Dozens of Mobile-area residents shared what they treasure and what frustrates them about the Port City, from riverfront beauty and Southern charm to schools, litter and downtown’s future.
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How Well Do You Know Mobile’s Battleship USS Alabama?
The Battleship USS Alabama arrived in Mobile Bay 50 years ago and remains one of coastal Alabama’s most visited historic landmarks.
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Inside Fort Conde Inn: How a Crumbling Mobile Landmark Became a Boutique Getaway
Fort Conde Inn in downtown Mobile turned a decaying 1836 mansion into a boutique bed-and-breakfast in the historic village.
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A Sponsor at Last? Gulf Coast Classic Said to Be Near a $1.5 Million Deal
Reports circulated that the Gulf Coast Classic was nearing a three-year, $1.5 million title sponsorship, badly needed good news for an event that survived a bruising fight over Mobile city money.
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Gateway to the Gardens: Stimulus Money Could Reshape the Springhill Avenue Corridor
Federal stimulus dollars are set to resurface Springhill Avenue from I-65 to Municipal Park. A councilwoman wants to add median landscaping and turn the stretch into a proper entrance to Mobile’s cultural core.
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Selling Mobile Bay: The Convention Bureau’s Sales Chief Closed Out Sunrise Rotary’s Year
David Randel of the Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau explained how the region courts conventions and meetings — at the club’s last gathering before a holiday break that ran to Jan. 7.
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Halfway Through the Year, Mobile’s Books Tell a Post-Katrina Story
A walk through Mobile’s mid-year financial report for fiscal 2006-07 found revenue down 6.8 percent, hotel taxes collapsing against a Katrina-inflated year, and a transit subsidy running 121 percent over budget.
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Hattiesburg Loves the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Carnival Keeps Overbooking
Mobile’s tourism chief reported that Mississippi supplied the most out-of-state visitors to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit and that the Carnival Holiday was routinely sailing well over capacity.