The Rainsville City Council on Monday held public hearings to discuss the rezoning of Ranch Road, Peaceful Acres subdivision and Britany Owens subdivision.
Mayor Rodger Lingerfelt said notices were sent out to adjoining land residents and opened the floor for discussion.
Housing partners John McCallie and Carlton W. Edwards of Scottsboro attended the hearing with an interest in the rezoning of Ranch Road from M-1 Industrial to R-3 Residential.
âWe have a contract to purchase this property and have requested the rezoning,â said McCallie. âOur purchase of the properties contingent with the Alabama Boys and Girls Sheriff Ranches.
He said they plan on building a âlittle bit more upper scale homesâ on larger size lots.
Rainsville and Fort Payne will host events next Thursday in observance of The National Day of Prayer 2021 and all DeKalb County residents are invited to attend.
Founded in 1952, The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for our nation.
Rainsville Ministers welcome back the third annual National Day of Prayer event on Thursday, May 6, at 12 p.m. at the DeKalb County Schools Coliseum. Rainsville is inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. The event starts at noon in the parking lot of the coliseum. In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved indoors into the coliseum.
A community memorial ceremony will be held at the DeKalb County Tornado Monument and Memorial and Serenity Gardens on April 24 beginning at 2 p.m.
The special event is dedicated to the lives lost and those united in care and recovery, including the recognition of surviving family and friends and emergency responders.
On April 27, 2011, 62 tornadoes ravaged Alabama in one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in the nation s history. In the outcome of those storms, there were 248 people killed in Alabama on that day. A monument that bears the names of 35 of those victims rests under the cantilever of the DeKalb County Schools Coliseum.
The Rainsville City Council on Monday night approved rescheduling the cityâs annual spring cleanup month to begin Friday, May 28 through Wednesday, June 30, 2021.
The council approved the purchase of five 20-yard dumpsters at the cost of $27,315.00 scheduled to be delivered around May 19.
As a result, Councilman Ricky Byrum suggested pushing forward their annual spring clean-up month to allow time for the new dumpsters to arrive. Following a brief discussion, the council unanimously approved the move to begin on May 28.
âWe use those for our clean-up,â he said. âWe have so many out right now I am not sure that we will have enough for the clean-up.â