City of Mobile

Mobile Releases Popular Annual Financial Report

July 19, 2024
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The City of Mobile recently released its 2023 Popular Annual Financial Report, which is intended to help citizens better understand city finances and how their taxes are being managed. The 20-page document is a concise summary of the full 262-page financial report. Its data show a strong financial outlook as the city continues to pay…

Mobile Launches First HVIP

July 12, 2024
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Through a partnership with USA Health University Hospital and the Mobile County Health Department (MCHD), the City of Mobile will establish its first Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program (HVIP). Modeled after successful HVIPs in other parts of the country, this initiative will help combat cycles of violent crime and retaliation by engaging crime victims as they…

Mobile Hires Young As Homeless Outreach Coordinator

July 4, 2024
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The City of Mobile has announced that, after more than a decade of service to its unhoused population, Kendell Young has joined the city as its first dedicated homeless outreach coordinator. Young has leadership experience at Waterfront Rescue Mission and Housing First, Inc. He will support the office of resilience and sustainability as it works…

Three Mile Creek Greenway Trail Section Opens

July 4, 2024
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The City of Mobile recently opened a section of its Three Mile Creek Greenway Trail in Toulminville approximately a year after breaking ground on it. This 0.6-mi. addition to the existing trail, part of a planned 6.5-mile trail running alongside Three Mile Creek, connects neighborhoods and city parks for biking, walking, jogging, dog walking and…

St. Louis Street Project To Begin In Spring

July 4, 2024
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 Thanks to an agreement with the State of Alabama, the City of Mobile will soon receive additional federal support for the “Innovating St. Louis Street” project, Mayor Sandy Stimpson recently announced. To begin next spring, it is to see investment of $16 million in a complete rebuilding of 17 blocks of St. Louis Street in…

Mobile Cuts Ribbon On Seventh Splash Pad

June 21, 2024
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The City of Mobile held a ribbon cutting for its newest public splash pad at Baumhauer-Randle Park on June 17. Mobile City Council President C.J. Small joined community members and other representatives from the City of Mobile. Thanks to a $363,000-project funded through the City of Mobile’s Capital Improvement Program, the wading pool at Baumhauer-Randle…

Next STEM Saturday Is Tomorrow

June 14, 2024
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STEM Mobile, STEM Global Action and the Mobile Parks and Recreation Department are holding this month’s STEM Saturday on June 15 at 9 a.m.-12:30 at Taylor Park (1050 Baltimore Street) in Mobile. This interactive and hands-on program gives young Mobilians in grades K-12 an opportunity to design, build and test their own wooden structures. Attendance…

Local BBB Moves To Innovation Portal

June 14, 2024
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The Better Business Bureau (BBB) Serving Central & South Alabama‘s Mobile branch has moved to the Innovation Portal in Mobile. BBB says the decision to relocate was made with careful consideration of the opportunities Innovation Portal will provide for both BBB and its accredited businesses. One advantage is the ability to host events and engage…

Mobile Institutions Benefit From Grants

Contemporary Art Center Announces Major Changes

June 14, 2024
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The Alabama Contemporary Art Center in Mobile has announced plans to radically transform how it presents art by conducting exhibitions and programs across the state as it renovates its facilities, including development of the long-vacant Press-Register building at 304 Government Street in Mobile, AL.com reports. The museum’s 2025 schedule will include exhibitions in York, Tuscaloosa…

Rock The Country Festival Coming To The Grounds

June 14, 2024
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The Rock the Country Festival is coming to The Grounds in Mobile on June 21-22. Headliners Kid Rock and Jason Aldean will be joined by Brantley Gilbert, Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Randy Houser, Uncle Kracker, Tyler Farr, Sadie Bass, Gavin Adcock and Dee Jay Silber. Tickets start at $79.99, and camping packages are available.…

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