Foley
The Highland Group, a real estate development and commercial construction firm headquartered in Foley, has been awarded its second contract for Coastal Alabama Community College (CACC), this time to provide a major addition to the Monroeville Campus’ Allied Health Building, as well as limited renovations to existing facilities. The new construction will be a 3,000-ft2,…
Foley recently held a ribbon cutting for its newest park, located at 300 West Laurel Avenue. Pine Street Park is adjacent to Foley’s Historic Downtown and Foley Middle School. The city park is located on property leased from the Baldwin County Board of Education. Its theme is music, and it is home to an amphitheater…
FOLEY, Ala. — Nonprofit Foley Main Street, Inc. has been designated as an Accredited Main Street America program for meeting rigorous performance standards. Each year, Main Street America and its partners announce the list of accredited programs to recognize their commitment to preservation-based economic development and community revitalization. Foley Main Street, Inc.’s performance is annually…
FOLEY, Ala. — The Highland Group of Foley recently announced it broke ground on another addition to Graham Creek Nature Preserve, off Wolf Bay Drive in Foley. Dubbed the “Ag Building,” the 1,300-ft2 facility is to provide useful agricultural amenities for the property and surrounding community. It includes a large enclosed walk-in cooler for the…
FOLEY, Ala. — South Baldwin Regional Medical Center recently received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2022. This national distinction recognizes the center’s achievements in protecting patients from harm and error in the hospital. The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, assigns a grade to general hospitals across the country based on…
FOLEY, Ala. — The USA Gymnastics Region 8 Xcel Championship will be held in Alabama for the first time this weekend at the Foley Event Center, Gulf Coast Media reports. An estimated 1,500 gymnasts and their families from across Region 8, which includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, are…
FOLEY, Ala. — Foley is moving forward with a road extension project that will connect one of its primary north-south arteries to State Route 59, the OBA website reports. At a recent council meeting, the city awarded a bid of $4.5 million to McElhenney Construction of Mobile for the project extending Juniper Street south and…
FOLEY, Ala. — The Rainbow Run returns to OWA on April 30. This 1.5-mile run has rainbow-colored powder that fills the air and covers the participants as they jog, walk, skip or sprint through the streets of Downtown OWA. The excitement begins at 7:30 a.m. with event check-in and a photo booth available on OWA…
FOLEY, Ala. — The Mudbugs & Margarita’s Festival is planned for Heritage Park in Downtown Foley on April 2 at 10 a.m.-7 p.m. There will be a variety of crawfish dishes and food trucks with crawfish choices, in addition to the trucks’ regular menu items. Arts and crafts vendors; live music; a “Kids Zone”; free…
FOLEY, Ala. — According to city officials, with the addition of approximately 82 acres to Foley’s Graham Creek Nature Preserve and plans to add more property, the preserve has become one of the largest municipal nature preserves in Alabama, Gulf Coast Media reported. Foley Mayor Ralph Hellmich said the city has used a $3-million grant…
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