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Shelby County residents healthiest in state, new study reports
- Shelby County Reporter February 17, 2010
Shelby County’s residents are the healthiest in Alabama, reports a national study by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...
 
Shelby Baptist tower to open
- The Birmingham News November 18, 2009
Shelby Baptist Medical Center unveils its $92 million expansion at a 2 p.m. ceremony today, marking the completion of the single largest capital project in Baptist Health System history...
 
Calera, Alabaster and Helena among the best 100 places to live, according to Money magazine
- The Birmingham News July 14, 2009
Three Shelby County cities are among the best 100 places to live, according to Money magazine. Calera, Alabaster and Helena were chosen as some of America's best small towns...
 
Shelby schools tops in online data
- The Birmingham News June 2, 2009
The Shelby County school system leads the state's 132 public school districts in keeping students, parents, employees and other stakeholders informed online...
 
EGS building $8 million follow-up spec building in Shelby County
- Birmingham Business Journal March 27, 2009
Following up on its successful Shelby West Distribution Center, EGS Commercial Real Estate returns to fast-growth Shelby County and Alabaster with a new warehouse and distribution center, Shelby West Commerce Center...
 
Metro Huntsville, Auburn-Opelika and Shelby County lead Alabama in growth
- The Birmingham News March 19, 2009
Two Alabama metro areas made the Census Bureau's list of the 100 fastest-growing metro areas from 2007 to 2008...
 
State to Widen I-65, Construction to begin this fall
- Shelby County Reporter July 9, 2008
After years of planning, the widening of Interstate 65 from Pelham to Calera may soon become a reality...
 
Shelby project targets business
- The Birmingham News February 10, 2008
EGS Commercial Real Estate plans to develop an $8 million speculative industrial building in fast-growing Shelby County, a project that is expected to lure new and expanding businesses...
 
Officials allow running line beneath I-65 to spur development
- The Birmingham News January 30, 2008
The Alabaster Water Board has agreed to jump-start plans to go under I-65 with a water line that's expected to open up areas around U.S. 31 and Shelby County 87 for development...
 
Alabaster developer plans 1,000 homes, school, park
- The Birmingham News January 28, 2008
Developers are moving ahead with what would be Alabaster's largest subdivision in recent years...
 
State's automakers rev up record in 2007 - 738,832 vehicles roll off assembly lines
- The Birmingham News January 11, 2008
Alabama automakers shifted their assembly lines into high gear last year, rolling out 738,832 vehicles and setting a state record on the eve of a premier event for the global automotive industry...
 
Shelby looks decade ahead to shed commuter image
- The Birmingham News November 30, 2007
Shelby County Manager Alex Dudchock says the County Commission is looking 10 years down the road with a new public-private cooperative initiative to make Shelby County not only a desirable place to live, but also a desirable place to work...
 
Global Financial buys land, plans to employ 350
- Birmingham Business Journal November 9, 2007
Global Financial Aid Services Inc. has purchased five acres and a 35,000-square-foot facility in Birmingham to establish a contact center that will employ up to 350 people within the next few years...
 
County gets richer as homes, jobs shift south
- Birmingham Business Journal November 2, 2007
Shelby County's population explosion, coupled with a booming economy in recent years, has made Birmingham's bedroom community the Southeast's eighth wealthiest suburban county...
 
Shelby County nabs Jasper Engine facility
- Birmingham Business Journal May 4, 2007
Jasper Engines & Transmissions is building a facility in Alabaster to distribute its remanufactured engine drive train components on four acres in Shelby West Corporate Park...
 

 

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