Baldwin County
The City of Orange Beach’s Continuing Excellence Program recently released its winter and spring 2021 schedule, The Islander reports. The program offers a variety of free workshops, classes and events for adults in the community. Beginner Portuguese, French and Spanish; ballet, jazz, tap, theater, line and Latin dancing; a beginner music workshop; creative writing; “BioBlitz”…
According to a recent story in GulfCoastNewsToday.com, Dr. Jason Northcutt of Robertsdale Dental Care traveled to Budapest, Hungary, last February to learn the latest bone grafting techniques from Dr. Istvn Urban, considered the world’s foremost expert in this form of dental surgery, to be able to give hope to long-term denture wearers and others who…
Hand Arendall Harrison Sale LLC recently launched its new website. The firm says the site provides improved navigation and functionality to bring relevant legal news, attorney contact management and firm services together. One of the largest law firms in the region with more than 85 attorneys, it provides legal services in all areas of traditional…
The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama will kick off its first cycle of entries for Alabama Launchpad 2021 on February 1, Business Alabama recently reported. This marks the 15th year for the startup competition, which will see some changes. First, more emphasis will be put on mentoring Alabama’s entrepreneurs, winners or not. Also, all competition…
Spanish Fort city leaders recently confirmed Amazon’s plans to build a $45-million distribution facility on a 24-acre site at the end of Bass Pro Drive in the Spanish Fort Center, WPMI reported. Benefits include 115 full-time jobs that pay roughly $15 an hour, plus benefits. “This is what they call a final point of delivery,”…
The Alabama Coastal Foundation’s Seventh Annual Sustainability Summit is taking place this month as a virtual event on January 28-29. Registration is open, and the schedule reveals 2020 MacArthur Fellow Catherine Flowers and Green Coast Council Chair Paulette Doggett as its keynote speakers. One of its initiatives is the Green Coast Council, a forum for…
The under-construction Sportsplex in Elberta will soon have lights placed in fields one (a large baseball field) and six (a softball field), according to The Onlooker. Planned completion of the fields is in February 2021, which would allow Elberta High School seniors (part of its first senior class) to play at their hometown fields. Sixteen…
According to Al.com, investors paid $1.75 million for the building leased to Arby’s and Guthrie’s restaurants at 51 North Greeno Road in Fairhope, according to Andrew Chason of Marcus & Millichap, who represented the buyer. Erik Vogelzang of SRS Real Estate Partners worked for the seller. Local developers paid $825,000 for the former Landmark East condominium…
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, author and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, gave to Theodore-based Feeding the Gulf Coast and Mobile-based Goodwill Gulf Coast among hundreds of organizations nationwide, AL.com reported. Goodwill Gulf Coast received $5 million of the $4.1-billion total, marking the largest contribution in the 64-year-old nonprofit’s history. All donations were focused on pandemic…
The Courtyard and Fairfield Marriott hotels in Spanish Fort have earned Marriott’s top awards for outstanding guest satisfaction scores. Courtyard won Marriott’s Golden Circle Award for the second year in a row, and its sister hotel, Fairfield, won the Silver Circle Award for select service brands. Gold status is designated for hotels scoring in the…
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