Baldwin County
The Nature Conservancy in Alabama announced it has been awarded more than $27 million of $265 million in transformational habitat restoration and coastal resilience funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Funding will be split between two coastal Alabama projects, with $14.6 million going to the Coffee Island Restoration in Mobile County and more…
Rapid growth in Baldwin County—specifically, its southern cities of Foley, Orange Beach and Gulf Shores—will strain the area’s beleaguered service and hospitality industries, AL.com reports. “There’s been substantial growth in the county; it puts a stress on the industry beyond what would be caused by tourism,” Ed Bushaw, executive director of the South Baldwin Regional…
EBSCO Industries and Longleaf—an established partnership between Birmingham Recovery Center and LIV Ventures—will build three recovery and mental health wellness centers in Alabama, Business Alabama reports. A facility for substance use treatment is set to be built in Baldwin County, with groundbreaking slated for later this year. Longleaf broke ground on its first wellness center…
Rural areas in nine Alabama counties, including Mobile and Baldwin counties, will get expanded broadband connections as a result of $24.72 million in grants awarded last week by Gov. Kay Ivey, AL.com reported. The grants were awarded to broadband providers across the state to support projects in unserved or underserved areas. Ivey said that once…
Loxley, Ala. – The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, has announced plans to locate a last-mile delivery facility in Baldwin County, Alabama. With plans to invest more than $2.2 million and create more than 20 jobs, The Home Depot’s new location in Loxley represents a larger corporate strategy to deploy more…
Wawa announced at recent press conferences that its first two Mobile stores will be built at the intersection of Cottage Hill and Sollie roads, and the intersection of Schillinger Road and Old Government Street, AL.com reported. In Baldwin County, the four locations announced are at Highway 98 and County Road 44 (Twin Beech Road) in…
South Baldwin Regional Medical Center broke ground this week on construction to expand and modernize its hospital, enhance services and increase overall capacity to care for patients in Foley, the South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce reported. The construction project is the largest undertaken at the hospital. It will impact numerous services, with highlights including a…
Foley recently held a ribbon cutting for its newest park, located at 300 West Laurel Avenue. Pine Street Park is adjacent to Foley’s Historic Downtown and Foley Middle School. The city park is located on property leased from the Baldwin County Board of Education. Its theme is music, and it is home to an amphitheater…
Several 68 Ventures companies recently supported the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office (BSCO) Foundation. The companies donated a total of $6,000 in conjunction with the foundation’s annual Family Day and Pheasant Hunt. The funds are to be used to support law enforcement officers during the holiday season and to fund other initiatives throughout the year. Led…
The Greene & Phillips Scholarship Program is now live, with an application deadline of January 31. In it, five $2,000 scholarships are available to all high school seniors in Mobile and Baldwin counties and can be used at accredited colleges, universities, community colleges and trade schools. Students of all grade point averages and abilities are…
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