Mobile and Baldwin County News
After seven months of discussions, mock-ups and community feedback sessions, architects and city staff have revealed the finished design for the new Africatown Welcome Center, presenting it to residents at…
The Africatown Heritage House in Mobile has been named one of the six best museums in the United States for 2023 by National Geographic, spotlighting a community founded by the…
The story of Africatown and the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to the United States, is set to reach a global audience when the documentary “Descendant”…
Africatown residents are pushing for the historic Mobile community to be designated a “safety zone” under the city’s updated zoning code, arguing that encroaching industrial development threatens both the health…
The board of directors for the Africatown Redevelopment Corporation (ARC) has been officially appointed, Alabama House Representative Adline C. Clarke announced on October 6, 2021, in Mobile. The ARC board…
The City of Mobile has selected the team that will lead design and engineering for the planned Africatown Welcome Center, bringing together firms behind some of the South’s most celebrated…