Booming Saraland and Satsuma, AlabamaAs the news hit of ThyssenKrupp Steel building its 3.7 billion square foot steel plant at the Mobile/Washington County line in Mt Vernon on Hwy 43 in North Mobile County, investors from all over the United States were making visits to the area. Hotels, Super Wal-Marts, new restaurants, new subdivisions, apartment complexes etc., have exploded in the area. Land prices surged, higher then anyone had expected. Plans to accommodate the approximately 29,000 workers for the plant have been under way since the annoucement in 2007.
Saraland recently formed its own Public School System outside of the Mobile County Public School System. Completing there first year, things are going well.
More exciting news for this area is the annoucement from Governor Riley on April 29, 2009, that Ryla Inc., a Kennesaw, Georgia-based Company providing outsourced call centers and customer contact solutions to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and nonprofits would locate in the Hertz building on Highway 43. | More Local Area InformationMany retailers and professionals have made their homes in South Mobile County. Satsumas (from the tangerine family) were a major crop for the farmer... Read moreAs the news hit of ThyssenKrupp Steel building its 3.7 billion square foot steel plant at the Mobile/Washington County line in Mt Vernon on Hwy 43 i... Read moreChickasaw, Alabama is located in north Mobile County between Prichard, Alabama and Saraland, Alabama. Chickasaw is an historical town built durin... Read moreMobile, Alabama is located at the head of Mobile Bay, 31 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Situated in the southwest portion of the state, it is th... Read moreSpanish Fort, Alabama sits high on the bluff of the Eastern Shore overlooking Mobile Bay. Spanish Fort is located in Baldwin County and is one o... Read moreTillman’s Corner is just that, beginning at the corner of Mobile County on the south side of Mobile (located on Hwy 90), just north of Interstat... Read moreDaphne, Alabama includes the large Lake Forest subdivision, a planned community with country club amenities available for a monthly fee. The style... Read moreTheodore Alabama is a small town with a population just over 6800, easily found on Hwy 90, with lots of access to I-10 (three exits 15, 13, and 10... Read moreLoxley’s positioning at the intersection of the east-west I-10 corridor and the Hwy. 59 north-south beach route makes it ultra-convenient to large... Read moreIrvington, Alabama is located in South Mobile County just past Theodore and before Grand Bay Alabama, South of Interstate I-10. Many Gulfport... Read moreFairhope, Alabama is a charming small town recognized as one of the top retirement communities in America. It is known for its distinctive displa... Read moreWashington County is the oldest County in the State of Alabama, named after George Washington, 1st President of the United States. Since 200... Read moreGrand Bay, Alabama is known as The Watermelon Capital! The annual Watermelon Festival held in Grand Bay, Alabama each year on July 4th has a lon... Read moreBayou La Batre, Alabama is home to Alma Bryant High School with a winning Football team known as “The Hurricanes,” also referred to as the “Canes.... Read moreFounded in 1905 and incorporated in 1921, Robertsdale, Alabama is referred to as “The Hub of Baldwin County” due to its central location. Wit... Read more“The Sunshine of Baldwin County” began as a farming settlement in 1905, taking advantage of the L&N Railroad that transported agricultural goods t... Read moreThe lively oak-canopied main street of Magnolia Springs is worth making a special trip to visit, but just picture yourself driving along that and th... Read moreIn 1905, just four years after its founding, Foley became South Baldwin County’s rail center. From here, agricultural goods were shipped throughou... Read moreDauphin Island, just as beautiful as name sounds! What a perfect place to live if you want to be on vacation even at home. Dauphin Island, Alabam... Read moreLocated off the mainland of Mobile is Dauphin Island, a three-mile long island where many residents of Mobile enjoy its miles of white sandy beache... Read more |
