Recreation Plan Calls for More Sports Space, Facilities in Fairhope
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BALDWIN LIVING: Fairhope class of 1954 celebrates 65th anniversary, PAGE 5 2019 Art in the Park PAGE 21 Teen raises money for Crohn’s Disease The Courier PAGE 25 INSIDE MAY 1, 2019 | GulfCoastNewsToday.com | 75¢ Art Walk this Friday Recreation plan calls for more A new exhibit from Wa- tercolor and Graphic Arts Society of Mobile will be among the displays at the sports space, facilities in Fairhope Eastern Shore Art Center’s First Friday Art Walk on By GUY BUSBY cil at its April 22 work session. to gain interest and will need ities to other sites could also Friday. Find out more on [email protected] Recreation Board Member space in the immediate fu- create problems for families, page 18. Bob Keyser said the top prior- ture.” he said. FAIRHOPE — More land ity for Fairhope is land to meet He said the second priority “One of the challenges and money will be needed growing demands as the city’s is to complete and engineering you’ve got at Volanta, is that for recreation activities as population increases. study of Volanta Park. Youth you’ve got so much going on Fairhope continues to grow “Recreation space continues baseball participation has ex- there,” Keyser said. “In addi- and the demand for sports to be at a premium,” he said. ceeded the facility’s capacity. tion to packing in all the base- space increases, members of “Football, baseball, disc golf, Other needs, however, such ball, if you start splitting the the city Recreation Board told and soccer continue to be as parking, disc golf and the leagues, is a family that now the City Council. pressed for space to practice dog park, limit from the space has kids in multiple leagues in The board presented a draft and play while flag football available for expansion. of a five-year plan to the coun- and lacrosse are beginning Moving some baseball activ- SEE RECREATION, PAGE 2 Another Broken Egg wins Silver Spoon Award ‘Bee Lady’ shows importance of bees, cooperation Another Broken Egg By GUY BUSBY restaurant in Fairhope cap- [email protected] tured first place in the Point Clear Rotary Club’s 2019 FAIRHOPE — Bees are not Silver Spoon Award pre- to be feared and need to be sented at the club’s Taste protected as a vital part of Of Rotary event held at the the environment, economy Fairhope Civic Center. Find and much of the food we eat, Nicole Nyaad tells her audi- out more on page 19. ence. As the Eastern Shore bee- keeper gives an enthusiastic National Bike to description of her favorite Work Week subject to a cafeteria filled with developing larvae. An Supporters of National owner of “Four Honeys Bike to Work Week, May 13- Farm,” Nyaad, often known 19, are urging all physically at “the Bee Lady,” said teach- able workers to try com- ing people about bees is as muting to their school or much a part of her work place of business by bicycle. as tending to her winged Read more on page 19. charges. “We’re a small beekeeping operation,” she said. “One of my main focuses is on edu- cation, teaching people like GUY BUSBY / STAFF PHOTO these how important bees are Nicole Nyaad shows fourth graders a hive of bees during a demonstration at Fairhope Intermediate School. Nyaad of Four Honeys Farm taught students about bee activities and how important the insects are to the SEE BEE, PAGE 17 environment. DEATHS PAGE 9 Ronald Royce Arrington Helen Syble Daw Freddie M. Waters Fairhope alley project moves forward Geneva M. Wilson City OF FAIRHOPE looking for parking, and we discovered there were two is- INDEX FAIRHOPE — A grant from sues: available public parking the Alabama Department of downtown including the park- BALDWIN LIVING, 5 Transportation and Metropol- ing garage is not easy to find. CLASSIFIED, 28 itan Planning Organization Those who do know where the HEALTH, 25 is moving work forward to parking garage find it to be an build the alleyway beside the unwelcoming place to park,” LEGALS, 30 parking garage in downtown said Sherry-Lea Bloodworth OPINION, 3 Fairhope, city officials said. Botop, director of economic “We determined that part and community development PUZZLES, 4 of the downtown traffic for the city of Fairhope. SPORTS, 14 congestion was the fact that people were driving around SEE ALLEY, PAGE 2 TV LISTINGS, 10 Gulf WHAT Coast YOU IN Media STORE VOLUME 125 • ISSUE 40 IS NOW 1 SECTION • 36 PAGES ONLINE! • Freshest