FYI Mobile - June 22, 2007
Jun 22nd, 2007
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FYI Mobile Mobile City Government Working For You June 22, 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this issue -- Bonjour! Mayor, Council Members Busy in France -- Henry Aaron Loop Sweep Results in Dozens of Violations, Tickets -- Mayor Jones Kicks Off Maritime Museum Capital Campaign -- Morningside Gets New Sign from Anonymous Donor -- Regional Business Resource Fair Scheduled -- City Workers Show Support for United Cerebral Palsy -- Announcements... Greetings! It has been my pleasure to be a part of the team
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Bonjour! Mayor, Council Members Busy in France ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Mobile Mayor Sam Jones, City Council Members Clinton Johnson, Fred Richardson, Connie Hudson and William Carroll are in France for the world famous Paris Air Show. The event is a chance for Mobile's delegation to further establish our city as a key player in international aerospace industry. The relationship between Mobile and EADS started at the air show a few years ago. Northrop-Grumman, along with EADS is bidding to bring thousands of jobs if it wins a tanker contract with the United States Air Force.
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Henry Aaron Loop Sweep Results in Dozens of Violations, Tickets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mayor Sam Jones's initiative of an inspection sweep throughout the Henry Aaron Loop resulted in a total of 64 violators being cited. Inspectors from the City's Urban Development, Fire-Rescue and Historic Development Departments checked for various building and land use code violations.
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Mayor Jones Kicks Off Maritime Museum Capital Campaign ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Mayor Jones, along with members of the Mobile City Council, Chairman of the Board E.B. Peebles, III, Campaign Chairman Lee Moncrief and Executive Director Anthony Zodrow, kicked off the Capital Campaign for the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico. The goal of the campaign is to raise $10,000,000 to construct the museum. It was announced that more than $6,000,000 has already been raised toward that goal.
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Morningside Gets New Sign from Anonymous Donor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  After vandals destroyed the Morningside community's neighborhood sign, an anonymous donor came to their rescue with a $1,500 sign for the community which is located off Navco Road and Halls Mill Road. This same anonymous benefactor has been spreading good deeds such as this throughout Mobile for years. While his identity remains a mystery, the effects of his generosity can be easily seen.
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Regional Business Resource Fair Scheduled ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Thursday, July 12, the Alabama Development Office-Office of Small Business Advocacy, in conjunction with the City of Mobile, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce and Mobile Works, will host a Regional Business Resource and Procurement Fair. The Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the USA Brookley Conference Center, 254 Old Bay Front Dr.. Business owners and entrepreneurs from Mobile, Baldwin, Washington and surrounding counties are invited to attend this event at no cost.
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City Workers Show Support for United Cerebral Palsy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  City of Mobile employees wore their support for United Cerebral Palsy on their backs with UCP Casual Day on Friday, June 15. UCP has been serving the Mobile Community for 60 years. They are able to provide services to people with disabilities through speech, physical, and occupational therapy, preschool classes, respite, advocacy, summer camp and other services. The people that they touch range in age from infants to adults.
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Announcements... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mobile City Councilman Fred Richardson has announced a District One, Beats 32 & 35 Community Meeting for Thursday, June 28, 2007 at the Mobile Infirmary Hearin-Chandler Auditorium starting at 7:00 p.m. Several city department heads will be in attendance to discuss a variety of things going on in Mobile. The meeting will also focus on the role Mobile 311 plays in the community, preparing for the hurricane season and neighborhood issues. Everyone living in the area is invited to attend.
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