Elevate Tuscaloosa

The city of Tuscaloosa has renamed the still-new River District Park in honor of local businessmen and philanthropists who have long led the local towboat industry.

Leaders gathered in West Tuscaloosa Tuesday to break ground on the new $12 million Benjamin Barnes YMCA after a decade of delays and debates about the facility's future.

Leaders from Tuscaloosa and the area's park and recreation association gathered at Sokol Park North to celebrate the completion of practical but needed upgrades to parking, traffic and drainage there.

The city of Tuscaloosa will soon decide whether to spend $10 million to significantly upgrade Snow Hinton Park on McFarland Boulevard near Midtown Village.

Mayor Walk Maddox, members of the Tuscaloosa City Council and area leaders gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Western Riverwalk Expansion, an ELEVATE Tuscaloosa project.

The Tuscaloosa Police Department's Air Patrol Division has a new hangar facility, which was provided through ELEVATE Tuscaloosa funds from the City of Tuscaloosa.

Tuscaloosa City Schools students can now earn 18 hours of college credit at Shelton State Community College free of charge, area leaders announced Tuesday.

River District Park, a new amenity funded by the Elevate Tuscaloosa tax plan, is open to the public in downtown Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox announced Friday evening.

Mayor Walt Maddox pitched a plan last week to create a new fund that will boost the salaries of teachers in the Tuscaloosa City Schools system who are also athletic coaches.

City of Tuscaloosa leaders broke ground on River District Park, which will serve as the anchor point for several new developments along the Black Warrior River.