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Mayor Craig Ford outlines 2026 projects including athletic center, trails and major paving
Summary
In a mayor's minute, Gadsden City Mayor Craig Ford reviewed 2025 accomplishments and announced planned 2026 projects: a bonded athletic complex, trail and boardwalk expansions with federal grant support, commercial developments, park and pool bids, and prioritized street paving.
Mayor Craig Ford used the mayor's minute to review 2025 and lay out a slate of capital projects and grants planned for 2026 in Gadsden City. "I can't say enough about what has gone on with 2025," Ford said, and he thanked city employees and residents for allowing the administration to move projects forward.
Ford highlighted several ongoing and upcoming infrastructure efforts. He said drainage and street work is underway at Lakewood Drive (behind Pruitt's) and in the riverside corridor, where crews are redoing road, sidewalk and drainage to reduce flooding for homes along the Coosa. On Agricola, he said "Agricola Drainage, the phase 2, is in construction and it should be complete in the next year," describing the work as needed to address dangerous flooding behind the Agricola Shopping Center.
The mayor said Adams Park drainage in East Gadsden was also addressed using ARP (COVID) funds carried forward from the prior administration to complete previously…
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