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1. Mobile HBCU Classics Face Potential Funding Cuts (mynbc15.com) — City leaders in Mobile are weighing whether to continue funding the Port City Classic and Bridge Builder Classic, as the mayor favors directing support to the larger Gulf Coast Challenge. Organizers argue their events bring millions in economic impact and vital HBCU and workforce connections, and they're pushing for talks with the administration before next year's funding is finalized.
2. In designing waterfront park, planners say the relied on consultants – Mobile's children (fox10tv.com) — Mobile is moving ahead with its Brookley by the Bay waterfront park, shaped in part by ideas from 350 local children for an interactive water play area. A $9 million federal grant and a future grant application are helping fund the multi‑phase project, while the City Council also approved a separate feasibility study for a possible municipal marina.
3. Mobile approves $50,000 study to explore downtown marina, waterfront access (wkrg.com) — Mobile residents could see a new public marina and better downtown waterfront access after the City Council approved nearly $50,000 for a three‑month feasibility study. Planners will examine possible locations, costs, and operations while balancing railroad and Port of Mobile constraints, aiming to create a more vibrant waterfront for boaters, diners, and visitors.
4. New student-built website finds homeless in Mobile vetted boarding homes (wkrg.com) — A new student-built website, Steps to Shelter, is helping connect Mobile's estimated 3,000 unhoused residents with vetted boarding homes that accept fixed incomes. Working with local outreach ministry First Steps, the platform lets agencies find available rooms and landlords list properties, already matching several people, including one graduate of rehab, with stable housing options.
5. Parade, concert, HBCU summit planned ahead of the Port City Classic (wkrg.com) — Mobile residents can look forward to a full Port City Classic weekend, with an HBCU summit Thursday at the Mobile Convention Center, a big tailgate concert Friday at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, and a parade Saturday morning before Tuskegee and Fort Valley State kick off at 4 p.m. Tickets are $35 and include concert admission.
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