Episode 3: Greg Barker with the EDPA

From Idea to Action: Stories from Alabama Innovators

In this episode, we sit down to talk with Greg Barker, President of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama. We discuss his twenty-plus-year background, ways the EDPA works in the realm of innovation, and how new startups can get involved in programs like Alabama Launchpad.

Dig into more information:

Greg Barker
https://edpa.org/staff-expertise/greg-barker/

Economic Development Partnership of Alabama
https://edpa.org/

Alabama Power
https://www.alabamapower.com/

Alabama Department of Commerce
https://www.madeinalabama.com/

Alabama Launchpad
https://alabamalaunchpad.com/
Learn more about how Alabama Launchpad gives startup companies a boost by listening to Episode 2: Peggy Sammon with GeneCapture

Greg Canfield
https://governor.alabama.gov/cabinet/department-commerce/

Alabama Business Intelligence Center
https://www.albicenter.org/

Innovate Alabama (previously Alabama Innovation Commission)
https://innovatealabama.org/

Cynthia Crutchfield, CEO of Innovate Alabama
https://innovatealabama.org/2023/01/01/meet-cynthia-crutchfield/

Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grants
https://innovatealabama.org/supplemental-grant-program/

Bill Poole
https://governor.alabama.gov/cabinet/department-finance/

Senator Greg Reed
https://innovatealabama.org/leadership/

Miller Girven, Executive Vice President, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, EDPA
https://edpa.org/staff-expertise/miller-girvin/

Alabama Farmers Federation
https://alfafarmers.org/
Learn more about the impact of ALFA in Episode 12: Jeff Helms and Russ Durrance with ALFA

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