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Birmingham, Ala. – October 16, 2024 – The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Miller Girvin as its next President, effective January 1, 2025. This transition follows the retirement of Greg Barker, who will step down as President of EDPA on December 31, 2024, after more than four…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 1, 2024) – Fuel Alabama (FuelAL), a talent attraction and retention program of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA), in partnership with Innovate Alabama, is proud to announce its collaboration with 10 select communities to offer summer programming for college students. Partnering communities will offer professional development, service opportunities, mentorship and…

Birmingham, Alabama, Feb. 5, 2024 – The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) hosted its highly anticipated inaugural Investor Connector event, bringing together fast-growing startups and out-of-state venture capitalists for two days of speed networking and relationship building.   “We’ve been hoping to put together an event like this for a long time, so we’re…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Feb.9, 2023) – The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship and FuelAL, a program of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA), are proud to announce partnership in hosting the Second Annual Governor’s Summit on Talent Retention & Work-Based Learning. The Summit will take place in Mobile, Alabama, at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel,…

There is no doubt the topic of infrastructure is on the minds of many Americans. Seventy-four percent of respondents to a June 2021 Pew Research poll identified infrastructure in the U.S. as a “big problem.” But infrastructure is much more than the highway paving projects and municipal utility overhauls we usually think about. In fact,…