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  • Home
    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Staff
  • Projects/Programs
    • Alabama Indigenous Mound Trail
    • Alabama Birding Trails
    • Alabama Communities of Excellence
    • Alabama Innovation Engine
    • AmeriCorps VISTA
    • Arts, Culture and Heritage
    • Books for the Black Belt
    • Landmark Projects
    • Leadership Development
    • Living Legends
    • Outdoor Recreation
    • Planning and Community Development
    • Tourism Development
    • Your Town Alabama
  • Partners
  • Tool Kits
  • Mural
    • Submit a Mural
  • BETTER West Alabama
    • BETTER Newsletter
  • 6-13 Hospitality Training

The University of Alabama Center for Economic Development (UACED) was founded by Dr. Malcolm Portera and approved by the Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama System in 1989.  It serves as an economic outreach unit to access UA resources, expertise, and existing UA centers and programs to assist businesses, organizations, and state and local communities to help solve real world problems and grow the state's economy.  The Center continues that tradition today by utilizing professional UA staff and customized project teams to provide technical assistance to communities, agencies, and organizations.  It takes an asset-based planning approach to help communities and organizations respond to challenges and capitalize on a variety of economic development opportunities for growth. 


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UACED hosts 16th annual Black Belt book drive to promote K-12 literacy


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UA Launches campaign to collect books for school children in the Black Belt

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Center for Economic Development -
Box 870138
Tuscaloosa, AL  35487
​621 Greensboro Avenue
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone - 205.348.7058
Fax - 205.348.6974
email - uced@ua.edu
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