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Economic development efforts by our utility subsidiaries to expand and attract business to our service territories average about $7 billion in capital investment and more than 23,000 new jobs each year.
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Economic and Community Development goes beyond recruiting businesses to the Southeast. We also work regionally to get communities ready for commerce, which includes educating the work force. For example, we support the Community Coach program in Georgia. Coaches are business volunteers who support local high school graduation coaches in their efforts to increase graduation rates. In several areas we offer new teacher assistance grants. These $1,000 grants go for classroom supplies to new teachers entering the classroom for the first time. We also work with the International Council of Shopping Centers to jump-start retail recruitment in underdeveloped communities.
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With the help of the Alabama Development Office, PowerSouth, the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama and Troy University, Alabama Power launched a 14-county Alabama Existing Industry Initiative. The utility helped foster $2.1 billion in new corporate investment in 2008, creating 4,629 jobs. Major projects included facilities and expansions from Austal, EADS CASA North America, Brookwood Pharmaceuticals, Heritage Plastics, Kamtek and U.S. Steel.
In 2008, Georgia Power's economic development team worked to bring corporate investment of $1.8 billion from 84 companies to its state, with the potential to create more than 8,400 jobs. Projects included Kia suppliers in west Georgia, Oldcastle Materials in Camak, Suniva in Norcross, Whirlpool in McDonough and Home Depot in Valdosta.
Mississippi Power also received an honorable mention in the Site Selection annual selection of the Top Utilities in Economic Development.
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