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Through pandemics and hurricanes, Baldwin continues to grow Posted
By Jessica Vaughn
FOLEY - No one can deny the growth in Baldwin County. For the last decade, the county’s population has soared, new homes and subdivisions have been constructed, and the business community has flourished. Not only has the permanent population grown, so too has the number of tourists and snowbirds coming to the area.
When COVID-19 came to our county and caused the shutdown in March 2020, no one knew what effect it would have on the continued growth. Would the tourists stop coming? Would our snowbird population decrease? How would our economy fare with businesses shut down? The answer turned out to be surprising. Not only did most municipalities make it out with minimal impact to budgets, some of the county’s largest projects only hit minor snags in development.