Alabama awards Tuskegee $400,000 grant for automotive-supplier plant expected to create 187 jobs
TUSKEGEE, Ala. — Gov. Kay Ivey awarded the City of Tuskegee a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant to support infrastructure for a planned CPT America automotive-supplier plant, according to an Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs announcement published May 26, 2026.
The facility is described as a $163 million manufacturing project expected to create 187 jobs. The grant provides infrastructure funding tied to the development, but the available announcement does not say that construction is complete or that the jobs have been filled.
What the grant supports
The Community Development Block Grant will support infrastructure needed for the new plant in Tuskegee. ADECA is administering the grant using federal funds.
The state announcement identifies CPT America as the company behind the automotive-supplier project and the City of Tuskegee as the grant recipient. That makes the city the local public entity receiving the infrastructure support connected to the proposed manufacturing facility.
For residents and local businesses, the immediate development is the award of the infrastructure grant. The longer-term prospect described by ADECA is a manufacturing facility with 187 anticipated workers. The announcement does not provide wage information, a hiring schedule or details about when applications might open.
Project remains prospective
The grant award is a confirmed state action, while the plant’s job total remains a projection: ADECA says the facility is “slated to hire” 187 workers. That figure should not be read as a guarantee that all 187 positions will be created or filled.
The announcement also does not establish a construction completion date, a timeline for hiring or whether the infrastructure work has finished. No newer construction milestone from July or August 2026 is established in the approved information.
Tuskegee’s economic-development page identifies the Tuskegee-Macon County Community Development Corporation and the South Central Alabama Development Commission among the agencies with which the city works. Those partners provide local institutional context, but the city page does not independently verify the grant amount or CPT America project details.
For now, the confirmed step is the $400,000 award. The next milestones for residents, prospective workers and local businesses would be construction and hiring updates, but no specific deadline or schedule is provided in the announcement.
Sources
- Gov. Ivey awards grant for new industrial development expected to bring 187 jobs to Tuskegee, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
- Agencies We Work With, City of Tuskegee
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