Ozark Cale County Economic Development

Name

Ozark Cale County Economic Development

Legal name

Ozark-Dale County (AL) Economic Development Corporation

Website

https://odedc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

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Product category

Economic Development Services

NAICS

Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

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Employment & Job Readiness Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYEDAAAOAL

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Workforce Development Initiatives

Keywords

• Economic development services
• Business site selection
• Industrial park leasing
• Small business incubator
• Workforce development programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Ozark

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Investor Program: Local businesses and organizations become investors/members, providing financial support for economic development activities. The organization has an investor roster of approximately 30+ local companies including utilities, banks, healthcare providers, and local businesses.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ozark-Dale County Economic Development Corporation provides business recruitment, retention, site selection, and incentive coordination services to companies seeking to locate or expand in Dale County, Alabama. Core deliverables include the Ozark Technology Center manufacturing incubator, the 9-acre shovel-ready Ozark Industrial Park, site selection and incentive navigation assistance, and workforce development resources tied to the local labor shed and Fort Rucker.

Product overview

Ozark-Dale County (AL) Economic Development Corporation operates as a regional economic development organization offering a portfolio of business development services centered around five core offerings: the Ozark Technology Center (a manufacturing incubator for small businesses), shovel-ready industrial park sites (Ozark Industrial Park), comprehensive site selection services, business assistance and incentive programs, and workforce development resources. The organization serves as the primary point of contact for companies seeking to establish or expand operations in Dale County, Alabama, leveraging proximity to Fort Rucker and a 200,000-person labor shed.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ozark Technology Center (Business Incubator)

Quantifiable outcome

• Created 1,000+ industrial jobs and $350+ million in investment since 2010
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, notable and supporting.

• Fort RuckercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFort Rucker is the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and headquarters for U.S. Army Aviation. Post population of 24,921 people. The proximity to Fort Rucker is a central pillar of the county's economic development strategy, supporting aerospace, defense contractors, and aviation-related businesses. Flightwerx training facility for UAS/drone technology is directly supported by Fort Rucker soldiers.
• Ozark Technology CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOzark Technology Center for Developing Industry serves as the manufacturing incubator for the region. Provides affordable office spaces, manufacturing bays, and docking area for small businesses. Supports entrepreneur growth and has graduated 35 incubator participants. Located at 3247 South US Hwy 231.
• Alabama Aviation College (Enterprise State Community College)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocated on Ozark Campus, provides FAA-certified training for airframe, powerplant, and avionics mechanics. Over 600 students enrolled. One of top 5 institutions for aviation mechanic production in the U.S. Helps combat nationwide shortage of certified aviation mechanics.
• Wallace Community CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading post-secondary institution supporting Dale County with diverse workforce development programming. Offers everything from two-day trainings to associate degrees. Developing five-year academic master plan with industry input. President Dr. Kathy Murphy leads the college since May 2025.
• Grow Southeast AlabamamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition of 11 counties working together to support regional economic development. Offers $1,000 workforce development scholarships for high school seniors and first-year community college students pursuing vocational degrees. ODEDC matches funds for Dale County recipients, bringing total to $2,000.
• Ozark City SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerK-12 school district with three school systems in Dale County. Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs include 11 programs at Carroll High School. Mobile welding program ($350,000 grant from Senator Katie Britt). Partners with Wallace Community College and Enterprise State for dual enrollment.
• Flightwerx AlabamamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDrone skill development facility opening in Daleville to train Fort Rucker soldiers on unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Phase One complete. Phase Two will create K-12 STEM education opportunities. Project completed in 30 days with support from Friends of Fort Rucker ($15,000), City of Dothan, City of Daleville, and Innovate Alabama.
• Arichem and SetaTech PartnershipnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerTwo Dale County companies forming partnership: Arichem (established chemical company since 1976) and SetaTech (startup developing biosolutions from waste materials like chicken feathers). ODEDC helped connect the companies. Both focus on sustainable/eco-friendly chemical production.
• University of Alabama, Auburn University, Troy UniversitysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partners collaborating with Flightwerx on drone research and expertise. Will bring in researchers and experts for Phase Two STEM education initiatives at the drone training facility.
• City of OzarkcoreOthersCity government entity investing in economic development. Received $150,000 Growing Alabama funding for airport industrial site improvement. Partner in infrastructure development and community initiatives.
• Dale County CommissioncoreOthersCounty government commission providing governance and support for economic development initiatives. 561 square miles, county seat in Ozark. Borders Fort Rucker.
• Ozark Industrial ParkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner9-acre managed industrial park owned by Ozark-Dale EDC. Shovel-ready sites with existing water, electric, sewer, gas, and fiber optic. Zoning: Light Industrial. Receives Growing Alabama funding ($24,856 matched by EDC) for site preparation. Located off US Highway 231.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Huntsville/Madison County Chamber: Major Alabama economic development organization anchored by aerospace and defense (Redstone Arsenal, NASA, missile defense). While not a direct head-to-head competitor on most projects, it competes for the same aerospace/defense investment capital and provides a benchmark for what scaled Alabama EDC operations look like.
• Economic Development Partnership of Alabama: Statewide private-sector economic development organization that coordinates site selector engagement for Alabama. Often serves as an upstream referral source to county-level EDCs like ODEDC, making it both a partner and a structural layer in the same competitive funnel.
• Birmingham Business Alliance: Largest regional economic development partnership in Alabama, serving the Birmingham metro. Operates with a much larger staff and broader industry scope; competes for Alabama-based industrial investment and serves as a peer benchmark for ODEDC's investor-program and incentive-coordination model.

Direct peers

• Grow Southeast Alabama: Coalition of 11 Southeast Alabama counties coordinating regional economic development efforts, including $1,000 workforce scholarships (matched by ODEDC). Functions both as a partner and as a potential competing coordination layer for regional projects.
• Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce: State-capital economic development organization with comparable mission of business attraction, retention, and workforce development. Targets overlapping advanced manufacturing and distribution/logistics prospects and offers a comparable investor/membership governance structure.
• Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority: County-level industrial development authority operating industrial parks and incentive programs. Highly comparable operating model — managing park assets, marketing sites, coordinating workforce pipelines — making it a useful operational benchmark for ODEDC.
• Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce: Regional economic development and chamber organization serving the Dothan/Wiregrass area of Southeast Alabama, directly adjacent to ODEDC's Dale County territory. Targets overlapping aerospace, manufacturing, and logistics prospects in the same labor shed and competes for the same regional project pipeline.
• Decatur-Morgan County EDC: Regional economic development organization in North Alabama with comparable industrial park management, site selection, and workforce development functions. Competes for similar manufacturing and logistics prospects within the same statewide competitive set.
• Shoals Economic Development Authority (SEDA): Northwest Alabama regional economic development authority serving Colbert and Lauderdale counties. Comparable in scale and rural-mid-market positioning, targeting similar advanced manufacturing and logistics verticals within the broader Alabama competitive landscape.

Regional players

• Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce: Port-city economic development organization in Mobile, Alabama. Comparable in mission (business attraction, retention, site selection) but operating in a distinct coastal geography with port/aerospace industrial mix that overlaps ODEDC's aerospace/manufacturing target verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/DaleOzarkALEDC
• Facebookfacebook.com/OzarkDaleCoEDC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ozark-dale-county-economic-development-corporation
• Instagraminstagram.com/ozarkdalecoedc

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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