Alabama wins 2011 BCS National Championship!
Congratulations to the University of Alabama Football team on winning their 14th national championship and becoming 2011 BCS National champions!
The City of Tuscaloosa would like to thank the entire Crimson Tide family for their unrelenting support since the storms of April 2011. Since April 27th, Alabama football has truly united our community and given our citizens a sense of hope for a better tomorrow.
Watch the video below to see Nick Saban talk about moving Tuscaloosa forward!
“I think it gives everybody a lot of joy and spirit and hope. We are going to continue to work and move forward and try to help people restore their lives in our community, but things like this make everybody happy and give them a lot of hope.” –Nick Saban
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Design Alabama: The Public Forum for Design in Alabama
DA Journal 2011 | Volume XXI | “Forward Tuscaloosa” by Jessica Armstrong
One of the worst tornado outbreaks ever to hit the United States occurred over a four-day period April 2011, causing catastrophic destruction, particularly in Alabama. An EF-4 twister described as “very large and exceptionally destructive” struck Tuscaloosa April 27. To devise a means of recovery, Mayor Walter Maddox formed the Rebuild Tuscaloosa Task Force, which put together the Tuscaloosa Forward Strategic Plan – a long-term vision born out of a public/private partnership and extensive citizen feedback. Main concerns addressed by the plan are housing, improving infrastructure and economic development. Tuscaloosa now has the opportunity to create updated land use that reflects the city’s urban core and replaces outdates codes and zoning, Maddox adds.
To read the Design Alabama artcile in its entirity, please click here.
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Alabama Concert Raises $169,467 for City of Tuscaloosa Storm Recovery Fund
Tuscaloosa, Ala. – On September 2nd, 2011, iconic country group Alabama performed a benefit concert at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater with all proceeds aiding the tornado relief efforts since the April 27th, 2011 storm. The City of Tuscaloosa Storm Recovery Fund received $169,467 from the event that was performed in front of more than 7,400 fans. To read the official press release, please click here.
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Read About Tuscaloosa’s Tornado Recovery Here:
