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Published: Thu, January 31, 2008 - 3:48 pm
A new survey of America's fastest growing metro areas shows Mobile is a front-runner in the United States. According to research forecasts
from Moody's Economy.com, the Port City is projected to have the nation's greatest change in "gross metropolitan product" (GMP). Numbers
show we could see a 34% increase from 2007-2012. Other Alabama cities like Huntsville and Montgomery are not far behind either. In our area the announcement of a 3.7 billion dollar steel plant built by ThyssenKrupp paces economic development. Statewide, automotive manufacturing operations have located to the state, including DaimlerChrysler, Honda, Toyota, and Hyundai. The study looked at 363 cities in the country with an "urban core" of at least 50,000. Other metro areas that made the list include Port St. Lucie, Florida and Texarkana, Arkansas, and St. George, Utah. the study also looked at the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas. Austin, Texas came in at number one. Atlanta, Seattle, and Orlando aren't far behind.
Besides GMP, the study also looked at population growth, job growth, housing starts, and personal income growth. Mobile ranked among the top in those statistics as well. Take a look at the full story by Forbes Magazine just click on the related link right side of this page
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very nice; Steven, it’s 3.7 Billion (B), and (TooK) on the last sentence, I felt trapped in the revolving door.
I graduated from Brookleys’ Aviation school and AIDT, I highly recommend this Maintenance school and instructors of EOCC Mobile.
There were no race problems at all with a 50/50 mix of students.