DHR opens new building to the public

Cliff Williams / The Outlook Tallapoosa County Department of Human Resources director Brenda Floyd speaks at the grand opening for the new building for the Tallapoosa County Department of Human Resources Monday afternoon.

Clients and employees of the Tallapoosa County Department of Human Resources now have a new building. The building and the services it helps provide are a huge part of the economy.

“We are about a $15 million a year business here in Tallapoosa County,” Alabama Department of Human Resources commissioner Nancy Buckner said. “About $10 million is through benefits that gets out in the community and helps drive the local economy.”