More than 100 Mobilians joined the Chamber’s annual leadership trip to Baltimore in June 2005, studying the rebounding city’s accountability programs, 311 call center and revived Inner Harbor for lessons to bring home.
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Coverage of economic development from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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County Commission Chief Tells Business Leaders: Hiring a Consultant Is Not a Rebuke
Mobile County Commission President Mike Dean assured a gathering of Forward Mobile that a $45,000 contract with an Atlanta consulting firm was not a repudiation of the area chamber of commerce.
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Peavy Builds a Mayoral Campaign Around a Familiar Face
Councilman John Peavy hired Mayor Mike Dow’s last campaign manager, named co-chairs and told supporters he had no intention of leaving the 2005 Mobile mayoral race.
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Is Mobile’s Golden Age Right Now? A Realtor Makes the Case for the Present Tense
Oyster stands on Government Street, the Lyric Theatre, wartime shipyards running around the clock — all had a claim. But in the third entry of a series on Mobile’s golden age, one Mobilian argues the best chapter is the one being written now.
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Salvation or Snake Eyes? Two Mobilians Argue Over the Convention Center’s Return on Investment
A published conversation between two Mobile observers weighs whether the downtown convention center has paid for itself, why Government Plaza depresses them, and whether high-speed ferries would ever carry anyone.
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Mobile Eye-Drug Startup InnoRx Sold to SurModics in $38.7 Million Deal
InnoRx Pharmaceuticals, a Mobile company built around an implant that delivers drugs inside the eye for more than a year, has been acquired by Minnesota-based SurModics in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $38.7 million.
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Political Chatter in Mobile: Who’s Running, Who Isn’t, and What the Mayor’s Job Is Really Worth
A shipping executive says no, a police chief eyes the sheriff’s office, a businessman mulls a council run, Republicans pick a new county chairman, and Mobile’s mayor earns less than the man who books the Senior Bowl.
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Will Delta’s Simplified Fares Finally Reach Mobile? The Airport’s Marketing Chief Explains
After Delta announced it would take its simplified-fare experiment nationwide in January 2005, Mobile Airport Authority marketing chief Marc Pelham explained what cheaper tickets would mean for local travelers.
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Insiders Weigh a Racially Divided Mayor’s Race, and a Long-Shot Fix for Annexation
In December 2004, Mobile political insiders privately weighed the risks of a Peavy-Jones mayoral race dividing the city along racial lines, and floated a retail development as an annexation icebreaker.
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Mobile’s Paychecks Fall Behind the State’s: A Decade of Slipping Wages
Federal data show Mobile’s average wage per job fell from $400 above the Alabama average in 1992 to nearly $750 below it a decade later, a quiet reversal with real consequences.