Even as she notes the country is experiencing the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, Walker County sole Commissioner Bebe Heiskell believes the state of the county is better than good.
“When compared to the plight of other communities across this state and the nation, it is no exaggeration to say that the state of Walker County is great!” she said, opening her annual State of the County address during the monthly Chamber of Commerce meeting last week at the county’s Civic Center in Rock Spring.
Heiskell pointed out matter-of-factly but with a sense of pride that the county’s 7.5 percent unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the state and the entire country.
Speaking to a crowd of about 200, she highlighted recent expansion of the Roper Corp. workforce in LaFayette and at Nissin Brake and Findlex in Rock Spring.
“That the state of Walker County is strong and good is no accident,” she said.