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The Official 2020 Guide to Selma and Dallas County CHAMBER The Official 2020 Guide to Selma and Dallas County GUIDE 2020 The Selma and Dallas County CHAMBER of Commerce and Tourism Information Our commitment to you is stronger than any storm. Most people don’t spend a whole lot of time thinking about their power. It’s our job to keep it that way. That’s why we’re engineering and incorporating the latest technology to prevent outages and restore power faster than ever. As soon as it’s safe, our entire team works around the clock to get your lights back on. And we keep you informed about our progress. If you’ve got an outage, we’ve got you covered. Report online at AlabamaPower.com/reliable. Or call our 24/7 outage support line at 1-800-888-APCO (2726). © 2020 Alabama Power Company ContentsTable of THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO SELMA AND DALLAS COUNTY Connect JL CHESTNUT JR BLVD WASHINGTON ST ST. ANN ST FRANKLIN ST GREEN ST LAWRENCE ST MLK ST GARY AVE BROAD ST LAUDERDALE ST CHURCH ST SELMA AVE MONTGOMERY AVE TREMONT ST YOUNG ST MCLEOD AVE MABRY ST FURNISS AVE ALABAMA AVE KING ST UNION ST WATER AVE LAPSLEY ST PETTUS ST BLUFF ST BLUFF PARKMAN AVE DALLAS AVE WATER AVE SELMA AVE VIEW ST VIEW Riverfront Park PARKMAN AVE ALABAMA AVE PELHAM ST LAPSLEY ST ARSENAL PL SELMA AVE KING ST To Montgomery > YOUNG ST YOUNG SATTERFIELD ST SATTERFIELD ALABAMA RIVER RIVERVIEW ST About Us Inform 6 Welcome to Selma Experience 8 Chamber Info & Programs 10 Chamber Staff & Board 12 Historic Districts 14 Bicentennial Celebration 16 What We Love 18 The Battle of Selma 20 Marching Forward 22 Valley Grande 24 Historic Downtown Walking Tour Advocate Explore 26 Annual Events 28 Eat & Drink 30 Museums & Attractions 34 The Great Outdoors 36 Shop Till You Drop Develop 38 Stay With Us Engage 40 Business & Economic Data 42 Business Resources 44 Education & Learning 46 Government 48 Healthcare & Wellness 50 Important Phone Numbers 52 Residence Information Promote Directory 54 Chamber Member Directory 64 Advertiser Index 4 www.selmaalabama.com Live Shop Play Selma and Dallas County Find It Local Guide 2020 5 Welcometo Selma, Alabama Centre for Commerce Building houses the Selma and Dallas County Chamber of Commerce Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Publisher 912 Selma Avenue Selma and Dallas County (334) 875-7241 Chamber of Commerce and (800) 45-SELMA (7-3562) Tourism Informations Executive Director Sheryl Z. Smedley Content Kathy King The Guide is distributed to newcomers, hotels, attractions, and welcome centers. For additional information please contact: (334)875-7241 (800)45-SELMA (7-3562) Fax (334) 875-7142 www.selmaalabama.com [email protected] All information is subject to change. Copyright 2020 Selma and Dallas County Chamber of Commerce. All rights reserved. FFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS “QUEEN CITY OF THE BLACKBELT,” Selma and her people welcome you with open arms and warm hearts. Here you will find the largest historic district in Alabama - more than 1,200 historic structures, landmark sites of the nation’s Voting Rights Movement and Civil War, outdoor adventures, and Aeven haunts - including “Alabama’s Most Famous Ghost Town,” Old Cahawba just a short drive away. Audio tours are available throughout the city. 75 historic sites feature a Listen and Learn plaque, which allows you to hear details about each landmark. We invite you to see sights and spend the night in one of the state’s most historic cities! Downtown Selma 6 www.selmaalabama.com J.D. Henry founded Henry Brick Company in 1945 with one goal in mind: to take the rich clay of central Alabama and produce brick of unmatched beauty and unsurpassed quality. For over seventy years, family-owned Henry Brick has defined the brick maker’s art, and its uniquely beautiful product line is renowned throughout the Southern, Eastern and Midwestern United States. www.henrybrick.com Selma and Dallas County Find It Local Guide 2020 7 Chamber Info &Programs HE SELMA AND DALLAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND TOURISM INFORMATION, or more simply, The Chamber, is dedicated to helping our area thrive. The Chamber is active in our community in a vast array of ways, but critical to every Chamber function are our relationships. You are the key to making our community and our small businessesT stronger than ever before. Be our partner as we chart a course to the future of Selma and The Selma and Dallas Dallas County, Alabama. As an advocate for all businesses, small and large, the Chamber invites you to join our team of over County Chamber 300 enthusiastic community partners working together to showcase Selma and Dallas County’s businesses of Commerce is and quality of life. The Chamber of Commerce is located in the Centre for Commerce building along with the Economic a member-driven Development Authority. Synergies have developed between these organizations with the common goal of organization that has improving Selma and Dallas County. The mission of the