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Guide to Mobile Guide to Mobile 1 © 2014 Alabama Power Company SOLUTIONS FOR A BETTER PLACE (AN ALL-ELECTRIC WORKPLACE) WE’VE GOT THE ENERGY TO HELP YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN. An all-electric workplace runs more effi ciently with lower costs. Alabama Power offers our customers solutions for a better workplace. Whether it’s outdoor lighting, heating, electric cooking or water heating, we’ve got lots of new ideas to help you move to a more effi cient and comfortable all-electric workplace. Find your solution for a better place at 1-888-430-5787 or AlabamaPower.com. 2 POWC-3348 All-Electric Workplace.indd 1 10/24/13 4:54 PM Thigpen Photography Guide to Mobile Known for its streets lined with massive live oaks, Mobile is a picturesque city at the mouth of the Mobile River at Mobile Bay, leading to the Gulf of Mexico. More than 600,000 residents live in the metropolitan area covering 2,828 square miles. In 30 minutes you can be on the sandy-white beaches of Dauphin Island, yet the mountains of northern Alabama are just a few hours’ drive. Mobile’s diversity is mirrored in a plethora of activities – from the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo to freshwater fishing, antique shopping to outlet bargains, baseball to football, museums to the modern IMAX Dome Theater, tee-time on the course to tea time at a historic plantation home, world-renowned Bellingrath Gardens to the Battleship USS ALABAMA, Dauphin Island Sailboat Regatta to greyhound racing, Mardi Gras to the Christmas parade of boats along Dog River – Mobile is a great place to live and work. Contents Interesting Mobile Facts .......................................................2 Performing Arts ..............................................................20-21 Mobile by the Numbers .........................................................3 Libraries ...................................................................................22 Business .................................................................................4-7 Parks and Outdoors ..............................................................23 Mobile in the News ................................................................7 Sports ................................................................................24-25 Mobile’s Largest Employers ..................................................8 Entertainment ........................................................................27 Transportation ................................................................. 10-11 Food ...................................................................................28-29 Real Estate ..............................................................................12 Festivals and Events ......................................................30-31 Healthcare .......................................................................14-15 What You Need to Know to Set Up a Home or Business in Mobile ...................................32-35 Education .........................................................................16-17 Museums and Attractions ...........................................18-19 451 Government Street • Mobile, AL 36602 • P.O. Box 2187 • Mobile, AL 36652-2187 • (251) 433-6951 www.mobilechamber.com Cover photos by Thigpen Photography Cool Stuff to Know about Mobile It’s Mo-beel! Inspiring Heights The city’s name is pronounced “mo-beel,” (with a soft The RSA Battle House emphasis on the second syllable). The name was given Tower is Alabama’s by the French and comes from the Maubilla Indians. tallest building and the tallest building on the entire Gulf Coast outside of Houston. Climate for Sports From baseball to golf to fishing, Mobile has almost every sporting option and a mild climate for yearlong enjoyment. Regional golf is among the nation’s finest, with more than 25 courses. Mobile-Tensaw River Delta Three Centuries of Progress The Mobile-Tensaw River Delta, the second largest river delta in the U.S., covers more than 260,000 acres of water, swamps, Founded in 1702, Mobile is one of the river bottoms and marshes perfect for exploring, fishing, oldest U.S. cities. Six different flags have hunting, boating, canoeing and birding. Designated by the U.S. flown over the city: French, Spanish, Congress as a National Natural Landmark, the area is rich in British, Republic of Alabama, Confederacy diverse wildlife. and United States of America. Mobile’s cost of living is consistently one of the lowest of the 80 mid-size U.S. metropolitan areas. Learn More Throw Me Something, Mister! Mobile has three major Mobile is the birthplace universities – one public, of Mardi Gras in the University of South U.S. The first masked Alabama; one private Jesuit, carnival society Spring Hill College; and one paraded through private Southern Baptist