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The longtime leader of the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority plans to retire.
Dara Longgrear was named executive director of the TCIDA in 1986 and has been a leader of industrial recruitment in the Tuscaloosa area ever since, but after 31 years, he's ready to hang up his spurs and let someone else take over.
"Every time I say '31 years' out loud, that seems like a very long time," Longgrear said Wednesday. "But all that time really went by like it was overnight. I don't know if I could ever have hoped to be involved in a more rewarding economic development career than the one I am fortunate enough to have had."
In 2015, the Alabama state legislature organized the Regional Workforce Councils (RWC) to serve as a bridge between the Alabama Department of Commerce and the workforce challenges happened on a state and regional level.
Today, the RWC is seeking to accomplish just that with a boots-on-the-ground approach encompassing business owners, industry specialists and students.
The state has been split into seven regional workforce councils. Butler County occupies the sixth region, dubbed Southeast Alabama Works, which also includes Crenshaw, Pike, Covington, Coffee, Geneva, Barbour, Dale, Henry and Houston counties.
Groundbreaking Ceremony Launches Construction of New Automotive Technology Building for Calhoun Community College in Decatur
September 19, 2017
Calhoun Community College will break ground on the new Automotive Technology Training Center on Thursday, September 28,10:00 am, on the north side of the old Fine Arts building, Decatur campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Ceremony speakers will include:
Mr. Jimmy Baker, Chancellor, Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education