If you look at a map, you will notice there is no interstate highway connecting Memphis to Birmingham, two major industrial cities of the Southeast. That lack of good road certainly did not help the growth prospects in Northwest Alabama, which historically based its economy on natural resources—coal and pulpwood—and smaller cottage industries. ...

MS Statewide Economic Development Agencies Mississippi Development Authority Gray Swoope Executive Director P.O. Box 849 Jackson, MS USA 39205-0849 601-359-9388 gswoope@mississippi.org www.mississippi.org Mississippi Economic Development Council Carol Hardwick Executive Director & COO P.O. Box 3721 Jackson, MS USA 39027 601-352-1909 carol@medc.ms www.medc.ms MS Utilities Electric Power Association of Mi ...

VA Statewide Economic Development Agencies The Virginia Department of Business Assistance Lynda Sharp Anderson Agency Director 707 East Main Street, Suite 300 Richmond, VA USA 23219 804-371-8200 vbic@vdba.virginia.gov www.vdba.virginia.gov Virginia Economic Development Partnership Jeff Anderson Executive Director 901 East Byrd Street Richmond, VA USA 23219 804-545-5600 info@yesvirginia.org www.yesvirginia.o ...

WV Statewide Economic Development Agencies West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Stephen G. Roberts President P.O. Box 2789 Charleston, WV USA 25330 304-342-1115 sroberts@wvchamber.com www.wvchamber.com West Virginia Development Office Mark R. Julian Director of Business and Industrial Development Capitol Complex, Building 6, Room 504 Charleston, WV USA 25305 304-558-2234 mark.r.julian@wv.gov www.wvcommerce.org ...

FL Statewide Economic Development Agencies Enterprise Florida Gray Swoope Secretary of Commerce President & CEO, Enterprise Florida The Atrium Building, Suite 201 325 John Knox Road Tallahassee, FL 32303 850.298.6642 information@eflorida.com www.eflorida.com Would you like to advertise here? call 732-559-1265 or email Jim Semple at jsemple@groupc.com FL Utilities Would you like to advertise here? call 732-5 ...

KY Statewide Economic Development Agencies Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development Larry Hayes Secretary Old Capitol Annex, 300 West Broadway Frankfort, KY USA 40601 800-626-2930 econdev@ky.gov www.thinkkentucky.com University of Kentucky Deborah Weiss Director, Marketing & Public Relations, Office of Commercialization & Economic Development A 268 ASTeCC Building, University of Kentucky Lexington, ...

LA Statewide Economic Development Agencies Louisiana Economic Development Mary Jo Hanover Business Development Services 1051 North Third Street Baton Rouge, LA USA 70802 225-342-3000 hanover@la.gov www.opportunitylouisiana.com Would you like to advertise here? call 732-559-1265 or email Jim Semple at jsemple@groupc.com LA Utilities AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company Frank Crockett Economic Development ...

NC Statewide Economic Development Agencies Carolina Center for Competitive Economics Brent Lane Executive Director The Kenan Center, CB# 3440 Chapel Hill, NC USA 27599-3400 919-962-8871 brent_lane@unc.edu www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu North Carolina Department of Commerce Tiffany McNeill Client Services Manager 301 North Wilmington Street, 4310 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC USA 27699-4310 919-733-4977 tmcneil ...

SC Statewide Economic Development Agencies South Carolina Department of Commerce Bill Cronin Director, Global Business Development 1201 Main Street, Suite 1600 Columbia, SC USA 29201 800-868-7232 bcronin@sccommerce.com www.sccommerce.com Would you like to advertise here? call 732-559-1265 or email Jim Semple at jsemple@groupc.com SC Utilities Santee Cooper George Haygood, CEcD Economic Development Program D ...

TN Statewide Economic Development Agencies Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development Matt Kisber Commissioner 312 Rosa Parks Boulevard, 11th Floor Nashville, TN USA 37243 615-741-1888 matt.kisber@tn.gov www.state.tn.us/ecd/ Would you like to advertise here? call 732-559-1265 or email Jim Semple at jsemple@groupc.com TN Utilities Bristol Tennessee Essential Services April L. Eads, CEcD Bus ...