Quality All Departments • Hand Selected by Our Personal Shoppers • Delivery or FREE Same Day Curbside Pickup • Beer & Wine NOW Online! Order & Pay In Store! GREERS.COM/SHOP 2 • The Courier • May 1, 2019 • Gulf Coast Media ALLEY various points in the city break ground to repave through existing alleys the alleyway as a first CONTINUED FROM 1 that lead to Fairhope step in the project.” Avenue, Church and Sec- Also expected for the The findings were the tion streets,” said Botop. alleyway is increased result of the Downtown In early 2019, the city transportation opportu- Traffic, Pedestrian of Fairhope began en- nities. Safety and Wayfinding gaging city stakehold- “The grant will also Signage and Parking ers in a process to plan pay for a small BRATS Study, which was con- a preliminary design hub that will be on the ducted in 2017. Those for the garage and al- Church Street side of the findings are also guiding leyway. Christian Preus parking garage to help pedestrian safety im- of Christian Preus shuttle people to destina- provements throughout Landscape Architec- tions both in and beyond the city. ture led the process for Fairhope,” said Botop. “As part of the proj- stakeholders to discuss “The next phase will ect we were awarded the alleyway, its purpose be to purchase electric $600,000 to beautify the and how it can be more shuttles to shuttle peo- alleyway in an effort attractive and accessible ple around downtown to draw people to the to city residents and which will be paid for by garage and to make the visitors. an additional grant op- alleyway pedestrian “Through that pro- portunity.” alongside the garage cess, the preliminary The alleyway revital- pedestrian friendly. The design has been com- ization is projected to be alley will serve as an pleted,” Botop said. completed by Summer artery to guide people to “After this summer we’ll 2020. RECREATION looking at what will be think about the bigger needed 10 or 15 years picture and that’s when CONTINUED FROM 1 in the future and make I told them we need to plans to meet those de- look for land.” multiple locations, if you mands. Council President drop the kids here and “Baseball softball Jack Burrell said the drop the other ones off are the fastest growing city needs to look at and then go back.” sports and as the fastest expanding recreational Mayor Karin Wilson growing community, we opportunities. The city, said she and city officials already know that we however, should look at have been looking at rec- already know that we’ve how to best use money reation plans since she outgrown Volanta,” she and space to serve the took office more than said. “It’s not that we’re most people. two years ago. She said going to get rid of any- He questioned some of Fairhope needs to start thing, but we do have to the recommended priori- ties in the plan, such as expanding disc golf if many of the people using The Courier the existing facility are 901 N. McKenzie St., Foley, AL 36535-3546 from outside Fairhope. He also said a diving PHONE: (251) 943-2151 | FAX: (251) 943-3441 well in a proposed new [email protected] Olympic sized swimming pool would be useful for Guy Busby Classified Advertising school divers, but won- Editor Whisper Edwards dered how many other [email protected] [email protected] people would use it. “It’s back to provid- Tony Whitehead Legal Advertising ing for school sports,” Sports Editor April M. Perry he said. “Is that really [email protected] [email protected] something we want to Allison Marlow do? It has to be looked at Managing Editor Retail Advertising and is the county willing [email protected] Frank Kustura to help us plus the school [email protected] board if it’s benefitting Parks Rogers school sports.” Publisher Other priorities in the [email protected] plan include, refurbish- ing the visitors’ conces- To subscribe, make an address change or vacation delivery stop, you may call our office at (251) 943-2151, go online at www.gulfcoastnewstoday.com and click on the sion stand at Majors “e-edition” link in the black toolbar. Under “don’t have an id’ there is an option for Field, plans for the how to become a subscriber. or email [email protected]. expansion of the munici- ©Gulf Coast Media 2019. No part of this newspaper may be reproduced without pal pool, improving the the prior written consent of the group publisher or associate publisher. 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