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Montgomery picks firm to plan Paterson Court, Centennial Hill revitalization
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A revitalization effort in Montgomery s Paterson Court and Centennial Hill communities is a step closer to reality.
The city and the Montgomery Housing Authority landed a $450,000 planning grant in January for the project. On Wednesday, they announced that APD Urban Planning was picked to lead the design and planning efforts for the revitalization.
The federal grant was one of 11 awarded through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development s Choice Neighborhoods Initiative to help local leaders transform neighborhoods. Mayor Steven Reed s office said the local award will be used to stimulate affordable housing and economic development in Paterson Court neighborhood and the whole Centennial Hill community.
Will incentives help boost COVID-19 vaccines in Alabama?
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In the race to vaccinate people in Alabama, some groups haven’t kept pace.
Young white men in rural areas, including Alabama, have been slow to line up for shots. Fisher Anderson, 17, of Jacksonville, had no plans to get vaccinated.
“I didn’t really want to get it because I didn’t need it,” Anderson said.
But on Saturday, May 15, he pulled into the garages at Talladega Superspeedway to get his first shot after taking two laps around the track. Anderson and his father participated in an event aimed in part at people like them. The Race to End COVID, a partnership between the Alabama Department of Public Health, the Emergency Management Agency and Talladega Superspeedway, is offering access to the track in exchange for free COVID vaccines or tests from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Montgomery will offer 100 $50 gift cards each at four neighborhood COVID-19 vaccination clinics in an attempt to combat the declining vaccination numbers in Alabama.
The clinics will provide free vaccinations and will not require an appointment, insurance or identification.
“Our goal has always been to protect the lives and livelihoods of everyone in Montgomery,” Mayor Steven Reed said in a statement. “The COVID-19 vaccines are our best chance to do so. We are proud to work alongside partners like Walmart, Montgomery Housing Authority, Partners In Health, Nehemiah Center and Metropolitan United Methodist Church to bring these life-saving vaccines directly to our communities.”