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Tuscaloosa City Council reviews initial plans for Sports Illustrated Resorts hotel, residents object

Tuscaloosa City Council reviews initial plans for Sports Illustrated Resorts hotel, residents object

Jeb Rine, Contributing Writer • October 16, 2024

The Tuscaloosa City Council reviewed Phase 1 plans to develop a Sports Illustrated Resort in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday. The plans had been previously approved by the Riverfront Advisory Committee on Sept....

Tuscaloosa City Council features public works contracts, questions over YMCA acquisition

Tuscaloosa City Council features public works contracts, questions over YMCA acquisition

Tatum Walker, Contributing Writer • August 28, 2024

The Tuscaloosa City Council met Tuesday to approve beverage licenses, authorize a request for proposals to acquire the former Benjamin Barnes Branch YMCA and the adjacent property, and set a date for a...

FOCUS move concerns citizens

FOCUS move concerns citizens

Alessandra Delrose • October 7, 2014

Tuscaloosa citizens expressed their opinions on the city’s vote to approve the transition of the former FOCUS building to a venue for parties and banquets at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. Donald...

Cocaine charges can’t conquer councilman

Stephen N. Dethrage • March 1, 2012

On a December evening defined by drizzle, television crews and anxious reporters crowded into an otherwise empty Tuscaloosa City Hall when nothing particularly special was on the agenda. They all came...

Tuscaloosa residents weigh students’ service and ‘sleepovers’

Stephen N. Dethrage • February 9, 2012

In the wake of the Tuscaloosa City Council's decision to vote against a mixed-use housing complex on the riverfront and citizen comments during that public hearing against the general mess, noise and “sleepovers”...

City tables proposal for new zoning

City tables proposal for new zoning

Stephen N. Dethrage • November 2, 2011

The Tuscaloosa City Council voted Tuesday night to table a proposal to rezone nearly 18 acres near Forest Lake and delay plans by 908 Development Group to build a new 646-room apartment complex there called...

City Council honors community supporter

Brittney Knox • April 20, 2010

The Tuscaloosa City Council honored James I. Harrison, who has served as a founding member of the Success by 6 educational initiative and supporter of the Tuscaloosa Pre-K initiative. With the room filled...

City Council approves construction of Riverwalk Place

Brittney Knox • April 7, 2010

Bill Lunsford, owner of Riverwalk Place, said he was relieved after the Tuscaloosa City Council approved construction of the $7.5 to $8 million project that will bring an estimated 195 jobs to Tuscaloosa....

City sets date for alcohol sales, prohibits firearms in municipalities

Brittney Knox • April 6, 2010

The Tuscaloosa City Council set a date for a referendum about Sunday alcohol sales in Tuscaloosa at Tuesday’s meeting. The council decided set the election date for Feb. 22, 2011. The date is subject...

Council tries to make city bike friendly

Brittney Knox • January 20, 2010

The City Council passed a resolution from the Druid City Bicycle Club to seek bicycle friendly community designation on Tuesday night. The purpose of the resolution is to work with the bicyclists in Tuscaloosa...