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The City Council will meet this week in a special work session to hear additional pitches from two companies in the running to revamp the municipality’s website

The two competitors, Business Information Solutions of Robertsdale and Fresh Focus Group of Daphne, addressed council members last year but BIS took a technical focus while Fresh Focus Group zeroed in on the marketing aspect

Two companies to address Spanish Fort council on website revamp

Baldwin Alabama Supermarket/Convenience Store Construction Project
Project Type: Supermarket/Convenience Store
Stage: GC Bidding-Invitation
Ownership: Private See More Like This
Type of Work: New Project
Number of Buildings: 1
Building Frame: Structural Steel
Square Footage: 53,865
Number of Stories: 1
Architect: Listed
Contractor: Not Listed
Designer: Not Listed
Publish Date: Jan 5, 2011

Publix Supermarket @ Eastern Shore Centre

Friday night, the Spanish Fort Sparklers started on the sidelines, cheering on the Toros as they pounded the court, waiting for their first big half time show. Ramsey Wilder, Emily Grant and six more Sparklers all have special needs, ranging from autism to Down Syndrome. They attend Spanish Fort Middle School and High School.

Special Needs Cheerleaders Get Standing Ovation at Their First Game

A public hearing has been set next week on the city’s comprehensive plan for 2010-25, which will serve as a guideline for land use and development in coming years.

Hearing set for Spanish Fort’s comprehensive plan

Trip Pittman, Bob James and any others with financial interests at stake should probably attend this meeting.

Prodisee Pantry’s efforts to conquer post-holiday apathy and restock the emergency food and assistance agency’s shelves got a little easier just days before the new year began

Miami-based Dade Paper Co. donated a total of $100,000 Dec. 28 to the Spanish Fort-based pantry, Bay Area Food Bank and Ecumenical Ministries of Baldwin County to help offset costs associated with serving communities affected by the oil spill

$25,000 donation lifts spirits and buying capacity at Spanish Fort food pantry

After giving fellow council members two weeks to pore over the research he has compiled on the health and public safety risks associated with improperly separated water and sewer lines, District 1 Councilman Dennis Dismuke again asked his colleagues to consider adopting the standards and specifications outlined in the city’s existing franchise agreement with Baldwin County Sewer Service LLC as a minimum requirement for the installation and maintenance of sewer lines within the city limits.

Spanish Fort sewer debate nears compromise

The City Council determined during Monday’s regular meeting that enough evidence exists in two separate cases from complaints lodged by neighboring residents to constitute violations of the city’s nuisance ordinance

The first violation involves a Huckleberry Lane duplex being rented by a contractor from a Daphne property owner.

The second violation involves a Wayside Drive residence owned by a former auto mechanic who objects to removing his “treasures.”

Conditions at two Spanish Fort residences found in violation of the city’s nuisance ordinance

Lobbying continued Monday regarding a proposed agreement to abandon plans for an Eastern Shore interstate interchange in favor of extending the Foley Beach Express. At least two elected officials seeking reinstatement of the interchange appear to hold financial interest in nearby property, according to records.

Elected officials against state deal linked to commercial property near I-10 interchange

A $4.6 million bowling and entertainment center that was recently thwarted by a rejected zoning ordinance in Daphne could land near the Eastern Shore Centre instead.

Gulf Bowl owners keen on Spanish Fort site for bowling and entertainment center

Following months of speculation, city officials have confirmed Spanish Fort is in the hunt for a Publix Super Market, and an undeveloped site at the Eastern Shore Centre is being considered

District 2 Councilman Mike McMillan said developers have asked the city to “put together a financing package” that would address infrastructure issues “associated with a retail development of this size.”

Neighboring Daphne officials have been debating for months the possible construction of a 45,600-square-foot Publix near TimberCreek, and McMillan said a six- to seven-acre site just north of Belk at the Eastern Shore Centre is now on the table if the financing package can be approved.

Publix package requested

An electrical contractor tackled one of two men who caught fire Monday while working on a new Books-A-Million store in Spanish Fort, helping to put out the flames.

Eddie Wrenn said he heard the sound of a fiery explosion Monday and saw the two unidentified workers in flames.

“I started running toward that area and somehow one got it put out, but one was still running and screaming for help. I knew I had to help so I charged and tackled him,” said Wrenn, owner of Gulf States Electrical Contractors, who added, “I didn’t do it for recognition.”

Contractor tackles man on fire at new Books-A-Million site

Baldwin County’s highway department has applied for a permit to build a road connecting two Spanish Fort malls, but it remains to be seen whether the company that owns the land involved is still interested.

That company, TimberCreek Land Co., had pledged $2 million toward the construction of what is being billed as an Interstate 10 service road, provided the roadway was started by the summer of 2010. Baldwin County highway officials estimated that construction could begin in three to six months, with completion 18 to 24 months after that.

“They’ve got to have our land and our money,” said Allen Cox with TimberCreek. “We’ve still got a high interest level, but we haven’t seen the timeline. And, we’ve got to look closely with the current economic climate and things like wetlands

I-10 service road would connect Baldwin County malls

With three Spanish Fort bicyclists recovering from a recent collision with a car only two years after a similar accident claimed the lives of two residents, Spanish Fort Police Chief David Edgar said caution and vigilance on the parts of both cyclists and drivers are the best defense against future tragedies.

Police: Bicyclists, motorists should watch out for each another

Ummm….yeah, this is good advice because they probably weren’t watching out for cars or being vigilant. Other things that might help bikers stay alive:

1. Avoid being run over by a drunk driver
2. Avoid being run over by a drunk driver who has already killed people and been released so he could run over and kill more people

Thanks, Chief Edgar, any other advice for us?

After more than a year of debate about whether to allow a new cellular tower to be built on the Causeway, the chatter abruptly dropped off Tuesday as the City Council rezoned land to allow the tower’s construction.

With almost no discussion, the council voted Tuesday to rezone a parcel adjacent to the WLVV-AM 1410 radio station on the Causeway, where two AM radio towers already exist, to allow construction of a 150-foot cellular tower.

Spanish Fort OKs Causeway cell tower on radio station property

Spanish Fort City Council members could decide Sept. 8 to rezone land on the Causeway for construction of a cell tower, according to Mayor Joe Bonner. Bonner said that the council will hold a public hearing on the request that night and could vote to rezone property in one of two locations

The cell tower sites under consideration include an area behind the R&R Seafood restaurant — near the Causeway property with the dilapidated building formerly occupied by the Ramada Inn and Las Brisas hotel — and a patch of land near the WLVV-AM 1410 radio station, where two AM radio towers already exist

Cell tower public hearing set for Sept. 8 in Spanish Fort