Community Meeting For Northport Residents Impacted By Oil Spill

NORTHPORT, AL — Here's what you need to know before next week's Patch Community Meeting.

Get caught up with my prior coverage ...

WATCH: Northport Officials Take Questions About Oil Spill (April 27)

Records Detail ADEM Inspection At Northport Spill Site In 2014 (April 27)

Northport Confirms Federal Criminal Investigation Into Oil Spill (April 26)

COLUMN: Northport Deserves Accountability Following Oil Spill (April 25)

Northport Oil Spill Being Investigated By EPA, ADEM (April 24)

Community meeting details

Who: Sponsored and hosted by Tuscaloosa Patch Community Publisher Ryan Phillips, the meeting will be an opportunity for residents to gather and voice their concerns in a public forum. The City of Northport says that due to the ongoing criminal investigation, no city officials will be participating in the event. However, all are invited and the event (along with your stories) will be documented.

Where: Northport City Hall.

When: Tuesday, May 4 at 6 p.m.

Quote me: “The goal of this community meeting is to give residents the chance to gather, voice their concerns and generally just get on the same page about this environmental catastrophe that no doubt threatens everything from public health to property values in the surrounding neighborhoods. At Patch, our mission is to facilitate constructive public dialogue and be an agent of change for the people we serve, which is why I felt the need to organize this meeting."

If you have questions about our upcoming Patch Community Meeting, email me ryan.phillips@patch.com with the subject line "Northport."