Tag: Orange Beach
Rauf Bolden: Call for purchasing a public beach in Orange Beach
Buying beachfront property for the greater good of Orange Beach residents is not in sync with local government’s views of spending money without a...
Rauf Bolden: School delay in Orange Beach begs question – should...
Leaving people clutching their pearls, Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon announced another delay. The cost of building the new school was bid $20 million...
Jim Zeigler vows to continue to request information from ALDOT on...
Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler is back at it — trying yet again to get answers from the evasive Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) on the proposed...
Rauf Bolden: Bridge2NoWhere in Orange Beach
Joe Emerson is a man of action. He made an activist’s move over three years ago, establishing a Facebook Group, presently having 2660+ members...
Rauf Bolden: The web, the city and business in Orange Beach
Imagine sitting in an office overlooking the Gulf-of-Mexico taking reservations from your website, booking vacation rentals for condos, houses and charters, answering the phone,...
Rauf Bolden: Flood drainage in Orange Beach
Flooding in Bear Point, Orange Beach is a yearly occurrence. Tropical Storm Gordon, September 5, 2018, dumped five inches of rain, flooding my neighbor’s...
Rauf Bolden: Fiber-optic internet to the home in Orange Beach
High-Speed or Gigabit Internet defines your quality of life, more than your car, your house, your clothes or your jewelry, allowing you to connect...
Rauf Bolden: Should you stay in Orange Beach during a hurricane?
Living on intimate terms with hurricane disaster is something Orange Beach residents accept, being mentally prepared, understanding how hurricanes work, securing their property against...
Rauf Bolden: Building retail spaces as an economic driver in Orange...
“Economic dislocations and limited upward social mobility are eroding communities and fueling resurgent nationalism,” reported Maura Reynolds in POLITICO.
Political fragmentation is not something we...
Rauf Bolden: Competing for employees in Orange Beach
The balance between available jobs and job openings keeps the economy rolling. Having more jobs than people to fill them is a problem, creating...