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Thomaston Opens New Restaurant
The Alabama Rural Heritage Center announces the opening of Mama Nems Restaurant on Sunday, November 12th. Hours are 11 AM until 2 PM: a brunch menu will be featured which showcases original recipes by Chef Robert Cawley, Montgomery. One of the items on the menu “Black Belt Eggs Benedict” features Good Ole Thomaston BBQ and the Pepper Jelly Omelet showcases Mama Nems Pepper Jelly. Marengo County’s own Gillian Cramer is the official Mama Nems Chef. For more information, call the Heritage Center at 334-627-3388. The Heritage Gift Shoppe will open each Sunday noon until 2:30 PM. Mama Nems is located at 133 6th Avenue in Thomaston on the campus of old Marengo County High School. Mama Nems will open each Sunday for brunch. In about 6 weeks they plan to phase in Friday nights and after Christmas, will add Saturday nights. Different menus each night.
Fairhope Places Moratorium on New Subdivisions
The City of Fairhope has placed a moratorium on all new subdivisions while the council finishes their Comprehensive Plan. Also passed in the Legislature this past session was a bill to allow Baldwin County to assess Impact Fees on all new buildings at time of sale. Fairhope has hired a consulting firm who will help them through this process of assessing cost of services and substantiating the need for the fee. The fee is to help fund governmental services, i.e. Police, Fire, Parks and Recreation and roads. It will not fund man power but infrastructure and equipement. They are also looking at a Stormwater Utility Fee that will be assessed on everyone's water bill for a nominal fee. Stormwater continues to be a tremendous problem in Fairhope with 65 inches of rain a year . . baring any Hurricanes. The moratorium should be lifted in January of 07.
Abbeville's Annual Christmas Parade -Downtown Abbeville, Alabama
This year's event will be Monday, December 4th beginning at 5:30 PM. There will be bands, floats and Santa Clause.
Information : Chamber of Commerce office 334-585-2273.
Comprehensive Plan for Falkville
NARCOG (North Alabama Regional Council of Government) is working on a Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Falkville located in Morgan County. It should be ready for adoption in spring 2007.
TOWN OF SHORTER Development Plan
The Town of Shorter, Alabama, with the assistance of South Central Alabama De velopment Commission, is working on a Development Plan and Guide. The plan is focused on the implementation tools to follow through on the town's strategic and comprehensive plans and a Small Town Design Initiative, conducted, earlier. the Plan will be completed, and hopefully, adopted in January. the project will be an example of bringing together various planning and design efforts into a cohesive program for implementation. More to come, from the Town of Shorter and SCADC, when the plan is complete and adopted.
The Town of Gilbertown-Small Town Design Inititiative
Gilbertown in Choctaw County is doing a STDI. It is being funded by State Council for the Arts.
Marshall County Events
Nov.24th - Dec. 31st Christmas in the Park, over a million lights decorating Arab City Park. Live entertainment Friday evenings. Historic complex open weekends. Free. Open dusk until 10 pm, for additional information please contact (256) 586-8128.
June 14-17, 2007 Will Rogers Heritage Festival - Celebration the Heritage of Will Rogers. We are still working on details and will send more complete information before the first of the year. A point of contact will be Milla Sachs, City of Guntersville 256-571-7560.
June 29-30, 2007 Taste of Freedom BBQ Cookoff - BBQ cook Teams from all over the southeast converge downtown Albertville to compete for the best BBQ. This event is KCBS certified. For more information contact Kathy Poe at256-891-1183.
Town of Needham Fall Festival
Nov. 18 - Needham Fall Festival - Experience some good ole' fashion fair days with plenty of music, great food and sugar cane making demonstration. Located in downtown Needham. For more information contact the Chamber @ 205-459-3459
Arab's Annual Christmas in the Park
Over 1,000,000 lights will transform Arab’s City Park into a magical Christmas wonderland. Arab’s 12th Annual Christmas in the Park event will begin on Friday, November 24, 2006, with a lighting ceremony at 6:00 p.m. Live entertainment, featuring Christmas music, will begin immediately following the lighting ceremony, and continue each Friday evening through December 23, 2006. The lights will be on each evening through December 31, 2006. For a truly inspiring Christmas experience, you won’t want to miss this event! Special Christmas events and decorations are also planned for the Historic Complex, which is located adjacent to the park. Historic buildings, including a Church, School, General Store, and an operational gristmill, have been relocated to the site and restored to their original state. In addition, a museum is located in the complex. This museum is divided into sections with each depicting an historic building in Arab, such as Arab’s first hotel, barbershop, and drug store. A large collection of historic memorabilia is also on display in the museum. There is no admission fee for this event, however, donations are always welcome. For more information, telephone (256) 586-8128, or visit our website at www.arabcity.org.
Downtown Scottsboro Trade Day
First Monday Trade Day flea market held in Historic Downtown Scottsboro on the weekend of the first Monday of each month. This tradition is over 100 years old. http://www.cityofscottsboro.com/First%20Monday/history.php This event helps keep Downtown Scottsboro alive.
