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March 16, 2008
Mobile Embraces Globalization . . . and Reaps the Benefits
Mobile, Alabama has become one of America's fastest growing small cities, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer explains why:
How did this happen? Mobile officials cite an embrace of globalization, an outpouring of Southern hospitality toward big business and an ability to put aside political differences at all levels of government.
. . . "Our target for recruitment is not just limited to the U.S.," [Mobile Mayor Sam] Jones said. "It's global."
As Mobile sheds an outdated backwater image, local perceptions are changing, too.
Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine said that until recently, he was skeptical of free trade. "I've always been a buy-American person," he said. "I was closed-minded about how global of an economy that we live in. Within the defense industry, everything is global."
Now, the Republican leader finds himself welcoming foreign corporations. "I keep reminding people," Nodine said of the French and the Spanish, "they're the ones who founded Mobile 300-something years ago." . . .
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