Montgomery Business Journal

Capital Impact

Montgomery is not Alabama’s biggest municipality, but it boasts an important distinction that sets it apart from every other Alabama city, large or small. On most maps of our state, it’s marked by a star, a symbol of its capital city status. For folks who’ve long lived and/or done business here, it’s a characteristic that they may take for granted. Other than a pretty, historic, white-domed building downtown, what does being the state capital really mean?

Jennifer Stewart Kornegay