Helping Smaller Communities Plan, Grow and Prosper
Yoholo Micco Rail Trail, Eufaula, Alabama
WHAT DOES ACE DO?
ACE provides technical assistance to select communities with populations of 2,000 to 18,000 through a comprehensive, three-phase approach.
ACE advocates leadership development and engages in a municipality’s vision and plans for growth and enhanced quality of life.
WHAT DEFINES AN ACE COMMUNITY?
- Fosters growth and prosperity by focusing on its distinctive assets and resources
- Establishes a vision based on the community’s unique values, concerns, and priorities
- Engages a broad base of community stakeholders to develop and implement short-term and long-range plans to achieve that vision
- Strives to meet defined ideas that embrace Leadership, Planning, Economic Development, and Quality of Life issues such as education, healthcare, and public safety.
The Latest News from ACE
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"National publication Area Development reports that a survey of site selection professionals again ranked Alabama among the top states for business, citing a range of factors that contribute to an inviting growth environment.
Alabama ranks No. 6 overall in the magazine’s 2021 ‘Top States for Doing Business’ analysis, same as the previous year. The showing continues a long run in the survey’s Top 10 that reflects Alabama’s longstanding emphasis on facilitating economic growth and job creation.
In addition, Alabama earned Top 10 rankings in 10 out of 13 individual categories in the area development survey, spanning the spectrum of critical economic development issues."
Read the entire Alabama NewsCenter feature at bit.ly/2XdLbkS.
To read the Area Development article, visit bit.ly/2XmjgPZ.
The Federal Reserve and USDA-RD want to hear from small business owners and key financial decision-makers of for-profit businesses. The 2021 Small Business Credit Survey is now open to businesses currently in operation, recently closed, or about to launch. You can expect questions about business conditions, financing needs, and the effects of the pandemic on your business. By taking the confidential survey, you will contribute to data that directly informs the Fed, federal government agencies, service providers, and others.
You have until November 19 to take the survey at bit.ly/3CaCyXc.
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September is National Preparedness Month. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency is featuring a different theme each week this month to help the state’s residents better prepare for weather-related emergencies. Follow along with their Facebook posts this week to learn more about low-cost preparedness and knowing your risk for disasters.
If you missed the first two weeks, catch up with posts about creating an emergency evacuation plan and emergency kit.
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On September 30 at 6:00 p.m., Alabama Rivers Alliance and Alabama Public Television will host the free virtual premiere of the 2021 Southern Exposure Film Series. The Southern Exposure Film Fellowship is a six-week summer program hosted by the Alabama Rivers Alliance that provides a challenging learning experience for emerging documentary filmmakers who seek to develop their voices as environmental advocates.
"We’ll explore a once-in-a-generation chance to change the operation of a major dam, and discover a special place at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains. We’ll hear stories untold-until-now about the remarkable families along the Selma to Montgomery March route, grapple with the wastewater infrastructure challenges, and meet amazing advocates working to protect their communities. Join us for an evening of documentary films, with live panel discussion and Q & A following."
To watch the series, RSVP at this link bit.ly/3nvKz5c.
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We're looking forward to this event and these important Alabama stories!
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Our ACE Communities
The leadership found in our ACE Communities provides the backbone of our program.
Along with our team of partners, community leaders and long-time professional staff, we’re helping Alabama grow stronger one community at a time.
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