Mobile County Commission
Activity on the Dauphin Island Causeway Shoreline Restoration Project began last week to maintain the access channels and degrade dredged material berms built last fall, the Mobile County Commission announced. The access channels were created at the beginning of the Dauphin Island Shoreline Restoration Project construction so barges could be brought into position to build…
Spring Hill College (SHC) has announced that Mobile County recently approved a $750,000 contribution to SHC’s Health and Science Innovation Center. This funding, along with what SHC hopes will be matched from the City of Mobile, would provide a total of $1.5 million to support the development of the advanced facility. Encompassing 57,000 ft2, it…
The Mobile County Commission recently awarded a $23.1-million contract to construct the new Mobile County Aquatic Center. Designed by Williams Blackstock Architects and awarded to Persons Services Corp., construction is expected to begin in September, with completion anticipated in approximately 12 to 18 months. The center will be developed in phases. The 40,000-ft2 facility’s Phase…
Six Love Your Community teams were recently presented with grants totaling $7,500 by the Mobile County Commission. The grants were presented to the following groups: $500 to the Hope and Charity Coalition Group to host a community cleanup in Fernland near Grand Bay; $1,000 to the LeRoy Raine Team for a brick memorial and landscaping…
The Mobile County Commission has appointed Kimberly Newberry Sanderson to the position of county engineer. She is the first female County Engineer in Mobile County’s 212-year history. On April 1, the commission granted Sanderson the authority to act as county engineer in advance of the retirement of W. Bryan Kegley, and on May 9, she…
The Africatown Hall & Food Bank recently opened at 2201 Paper Mill Road in Mobile, the Mobile County Commission announced. The commission says that the new facility it constructed will be a central location for existing revitalization and community improvement activities in Africatown. It has a food bank equipped with refrigeration and is the new…
S&P Global recently announced it has raised the Mobile County Commission’s general obligation debt and long-term ratings to AA+ from AA and has designated the county’s outlook as “stable.” “In layman’s terms, it’s like upgrading from a very good credit score to an even better one,” the commission said. “These upgrades signify a vote of…
The Mobile County Commission recently appointed E. Edwin “Eddie” Kerr to the position of county administrator. Kerr has been interim county administrator since March 1 in advance of the retirement of Glenn L. Hodge. Kerr has been employed by the commission since 2006 in positions of increasing responsibility, including deputy county administrator and environmental services…
Six Love Your Community teams each received a $1,500 grant from the Mobile County Commission for their litter-reduction work in Mobile County during the third-annual Love Your Community Earth Day Celebration and Volunteer Appreciation Event on April 20 in Mobile. The following volunteer teams were awarded the grants for planned beautification projects: Loving Litter Clean…
The Mobile County Commission awarded the bid for Escatawpa Hollow Park & Campground’s Phase 1B of construction to M.W. Rogers Construction Co. Phase 1B improvements include renovating the existing cabin into a café, general store and blackwater river system interpretive center, as well as the construction of a new playground and an elevated office/restroom facility,…
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