downtown streets institution, University of in 1830. Now more Mobile. The Mobile County Under a Canopy of Live Oaks than 50 parading and Public School System is the Mobile is known for its miles of streets non-parading societies largest public school system canopied by majestic live oaks. The city’s maintain the city’s Mardi in the state and one of oldest living resident, the Duffee Oak, is a Gras traditions, including the 50 most populous in 300-year-old oak tree, and is one of 3,000 three weeks of parades, the country. live oaks in Mobile that are more than 100 balls and pageantry. years old. Library of Congress photos 4 Mobile by the Numbers Mobile Bay Region Mobile’s Population Mobile and Baldwin counties Mobile is the largest Gulf Coast city between New Orleans and Tampa and is ranked 120th in the nation. Total Land Area: 2,828 square miles 2012 (est.) 2000 Census 1980 1970 Population: 604,726 (2012 U.S. Census, est.) City 195,822 198,915 202,479 190,026 The Mobile Bay region is located in southwest Alabama County 413,936 399,843 364,980 317,308 at the head of Mobile Bay. The region includes Mobile and Mobile 604,726 540,258 443,536 376,690 Baldwin counties and covers an area of 2,828 square miles, Bay Area with the city of Mobile as the dominant urban area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2012 Median Household Income City of Mobile ............................................................$42,624 Mobile County ...........................................................$41,867 Climate Mobile Bay Area ........................................................$46,005 Mobile’s mild, semi-tropical climate makes outdoor Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2012 activities enjoyable year-round. Thanks to the Gulf of Mexico air, summers are consistently warm and the winters are mild. The Mobile area has approximately 219 days of Demographics sunshine every year. That makes it sunny 60 percent of the With a 2012 estimated Census population of 604,726, the Mobile year. Bay region is Alabama’s second-largest metro area. Mobile County, the second-largest county in the state, has 413,936 residents. Baldwin Clear Days ............................................................................103 County’s population is 190,790, and it has increased more than 30 Partly Cloudy Days .............................................................116 Annual Average Temperature ....................................... 67.1 percent from 2000 to 2010, making it one of the fastest-growing Coldest Month – January Average .............................. 50.4 counties in Alabama. The population for the city of Mobile is 195,822. Warmest Month – July Average .................................. 82.1 The Mobile Bay area population is 66 percent Caucasian, 27 percent Annual Average Rainfall (inches) ................................ 63.9 African-American, 3.5 percent Hispanic, 1.5 percent Asian-American Annual Average Snow .......................................................... 0 and 2.0 percent other races. Almost 29 percent of the population is Prevailing Wind Direction ...........................................North under the age of 19. Since 2006, Mobile’s economic development efforts have garnered $8.5 billion in capital investment and more than 17,400 jobs with an average annual salary of $49,998. About Mobile’s International Business Business Community Mobile has been a player As the region’s lead economic in global commerce since its developer, the Mobile Area Chamber development as a port more than and its coalition of public and private 300 years ago. Today, the world plays investors recruited 42 new businesses an even greater role. From Austal and 86 expansions at existing to ThyssenKrupp to Airbus, much companies since 2002. These of Mobile’s big development news efforts garnered $8.5 billion in capital involves international investment. investment and more than 17,400 jobs Airbus recently broke ground at with an average annual salary Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley on its of $49,998 (since 2006). first assembly line in the Americas. 5 Business Founded in 1702 as a French colonial The region also has more than 16 credit processes at doctors’ offices, clinics and port, Mobile has a rich and colorful unions that provide a number of valuable hospitals. The above-mentioned companies international history. But it’s also a services to their members. accounted for almost a third of the 5,850 fast-growing, modern community with technology jobs in the Mobile area in an eye on the future. Healthcare 2013. Healthcare Informatics, the premier The city captured the global business Mobile is a regional center for publication for healthcare IT, consistently spotlight recently when Airbus selected medical care, research and education. ranks all three companies
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