News & Events

The Regional Tourism Council, organized by Coastal Alabama Partnership, has been instrumental in working with the Alabama Tourism Department to facilitate the opening of a temporary facility for the Grand Bay Welcome Center. A new welcome center is under construction along I-10 near the Alabama-Mississippi state lines. The temporary site is located in Theodore just […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has sent new insurance premium rate sheets to insurers that reflect changes made by Congress to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The new premiums for subsidized policyholders generally show increases from 5 to 18 percent—significantly less than the increases that initially resulted from the 2012 Biggert Waters Law.

Mayors and county commissioners from Mobile and Baldwin counties met recently for the first time to begin discussions on how to better advance Coastal Alabama. Historically, elected officials from both sides of the bay have rarely meet as a group, except for matters such as disaster events. The meeting focused on bringing leaders across the

Coastal Alabama Partnership’s Wiley Blankenship announces the hiring of Kristen O’Keefe as Regional Initiatives Coordinator for the non-profit organization, which promotes unified regional strategic efforts for Mobile and Baldwin counties. O’Keefe, a graduate of Florida State University, works with Blankenship to organize and facilitate initiatives that affect the two coastal counties as a whole. Coastal