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Due to rain today, the road closure on S. Juniper St. has been delayed tentatively to tomorrow, Feb. 8, 2022. ROAD CLOSURE: S. Juniper St. from the intersection of E. Michigan Ave. and S. Juniper St. to the intersection of S. Juniper St and E. Lawson Ave. will be closed tomorrow 7:00 am until 5:00 pm Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. R & S Paving & Grading will be cutting open S. Juniper St. milling and paving road (representing areas in blue). A map is attached for your review.

Today, OWA Parks & Resort revealed exciting updates on their new indoor water park, plus their rebranding concept for their amusement park. Originally opened as The Park at OWA in 2017, the resort is transforming its 14-acre amusement park, featuring 23 rides and attractions, as well as a new $70+ million water park expansion into a tropical paradise named Tropic Falls. Being inspired with OWA’s meaning of “big water”, which is derived from the Muscogee Creek language, the entire amusement park will now be filled with tropical touches allowing guests to feel like they [...]

A mere five years ago, Bill Swanson had no interest in museums. Last year, he helped save one. "I wasn't a museum person before I took this job," he said. "I was in sales and marketing, so this wasn't in the plans." Swanson, who moved to Baldwin County from Wisconsin seven years ago, became director of the Holmes Medical Museum after Foley Marketing Director LaDonna Hinesley asked if he would be interested in a simple, 15-hour-a-week gig. The rest, as they say, is history. Today the museum is still standing because that part-time [...]

Due to illness in the Community Development Department, we are temporarily closing the Lobby to the public.  Applications & a container for your plans are outside the door.  Please call 251-952-4011 & let Billie or Patsy know you have completed the paperwork & staff will get them started through the process.  If you prefer to email the plans & application, please send to cddinspections@cityoffoley.org.  At this time, we plan to reopen on Monday (2/7/22) but we will monitor the situation & reassess on Friday (2/4/22) in case this needs to be extended. Contact Melissa [...]

Foley’s Revitalization and Beautification Advisory Board invites the community to the City’s 41st Annual Celebration of Arbor Day. The event will be held at the Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishermen’s Market, located at 20733 Miflin Road, at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 26th. City of Foley recognized as a Tree City, proudly promotes the planting of trees. Trees reduce erosion, cut heating and cooling costs, produce oxygen, provide habitat for wildlife and add beauty to our environment. The Alabama Forestry Commission, Baldwin County Master Gardeners and Certified Arborists will be on hand to [...]

Kidcam Camps, one of the largest, private, summer camp organizations in the southeast for almost 50 years, has partnered with OWA Parks & Resort to bring summer day camp to the heart of Downtown OWA. Kidcam Camp at OWA will be based in Downtown OWA for 10 weeks this summer. Campers ages 5-13 will utilize the 22+ amusement park rides, swim in the indoor water park, enjoy specialty programs with other Downtown OWA vendors and partners, and stay fully engaged in daily activities and programs through Kidcam’s unique curriculum of STEM, sports, arts, [...]

Legends in Concert and the OWA Theater are ready to kick-off the spring season with some of the biggest names in country music history. The longest-running and most-awarded show in Las Vegas history, Legends in Concert, will present Legends of Country this spring at the state-of-the-art OWA Theater. The show will pay tribute to four of the biggest icons and luminaries in country music, together on one stage and portrayed by the world’s greatest tribute artists. This new production is more spectacular than ever with dazzling tributes by Stacey Whitton Summers as she [...]

HCP Pumps America, which has resided in the Foley Industrial Park for eight years, plans to buy two more acres from the city for $100,000 to expand its operations, OBA reports. The vacant land is adjacent to its current facilities on 2 acres. HCP plans to add another building for warehousing more of its finished product. The city council has voted to move forward with the sale at the marketed rate, since no additional jobs are promised. The parcel, on the east side of the Foley Beach Express, is the only developed part [...]