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.