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Gadsden council authorizes submission of permit application for Coosa Harbor waterfront project

3055388 · April 19, 2025
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The Gadsden City Council voted to authorize submission of a Phase 1 nonresidential permit to Alabama Power to begin permitting for the Coosa Harbor waterfront development, a project council members described as large-scale and dependent on Alabama Power approval.

Gadsden — The Gadsden City Council voted to authorize the city to submit the nonresidential Phase 1 permit application required by Alabama Power to begin permitting work for the proposed Coosa Harbor waterfront development.

Councilman Wilson presented the item and described the development as the project announced months earlier by developer Patrick Lawler. Wilson said the project will occupy roughly 600 feet of water frontage near the vacant downtown theater site and requires Alabama Power approval to install boat slips, floating docks and related in-water structures. "This process could take somewhere between 8 to 10 months,"…

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