| Mobile Alabama business is thriving. Mobile is | | | | Mobile continues to draw new manufacturing |
| located in southwest Alabama on the Mobile River | | | | business to the area. In 2007, ThyssenKrupp |
| right at Mobile Bay. It is about 30 minutes from | | | | manufacturing brought its carbon steel and |
| the Gulf of Mexico, a couple of hours from New | | | | stainless steel processing facility to Mobile, |
| Orleans, and fewer than five hours from Atlanta. | | | | pumping almost $4 billion into the new plant on |
| The Mobile metropolitan area covers a land mass | | | | Mobile Bay. Other manufacturers include Standard |
| of almost 3000 square miles and includes both | | | | Furniture, Austal USA, Atlantic Marine, Goodrich |
| Mobile and Baldwin counties. | | | | Aerospace, a large number of other shipbuilders, |
| Mobile is an old southern city that has managed to | | | | aerospace engineering companies, and millwork |
| keep up with the times without losing its provincial | | | | corporations. |
| charm. Its historical districts proudly maintain | | | | All of this bodes very well for small business in |
| homes as old as the 19th century, while its new | | | | Mobile. A growing economy and population means |
| subdivisions are full of state-of-the-art houses and | | | | small business bursting at seams. Retail stores, |
| modern homeowners associations. The cost of | | | | service businesses, education opportunities, |
| living in Mobile is low compared to the rest of the | | | | restaurants, delis, mom-and-pop stores, |
| country but the standard of living provides a high | | | | entertainment venues -- all of these small |
| quality of life for its residents. | | | | businesses work in a symbiotic relationship with |
| Mobile Alabama is a strong hub for regional health | | | | the exploding manufacturing establishment. |
| services along the central Gulf Coast. The | | | | Add to this relationship the prime location that |
| University of South Alabama, located in west | | | | Mobile enjoys on the Gulf Coast and her low cost |
| Mobile, has a strong school of medicine that keeps | | | | of living, and it becomes clear that small business |
| the medical professionals in Mobile on the cutting | | | | in Mobile Alabama can and will continue to thrive |
| edge of both research and practice. | | | | and to contribute to the healthy growth of this |
| Naturally, Mobile is blessed with strong commerce | | | | beautiful city. |
| in ship building, offshore oil exploration, and shipping | | | | We are proud of our businesses, our practices, |
| and distribution. Residents are proud of their | | | | and the people who own and operate the |
| waterfront convention Center, and it hosts | | | | professional, retail, and service companies that |
| conventions and conferences throughout the year | | | | keep Mobile moving forward. Mobile Alabama |
| that continue to encourage healthy business and | | | | business is moving boldly into the future. |
| tourism. | | | | |