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Press Releases
Wednesday, September 11, 2019Tuesday, September 10, 2019VT Miltope was honored with the award for Best Inflight Connectivity Innovation at the APEX Expo held in Los Angeles, California. Read more(0) CommentsFriday, August 2, 2019PCH Hotels and Resorts announces the opening of the new 115-room Staybridge Suites® - Montgomery-Downtown in Montgomery Alabama. Conveniently located at the junction of Interstate 65 & Interstate 85, Staybridge Suites is an ideal location for business and leisure travellers, shoppers and civil rights history enthusiasts. Read more(0) Comments
Thursday, July 18, 2019The City of Montgomery today announced a formal three year agreement has been reached with Rubicon Global (Rubicon) to equip more than 60 City vehicles with its RUBICONSmartCityTM technology to improve performance, reduce maintenance costs and enhance residential and commercial sanitation service. Read more(0) Comments
Thursday, July 11, 2019With an increase of 400,000 more visitors last year and an ever-expanding array of dining, hotel and entertainment options, parking is a premium in downtown Montgomery. The City’s new partnership with ParkMobile, the nation’s leading provider of smart parking and mobility solutions, will trade the hassle of meters and loose change for the convenience of paying for parking from nearly any mobile device. Read more(0) Comments
Wednesday, July 10, 2019Today, the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, along with state and local elected officials, joined Gerhardi, Inc., at the grand opening of their Montgomery facility, its first in North America. The company has invested $41.6 million in the new facility which will employ up to 235 employees. Read more(1) Comments
Wednesday, May 29, 2019Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA) and Lightsource BP announced today the development of a 130 MWDC / 100 MWAC solar energy project in Montgomery County, Alabama. Lightsource BP will finance, develop, build, own, and operate the solar facility and will deliver energy to AMEA under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA). The project, situated 15 miles from AMEA’s headquarters in Montgomery, will supply clean energy to AMEA’s 11 Member utilities located across the state and will generate enough electricity to power more than 20,000 homes. Read more(0) Comments
Wednesday, May 22, 2019Today, TechMGM, the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce’s (MACC) initiative to connect and leverage Montgomery’s unique technology assets, announced a partnership with the Air Force Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate Program Executive Office to host a new Air Force software development project that will offer private sector collaboration called BESPIN. Signifying a shift in the way the Air Force approaches software development and acquisition, BESPIN, an acronym for Business and Enterprise Systems Product Innovation, pairs in-house developers with private sector developers and uses an agile development methodology in a collaborative and innovative environment to turn projects into new solutions to support the Department of Defense. Read more(0) Comments
Tuesday, May 21, 2019Travelers spent $972 million and were responsible for 13,817 jobs last year in Montgomery County, according to a report conducted for the Alabama Tourism Department by Montgomery economist Dr. Keivan Deravi. That figure represents a 15.5 percent increase in traveler spending on hotels, restaurants, shopping and transportation from 2017, the largest ever increase in traveler spending of any major Alabama county. Read more(0) Comments
Tuesday, May 21, 2019Hyundai Motor America continues its commitment to education through expanding its signature Hyundai ST Math Initiative with the MIND Research Institute and donating $250,000 to the Montgomery Public School (MPS) system for the program. Read more(0) Comments