Great Expectations for Birmingham’s Recovery

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Great Expectations for Birmingham’s Recovery

By Lee Styslinger III Much has been written about the latest rankings from Business Facilities magazine, which gave Alabama overall high marks and cited Birmingham and Huntsville as having the best business climate among all metro areas their size. That Huntsville ranked No. 1 in the small-sized metro category comes as no surprise. The northern […]

Source: The Birmingham Times

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