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 Mobile,
located in the southwest corner of the state of Alabama, celebrated
her 300th year in 2002. Metropolitan Mobile has a population
of over 536,301 and includes Mobile and Baldwin Counties. Baldwin
County is one of the fastest growing counties in the United
States. The area has an average annual temperature of 67.4 degrees
and an annual rainfall of 63.7 inches. Housing costs are below
the national average. |
| Inc. Magazine (December
2000) ranked Mobile as one of the countries "Best Cities
to Start and Grow a Business". Business Xpansion Journal
(2000) listed Mobile as one of its final 50 "Places
With Attitude". The determining factors in this designation
were Mobile's ability to weather business slumps, a multi-racial
workforce and a thriving economic industrial mix. In 1997, the
Economic Outlook Center at Arizona State University in
Tempe placed Mobile's job growth at 29th in the nation. Money
Magazine (2000) included Mobile in its "300 Best Places
to Live" annual survey. Golf Digest (1998) listed
Mobile as the No. 5 spot in it's "Best Golf Destinations"
for medium sized cities. |
| Local annual
festivals include Shrimp,
Pecan,
Jazz & Watermelon Festivals. Other annual events include
Bayfest,
First Night Jamboree,
Mardi Gras and the America's
Junior Miss Pageant. Activities for the sports lover include
the
Bay Bears (AA baseball), the
Mobile Revelers (an NBA affiliate), the GMAC
&
Senior Bowls, and over 20 public & private golf courses,
including Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail and Magnolia Groves
Crossing Course were the LPGA Tournament of Champions is held.
The Museum of Art, the
Saenger Theater, the
Mobile Symphony, the
Mobile Ballet, and the
Mobile Opera are available for the arts connoisseur. Epicureans
enjoy the
BBQ Championship and the Gumbo Cook Off. Find out
more about Mobile at the
Mobile Calendar of Events. |
| Year round local
attractions include
Battleship Park (home to the USS ALABAMA),
Bellingrath Gardens, Fort Blakely,
Fort Conde, Fort Morgan, the beaches of the Gulf Coast and
Dauphin Island Sea Lab Estuarium. In addition, other nearby
attractions range from "Casino Row" in Mississippi
to "The Blue Angels" at Pensacola Naval Air Base in Florida. The
attractions of New Orleans, LA (136 miles), Atlanta, GA (337
miles), and Jackson, MS (185 miles) are only a short drive away. |
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