Commerce

We are a city of about 12,000 residents and over 470 businesses within a three-mile radius.  Businesses range from banking and lending institutions to health and legal services. 

New businesses are opening to great success here, and include department stores, restaurants, and motels. Shopping in our area offers buyers everything  from intimate specialty shops to large chain discount stores.

 

Click here for a list of new Business Licenses issued during  2007.

 

 

 

                        

 
  Click on the following to view our various Shopping Centers, Hotels and Office Complexes:

Gardendale Square

Gardendale Exchange

Microtel Inn & Suites of Gardendale

Best Western/Gardendale

Towne Centre
 

Click here to read a "Birmingham Business Journal" article about Gardendale's commercial growth.

 

New Retail Development on Odum Road

 

    Work began in December 2001 to clear the way for a 67-acre retail shopping complex that is now home to a new Wal-Mart Super Center,  Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q, banks, and an animal hospital, as well as other retail stores and will eventually be home to several other restaurants, and a hotel. The development is located just south of the new Wal-Mart store and is easily visible from Interstate 65. The new Wal-Mart store, with over 204,000 square feet of shopping space, is more than double the size of the former 88,000 square-foot store. It offers groceries, gasoline, and many other goods and services not available at the former store. The new Wal-Mart occupies approximately one-third of the entire complex.   Jim 'N Nick's celebrated its Grand Opening on November 3, 2003, boasting authentic old fashioned Bar-B-Q cooked in the southern tradition.  The developers, Abernathy-Timberlake of Duluth, Georgia, are in discussions with other potential tenants to occupy the remaining parcels in the development. In conjunction with the construction of the new retail development, Odum Road has been relocated, straightened, and widened to five lanes. The "new  and improved" five-lane  portion of Odum Road begins at the existing Fieldstown Road intersection and runs south for approximately a half-mile,  where it narrows down to two lanes and continues on to Main Street. Odum Road runs through the middle of the new complex, with stores on both sides of the road. The City made the improvements to Odum Road in order to handle the increase in vehicle traffic, as well as to improve the road's driving conditions for everyday through-traffic. 

 

Businesses interested in locating in this new retail development should contact 

Thomas Abernathy or James Timberlake, 3700 Crestwood Parkway, Suite #900,

Duluth, Georgia, 30096, (678) 584-9990 (Telephone), (678) 584-9988 (Fax).

 

Click here for site plan and maps, aerial views and demographic information.

 

 

 

Economic Development

GET AN ASSIST FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
"YOUR DIRECT INFORMATION SOURCE"

Phone: 205-631-8789
Fax: 205-631-1700
e-mail: info@cityofgardendale.com

Eliminate the expense and time of research, collecting and analyzing data necessary for making a decision.  Come to the  "DIRECT SOURCE" to obtain the following information:

AREA DEMOGRAPHICS - Get the REAL trade area demographics.  Demographics based on a given intersection as the center of a radii fail to  account for the local road network, driving times, driving habits, commercial development and competition, economic distribution, availability and location of schools, churches and recreational facilities.

DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS - Social and Economic Statistics and Indicators for zip code 35071.

TRAFFIC COUNTS - Skipper Consulting, Inc. - October, 2007; Sain Associates - May, 2001 - Major roadways, feed roads, and major intersections.

UTILITIES AND SERVICES - Availability, location and rates - water, natural gas, sanitary sewer, electrical services, fire protection.

LAND AVAILABILITY - Repository of available land tracts: Residential - single family to multifamily, commercial, institutional and industrial.

SITE LOCATION - Single lot to acreage - Match site to specific need.

BUILDING INVENTORY - Match available  buildings to specific need.

GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE

  • Existing zoning and process to request change

  • Building codes and inspection

  • Economic assistance programs

  • License and fee structure

  • Development requirements

INVESTOR POOL FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT - Build to suit, distribution and warehousing.
 

 

Gardendale Chamber of Commerce

Joy Clayton, Executive Director

(205) 631-9195

Magnolia, our logo.

 

The Gardendale Chamber of Commerce was organized to advance the general welfare and prosperity of the city of Gardendale and  its surrounding area.  This goal is pursued daily by exploring all avenues available to promote the economic, civic, commercial, cultural, industrial, and educational interests of the  city.

 

Visit the Gardendale Chamber of Commerce Website by clicking here!

 

2008 Officers

Executive Director

 Joy Clayton Gardendale Chamber of Commerce

President

 Aaron Box The Hutson Company

Immediate Past President

 Scott Phillips Mortgage South
Vice President Cassie Sanford Habitat for Humanity
Secretary Carla Vernon 98 Degrees Tanning Salon
Legal Counsel Greg Reid  Attorney at Law

 

2008 Board of Directors

Marilyn Walker Alabama Power Company
Dari Walker City of Gardendale
Dean Taylor Webb Payroll
Charlotte Reach First Commercial Bank
Alan Hall The Church Revived
Cliff Rhodes Pinnacle Bank
Gina Childers In Vision
Paula Boone Field of Dreams

 

Reasons to become a member of the Gardendale Chamber of Commerce:

  • As a business owner and/or resident of Gardendale, it is in your best interest to promote your community.  By becoming a member, you give visible evidence that you and your business care about Gardendale and its future.
     

  • Through the valuable contacts made as a member of the Chamber, your business will become better known and therefore more prosperous.
     

  • The Chamber encourages trade between city businesses and often makes referrals - always using the members of the Chamber as first choice.
     

  • The Chamber promotes events that give networking opportunities to business owners, including a monthly luncheon meeting.  These meetings feature speakers from both inside and outside our community,  imparting information on a variety of topics.
     

  • As a member of the Chamber, you will have a voice in the direction of business and leadership of our community.
     

  • By being an active member and paying dues, you can strengthen the Chamber which in turn helps the community to become more prosperous and strong.

 

The list goes on, but you can see from these few that Chamber membership has many advantages. Membership is available to both businesses and individuals. Your Chamber dues will be a investment in your success. We invite you to come and check out the Chamber. The public is invited to attend Chamber meetings, which are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 12:00 in the Civic Center.