By Associated Press
Montgomery, AL – Gov. Bob Riley and other state officials are spending four days in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, trying to sell industrial site consultants on Alabama.
The director of the Alabama Development Office, Neal Wade, said 25 site consultants are attending the Alabama International Business Conference, which runs Thursday through Sunday in the coastal resort.
Site consultants help companies find locations for new plants. Wade said the current economic situation makes it more important to market Alabama.
He said the conference will give site consultants an opportunity to dine, golf and enjoy other activities with the governor, House Speaker Seth Hammett, state Finance Director Jim Main and others.
Alabama holds a similar conference each year. It was in Hawaii in 2008 and Birmingham in 2007.