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BREAKING NEWS

For Immediate Release

 Baldwin County Economy in Top 5% in 2011 POLICOM Rankings

 ROBERTSDALE, AL -- Each year, POLICOM Corporation of Palm City, Florida, analyzes the economic strength of 363 Metropolitan Statistical Areas containing approximately 1100 counties, and 576 Micropolitan Statistical Areas containing almost 700 counties.

 According to the company’s ECONOMIC STRENGTH RANKINGS–2011, and accompanying information presented by William H. Fruth of POLICOM, Baldwin County, Alabama (designated as the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley Micropolitan Area) ranked 27th out of the 576 Micros—putting it in the top 5% of all micro counties.  Fruth's report states "The top rated areas have had rapid, consistent growth in both size and quality for an extended period of time."

 After analyzing said reports, Robert Ingram, President of the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance, relates that this is the eighth consecutive year that Baldwin County has ranked in the Top 40 Micro Areas.  “POLICOM uses dozens of factors to analyze the quality of the economy, the behavior of the economy, and negative aspects of the economy,” Ingram stated.

 “Growth rates, including some ‘moving averages’ in certain categories are combined with pure numbers and numerical growth in other categories to rank the Micro counties in over 100 categories.  Baldwin County is the #1 ranked Micro in Alabama. 

 “The Baldwin County EDA’s Board and Staff are grateful to Baldwin County’s great public and private leadership, and to our investors who play such a vital role in creating a strong, viable economy which continues to rank among the best in the US,” concluded Ingram.

 The Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance is a public/private partnership, which works with all five chambers of commerce, our 14 towns & cities, their Industrial Development Boards, and our county government on economic development initiatives.    Our mission is to implement an economic development program that improves the standard of living and quality of life for the residents of Baldwin County.

 The full report is posted on www.policom.com.

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