Come see why so many people are loving our city.
When I travel, I more times than not get the question about us being layed back, a bit slower, or even naturally lazy, all beacuse we speak slowly..... What people don't understand unless you live here .....Southerners have love affairs with words..
We speak slower because our "love of the " that we can't stand to part with them. We caress them, massage them, polish them and linger over them lovingly before allowing them to go on their way with a lilt and an inflection found nowhere else in the world.
I'm told by many, it's because we have a habit of taking a sip of the " elixir of life " with every word and sentence. Who know's .....what I do know , I love this place and the wonderful people who make the place I live so great.
Mobile is ranked #1 (forbes) as the city with best job/income growth in America for the next 5 years. In laymens terms, Mobile's leaders got the infrastructure in place that IS NOW ramping up the economic growth in the city.
A trade magazine for economic development put Mobile at the verge of adding over 55,000 jobs over the next 7 years.. and most of those will pay over $35,000 annually according to their report with over 73,000 moving into Mobile in that same period. Personally I think Mobile could literally see its population double in 7 to 10 years as if the economy continues to worsen, people will flock to cities that have job opportunities as Mobile is becomming recession-proof.
ThyssenKrupp AG of Dusseldorf, Germany, has chosen north Mobile County for a steel mill now valued at $4.billion The Alabama site, which is near Mount Vernon and on the Tombigbee River, was chosen over a site along the Mississippi River near Convent, La.
"This is a game-changing decision for Mobile, Alabama," Mobile Mayor Sam Jones said "We are no longer living on potential - we are living up to it. This plant will have a tremendously positive impact on our citizens for years to come."
If the Air Force contract holds up, and Northrop Grumman and its European partner EADS are allowed to proceed, Barnidge said the employment payoff for Mobile and Pensacola could be enormous.
"The economic impact in Alabama and Florida is expected to be about 6,500 high-paying jobs," he said. "And the spin off jobs from suppliers and other services associated with the assembly plant in Mobile could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars for Northwest Florida.
Come see why we love this city !
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