City of Mobile
The 30th Annual Festival of Flowers has been announced for March 23-26 at the Ascension Providence Hospital campus in Mobile. It will showcase gardens of Japanese influence by Shipshape Urban Farms Lead Designer Dale Speetjens. A mural created by The Nest of Mobile will greet attendees, who will then stroll through a bamboo forest to…
Fathom Realty AL, LLC opened earlier this year with local agent Martha Garner as managing broker. Garner has been licensed since 1989 with experience listing and selling condominiums, land, businesses and residential properties. She also has an e-PRO internet professional certification program designation from the National Association of Realtors. The parent Fathom Realty is a…
Visit Mobile has unveiled a program to involve the community in boosting tourism, Call News reported. Visit Mobile Executive Director David Clark said the collaborative effort between Destinations International’s DestinationNEXT and Next Factor, a consulting firm specializing in travel and tourism, involves locals, the mayor, the city council, nonprofits, Leadership Mobile and the Mobile Area…
The Mobile Chamber announced two yearly awards at its 8th Annual State of the Economy event earlier this month. Airbus was named Manufacturer of the Year, and 3rd Realm Creations was named Innovator of the Year. Airbus Alabama “has changed the Mobile area’s industry landscape by opening its first commercial aircraft production site” on 53…
The board of the Mobile Museum of Art (MMofA) announced that, following a yearlong, national search, it has selected Jon Carfagno as its next executive director, effective February 14, 2023. He replaces retiring Director Deborah Velders, who is concluding her 10th year at the museum and will remain in her position until Carfagno assumes the…
The City of Mobile is planning to purchase a $4.9-million gangway to connect its two-story cruise terminal to future Carnival Cruise Line ships. Cruises from Mobile ended on October 10, but Carnival said it will return on October 22, 2023, with the Spirit. The gangway would not be installed by then, but the existing gangway…
The USS Alabama Battleship Commission has elected W. Terrance “Terry” Ankerson to serve as chairman for 2023-2025, the Mobile Chamber reported. Ankerson has served the commission as treasurer and is a past commission chairman. He also serves on the USS Alabama Battleship Foundation. A native Mobilian, Ankerson retired after 50 years of service with Regions…
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has apportioned $1,093,970 annually to the Mobile Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for a new program focusing on carbon reduction, according to the Mobile-based South Alabama Regional Planning Commission. This money can be used for a variety of projects, and the current fiscal year apportionment must be authorized this fiscal…
Davidson High School’s RobotEx team has been named “Best of the Best in the Southeast,” AL.com reports. It won the BEST Award, the highest overall award, at the South’s BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) Regional Robotics Competition last weekend at Auburn University. The team also won “Most Elegant Robot,” “Best Marketing Presentation” and “Best…
The Builders + Backers Idea Accelerator recently opened applications for Alabama residents to access up to $5,000 to help develop workforce solutions, Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson announced. The program is designed to make it easy for anyone to experiment with entrepreneurship by connecting local business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs to educational and final resources. Interested…
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