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		Brewton, Alabama Escambia County Updated February 2006 LOCATION Distance From: Birmingham, AL...................194 I-65.......................................17 Montgomery, AL...................105 I-10.......................................50 Mobile, AL.............................78 New Orleans, LA..................228 Atlanta, GA..........................264 Pensacola, FL...................... 57 Destin, FL……………….........83 POPULATION 2000 1990 1980 County 38,440 35,518 38,440 Brewton 5,498 5,885 7,155 SOURCE: US CENSUS BUREAU TRADE AREA (30 mile radius)...............85,628 SOURCE: Equifax 2006 Projection EDUCATION 2005-06 enrollment Faculty Students Elementary (1) 60 507 Middle School (1) 38 456 High School (1) 26 412 *Colleges* Jefferson Davis Community College.......Brewton / Atmore Faulkner State Community College...............Bay Minette *Vocational Technical Colleges* Reid State Technical College................Evergreen-Atmore COMMUNITY FACILITIES Hospital......D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital, 85 beds Nursing Home..............................................129 beds Clinics........................................................Oncology Doctors.................................................................18 Dentists..................................................................4 Motels.............................................three, 229 rooms Churches: 60 Protestant; 1 Catholic; 0 Jewish Libraries: 1...............................Total Volumes: 60,375 CLIMATE Mean temperature/Annual......................64 degrees F Mean temperature/January.....................55 degrees F Mean temperature/July..........................80 degrees F Average annual rainfall...............................69 inches Average snowfall.........................................0 inches Altitude above mean sea level.......................105 feet Length of growing season...........................236 days Prevailing winds............................6 to 9 E NE MPH RECREATION Amateur theater............1 Museums....................1 Ball fields....................12 Parks..........................3 Country clubs................1 Swimming pools...........4 Golf course (9 holes)......1 Tennis courts..............10 Golf course (3 holes)......1 YMCA.........................1 Golf course (18 holes)….1 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Local newspaper: Brewton Standard, Tri City Ledger Daily newspapers: Mobile Press Register, Pensacola News Journal, Montgomery Advertiser, USA Today. Radio stations: WEBJ-AM, WKNU-FM Television stations: Mobile-3; Pensacola-2 Cable: Mediacom, 40 channels Telephone: BellSouth Post Office: one first class CITY GOVERNMENT Type of municipal government............mayor/council Police department personnel.............19 full time/ 4 part time Patrol cars.......................................................11 Fire department personnel......................10 full time/ 14 volunteer Fire department vehicles.......3 large volume pumpers Fire insurance rating.............................................5 Volunteer fire departments in area........................23 Zoning regulations.............................................yes Planning commission........................................yes INDUSTRIAL PARK: 160 acres Features.................. Enterprise Zone, utilities LOCAL TAXES Tax year 2003-2004 Rate/ Assess. Man. Effective Rate $1000 Ratio In City Out City (Tax Value) Brewton $15.00 20% $3.00 $0.00 County $11.50 20% $2.30 $2.30 School $20.00 20% $2.00 $2.00 State $3.50 20% $0.70 $0.70 Effective Rate/$1000 Actual Value $8.00 $5.00 Local Non-Property Retail 3% 1% STATE TAXES Type Rate Type Rate Corporate..........5% Individual Income Gasoline.......$0.18 Gal. Minimum rate.......2% Retail Sales…..4% Maximum rate......5% Total Retail Sales (City, County, State)..........8% UTILITIES Water Name of utility.....................................City of Brewton Source......................................................deep wells Capacity of plant.................................3,880,000 GPD Average daily consumption.....................674,000 GPD Peak consumption.................................900,000 GPD Storage capacity.............................2,000,000 gallons Electricity Power supplier/distributor....Alabama Power Company, Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc. Southern Pine Coop. Natural gas Name of supplier................................Gulf South Pipeline Name of distributor.............................City of Brewton Fuel oils Availability.........................................locally LP gas Availability.........................................locally Sewers Sanitary sewer coverage........................75% Storm sewer coverage..........................100% Treatment plant type............................lagoon lakes Treatment plant capacity..................2,000,000 GPD Treatment plant present load.............................60% Solid waste disposal.........................sanitary landfill TRANSPORTATION Railroads Carriers.....................................CSX Transportation Piggy-back or TOFC facilities..............................no Frequency of switching