South Alabama Economic Roundtable

10/15/2023

Another spam mail... Be careful not to click links or download documents without first speaking with the sender directly with contact info found from trusted sources, not the contact info in the message.

08/22/2023

Update: Please join NAACP as your local branch #5044 right here in Mobile hosts the Annual State Convention. The Banquet is Saturday, September 30th.

06/21/2023

Thank God that the American Heart Association and so many amazing organizations under the Cover Alabama umbrella continue to fight for expanded access to healthcare for those least able to access or afford it. In other words, we need to close the coverage gap!
Please join in TODAY and make ONE easy call to tell Alabama's leadership that we need positive action on this. PLEASE spend 3 minutes of your life to help your future (insert who you need in your life) to get healthcare.

08/28/2022

Work with us as we work to ensure fairness and equitable opportunity for the community.

Learn more about the Census Bureau, what data are available from our censuses and surveys, and how to access data using Census Bureau tools.

08/12/2022

From Rep Adline Clarke:

Dear Friends:

During the 2022 regular session of the Alabama Legislature, I introduced a resolution that created the Alabama Workforce and Wage Gap Task Force. The task at hand is to identify policies that policymakers can use to close gender and racial pay gaps. Although Alabama now has an equal pay law, there's still work to be done to close pay gaps.

Melanie Bridgeforth, president and CEO of the Women's Foundation of Alabama, is task force chair.

The first meeting of the task force will be held virtually on Tuesday, August 16, at 10 a.m. If you would like to attend the one-hour Zoom meeting, please register in advance at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KVEZ-oZhQbSKL-09nSIu0w.

Please share the link with other interested persons.

Click on this link to see the resolution: L0931869.AI1.pdf (state.al.us)
[https://www.google.com/url?q=https://arc-sos.state.al.us/ucp/L0931869.AI1.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1660411168829000&usg=AOvVaw2uFBvobiunNmZDKj3LMCWK]

The task force members are as follows:

Gov. Kay Ivey’s Appointments

· Dr. Cynthia Warrick, President of Stillman College

· Dr. Stephanie Yates, Professor of Finance, University of Alabama at Birmingham

· Dr. Kelly Collins Woodford, Associate Dean of the Mitchell College of Business, University of South Alabama



Senate President Pro Tempore’s Appointments

· Melanie Bridgeforth, President/CEO, Women’s Foundation of Alabama

· Amanda Foster, CFP®, CRPS®, member of the American Association of University Women



Senate Minority Leader’s Appointment

· Kendra Key, Senior Vice President, Community Development and Group Development, Citi Bank



House Speaker’s Appointments

· Rep. Joe Lovvorn

· Rep. Andy Whitt



House Minority Leader’s Appointment

· Rep. Adline Clarke



Alabama State Bar’s Appointment

· Jenna Bedsole, Baker Donelson



Society of Human Resource Management’s Appointment

· Mike Polis, SHRM Director, Corporate Vice President of Human Resources at Morris Group International

Sincerely,
Adline
Rep. Adline C. Clarke
P.O. Box 40758
Mobile, AL 36640

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Alabama Workforce and Wage Gap Task Force. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

08/09/2022

Today, the Mobile City Council will vote on Redistricting. Please read our partner's message on the matter, and join us at City Hall at 10:30 a.m. to support. Otherwise, watch the vote online here:
https://www.cityofmobile.org/government/city-council/livestream/

06/21/2022

Update: Gayfer's project.

BREAKING:
A PLAN TO CONVERT THE VACANT GAYFERS BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MOBILE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED BY MOBILE CITY COUNCIL.
The city would have committed 8 million dollars of American Rescue Plan funding to the mutlti-million dollar project. Council members felt the project was too expensive and the money could be better utilized providing affordable housing in other parts of the city. https://mynbc15.com/news/local/affordable-housing-plan-for-gayfers-building-in-doubt

06/21/2022

How do you propose to use the $8MM of ARP funding for communities most negatively impacted by Covid? Not the Gayfer's project...

A plan to retrofit an old, abandoned downtown Mobile retail store into an affordable housing complex is in jeopardy. On Tuesday, the city council decided to delay a vote on the project for two weeks, but council members indicated there's not enough support for it to pass. "By my count, it doesn't ap...

06/06/2022

Today's press conference held by the Mobile County Legislative Delegation Office called for an investigation into the process of hiring and firing of executive leadership at Bishop State Community College.

05/25/2022

Please join us TODAY at 6 p.m. to learn more about the proposed plans for the Gayfers Building. See below.

05/18/2022

It looks like the use of the Gayfers building for affordable housing is back on the table. What's changed in how this is being addressed now? See our earlier messages from August 2021.

Nonprofit housing development firm wants to turn the old Gayfers building on Dauphin into 94 low-income housing units. The City of Mobile would be paying a share of the cost.

https://mynbc15.com/news/local/gayfers-building-project-gets-city-funding

Check out the rendering: