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The Foley City Council will meet at 4 p.m. on Jan. 18 in council chambers in City Hall. During the joint work/regular session, the council on Jan. 18 will discuss: Approving a resolution requesting permission to solicit bids for a resurfacing project in the downtown area in an estimated $769,033 cost. The city will pay Sawgrass Consulting $145,020 for professional services related to the project. Approving an increase in the project for the Mel Roberts Park Pavilion to add $46,550 to the previously approved amount of $205,150. Passing a resolution accepting bids for [...]

During the Jan. 3 meeting, the Foley City Council approved staff to apply for DHS/FEMA's FY2021 SAFER (staffing for adequate fire and emergency response) grant program. If awarded, the grant would pay 100% of the salaries for nine new firefighters for three years. The City of Foley would take over the salaries during the 2025/2026 fiscal year. There is no match required with the program. This would be the fourth time the Foley Fire Department has hired officers through the SAFER grant. The application is due by Feb. 4. "We're trying to prepare [...]

The Foley City Council approved two grant applications for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) during the Dec. 20 meeting. Both grant applications were presented to Baldwin EMA as potential projects that, if awarded, would be funded by the mitigation funds. The larger application was for structural strengthening at Fire Station One. “We’ve had several conversations, even prior to Hurricane Sally, on how to potentially strengthen Fire Station One,” said Fire Chief Joey Darby. “It was originally built as a warehouse for Gulf Telephone Company, so not built and designed as a fire [...]

The Gateway Initiative team held an investor breakfast at The Port at The Wharf on Tuesday, Dec. 14 to discuss the strides being made in local workforce development. The initiative, a collaboration between the South Baldwin Chamber and the Coastal Alabama Business Chamber, is a 5-year capital project designed to help the community’s workforce, education and local businesses, and to forge strong bonds and partnerships between other chambers and municipalities. Before heading into 2022, the Gateway team took time to discuss what has been accomplished in 2021. Workforce Development Training “What we try [...]

Most City of Foley offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 17 in observance of Martin Luther King Day.  City hall, the Foley Public Library, the Foley Welcome Center, Foley’s Railroad Museum and Model Train Exhibit, the Holmes Medical Museum and the Interpretive Center at Graham Creek Nature Preserve, in addition to most city departments, will close for the day. Other amenities at Graham Creek Nature Preserve, such as the walking trails, will remain open. Emergency services will remain open. The Public Works Department will also be closed. Garbage and recycle pick up [...]

The Snowbird Coffee Drive-thru is tomorrow at the Foley Civic Center! Come and join us for refreshments anytime between 9 a.m. and noon! We will be giving out welcome bags with coupons, information and everything Foley. Explore our downtown with a scavenger hunt and have a chance to win some awesome prizes! $1,000 worth of downtown gift certificates are up for grabs! https://visitfoley.com/events/snowbird-coffee/  

The Foley City Council approved two grant applications for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) during the Dec. 20 meeting. Both grant applications were presented to Baldwin EMA as potential projects that, if awarded, would be funded by the mitigation funds. The larger application was for structural strengthening at Fire Station One. “We’ve had several conversations, even prior to Hurricane Sally, on how to potentially strengthen Fire Station One,” said Fire Chief Joey Darby. “It was originally built as a warehouse for Gulf Telephone Company, so not built and designed as a fire [...]

Alabama will soon get a big payout. The drug company, Endo Pharmaceuticals has settled with the state for $25 million. It was one of the drug manufacturers sued over the opioid crisis. Some of that money will soon become available locally. The city of Foley, for example, is hearing they may be getting upwards of $30,000 of that settlement. This amount is from one settlement out of many as cities and counties all across the state are all part of a number of lawsuits. The lawsuits claim that between 2006 and 2014, drug [...]