WHY BIRMINGHAM?
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Birmingham ranks as the eighth-best place in the nation for entrepreneurs and Alabama stacks up as the 12th-best among entrepreneur-friendly states, according to Gold Guide, a comprehensive list of statistics and rankings published by the National Policy Research Council.
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According to Expansion Management’s Recent listing of “Americas’s 50 Hottest Cities in 2007,” Birmingham ranked in the top 50 (top 14 percent of all 362 U.S. metropolitan areas.
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Birmingham-hoover is the center of the nation’s fastest-growing automotive manufacturing region, which includes Mercedes Benz U.S. International (35 miles west of downtown Birmingham) and Hyundai Motor manufacturing (85 miles south of downtown birmingham).
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U.S News & World Report recently reported that out of more than 6,000 hospitals in the nation, only 176 ranked in even a single specialty. Two UAB Hospital specialty program made the Top 10, and nine specialty programs were ranked.
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The completion of the new Interstate 22 linking Birmingham to Memphis will make Birmingham the hub of four interstate highways and will rank Birmingham among the Southeast's top three interstate transportation hubs – tied with Atlanta and Nashville. (Birmingham Chamber of Commerce; 2006)
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Birmingham is served by four interstate rail carriers, more than any other southeastern city. (Birmingham Chamber of Commerce; 2006)
