Cullman and Selma are among the Alabama small cities and metro areas that received a shoutout from Site Selection magazine for economic development success in the national publication’s extensive 2023 Governor’s Cups analysis.
Cullman ranked No. 2 in Site Selection’s round-up of the nation’s Top 100 Micropolitans, based on 11 growth projects that met the magazine’s strict criteria for gauging projects.
The bounty included expansion projects at auto parts manufacturers and aerospace companies, as well as a $350 million automation project at a sprawling Walmart distribution hub, the city’s largest-ever investment project.
“An investment of that size, you figure you’ve got them at least for another 20 or 30 years,” Dale Greer, director of the Cullman Economic Development Agency, told Site Selection.
