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Montgomery to pilot downtown attraction during HBCU weekend; hotels and corporate tenants coming, mayor says

5426531 · July 18, 2025
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On his podcast, Mayor Steven L. Reed said the city will test a riverfront attraction (a Ferris-wheel-style installation) during HBCU weekend and described new hotels, corporate jobs at the RSA building and interest from live-music and dining entrepreneurs.

Mayor Steven L. Reed said on the Season 2 podcast that the city plans a trial run of a downtown riverfront attraction this summer and that other private and corporate investments are coming to Montgomery's downtown.

"It's a little test run. It's not the only thing that we're talking about doing, but it is something that we're gonna try out, see how popular it is, see whether or not people like it," Reed said of the attraction, which he described as similar to installations seen in other…

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