Opp Industrial Park #3

US Highway 52
Opp, Alabama

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Property Description

Total acreage - 92 acres. Available acreage - 92 acres Fire Rating - 5 Topography - Gentle rolling terrain, grass with some trees and shrubs. Drainage - Good. Transportation - Highway - AL 52, 2 miles to US 84, US 331 and AL 134, I-65 (48 miles), I-85 (46 miles). Railroad - Alabama Florida Railroad (1/4 mile). Air - Andalusia-Opp Airport (5000 feet runway, paved, lighted, instrument approach, 10 miles); Dannelly Field, Montgomery, 90 minutes. Water -Columbia State Docks, 75 miles; Port of Panama City, 87 miles. Utilities - Electrical - Covington Electric Cooperative, Opp Utilities. Gas - Southeast Alabama Gas District, 4-inch main, 80 psi, 1/4 mile. Phone - GTE South. Water - Opp Utilities, 6-inch main, 10-inch main (1000-feet), 400,000 gallon storage tank (2000-feet). Sewer - Opp Utilities, 10-inch main.

Community

Labor Facts

(Based on 1992 statistics)

Covington County		Area
36,600	Population	369,500
16,640	Labor Force	167,133
4,240	Manufacturing Employment	27,778
1,660	Number of Unemployed	12,810
10.0	Unemployment Rate	7.7

Community Facts

Excess Water Capacity -2,730,000 GPD. Excess Sewer Capacity - 640,000 GPD. Effective Property tax rate - $7.20 per $1,000 value. Tax Exemptions - Convential Financing - Ten-year ad valorem tax exemption on building and equipment, school tax excluded. Industrial Development Bond Financing - One hundred percent ad valorem tax exemption on building and equipment, school tax excluded, for a maximum of 10 years. No Inventory tax. Commercial Airport - Dannelly Field (Montgomery Municipal Airport), 80 miles.

Major Manufacturers -

Anderson Peanuts Casey Jeans Covington Industries Covington Publishing General Manufacturing Opp and Micolas Mills Opp News Phillips Van Heusen Shuler Brothers Chips Sonoco Products Southern Trim Sweatt's Prefade

For more information, call the City of Opp, (334) 493-4572.