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Mobile Area Tennis Association Receives $50,000 USTA Grant
Posted on: March 13th, 2012
The Mobile Area Tennis Association has won a $50,000 grant to bring tennis into the elementary schools for 10 and Under Tennis. The United States Tennis Association’s 10 and Under Tennis provides...
Mayor Jones' Recent Letter on Budget Deficit and Proposed One Cent Tax Increase Solution
Posted on: March 13th, 2012
Below is a letter from Mayor Sam Jones to the Mobile City Council. In it, he lays out the projected budget shortfall that the city faces in FY2013 and a proposal to eliminate that deficit. Dear...
Mobile Police Department to Swear in New Officers
Posted on: March 13th, 2012
The graduation of the Mobile Police Academy Class #48 will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Bishop State Community College, Baker Gaines Central Campus located at 1365 Dr. Martin...
Mobile Welcomes Visitors from Polish Sister City
Posted on: March 12th, 2012
Mobile welcomed a group of visitors from our sister city Katowice, Poland to the City Council meeting on Tuesday, March 13. They are visiting Mobile as part of Outback America with ties to another...
Cuts In Spending Since The Economic Downturn - 2009 through 2011
Posted on: March 9th, 2012
Preparing For Economic Woes: The City of Mobile faces a $29 million budget shortfall next year as a result of a downturn in the local and national economy. Since the economy tumbled two years ago,...
Mayor Joins VFW in Honoring Slain Officer
Posted on: March 7th, 2012
Mayor Sam Jones, along with Police Chief T. Micheal Williams and Chief Deputy Lester Hargrove, joins the VFW in presenting a commendation to slain Officer Steven Green's widow Valerie McQueen Green...
Mayor Jones Welcomes Ride 2 Recovery to Mobile
Posted on: March 7th, 2012
200 cyclists biking from New Orleans to Tallahassee, Florida stopped in Mobile on a mission to support our country’s wounded veterans. The Ride 2 Recovery Gulf Coast Challenge was on day 3 of their...
Councilman Richardson to Hold Community Meeting
Posted on: February 28th, 2012
Mobile City Councilman Fred Richardson will hold a Community Meeting on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Forest Hill Elementary School (4501 Moffett Road), starting at 6 p.m. Key City department heads and...
Council Entitlement Committee to Meet
Posted on: February 28th, 2012
The Entitlement Committee of the Mobile City Council will meet in the 9th Floor Conference Room on Friday, March 2nd at noon. The topic of the meeting will be the 2012-13 Action Plan....
Mobile City Council Public Services Committee to Meet
Posted on: February 17th, 2012
The Public Services Committee of the Mobile City Council will hold a meeting on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Office Conference Room. The topic of discussion will be a...