Our Only Job is Building and Supporting Alabama Businesses
Innovation centers have a proven record of creating jobs, strengthening the local economy, attracting investment, and equipping people with the skills and opportunities they need to build a prosperous future.
For Economic Development Organizations to help community, city, and state leaders reach their goals, they must build a guiding framework that makes this progress possible. That framework must be forward-thinking and ensure accessibility and opportunity for all. Discover how the EDO’s programs engage and empower learning, driving growth opportunities for Alabama businesses.
For Economic Development Organizations to help community, city, and state leaders reach their goals, they must build a guiding framework that makes this progress possible. That framework must be forward-thinking and ensure accessibility and opportunity for all. Discover how the EDO’s programs engage and empower learning, driving growth opportunities for Alabama businesses.
Discover Our Programs
- Hands-on applied STEM education and research,
- Experienced mentorship,
- World class technical presentations,
- Industry specific workforce learning,
- and much more.
At the Tributary Center.
“While the range of people, organizations, resources, and conditions involved in an entrepreneurial ecosystem are useful to understand, they are not the most critical construct. Instead, the interaction between each of the components is what matters.”
Brad Feld, from his book The Startup Community Way
“Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.”
Michael Porter, often called the "father of modern business strategy"
“Innovation districts have become the magnets of our modern economy — places where research, entrepreneurs, and investment come together to produce real, measurable growth.”
Bruce Katz, Co-Author of The Rise of Innovation Districts
“There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals.”
Idowu Koyenikan, from his book Wealth for All
Our Impact
Creating an innovation center that serves our community, city, and state isn’t just a nice idea. It is the essential mechanism for raising living standards and securing long-term economic success.
That is why we have established an economic development team to serve as the stewards of building, expanding, and attracting the opportunities that strengthen Birmingham and empower Alabama. Their work focuses on developing programs, partnerships, and infrastructure that support entrepreneurs, help existing companies grow, and draw new employers and investment into the region.
This mission continues Alabama’s steady, community-focused progress and long-term economic prosperity.
We invite you to join us on this journey.
Building the programs and partnerships that power business success
Expanding opportunities for entrepreneurs and established companies
Attracting new employers and investment to Birmingham and Alabama
Ready? Get Started!
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