Mobile’s Mardi Gras Permit Fee Doubles for Next year

Friday, August 20th, 2010 Posted in community | No Comments »

The official announcement was made this month concerning the City of Mobile's decision to set the Mardi Gras permit fee at $1,000 for next year.  This fee amount is more ... Read more..

University of Mobile Moves up in Ranking on the U.S. News 2011 College Rankings Report

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Posted in community | No Comments »

The U.S. News and World Reports' 2011 regional college rankings report revealed that the University of Mobile moved up the list for last year.  This yearly ranking report shows enrollment ... Read more..

Mobile City Council Still Considering Sales Tax Increase

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 Posted in Mobile Alabama real estate | Comments Off

The Mobile City Council are still considering a 1 percent sales tax increase, though it was voted down last time with a 3-3 vote, with one member abstaining. The original proposal ... Read more..

EADS to Bid on Air Force Tanker July 8th

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in Economic Growth in Mobile AL | Comments Off

Just yesterday, EADS North America made their announcement to bid on the Air Force Tanker contract with confidence.  EADS Chairman, Ralph Crosby, indicated that the KC45 tanker is undergoing flight ... Read more..

Mobile Opera Celebrates 65th Anniversary

Monday, March 22nd, 2010 Posted in mobile al community activities | Comments Off

Entertainment at the theatre is coming up in the Mobile AL area.  The Mobile Opera for the 2010 year will favor area theatre patrons with great productions including "Candide," "The ... Read more..

U.S. Air Force Tanker Contract Competition Deadline May be Extended

Friday, March 19th, 2010 Posted in Economic Growth in Mobile AL | Comments Off

This past Thursday, the Department of Defense announced that they may be willing to extend the May 10th deadline for bids on the U.S. Air Force tanker contract.  With this ... Read more..

Alabama’s House Committee Approve Bill that will Divide the State’s Electoral Votes

Friday, March 5th, 2010 Posted in Gulf Coast AL living | Comments Off

A recent vote in Alabama by the House Constitution and Elections Committee was in favor of a bill that would divide Alabama's electors proportionately.  In a 7-5 vote, a House ... Read more..

Mobile River Road Plan Presented for Public Opinion

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 Posted in Mobile Alabama real estate | Comments Off

[caption id="attachment_725" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mobile River Road plan presented "][/caption] The new Mobile River road plan will be open for public comment today from the Mobile Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).  MPO ... Read more..

Mobile AL’s Berg Spiral Pipe Corp’s Parent Company Wins Big European Contract

Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in Economic Growth in Mobile AL | Comments Off

Mobile AL's Berg Spiral Pipe Corp.'s parent company Europipe GmbH has won a some $920 million contract (650 million euro) to supply pipe for a large project in Europe.  The ... Read more..

Mobile AL Steel Mill to Start Production Soon

Thursday, January 21st, 2010 Posted in Economic Growth in Mobile AL | Comments Off

At the north Mobile County ThyssenKrup steel complex, the start of production is growing very near.  for this $4.65 billion steel complex in Calvert, the first slabs for the mill ... Read more..