News & Events

Millions of Americans depend on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), including 54,800 in Alabama, over 65% of them residing in Coastal Alabama paying $22M a year for over $8B in coverage. Coastal Alabama Partnership (CAP) supports a long-term reauthorization and legislation keeping flood insurance rates affordable. Unfortunately, once again this program is facing a critical […]

The Alabama Tourism Department recently released the Economic Impact Report for 2017, showing a 7.1 percent increase in tourism spending. The Department research shows that 26.6 million people visited Alabama in 2017, spending $14.3 billion in Alabama, creating over 186,000 jobs and contributing $52,997,000 to Alabama’s General Fund. The total impact of the travel and tourism industry

Coastal Alabama Partnership is pleased to announce a new member of our team. Andrew Levert joins the CAP team as Vice President of Policy and Project Initiatives. “I am pleased to welcome Andrew to our team and look forward to working with him to advocate for coastal Alabama throughout our region, state and in our nation’s capitol,” said Wiley

For the fourth year, Coastal Alabama Partnership hosted a trip to Montgomery to meet with State leadership regarding issues important to our region. On January 31st 2018, business and elected leaders from Mobile and Baldwin counties spent the day hearing from state leaders, including Governor Kay Ivey, President Pro Tem Del Marsh and Commissioner Chris

Coastal Alabama lost a leader this week. Ed Rodriguez, CEO and President of the Coastal Alabama Business Chamber, passed away last Thursday. Ed was a true visionary who looked outside of his own area and always thought regionally. Ed brought a high level of professionalism and leadership to his team, earning the Chamber of the Year in 2015.