Future Growth in Birmingham Metropolitan Area (Talladega, Saks: leasing agent, live, shopper)

[Tourian]

Originally Posted by bhamoutlook

Here's the link about the German flight.... Offering incentives for this flight is a good idea I think. I don't know the proximity of Bremen to other points of interest but using our ties to the city is a good base.

Birmingham trying to land flights to Germany - Birmingham Business Journal

“We've got to make something happen.”

That's what I'm talking about.

[raj kapoor]

Originally Posted by bhamoutlook

Here's the link about the German flight.... Offering incentives for this flight is a good idea I think. I don't know the proximity of Bremen to other points of interest but using our ties to the city is a good base.

Birmingham trying to land flights to Germany - Birmingham Business Journal

if you check my post up thread you will see the proximity of Bremen to some of the other Central European cities

[raj kapoor]

T-MOBILE , after ten years in the metro, is consolidating 600 plus employees into a newly reconfigured building for one of its two national financial data centers after the first of the year.

Every little bit makes a difference along the way.

[Tourian]

T-Mobile Center

T-Mobile Arena

hmmm....

[wetdawg]

Originally Posted by Tourian

T-Mobile Center

T-Mobile Arena

hmmm....

That is funny, but who knows maybe. lol

[bigstick]

Birmingham will NOT get direct flights to Europe in mine, or your much younger lifetime.

[Tourian]

Originally Posted by bigstick

in mine, or your much younger lifetime.

Such an empty proclamation. People who are in charge and have a bearing on these things are putting this together right now. And are you really trying to sell the idea that you are older and therefore wiser then every one else here? Wha-?? Hahaha.

That ship has sailed big 'un.

[sleepless in Bham]

If any future growth is going to happen, the jobs numbers will have to dramatically improve.

Birmingham had negative job growth from 2001-2010, -1.1%

Meanwhile our peer cities during that same period of time.
Austin 23%
Raleigh-Durham 24%
Charlotte 18%
Nashville 14%

This matters and people are leaving this metro because of the lack of jobs, and jobs alone.

[Tourian]

Birmingham-Hoover economy a top 50 metro in 2013, new data show | AL.com

All the goods and services produced in the Birmingham-Hoover area in 2013 were worth about $60 billion, according to the BEA, making it the 50th-largest metro by output. Birmingham-Hoover ranked just behind Jacksonville, Fla., which generated about $62 billion worth of output in 2013.
The Birmingham-Hoover economy is as productive as Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery combined. Those three metros generated about $58 billion worth of output last year, according to estimates.
Statewide, Alabama's output in 2013 was worth about $193 billion. That means Birmingham-Hoover is responsible for about 30 percent of the state's total annual economic production.
The Birmingham-Hoover economy has recovered substantially from the recession. In 2009, output was about 10 percent smaller than in last year.

Now to keep the momentum growing and going...

[sleepless in Bham]

So how does that translate to job growth? How does it compare to other cities in the South? Still doesn't negate the fact that we had negative job growth last decade.