met on January 31st to cut the ribbon on Speculative Building
Number 5 at Cullman Industrial Complex II.
Speculative
Building Number 5 is a continuation of the “spec” building program of
the county and city governments, industrial development boards and
economic development offices. “Spec” Building Number 6 is already
planned and ready to start construction when Number 5 is occupied.
The theme
of cooperation was evident as a number of speakers addressed the crowd
gathered to celebrate progress and as entities involved in the project
attended the ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
Partners
of the project attending were representatives from Cullman Area Chamber of
Commerce, TVA and its local distributors Cullman Electric Cooperative and
Cullman Power Board, local banks who participated in financing the
project, Cullman Mayor and City Council, Cullman County Commission,
Cullman County and City of Cullman Industrial Development Boards, City of
Cullman Community and Economic Development Office and Cullman County
Economic Development Office.
“It’s
cooperation that has gotten us where we are today, “ said Cullman County
Commission Chairman Norman Tucker.
“ The
“spec” buildings have created over 1,000 new jobs in Cullman
County,” said Cullman Mayor Don Green. “That spirit of cooperation is
very important.”
The
new 100,000 square feet building was built by local Cullman County
companies and financed by the City of Cullman and Cullman County
Commission through the local banks in Cullman County and TVA.
Waymon
Pace of TVA told the crowd “A lot of communities would love to be where
you are, but they won’t pull together, they won’t help themselves”.
Local economic development officials
are proud of the fact that this project was built by local people and
local businesses. The project engineering was done by the Cullman
engineering firm of St. John & Associates, site preparation by Bates
Roadbuilders, the building was manufactured by Inland Buildings of Cullman
and erected by Eidson & Associates of Cullman.
“We
appreciate the hard work of the county and city. They not only attract new
industry with the “spec” building program, they also contribute to the
175-180 local people who work at Inland Buildings in Cullman,” said
Robert South of Inland Buildings.
Inland
Buildings markets internationally with offices throughout the country. The
corporate office is in Cullman and the manufacturing plant is in Cullman.
Inland Buildings manufactures state of the art design and highest quality
structures from 5,000 to 1 million square feet with unobstructed
interiors. For more information about Inland Buildings go to www.inlandbuildings.com.
For additional information about the Cullman/Cullman County 100,000
square feet “spec” building contact Peggy Smith at Cullman Community
& Economic Development 256 739-1891 or E-mail peggys@cullmaneda.org
or contact Randall Shedd at Cullman County Commission Department of
Economic Development 800-227-3412 or 256 775-4696 or rshedd@co.cullman.al.us.
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