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Publisher Point Broadband of Alabama, LLC has decided to relocate its headquarters to Opelika. The city council voted to approve an agreement with the company following a public hearing. The move is expected to create an additional 25 jobs in Opelika, and the city will provide financial incentives to the company which may cash incentives, performance incentives, tax abatements and tax exemptions. Chief General Council for Point Broadband, Chad Wachter said that the company discussed the significance of the acquisition of the OPS One in November 2018. “It was a really early significant milestone when we reached the agreement with Opelika to purchase OPS system,” Wachter said. He was complimentary of the support that Point has received from the city over the past few years. “Frankly, the city of Opelika does a tremendous job of supporting us and we try to support them.” When asked about why the decision was made to relocated to Opelika, Wachter said, “A lot of our ....
Opelika group supports local businesses impacted by pandemic Opelika Cash Cab holds April event at local business By Caroline Linch | April 18, 2021 at 10:13 AM EDT - Updated April 18 at 10:13 AM OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) - Over in East Alabama, a group is looking to support their small, local businesses in a huge way especially after the impact the pandemic has on small businesses. Several citizens are part of the Opelika Cash Cab - a group that chooses one local business each month to send love and money to all day. Today’s lucky business? Taylor Made Designs over on Main Street. Businesses and restaurants are one of the hardest hit industries during the COVID-19 pandemic. But for small, local businesses like Taylor Made Designs, it was even worse. ....
The East Alabama Medical Center s Community Vaccine Clinic will soon wind down operations as requests for appointments have reached a plateau, according to news release issued by the hospital on Monday. As of last Friday, the clinic had administered more than 72,000 doses of Pfizer s Covid-19 vaccine since it first opened on Feb. 1 during a time when the area was going through the worst surge of the pandemic and EAMC hospitalizations still hovered near 70. The clinic itself represents a monumental effort by the Auburn-Opelika community to pool its resources to get Covid-19 vaccine doses in as many arms as possible. EAMC, one of the first entities to start vaccinating people in the state, started administering Pfizer doses to the first wave of eligible citizens in December at its Education Center on Pepperell Parkway, where it was administering fewer than 500 doses a day. It quickly became apparent that the center could not accommodate the scale of what was ....
More than two dozen volunteers needed daily at EAMCâs vaccine clinic More than two dozen volunteers needed daily at EAMCâs vaccine clinic By Katie Kamin | February 3, 2021 at 6:26 PM EST - Updated February 3 at 9:44 PM AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - The East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC) is now several days into its new vaccine clinic location, where they hope to be able to vaccinate 1,000 people per day. In order to do that, they need more than two dozen volunteers everyday. The clinic is a community effort. âWe took it on head strong and the results are obvious,â said Will Mathews, the deputy director of public safety for the city of Auburn. âWeâve put shots in a lot of arms this week.â ....