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The St. Clair County Economic Development Council, a private-public partnership, is the economic development organization for St. Clair County, Alabama.
WORKFORCE
EXPLORE WORKFORCE
POPULATION
EXPLORE DEMOGRAPHICS
$500 MILLION
HISTORY OF SUCCESS
OUR ADVANTAGES
BUSINESS
ADVANTAGES
St. Clair County is home to a diverse economy with business-friendly taxing and regulation systems.
TALENT
ATTRACTION
Located on the corridors of two interstates, St. Clair County is the perfect base for those working from home or traveling to work.
OUTDOOR
RECREATION
With two lakes and a mountain range in its borders, a wide range of outdoor experiences are at our doorstep.
PROGRESSIVE
REGION
Looking at the future needs of the County, the St. Clair County aims to be proactive and future-friendly.
Metro Bank has invested in St. Clair County for almost 30 years, with six locations throughout the county. During that time, we have learned it’s the people who live in St. Clair County that make our county a tremendous place to do business. It’s a special people, the citizens of St. Clair County, that make this county stand out as somewhere in which we want to continue to invest for many years to come.
Pell City, being located on I-20 provides excellent visibility and access to the new entertainment facility which will serve as a draw and a destination attraction from miles around. St. Clair County has some 87,000 residents, but no movie theatre or bowling alley to call its own, rather residents have had to make long drives to other cities to enjoy a movie or bowling. Both Pell City and St. Clair County officials and residents got behind this project from the beginning, and without the support of the local constituency working diligently to make this project a reality it couldn’t have happened. The area continues growing, so getting ahead of that growth with an entertainment complex of this size and quality is a big step toward continuing to attract additional businesses and consumers to the area.
As a commercial developer, I have been ‘selling’ Pell
City and St. Clair County for a long time. It has not been difficult to make a convincing argument on why you should locate your business in Pell City, and it has been a very successful strategy for my company. Pell City is the hub of an economic region, pulling business from multiple counties to its state-of-the-art hospital, its cutting-edge community college and its beautiful lake with 275 miles of shoreline and a national reputation for fishing. Couple those selling points with governmental leadership providing a business-friendly climate, and it only underscores the belief that St. Clair County should be a destination point for business.
WKW is proud to be a part of the local business community and as one of the larger employers in St. Clair County, we want to be a consistent contributor to the economic growth in this part of the state. We are looking forward to further developing our great partnership with the St. Clair EDC as they have been instrumental to our success and longevity in the region.
The business climate is good in St. Clair County. We are 110 years old now. They are pro-business. The leadership of St. Clair County – the mayors, county commission, EDC and the people in St. Clair County are good people to work with. We have four generations working for us. We have been involved with the EDC almost since its inception, and we look at the business they have gotten to come into St. County, and it’s just phenomenal. St. Clair is a unique county. They seem to be able to come together as one. They’re united. There’s spirit of cooperation and unity St. Clair County has been able to develop to move forward.
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