Towns & Living
Things to Do in Fairhope: Walk Downtown to the Pier
A compact downtown, a bluff and a long public pier make Fairhope one of the easiest towns on Mobile Bay to explore without a car.
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Towns & Living
The coastal towns of Mobile and Baldwin counties: how they grow, how they live and how to settle in.
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Moving to Baldwin County, Alabama: Towns, Traffic and Insurance
One fast-growing county holds commuter suburbs, a bayfront town, farm towns and beach resorts, and each trades off traffic, storm risk and schools differently.
Towns & Living
Mobile Mardi Gras for First-Timers: History, Parades and Rules
Mobile's carnival runs on mystic societies, downtown parade routes and MoonPies, and a little history and a few city rules make…
Towns & Living
Fort Morgan Ferry to Dauphin Island: Fares, Schedule, Tips
A 40-minute ride across the mouth of Mobile Bay links two Civil War forts and turns a long drive around the bay into a day trip.
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Smart Growth Principles Explained for Growing Coastal Towns
Mixed uses, housing and transportation choices and protected open space form a planning toolkit that matters most where growth…
From the Archive
Earlier pages on this subject from the nonprofit that once published this website.
Initiative
The Green Coast Council
A business forum on sustainable management built around the triple bottom line.
Projects
Past Projects, 2004–2008
The conferences on smart growth, mixed-use towns and green building that started it all.
Projects
Green Building on the Coast
The case for resource-efficient building in a region that builds fast.
Projects
Imagine: A Region With Mixed-Use Cities
The 2006 conference in Mobile on how growing coastal towns could mix homes, shops and work.
Projects
The S.H.I.F.T. Workshop
A sustainability workshop at the 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center.
Projects
Smart Growth for Coastal Alabama
Two 2004 gatherings, a conference and a roundtable, on balancing growth along the coast.
Recognition
Awards and Recognition
The environmental and community awards the nonprofit received over its first decade.
Recognition
The Giraffe Award
An award for people and businesses who stuck their necks out for a more sustainable coast.
