SoulGrown: EARTH’s site has a deep-rooted history in East Alabama economy

From rubble will rise EARTH. The East Alabama Rural Innovation & Training Hub (EARTH), which will be constructed on the historic Avondale Mills site, will offer the same promises as its predecessor. “The site years ago is where people originally found opportunity, hope, work, and learning. Today’s world still begs for the same things. EARTH will answer those needs,” says Jeff Lynn, president of Central Alabama Community College. EARTH’s mission is deeply rooted in East Alabama, seeking to increase economic and social growth within its communities through a multidisciplinary, integrated, an