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GULF SHORES, Ala. — Recently, Portland, Oregon-based Vacasa, an international vacation rental management platform, released its “2022 Top 25 Best Places to Buy a Vacation Home list,” with Gulf Shores being on it at No. 10 with an average rate of return at 7.5% and area media home sale price of $437,250, Gulf Coast Media…
GULF SHORES, Ala. — The Coastal Alabama Business Chamber has announced further details for the Shrimp Festival, which is returning after two years of cancellations on October 6-9 at the intersection of Highway 59 and East Beach Boulevard in Gulf Shores. Country singer/songwriter Trent Tomlinson is headlining the event with a free concert on October…
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — Auburn University plans to establish a coastal engineering research center in Orange Beach on land provided by the city, Business Alabama reports. Broadly, the center will focus on water quality, habitat protection and enhancing coastal community sustainability and resilience. “The project will provide dedicated space for research of coastal environments and…
ELBERTA, Ala. — Elberta Elementary School in Baldwin County was among only five Alabama schools that won the nationwide 2022 National Blue Ribbon for exemplary performance on state assessments, AL.com reported. The award is the highest national honor given by the U.S. Department of Education to a school. As a Title I school, more than…
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. — Bellator Real Estate & Development’s 200-plus agents participated in the Get Lit: Bellator’s Back-to-School Literacy Challenge competition, topping the projected fundraising amount with a total donation of $23,161 toward the South Baldwin Literacy Council’s mission of providing literacy instruction to locals. Bellator’s Fairhope Office, at 11 North Section Street in Downtown…
FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Urgent Care of Fairhope recently celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting event. The new locally owned and operated location is in Magnolia Medical Park at 8096 Twin Beech Road, Suite 150 near Fairhope High School. Dr. Cammy Beall is board certified in urgent care medicine and has been practicing since 2000,…
MOBILE, Ala. — The U.S. Navy is holding virtual public hearings on the environmental impact of dismantling the U.S.S Enterprise on September 20 and 22 at 4-5 p.m., Mobile Baykeeper announced. The Navy is considering Coastal Alabama as a potential location for the dismantling and disposal of the ship, which was commissioned in 1961 as…
AL.com recently reported on what Southern lawmakers and Alabama’s congressional delegation are calling “dangerous supply chain shortages” in the electricity sector as the peak of hurricane season begins. U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville joined 11 Republican members of Congress to call on President Joe Biden last week to direct the U.S. Department of Energy to temporarily…
MOBILE, BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. — Dr. Travis Bowen has joined Gulf Orthopaedics, an affiliate of Infirmary Health with locations in Mobile, Saraland and Jackson, Alabama, following the completion of a fellowship in primary care sports medicine at the University of South Alabama (USA). Bowen will focus on providing healthcare for athletes and physically active individuals,…
FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Fairhope-based telecommunications provider Altaworx, LLC has been named the Mobile Chamber’s 2022 Small Business of the Year. Founded in 2003, Altaworx helps businesses find communication solutions, including addressing the emerging demand for Voice Over Internet Protocol business telephone systems. It also operates two AT&T data centers, in Dallas and Atlanta, and has…
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