In a press release Friday afternoon, The Southeast Alabama Gas District (SEAGD) stated that it has contracted with the company led by Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard for economic development.
Chairman of the SEAGD board, Ozark Mayor Billy Blackwell, said the board voted to retain Auburn Network, Inc. as part of its increased efforts to recruit new jobs.Blackwell stated “The Southeast Alabama Gas District has long played a role in recruiting projects that bring jobs to communities in our service area.”
“We live in a globally-competitive economy, and to be successful we have to be able to market our region to the world,” Blackwell said. “Mike Hubbard and his team of professionals at Auburn Network, Inc. have the talent and expertise to help us build our brand so we can sell it.”
Auburn Network, Inc. Auburn Network, Inc. is a broadcast, multimedia production and publishing company headed by Hubbard, who also represents Lee County in the legislature, where he is speaker of the House.
Headquartered in Andalusia, SEAGD was organized in 1952 by 14 member municipalities and provides natural gas to industrial, commercial and residential customers in an area stretching from Montgomery, Opelika and Chambers County on the north, south to Dothan, Enterprise and Andalusia, and from
Fort Deposit and Greenville on the west, and east to the Georgia border.
SEAGD is funded entirely by sales of gas.
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