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Montgomery & the River Region     The Greater Birmingham Area     In & Around Alabama

Montgomery & the River Region

Montgomery was named one of the best medium sized cities in America by Money Magazine’s “Best Places to Live in America 1998.” Alabama's capital city offers a world-class theatre, museums, history, professional golf courses, family activities and irresistible down-home Southern food.

Montgomery is also a regional trade and transportation hub, home of a major United States Air Force Base and Air War College, the heart of state government, and home to Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Hyundai’s only North American plant.

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Alabama Shakespeare Festival
As the State Theatre of Alabama, the Festival serves as a major educational resource and lifelong learning center for the Southeast. Entertaining audiences from school children through adults. ASF also offers various publications, the SchoolFest program, and other educational opportunities.
Downtown Montgomery
Montgomery is dramatically revitalizing its downtown and is home to the Riverwalk & Amphitheatre which frequently hosts outdoor concerts and celebrations. Downtown Montgomery is also home to the Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center. The Center features the Montgomery Performing Arts Center which hosts widely recognized artists and events.

Montgomery Advertiser
The area’s newspaper with information about local news, sports, business and entertainment.
Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce
The local area Chamber of Commerce provides an environment to encourage involvement and volunteerism. The Chamber web site has demographic, school and real estate information and more.
Montgomery Biscuits Baseball
Montgomery’s AA Minor League Baseball Team. The Biscuits are a Tampa Bay Devil Rays affiliate with two consecutive Southern Championships and the finest stadium in the conference.
Montgomery Zoo
Completely renovated in 1991 and enlarged from 6 to 40 acres, the Montgomery Zoo is a barrier free home to over 700 animals from five continents.
Old Alabama Town
A collection of over forty restored Alabama structures depicting life in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Photos on this page by The Montgomery Convention & Visitors Bureau
Video by The Montgomery Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Birmingham Area

Nestled in the Appalachian Mountains, Birmingham, Alabama oozes southern charm and hospitality. This vibrant city serves up nationally recognized dining, shopping & entertainment, world–class attractions, events, world–renown golf courses and many other things to see and do. Today, Birmingham is known for its medical research, banking and service–based economy, making it one of the nation‘s most liveable cities with a vibrant downtown and more green space per capita than any other city in the nation. Birmingham is centrally located and is easliy accessible to major cities in the region.

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Birmingham Business Alliance
The BBA was created in in July of 2009 as a merger of the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Metropolitan Development Board. The Birmingham Business Alliance is a dynamic advocate, unifying voice and constant catalyst for economic development and business prosperity for the Birmingham Region.
The Birmingham News
The area’s newspaper with a 124 year history covering local news, sports, business and entertainment.
Birmingham Zoo
One of the state‘s most popular attractions. Approximately 750 animals of 250 species call the 122–acre Birmingham Zoo home, including sea lions, kangaroos and endangered species from six continents.
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Richly detailed exhibits in the Civil Rights Institute reveal slices of black and white life in Alabama from the late 1800s to the present. A series of galleries tells the stories of daily life for African–Americans in the state and the nation and how dramatically different it was from the lives white people of that era took for granted.
Birmingham Museum of Art
The Birmingham Museum of Art has one of the finest collections in the Southeast. More than 24,000 objects represent a rich panorama of cultures, including Asian, European, American, African, Pre–Columbian and Native American.
McWane Center
Four floors of hands–on exhibits and an IMAX Dome Theatre are all part of the fun of learning at McWane Science Center. Celebrating science and discovery, the exhibits include everything from dinosaurs to space travel.
Information courtesy of the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau and The City of Birmingham.
Birmingham photos courtesy of the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau.

In & Around Alabama

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Lake Martin
Just a short drive from Montgomery or Birmingham, Lake Martin is an over 39,000 acre lake with 700 miles of wooded shoreline. Lake Martin is the perfect recreation lake with swimming, boating, fishing, water skiing and so much more.
Alabama‘s Beaches
Enjoy the sugar white sands and emerald waters of Alabama‘s gorgeous Gulf Coast. Just a short drive from Montgomery or Birmingham, these beautiful beaches are truly spectacular. Play on the beach during the day and feast on fresh seafood for dinner.
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
With 11 championship golf courses, the Robert Trent Jones golf trail makes Alabama a golfer‘s paradise. Montgomery is conveniently located to three of these courses – Capitol Hill in Prattville, Cambrian Ridge in Greenville and Grand National in Opelika. Birmingham is home to Oxmoor Valley and near Ross Bridge in Hoover. The other trails include Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Lakewood Golf Club in Point Clear, Highland Oaks in Dothan, Silver Lakes in Anniston, The Shoals in Muscle Shoals and Hampton Cove in Huntsville.