It was a joyous and very windy day at Jaycee Park in Alberta City Thursday afternoon as community leaders broke ground on an $11 million project to transform the Tuscaloosa Tennis Center.
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox believes an incentive package to revitalize the old McFarland Mall site will get the greenlight next month, and the project could transform a wide area of the city.
Budgets adopted by the Tuscaloosa City Council Tuesday include raises for all city employees, increases to garbage collection and water rates, funding for significant infrastructure projects and more.
More than 1,750 people are signed up for Tuscaloosa's largest-ever Mayor's Cup 5K from downtown Tuscaloosa to the Walk of Champions and back Saturday morning.