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The Year of Alabama Small Towns & Downtowns
The Year of Alabama
Small Towns & Downtowns

Governor Bob Riley invites you to celebrate your town in 2010 by participating in the statewide promotion of The Year of Alabama Small Towns & Downtowns.

• Invite former residents back for a special Homecoming Weekend.
• Unveil a locally written historic marker on the history of the town.
• Lead a walking tour of the historic area.
• Dedicate a completed civic project, such as a new park or restored landmark building or other needed public project.

Visit http://alabama.travel/

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City of Union Springs 1996 Comprehensive Plan available oline.
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The Union Springs / Bullock County Chamber of Commerce is an organization of business owners and civic minded citizens who work together to bring about a strong financial future and a positive quality of life for our community and children.

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  Why Union Springs?

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Bullock County, Alabama

Location

Union Springs is located in south-eastern Alabama. We are centrally located between Montgomery, Alabama and Columbus, Georgia (West/East) and Auburn and Troy, Alabama (North/South).

We are centrally located to Maxwell Air Force Base, Ft. Rucker, and Ft Benning.

Union Springs' easy access to these metropolitian areas provides many opportunities while allowing businesses and residents to enjoy small-town living.

Cost of Living

Alabama is an affordable location for those seeking a high quality of life.
  

  • The cost of housing in Alabama is quite low, with average sale prices for homes some 38 percent less than the national average. During the second quarter of 2006, the median price for a home in Alabama was $141,730, while the U.S. average was $227,533.
      
  • Alabama has among the lowest property taxes in the United States. In addition, the state can boast having the fifth lowest state/local tax burden in the country, according to 2005 data from The Tax Foundation.
      
  • Electric rates in Alabama are considerably lower than the national average, and among the lowest in the Southeast.

Agriculture

Timber a production is a major industry in Bullock County. Other income producing products are cattle, dairy, broilers, nursery and bedding plants, seed crops, turf. peanuts, corn, and pecans.
  

Ref: http://www.edpa.org/quality-of-life/cost-of-living.html

 

 
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