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The City of Mobile has launched its new business license webpage, created by its revenue department as a one-stop shop for those obtaining or renewing a business license with the city. The step-based approach is intended to ensure applicants have the information they need about the location of their planned businesses, applicable zoning and any…
Cam Marston, who hosts Mobile-based business podcasts What’s Working with Cam Marston and Keepin’ It Real With Cam Marston, has been chosen as a keynote speaker and master of ceremonies at the ACREcom real estate conference, taking place on February 11 at The Club in Birmingham. Organized by the Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE)…
South Baldwin County’s Gateway Initiative intends to build a 150-acre campus at a cost of $214 million at an undetermined location in the county, Business Alabama reports. The organization aims to boost workforce development to deal with staffing problems affecting the growth of the local hospitality industry. It hopes federal and state funding, not new…
PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans has opened in the Pinebrook Shopping Center on Airport Boulevard in Mobile, according to a recent announcement. PJ’s Coffee was founded in 1978 by Phyllis Jordan and serves a variety of hot, iced and frozen coffee beverages, as well as organic tea and fresh breakfast pastries. Its iced coffees are…
Gov. Kay Ivey recently announced the creation of the A-USA Corridor, which will provide $231.6 million in rail infrastructure projects in central and southern Alabama, Business Alabama reported. The public-private partnership is with Norfolk Southern, which is providing more than half of the funding. The first phase involves linking the Port of Mobile with the…
Baldwin County broke ground on a $65-million expansion to its jail in Bay Minette on January 4, WKRG reported. Plans, in response to the continued growth of Baldwin County, have been in the works for a while. When complete, the new tower, docket room and control room will increase the capacity of the jail from…
Dr. Santanu Dasgupta, a cancer researcher at the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute (MCI) and assistant professor of pathology at the University of South Alabama (USA) College of Medicine, recently received a $126,000 grant from the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation to identify certain stress-related factors that aid in initiation and progression of cervical cancer. In…
The U.S. Navy awarded Mobile’s Alabama Shipyard a $26-million firm-fixed-price contract for a 150-calendar-day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry docking of its Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort, Business Alabama reported. The contract includes 11 options that, if exercised, would bring the value to $28.5 million. Work will begin on March…
With the help of Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) funding, the city of Foley is looking to double the size of the Graham Creek Nature Preserve with the purchase of two tracts of land totaling approximately 580 acres, OBA reports. The preserve already has 484 acres. With the additions, it will be the…
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