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Article: GRANT TO HELP CREATE 100 NEW JOBS IN DEMOPOLIS

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August 10, 2009
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MONTGOMERY, Ala., Aug. 6 -- The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs issued the following news release:

Gov. Bob Riley has awarded a $460,000 grant to help bring 100 new jobs to Marengo County.

CTCO Shipyard of Alabama plans to open a manufacturing and servicing center in an existing building on an 88-acre site in the Demopolis Airport Industrial Park. The company will build and service tow and tug boats and barges.

The Community Development Block Grant will be used to renovate a 1.5-mile railroad spur connecting the plant to the main line of Norfolk Southern Railroad.

"The announcement of new jobs anywhere in Alabama is always good news, but I am especially pleased when a ...

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