Invitation to the Community
To the residents of Houston County,
The 2nd Annual Economic Summit on Jobs was held August 31, 2011. This partnership of the City of Dothan, Houston County and the Wiregrass Chamber of Commerce has given this community an opportuntiy to come together to work on goals that will set the stage for job creation.
If you were not able to attend but still would like to be involved there is contact information below. Postings of their progress will be located in the “Latest News” section of this website.
Some of the projects for this year.
Workforce Development-(1) Customer Service Training project to be held at the Civic Center sometime in the Spring/Summer of 2012. 2) Consolidated information repository for workforce development assets and programs in our local area.
Infrastructure: Determine areas throughout the Wiregrass conducive to locating a large industrial site or new industrial park. Research by various subgroups will determine availability of utilities, connectivity to highways/transport as well as rail access, and technology assets. Study will not be site specific, but rank areas according to all available assets.
Agriculture- Work to increase small farming marketing options with an ultimate goal of organizing a non-profit organization called WADA (Wiregrass Agriculture Development Association) to assist and expand farming in the area.
Please join us as we set our sights on new horizons!
Sincerely,
Below are the names and email addresses of the leaders for each of the groups so you may contact them.
Beki Johnston - Medical bekij@southernbone.com
Jansen Tidmore- Quality of Life JTidmore@wdhn.com
Forrest Register – Infrastructure forrest@register-company.com
Mackroyce Corbit- Entrepreneurship info@mackroyce.com
The Entrepreneurship group will have a free educational seminar on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at the Mixon Business Center, Dothan. Click for additional details. The Entrepreneurship Group Seminar – Brainstorming for success
Scott Applefield- Aviation scott.applefield@wincollc.com
Michael Jackson – Agriculture mjackson@dife.us
Vincent Vincent – Workforce Dev. vvincent@wallace.edu
Workforce Development work session to be held at Mr. Vincent’s Wallace College office: 5565 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, Tuesday, December 6, 2011 -at 2:00 PM - See additional information about this group in the Latest News section.
