Alabaster For Tomorrow: The Pride Survey

July 4, 2023By Alabaster Connection

By Brandon Matthews Alabaster is a City Unlimited. We are a city of endless possibilities for families to live, work, play, and grow. Of all of the amazing amenities, facilities, schools, businesses, churches, and more, the most important asset in Alabaster is the people. People are what make things great. This is why For Tomorrow … Read More

Open For Business This Summer

April 29, 2023By Alabaster Connection

  Adams Homes New brick homes for sale 206 Dawsons Cove Terri Lobretto: [email protected] 205.230.1237 Adamshomes.com Adams Homes offers new one story brick homes 4 bedroom plans some with 3 full baths and 2 car g arage 6 plans from 2,169 sq. ft. to 2,831 Kel Bels’s Fitness & Coaching 112 Market Center Dr. Kelly … Read More

A Summer Letter From Mayor Scott Brakefield

April 29, 2023By Alabaster Connection

Dear Friends, As the weather warms, and summer inches closer, I get excited about what the next few months hold. We celebrate our Thompson High School Class of ’23 as they prepare for graduation on May 23rd. We are so proud of all our graduates and can’t wait to see what they will do! Summer … Read More

Summer Updates at the Library

April 29, 2023By Alabaster Connection

Let’s Come All Together Now This Summer! The Albert L. Scott is excited to continue the Summer Reading Challenge for all ages this summer. Participants will log all reading on the ReadSquared app to win prizes. There will be fun programs and activities for this year’s theme: All Together Now. Collage artist Michael Albert will visit … Read More

Alabaster Fast Forward

April 29, 2023By Alabaster Connection

A one-cent sales tax increase will put Alabaster capital projects on the fast track. By Barry Wise Smith On February 27, the Alabaster City Council voted to increase city sales tax by one cent—making sales tax 10 percent in Alabaster—to fund significant capital projects in Alabaster, including a new library, a new community recreation center, … Read More

God Did It Ministries

April 29, 2023By Alabaster Connection

Sanchez Tanniehill lives to serve others By Lori Culpepper Very early on in his life, Sanchez Tanniehill began a journey of hardship, healing, persevering, and giving back. As a life-long resident of Alabaster and a Thompson High School graduate, Tanniehill is involved in making the community better for anybody and everybody who needs a little … Read More

Home Making: A Renovation

April 29, 2023By Alabaster Connection

By Barry Wise Smith Photos by Blake Brock In 2019, Mike and Amanda Higginbotham, of Higginbotham Real Estate Group, partnered with their friends Scott and Sharon Johnson to form MASS Holdings, LLC, to identify properties to renovate and sell. In February, the group purchased a home in the Higginbotham’s Portsouth neighborhood they referred to as … Read More

CityFest 2023

April 29, 2023By Alabaster Connection

Twenty one years of fun-lovin’, foot-stompin’, heat-beatin’ fun.  Alabaster CityFest has been around for a while, but often we see questions from festival-goers about how it all works. We asked the Alabaster Arts Council about some of the most common questions folks have about the event.  How does CityFest stay fresh and continue to be … Read More

Meet City Councilor Greg Farrell

April 29, 2023By Alabaster Connection

Greg Farrell Ward 4 Alabaster Connection: What items/projects included in the budget this year will directly affect Ward 4 residents? What are the most pressing issues facing your constituents?   Greg Farrell:  “After pausing the City’s annual paving projects last year, we allotted additional funding in order to be more aggressive with our paving projects—and that … Read More

City Spotlight: Rosie Robinson

April 29, 2023By Alabaster Connection

Rosie Robinson Director of Courts For almost 30 years, Rosie Robinson has worked for the City of Alabaster. Starting out as a communications clerk for the Alabaster Water Board in 1995, Robinson was promoted to magistrate in 2000 and was named Director of Courts in December 2021. “I’ve seen a lot of growth in Alabaster,” Robinson … Read More