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Committee reviews Hopkins Building proceeds for Gateway public-safety center and East Precinct relocation

Tuscaloosa City committee meeting · April 29, 2026
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Committee members reviewed a $375,000 capital request to repurpose the Gateway Inn as a public-safety resource center and to relocate fire administration to the East Precinct, and were told roughly $5.5 million remains unassigned from the Hopkins Building sale; no construction contracts were authorized at the meeting.

Committee members reviewed proposed uses for proceeds from the Hopkins Building sale, including a $375,000 capital request split between retrofitting the Gateway Inn as a public-safety resource center ($250,000) and relocating fire administration to the East Precinct ($125,000). Staff said the Hopkins sale has roughly $5.5 million in proceeds that have not yet been assigned to specific projects.

Director Blankley told…

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