service...........5 days a week Highways Interstates......................I-65/17 miles; I-10/50 miles Federal highways........................HWY 29, HWY 31 State highways.........................................HWY 41 Motor freight AAA Cooper.....................................Evergreen, AL Baggett Transportation...................Birmingham, AL Express One, Inc...............................Brewton, AL Evergreen Transportation..................Evergreen, AL Hornady Truck Lines......................Monroeville, AL Western Express...............................Atmore, AL J.R. Trucking....................................Brewton, AL M & E Produce..................................Atmore, AL Peaster & Son Trucking......................Atmore, AL Peek Trucking.................................Flomaton, AL Timber Transport...............................Brewton, AL Triple B Express...............................Atmore, AL Whatley Contract Carriers..................Atmore, AL Air service General aviation...........Brewton Municipal Airport Runway length...................................5,100 feet Surface...................................................paved Commercial service............Pensacola/57 miles *Bus Service* Carriers............................Greyhound Trailways Parcel service Carriers............................All major companies Waterways Navigable waterway..........Tenn Tom Waterway/45 miles, Mobile Waterway Port facilities...................Claiborne State Docks/70 miles, Alabama State Docks/ 88 miles, Pensacola/57 miles FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Banks..........................................................4 Credit Union..................................................1 Total assets................................$274,265,380 Unemployment Rate-County Unemployment rate Aug 2006...……………4.8% Alabama is a right to work state. RETAIL BUSINESS - COUNTY (in thousands) 2002……………………………………$258,280 2001……………………………………..250,170 2000……………………………………..245,830 1999……………………………………..276,222 1998……………………………………..257,460 1997……………………………………..244,313 1996……………………………………..198,876 SOURCE: Center for Business and Economic Research MAJOR INDUSTRIES Name Product Employ. Year Est. Ben Pearson Archery Archery Bows 20 1992 Citation Corp. Ductile Castings 380 1982 Frit Car & Equip. Rail Car Main. 77 1978 Natural Decorations Artificial Plants 100 1998 Smurfit-Stone Corp. Paperboard 600 1957 T.R. Miller Mill Co. Wood Products 215 1872 Brewton Enterprises Kindling 8 1975 Brewton Iron Works Iron Castings 49 1978 Goodwill Easter Seals Wood Products 14 1986 Intern Plastics & Equip. Plastic Products 43 1997 Nutex Manufacturing Narrow Fabric 27 1998 Smacko, LTD Oil & Gas Explor. 6 1969 Brewton Enterprises, Inc. Kindling 8 1975 For further information contact: Greater Brewton Area Chamber of Commerce 1010-B Douglas Avenue, Brewton, Alabama 36426 251-867-3224; FAX: 251-809-1793 E-Mail address: jcrane@brewtonchamber.com www.brewtonchamber.com		East Brewton, Alabama Escambia County Updated February 2006 LOCATION Distance From: Birmingham, AL....................................194 I-10........................................................49 Montgomery, AL....................................105 Pensacola, FL.........................................55 Mobile, AL...............................................89 Destin, FL................................................82 Atlanta, GA............................................265 New Orleans, LA.....................................229 I-65..........................................................18 POPULATION 2000 1990 1980 County 38,440 35,518 38,440 East Brewton 2,496 2,579 3,049 SOURCE: US Census Bureau TRADE AREA (30 mile radius)........................50,244 EDUCATION 2005-06 enrollment Faculty Students Elementary (1) 34 554 Middle School (1) 45 468 High School (1) 36 412 Colleges Jefferson Davis Community College.....Brewton/Atmore Faulkner State Community College......Bay Minette Vocational Technical Colleges Reid State Technical College...........Evergreen/Atmore COMMUNITY FACILITIES Hospital....D. W. McMillan Memorial Hospital, 85 beds* Nursing Home.............................................129 beds* Clinics.......................................................Oncology* Doctors................................................................18* Dentists.................................................................4* Motels.............................................three, 229 rooms* Churches: 8 Protestant; 0 Catholic; 0 Jewish Libraries:1...............................Total Volumes: 60,375* located in adjacent community of Brewton CLIMATE* Mean temperature/Annual........................64 degrees F Mean temperature/January.......................55 degrees F Mean temperature/July............................ 80 degrees F Average annual rainfall..................................69 inches Average snowfall............................................0 inches Altitude above mean sea level...........................105 feet Length of growing season...............................236 days Prevailing winds................................6 to 9 E NE MPH RECREATION Amateur theater...........1* Museums.............1* Ball fields....................2 Parks..................2 