$1.5M Mardi Gras Reno + Faster Traffic

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Senior Bowl and other events looked like fun! But man, it also looked 🥶🥶🥶

Ok, now on to The Rundown…

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🌞 News (no shootings allowed here)

• New Signal Tech Aims to Keep Mobile Moving

• Out-of-State Volunteers Improve Homes Across Mobile Area

• Mobile Community Lifts Neighbor After House Fire

• Mobile Carnival Museum Reopens After $1.5M Upgrade (perfect timing!)

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😎Some Upcoming Events

Tuesday - February 3

• 2026 February Business Luncheon
  Mobile | 11 a.m. | John C. WIlliams Auditorium, Tillman&'s Corner Community Center

• Government Plaza: Celebration 3
  Mobile | 10 a.m. | Mobile Museum of Art

• Spring Hill College Baseball vs Montevallo
  Mobile | 2 p.m.

• Tim Hagen, Guest Faculty Flute Recital
  Mobile | 7 p.m. | USA Laidlaw Performing Arts Center

• West Regional Library Mardi Gras Crown Contest
  Mobile | 9 a.m. | West Regional Library

Wednesday - February 4

• W. B. Sims Solo Set
  Fairhope | 6 p.m. | The Ravenite Pizzeria

• African American Read-In Activity/ Black History Book Scavenger Hunt
  Mobile | 3 p.m. | Virginia Dillard Smith / Toulminville Branch Library

• NEEDTOBREATHE: The Barely Elegant Acoustic Tour
  Mobile | 7 p.m. | Saenger Theatre

• South Alabama Jaguars Women's Basketball vs. Marshall Thundering Herd
  Mobile | Mitchell Center

• University of South Alabama Men's Tennis vs UAB
  Mobile | 2 p.m. | Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts

• West Regional Mardi Gras Crown Contest
  Mobile | 9 a.m. | West Regional Library

Thursday - February 5

• 1702 Events Ribbon Cutting
  Mobile | 4 p.m. | 1702 Events

• West Regional Library Mardi Gras Crown Contest
  Mobile | 9 a.m. | West Regional Library

• Legoland in Saraland
  Saraland | 4 p.m. | Saraland Public Library

• Chess Club for Everyone at Semmes
  Semmes | 3 p.m. | Semmes Regional Library

• ESCC Annual Celebration - 2026
  Spanish Fort | 5 p.m. | Bluegill Restaurant

Friday - February 6

• Club Crescent During Mardi Gras
  Mobile | 6 p.m. | The Crescent Theater

• McGill High School Girls' Tennis Invitational Tennis
  Mobile | Mobile Tennis Center

• Myles Morgan
  Mobile | 8 p.m. | Soul Kitchen

• Spring Hill College Baseball vs Delta State
  Mobile | 5 p.m.

• West Regional Library Mardi Gras Crown Contest
  Mobile | 9 a.m. | West Regional Library

• Live2Lead: A Leadership Experience For Those Who Serve Others
  Spanish Fort | 8 a.m. | Prodisee Pantry

*Please verify all event starting times with the event organizers.

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🏠 Local Real Estate Scoop

Here’s the local real estate snapshot…

Jan 03 - Feb 02, 2026

177 homes were sold (⬇️by 45)

Average price was $247k (⬇️by $26.2k)

The average was 37 days on the market.

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And here are the homes most recently listed for sale - check them out!

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