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Your Town Alabama

The communities of rural America are facing a range of critical problems. In some cases, these problems are heavy out-migration and a loss of jobs.  In others, it is rapid growth from suburban sprawl, the location of a new facility, or an influx of retirement population.  These problems affect the vitality of the community, its design and sense of place.

The “Your Town Alabama” workshop focuses on an important aspect of community spirit and community integrity: the process of design.  The workshop aims specifically to introduce small town and rural technical assistance providers and decision makers to the role of design in community planning.

The workshop introduces business and civic leaders to the role of design in community planning.  UACED and eight other agencies throughout Alabama partner to provide the guidance and tools to collaborate with state and local agencies to help build Alabama’s economy.  Since the program’s inception in 1998, 834 Alabama civic and elected leaders from all regions of the state have graduated from the annual Your Town Alabama workshop.  ​
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2017 UACED Scholarship Recipients
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2017 Your Town AL Team
Jodi McDade (Coosa County)
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Mayor Whittington and Councilwoman Dollie Blue Midway Parcipants
2017 Your Town AL Team "at work"
Coosa County Participants
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