Selma and Dallas County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism information worked to support the is to connect local stakeholders, inform our members and the community, advocate on behalf of our businesses in Selma membership, develop us both culturally and economically, and to widely promote our region. and Dallas County for more than 165 years. Since its inception, BUTTONHOLE LUNCH & LEARNS the Chamber has been BREAKFASTS Workshops feature a wide variety of topics These events cover a diverse array of that are helpful for anyone involved with in the forefront of informative topics over familiar breakfast a business, from owners and managers to fostering progress, staples. Get in touch with us to learn about entry-level employees. These programs also sponsorship opportunities, we can make the provide networking opportunities with other initiating programs, event as large or as small as you like! businesses and a complimentary lunch. and establishing proactive goals for BUSINESS AFTER HOURS GROUNDBREAKINGS our community. Interested in giving customers and community When commerce is coming to Selma, the members a preview of a brand new space? Or Chamber is here to host a Groundbreaking maybe you would like to show off your newest Ceremony and start generating some product? We will work with you to schedule a community buzz. laid back, upscale evening event to suit your every need. RIBBON-CUTTINGS/ 60 MINUTE COFFEES GRAND OPENINGS Get the rush started early with caffeine Once the last brick is placed and the mortar and fellowship. Let us handle the details of has set, the Chamber will rally the community planning and promoting your event. You just to come back and cut the ribbon, letting show up, sip coffee, network, and grow. patrons know that you are open for business. Tourist 8 www.selmaalabama.com ANNUAL GOLF TROY UNIVERSITY HUNTINGTON The Selma and Dallas County Chamber of TOURNAMENT Commerce and Troy University established COLLEGE ECONOMIC More than 100 golfers participated in April a partnership providing active Chamber to support the Chamber, reconnect with AND COMMUNITY members and their employees a 10 percent friends and enjoy a day out of the office. scholarship on tuition costs (classroom DEVELOPMENT The tournament is the only fundraiser and online) and access to the Troy benefitting the Chamber, and proceeds from SCHOLARS PROGRAM the annual event go toward the operation of University Corporate Achiever Scholarship. Planned in partnership with and sponsored the Chamber and its many programs. This scholarship, when awarded, can by the CCCA, the EDAA, and the Alabama provide full-time employees pursuing Department of Commerce, the Selma and CELEBRATION OF an undergraduate degree up to four free Dallas County chamber of Commerce WOMEN SHAPING OUR classes, and those pursuing a graduate sponsored a rising senior to participate in degree up to three free classes. A primary this ECDS program. Eligible students who COMMUNITY goal of the program is to help develop the have a 3.4 GPA or above and submitted a This annual signature event recognizes workforce needed to sustain growth and 300-500 word essay to the Selma Chamber women from all walks of life, whose create new business opportunities across qualified. This 3 day experience, allowed contributions have helped shape the region. scholars to return to their hometown with communities throughout Selma and a great understanding of how business Dallas County. SHRED IT DAY and community leaders work together to approve the quality of life for their area. In partnership with ASE Credit Union, Twenty-five rising high school seniors LOCAL TOURS the Chamber offered a solution to proper participated across the state. Black Heritage Field Trip Tours in disposal of sensitive documents. At no cost, partnership with the City of Selma Office citizens and small business owners had the of Planning and Development, coordinates opportunity to bring their documents to the area schools’ 4th grade students to tour Centre for Commerce parking lot to shred historic civil rights sites during February Black History Month. out dated, personal documents and other Audio Tours are offered by the Chamber forms FREE. In addition, the shredded where visitors and locals, alike, can visit material is recycled which is good for the area attractions and learn about the environment. history. Simply pick up a brochure from the Chamber, locate the “Audio tour” signage in SMALL BUSINESS front of each stop, and dial in to be taken SATURDAY to another time. As an American Express Neighborhood Self-Guided Tours are also housed at the Champion, the Chamber helps coordinate Chamber. Whether you are looking to the national Small Business Saturday stroll beneath the moss of Old Live Oak campaign here, locally. The Chamber Cemetery or march in the footsteps of giants along MLK St., brochures and distributes promotional items, connects pamphlets for these self-guided tours are our members to campaign resources, and available upon request.
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