Dothan Chamber

The Dothan area is home to several major corporations including General Electric, Michelin, Sony, McLane, Pemco World Aviation, Twitchell, International Paper, Globe Motors, Cummings Sign, Perdue Farms, Swedish Match, Qualico Steel, E & H Steel, Dunbarton, Flavor House, Nypro ALABAMA, Movie Gallery - Headquarters, AAA Cooper Transportation - Headquarters, ID Associates, and Cole Sign Company.

Through diversity of its industrial base, Dothan is poised to handle an array of industrial sectors from aviation, fabricated metals, distribution, customer service centers to food products, electronics, machinery, and injection molding. The area has a rich history in the development of aviation jobs in Alabama through Enterprise-Ozark Community College (avionics and aviation mechanic training) and Fort Rucker - the Army Aviation Center of the United States. A highly specialized Dothan Airport Industrial Park offers infrastructure and land to accommodate aviation related projects with runway access to facilities.

The strong presence of trucking, and the strategic proximity to the growing Southeast market, attracts distribution related projects to the Dothan area. With the development of the Houston County Distribution Park (a specialized distribution industrial park), companies utilize the 352-acre asset to serve consumers in the Southeast region of the United States. McLane Company, Inc. and Dixie Egg call the Houston County Distribution Park home. The park, located minutes from the Florida state line, has large lots to serve distribution- related projects up to 1.2 million-square-feet in size.

Westgate Industrial Park in Dothan and nearby Black Forest Industrial Park in Ozark meet the manufacturing facility needs of small and large manufacturing-related projects. Westgate boasts tenants like Dunbarton Corporation, a leading manufacturer of steel door frames used in the commercial building industry, International Paper, a corrugated box supplier of industrial clients, and Movie Gallery's distribution center. The area continues to encourage more development through an active Speculative Building Program.

Education, quality of life, and industry support provide the impetus for the continued development of the Dothan area. With strong support from the Wallace Community College system, Alabama Technology Network, Troy University Dothan Campus, and K-12 programs that are geared to industry, the infrastructure is present to meet the needs of existing and future businesses and industries.

The cultural and educational life of Dothan is further enhanced by several organizations: Cultural Arts Center, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Botanical Gardens, Southeast Alabama Community Theater, Landmark Park - Alabama's State Agricultural Museum, Southeast Alabama Ballet and Dance Company, Houston County Arts and Humanities Council, and Wiregrass Arts Alliance. An extensive downtown mural project continues to add works.