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Mobile council approves $2M transfer for DIP community center and adds $1.5M to housing improvement plan
Summary
At its Oct. 21 meeting the Mobile City Council approved a $2 million transfer for the DIP community center project, authorized a $1.5 million allocation to the Housing Improvement Plan and passed related contracts for sidewalks and a senior-center renovation aimed at neighborhood revitalization.
The Mobile City Council on Oct. 21 approved a $2,000,000 transfer from capital project C0116 to the DIP (South End) community center project and authorized a $1,500,000 allocation to the city—s Housing Improvement Plan, steps council members said are intended to spur neighborhood revitalization in the Campground, the Bottom and other South Mobile neighborhoods.
The allocations were part of a package of consent items the council approved by voice vote. Betty Fowler, a longtime community advocate, praised the funding and asked the council to support ongoing programming; Councilman Carroll (District 2) described the housing allocation as part of a multi-year effort to remove blight and return vacant lots to productive use.
Councilman Carroll (District 2) told the council the Housing Improvement Plan is…
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