May 15, 1935

The Alabama League of Municipalities (ALM), a voluntary association of cities and towns, formed May 15, 1935. Recognized as the voice of Alabama’s cities and towns, the league has grown to 460 members today. The league is best known for representing its members before the Alabama Legislature, Congress and numerous administrative agencies. However, the association also offers leadership, ethics and other training to elected and other officials. Additionally, the league works to educate Alabama citizens about how municipal governments operate. ALM is based in Montgomery.

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In 1946, the Alabama League of Municipalities signed a lease on a small, five-room, shotgun style building located at 14 S. Hull Street in downtown Montgomery. The offices would remain at this location for the next 24 years – until the permanent league headquarters building was completed in 1970 at 535 Adams Avenue, within walking distance of the Alabama Capitol and the Alabama State House. Pictured: League President Frank Livingston of Tuscaloosa (left) and league Executive Director Ed Reid (right), October 1946. Reid was the league’s first and longest-serving executive director (1935-1965). (Photograph courtesy of ALM)

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