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<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Auburn</strong>, Alabamaachievements <strong>of</strong> its veterinary medicine,engineering, and business graduates.Historic Samford Hall at <strong>Auburn</strong> UniversitySouthern Union State CommunityCollege is located in <strong>Auburn</strong>’s sister city,Opelika, which is also the Lee Countyseat. Southern Union is less than tenmiles from <strong>Auburn</strong> and <strong>of</strong>fers courses inbusiness, accounting, computer science,industrial electricity and electronics,drafting and design technology,automotive technology, welding andmore. Southern Union serves a studentbody <strong>of</strong> approximately 2,800 in theacademic division and 1,700 in thetechnical division.Utilities and Telecommunications.Electric power in <strong>Auburn</strong> is supplied byAlabama Power Company, an investorownedutility that supplies approximately86% <strong>of</strong> the State. Alabama GasCorporation provides natural gas energyto <strong>Auburn</strong> and over 463,000 otherresidential and commercial customerswithin Alabama. The <strong>City</strong>’s Water WorksBoard, drawing from Lake Ogletree as itsmain source, provides water services.The <strong>City</strong> operates two wastewatertreatment plants with a total treatmentcapacity <strong>of</strong> 7.0 million gallons per day andis currently expanding their productionand treatment capacities to 9.0 milliongallons per day to accommodate the<strong>City</strong>’s projected population growth.Community Pr<strong>of</strong>ileLocal exchange telephone service in<strong>Auburn</strong> is provided by BellSouth. AT&T,Sprint and MCI are the <strong>City</strong>’s long-distanceservice providers, in addition to BellSouth.Fiber optic services, Frame Relay, T1 toOC48, ISDN, Cable Modem, DSL andmany more voice and data services areavailable within the city limits.Healthcare. The <strong>Auburn</strong> area isserved by the East Alabama MedicalCenter, an outstanding regional medicalfacility. EAMC’s cardiac and cancertreatment programs have received nationalrecognition. EAMC was named as one <strong>of</strong>the top 100 cardiac care hospitals in theUnited States and ranked 18 th on Fortune’s“100 best companies to work for” list in2002.East Alabama Medical Center,a regional medical facilityEast Alabama Medical Center’smain campus has 314 beds and is locatedin Opelika. EAMC provides emergencymedical transport services to the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Auburn</strong>. An auxiliary campus in <strong>Auburn</strong>provides assisted living, seniorindependent living, hospice care andfitness facilities.Transportation. The <strong>Auburn</strong> area ishighly accessible by various transportationmodes. Situated at the intersections <strong>of</strong>Interstate 85 with US Highways 280 and29, the cities <strong>of</strong> Atlanta, Montgomery andBirmingham are all within an easy two-hourdrive. <strong>Auburn</strong> is served by four truckingterminals, all within 25 miles <strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong>;4

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