$50 Million Opportunity Opens + Mardi Gras License Plate

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Our Mardi Gras Guide is out! Get it here (you can download the pdf to save when on the go).

We’re now heading into the Deep Gras — that period of time with the home stretch of beads, king cake eating, and boom boom rooms.

Ok, now on to The Rundown…

🌞 News (no shootings allowed here)

• Youth at Delaware Street Baptist Church Honor Local Black Leaders

• Mother-Daughter Seek Support for Birthplace of Mardi Gras License Plate

• New Bill Aims to Bring Oyster Tastings to the Water’s Edge

• A $50 Million Opportunity Opens the Door Downtown

Get more details in our news roundup.

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😎Some Upcoming Events

Tuesday - February 10

• African American Read-In Activity/ Kid's Black History Triva & Craft
  Mobile | 3 p.m. | Virginia Dillard Smith / Toulminville Branch Library

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

• Irving and Frances Silber Endowed Presidential Lectureship features Dr. Peter J. Hotez
  Mobile | 4 p.m. | MacQueen Alumni Center

• Spring Hill College Baseball vs Auburn Montgomery
  Mobile | 4 p.m.

• United Way of Southwest Alabama Mardi Gras Social
  Mobile | 4 p.m. | United Way of Southwest Alabama

• Ms. Surani Storytime
  Spanish Fort | 10 a.m. | Spanish Fort Public Library

Wednesday - February 11

• Hat-Making: Fascinators!
  Mobile | 10 a.m. | Mobile Museum of Art

• LEGOmania! at Moorer
  Mobile | 4 p.m. | Monte L. Moorer / Spring Hill Branch Library

• Spring Hill College Women's Basketball vs Tuskegee
  Mobile | 5 p.m. | Arthur R. Outlaw Recreation Center

• Tales & Tunes with Mrs. Tori (Special Mardi Gras Storytime)
  Saraland | 10 a.m. | Saraland Public Library

• Bellingrath Gardens & Home: A Ballet of Lines Arrangement, Floral Workshop with Jim Del Prince
  Theodore | 10 a.m. | Bellingrath Gardens & Home

Thursday - February 12

• Great Movie Adventure (Selma, Lord Selma)
  Mobile | 3 p.m. | Virginia Dillard Smith / Toulminville Branch Library

• Let the Good Sweat Roll HOTWORX Mobile Mardi Gras Event
  Mobile | 3 p.m. | Hotworx Mobile (Spring Hill)

• Prototyping Lab Open House Night!
  Mobile | 4 p.m. | Innovation Portal

• Snowbird Lecture- "Walking in Their Shoes: The Power of Historical Empathy"
  Mobile | 11 a.m. | USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park

• South Alabama Jaguars Women's Basketball vs. Texas State Bobcats
  Mobile | Mitchell Center

• Young Professionals of Mobile 2026 Mardi Gras Party
  Mobile | 4 p.m. | Mobile Chamber

Friday - February 13

• Kat Deal
  Daphne | 7 p.m. | Manci's Antique Club

• Mardi Gras Ball
  Fairhope | 6 p.m. | Coyote Den Patio

• Crescent Theatre: ArtWalk Comedy Shorts, 3 Short Shows, One Low Price
  Mobile | 7 p.m. | The Crescent Theater

• LoDa ArtWalk
  Mobile | 6 p.m. | Cathedral Square

• Mobile Big Band Society: Valentine's Dinner Dance
  Mobile | 6 p.m. | USS Alabama Battleship Aircraft Pavilion

• Mobile Game Design Festival
  Mobile | 9 p.m. | Saenger Theatre

• University of South Alabama Softball vs UAB
  Mobile | 3 p.m. | Jaguar Field

• University of South Alabama Softball vs Western Michigan
  Mobile | 5 p.m. | Jaguar Field

*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 10 - Feb 09, 2026

184 homes were sold (⬇️by 13)

Average price was $244k (⬇️by $14.8k)

The average was 34 days on the market.

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

🐶 This Baby Needs A Mommy

Kenny here needs a mommy!

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-Team Mobile Rundown