Study puts JCEIDA annual economic impact on Alabama’s Jefferson County at $14.5 million, nearly 5,000 jobs

Alabama News Center | April 20, 2023 @ 4:30 pm

By: Barnett Wright

The Jefferson County Economic & Industrial Development Authority (JCEIDA) has 4,878 employees working in its two industrial parks and a direct impact on the county of $14.5 million per year, according to findings by the Alabama SBDC Network in the University of Alabama’s Research and Economic Development Department.

Jefferson Metropolitan Park at Lakeshore consists of 337 acres and lies within the city of Birmingham. Jefferson Metropolitan Park at McCalla consists of 739 acres in the county.

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