Dauphin Island’s Aloe Bay Master Plan Wins Design Award

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala — Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) recently announced that the Aloe Bay Town Center Master Plan received the Franklin M. Setzer Outstanding Urban Design Project Award from the American Planning Association Alabama Chapter. Aloe Bay is located on Dauphin Island and has been an important location for the commercial fishing and tourism industries of the community. Aloe Bay is also home to the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo and numerous other maritime businesses. Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, as part of a funding request to the Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council, the Town of Dauphin Island was awarded more than $16.5 million. Creating the Aloe Bay Master Plan was the first step of the grant plan. It provides vision, concept, framework, illustrations and implementation strategies. Phase one of the plan was adopted in September 2021, and phase two is in progress. Along with GMC, the Dauphin Island Town Council chose Dover Kohl and Partners and Randall Gross Development Economics to be involved with the project.