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The Foley City Council will meet at 4 p.m. on Monday, June 20, in a joint regular/work session at city hall. The council will discuss: A proclamation honoring Lugenia Hall. A progress report on the Coastal Alabama Miracle League being planned for Summerdale and consider a $20,000 donation to the effort. The council recently discussed making a donation to the project and in October, Orange Beach pledged $20,000 and would match other cities’ donations up to $100,000. Approving the payment of municipal expenses for May in the amount of $4.2 million. Departmental reports [...]

The city is grateful to the men and women of the Foley Police Department for the professionalism and service they provide to the residents and visitors of this beautiful area. Thanks to hard work throughout the department, Foley's crime rate remains low in spite of significant growth to our area. Foley's Police Department was nominated and voted the Best Police Department in Gulf Coast Media's Best of Baldwin 2021. Click here to see the 2021 Foley Police Department Annual Report.

June 9, 2022 (Foley, Ala.) – The Highland Group is excited to announce that they have broken ground on another addition to Graham Creek Nature Preserve located off of Wolf Bay Drive in Foley, Ala.  This 1,300 square foot facility, dubbed as the Graham Creek Nature Preserve Ag Building, will provide useful agricultural amenities for the property and surrounding community. WAS Design, the principal designer for this new facility, kept creativity and functionality at the forefront when planning for the Graham Creek Nature Preserve Ag Building.  It will feature a large enclosed walk-in [...]

(Foley, Alabama)    Foley Comes Together For Mills Pride Day Cleanup Over the Memorial Day weekend volunteers from the City of Foley, Baldwin County, and the Mills neighborhood banded together for Mills Pride Day. The event cleaned up the Mills community and created a sense of comradery for all who participated. Mills Pride Day brought together businesses, local leaders, a range of City of Foley departments, various Baldwin County employees, and volunteers, all intent on cleaning litter and debris from area right-of-ways. The Mills community includes the areas north of Highway 98, west [...]

The Foley City Council will meet in a joint regular/work session on June 6 at 4 p.m. at City Hall. During the meeting, the council will: Conduct a public hearing and second reading to consider rezoning property east of State Route 59 and south of Keller Road from extended business district to residential multi-family. This property is owned by Gopher Fork Investments and making the application is Smith and Clark Associates. Conduct a public hearing and second reading on a zoning change for a 19.40-acre property located west of Hickory Street and north [...]

FOLEY — New development permits will be postponed for about two months while Foley officials prepare new regulations. The Foley City Council is scheduled to vote Monday, June 6 on final approval for an ordinance to update land development. On Monday, May 16, the council voted to enact an immediate moratorium on land disturbances until the new ordinance goes into effect. Leslie Gahagan, city environmental director, said the moratorium will keep developers from applying for permits under regulations that are about to become out of date. "In order to avoid an influx of [...]

Historian and local author, Mike Bunn, will be returning to the Foley Public Library on Thursday, June 16 at 2 pm to give a presentation on the “Sam Dale, Alabama’s Davy Crockett/Daniel Boone.” Dale is an Alabama frontiersman who was a key figure in the Creek Wars.  He guided settlers down the Federal Road and helped open frontier settlements in southwest Alabama. Mike Bunn is a public historian who has spent the entirety of his career researching, writing, and speaking about the Deep South’s history and culture. He is author of several books [...]

While the city of Foley considers and works on a new land-use development ordinance, the council on May 16 voted unanimously for a moratorium on land development permits. It required a unanimous consent vote to suspend the rules and consider instituting the ban immediately. “The new ordinance is an updated compilation of the other ordinances,” Environmental and Nature Parks Director Leslie Gahagan said. “This will streamline land development processes.” The new ordinance leans toward environmental concerns and that will be reflected in the new ordinance, Gahagan said. “After many years under the current [...]