Press Release from Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs July 18, 20019

Gov. Ivey awards grant to help provide new jobs in DeKalb County

MONTGOMERY— A $130,000 grant awarded by Gov. Kay Ivey will help DeKalb County gain a new foothold on the textile industry and create 15 new jobs.

Student to graduate high school and college within same month

Edy Aguilar 

Fort Payne High School senior Mark McGullion will be graduating this May from high school, as well as from Northeast Alabama Community College through the college’s dual enrollment program.

The dual enrollment program allows high school students to begin their college courses while still in high school. Dual enrollment allows students to receive both high school and college credit for a college course taught at the high school, online, or on the NACC campus during the fall, spring, or summer term.

Made In DeKalb 2019

  MADE IN DEKALB 2019

 SPONSORS

DeKalb County Community Development Commission

Alabama Technology Network

City of Fort Payne

City of Rainsville

DeKalb County Economic Development Authority

Fort Payne Chamber of Commerce

Fort Payne Improvement Authority

Marshall DeKalb Electric Cooperative

Northeast Alabama Community College

Rainsville Chamber of Commerce

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative

Wills Valley Recreation Center

Pam Clay Graduated from TVA’s Professional Rural Leadership Institute

 

DeKalb County, Alabama – Pam Clay, Business Retention and Expansion Director of the DeKalb County Economic Development Authority, recently graduated from TVA’s Rural Leadership Institute. The Rural Leadership Institute, developed and sponsored by TVA Economic Development, provides professional leadership training to rural community economic development professionals in the TVA service area.

NACC Once Again Named as One of the Top 150 US Community collegees by the Aspen Institute

NACC IN THE NEWS!

For immediate release—October 11, 2017

Officials at Northeast Alabama Community College have just been notified that NACC has once again been named as one of the nation’s top 150 community colleges by the Aspen Institute. The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC.

5th Annual Made In DeKalb Expo Success

February 17, 2017 | Diana Goss

The Fifth Annual Made In DeKalb (MID) Expo was a huge success yesterday as over 1,800 students were able to meet the industries in DeKalb County Alabama. 15 of the 16 Career Clusters were represented by 74 participating vendors such as transportation, logistics, construction, engineering, agriculture, tourism, mechanics, cosmetology, healthcare, and the media met their future workforce. 

Sock mill to add 442 more jobs

Kayla Beaty | Posted: Thursday, February 9, 2017 5:25 pm

   

Sock mill to add 442 more jobs

Fort Payne was, at one time, known internationally as the “Sock Capital of the World,” and while the city may be a ways away from regaining that moniker, a new deal with Wal-Mart and the Renfro Corporation is a positive step in the right direction.

NACC Engineering Tech Students Score Well Above National Average

Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC) Engineering Technician students recently scored an average of 12.4 points above the national average on the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) Engineering Technician examination.

DeKalb County Alabama GIG Country

When the President of the United States spoke recently about the need for greater broadband speeds in our country, he showed a chart listing cities where gigabit Internet access is available: Hong Kong, Paris, Chattanooga and Kansas City were among them.

Now you can add Geraldine to that list.

FORT PAYNE Takes Green to a New Level

FORT PAYNE has been designated as a Valley Sustainable Silver Community in Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) economic development program. 

Fort Payne recently completed the program sponsored by TVA and developed and administered by consultant Boyette Strategic Advisors (BSA.) “This takes Fort Payne’s economic development marketing efforts to prospective and existing sustainably-focused companies to a whole new level,” said Jimmy Durham, Executive Director of DeKalb County Economic Development Authority.