FYI Mobile - October 19, 2006
Oct 19th, 2006
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FYI Mobile Mobile City Government Working For You October 19, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this issue -- Simply About Mobile - Regional Community Meetings -- More Langan Park Improvements -- Mobile International Festival -- It's Easy to be Ungreasy -- Mobile Public Library Parkway Branch Reopens After Katrina -- Adding Green to DeTonti Square -- Announcements... Greetings! The good news continues to come for the City of
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Simply About Mobile - Regional Community Meetings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mayor Sam Jones kicked off his regional community meetings - Simply About Mobile - with Districts 5 & 6 at E.R. Dickson Elementary School. Citizens came out if droves to meet the mayor and ask questions about their area, and the city in general. Representatives from virtually every city department were on hand to answer questions.
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More Langan Park Improvements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As the pedestrian bridge is being completed at Langan Park, the jewel of Mobile is getting another facelift. This weekend, a joint effort the Mobile Community Corrections Center and the City of Mobile Parks and Recreation Department, initiated by Judge Rusty Johnston, will clear our overgrowth, haul away debris and trash and mow the park. They will also be focusing on cleaning up the banks of the lake, over which the new bridge spans.
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Mobile International Festival ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mobile International Festival brings the world to our city on Saturday, November 18th. From 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mobile Civic Center is transformed into one big celebration of cultures from 70 nations! The 23rd annual event invites everyone to experience the “Traditions Around the World” through art, live entertainment, cultural exhibits, a parade of flags, puppet shows, storytelling, food and more fun for the whole family!
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It's Easy to be Ungreasy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the Deep South, all things deep fried lead to a whole lot of grease. So the big question is, where does it all go? The City of Mobile, Mobile Area Water & Sewer System and Keep Mobile Beautiful hope it's not down the drain. That's why we are introducing a new residential cooking grease recycling program - It's Easy to be Ungreasy.
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Mobile Public Library Parkway Branch Reopens After Katrina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The new Parkway Branch of the Mobile Public Library opened on September 29 in the former CVS Pharmacy space in the Fulbrook Shopping Center at 1924-B Dauphin Island Parkway. The new site is a few doors down from its previous location and increases the size of the Library from 6,000 to 9,000 square feet. The extra space allows for more computers, a larger meeting room and an improved children’s area.
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Adding Green to DeTonti Square ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This Saturday, the City of Mobile, along with the DeTonti Square Neighborhood Association are making the Historic District a little more green. Thanks to a grant from the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service secured by the City of Mobile's Urban Forestry Department, more than 200 trees are being planted to replace those damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina. The trees being planted include 130 Crepe Myrtles, 63 Live Oaks and 13 Little Gem Magnolias.
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Announcements... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There will be a District One, Beats 33 & 34 Community Meeting on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 7 p.m. at the Mobile Public Library, Toulminville Branch.
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