Country clubs..............1* Swimming pools.........4* Golf course (9 holes)....1* Tennis courts............10* Golf course (3 holes)....1* YMCA......................1* Golf course (18 holes)….1* located in adjacent community of Brewton COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK* Local newspaper: Brewton Standard, Tri City Ledger Daily newspapers: Mobile Press Register, Pensacola News Journal, Montgomery Advertiser, USA Today. Radio stations: WEBJ-AM, WKNU-FM Television stations: Mobile-3; Pensacola-2 Cable: Mediacom, 40 channels Telephone: BellSouth Post Office: one first class CITY GOVERNMENT Type of municipal government...............mayor/council Police department personnel.......................4 full time Patrol cars...........................................................4 Fire department personnel.................................3 full time/25 volunteer Fire department vehicles........ 2 truck, 1 tanker, 1 van Fire insurance rating...........................................5 Volunteer fire departments in area......................23 Zoning regulations...........................................yes Planning commission......................................yes LOCAL TAXES Tax year 2003-04 Manufacturers Real Property Effective Rate Rate/ Assess. $1000 Ratio In City Out City (Tax Value) East Brewton $12.00 20% $2.40 $0.00 County $11.50 20% $2.30 $2.30 School $20.00 20% $2.00 $2.00 State $ 3.50 20% $0.70 $0.70 Effective Rate/$1000 Actual Value $7.40 $5.00 Local Non-Property Retail 3% 1% STATE TAXES Type Rate Type Rate Corporate...........5% Individual Income Gasoline.........$0.18 Gal. Min Rate……2% Retail Sales……4% Max Rate……5% Total Retail Sales (City, County, State)....8% UTILITIES Water Name of utility......East Brewton Water & Sewer Board Source...........................................deep wells Capacity of plant..........................806,000 GPD Average daily consumption...........150,000 GPD Peak consumption.......................290,000 GPD Storage capacity.......................207,000 gallons Electricity Power suppliers/distributors.......Alabama Power Company, Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc Natural gas Name of supplier...........................Gulf South Pipeline Name of distributor..............................City of Brewton Fuel oils Availability...................................................Brewton LP gas Availability...................................................Brewton Sewers Sanitary sewer coverage...............................75% Storm sewer coverage.................................100% Treatment plant type.....................activated sludge Treatment plant capacity..................300,000 GPD Treatment plant present load..........................50% Solid waste disposal......................sanitary landfill TRANSPORTATION Highways Interstates....................I-65/18 miles; I-10/49 miles Federal highways.....................................HWY 29 State highways........................................HWY 41 Motor freight AAA Cooper.....................................Evergreen, AL Baggett Transportation...................Birmingham, AL Express One, Inc.................................Brewton, AL Hornady Truck Lines........................Monroeville, AL Western Express...................................Atmore, AL Evergreen Transportation.....................Evergreen, AL M & E Produce......................................Atmore, AL Peaster & Son Trucking..........................Atmore, AL Peek Trucking.....................................Flomaton, AL J.R. Trucking........................................Brewton, AL Timber Transport....................................Brewton, AL Travis Bridge Brokerage..........................Brewton, AL Whatley Contract Carriers, Inc…………....Atmore, AL Air service General aviation....................Brewton Municipal Airport Runway length......................5,100 feet Surface................................paved Commercial Service............Pensacola/55 miles *Bus Service* Carriers.........................................Greyhound Trailways Parcel Service Carriers..........................................All Major Companies Waterways Navigable waterway..............Tenn Tom Waterway/45 miles, Mobile Waterway Port facilities........................Claiborne State Docks/70 miles, .........................................Pensacola/55 miles, .........................................Alabama State Docks/88 miles FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS* Banks.....................................................1 Total assets..............................$9,147,000 Unemployment Rate - County Unemployment rate December 2005…………………4.8% Alabama is a right to work state. RETAIL BUSINESS - COUNTY (in thousands) 2002…………………………… ……………. $258,280 2001…………………………….….….…...…. 250,280 2000……………………………….…...…..…. 245,830 1999…………………………….….….….…… 276,222 1998…………………………………………….257,460 1997…………………………………………….244,313 1996…………………………………………….198,876 SOURCE: Center for Business and Economic Research For further information contact: Greater Brewton Area Chamber of Commerce 1010-B Douglas Avenue Brewton, Alabama 36426 Telephone: 251-867-3224 FAX: 251-809-1793 E-Mail address: jcrane@brewtonchamber.com www.BrewtonChamber.com