Launch Regional Partnership
Connecting the Tennessee Valley through private-public collaboration - a Committee of 100 idea that grew into a standalone regional organization.
From one question to thirteen counties
A Committee of 100 member once stood up and asked a simple question: why can't the region work better together? That question became Launch 2035, incubated inside the Committee's Creative Cities work - and today it is Launch Regional Partnership, a standalone 501(c)3 covering a 13-county North Alabama footprint.
Creative Cities funded and articulated Launch's earliest work, including a 2017 entrepreneurial ecosystem study across the three-county region.
Where Launch works
Launch works in three spaces. Workforce: growing and connecting the region's talent pipeline. Entrepreneurship: building the ecosystem where new ideas become new companies. Land use and infrastructure: planning the growth so the region prospers together.
In 2026 Launch signed a memorandum of understanding with the Business Council of Alabama, formalizing collaboration between regional and statewide business leadership.
The Committee remains a proud partner
The Committee remains a proud partner. For Launch's current work, leadership, and the annual State of the Region, visit the Launch site.