Mobile is reshaping its waterfront with new exhibits spotlighting the Mobile Tensaw Delta, celebrating local sports legends, and honoring the musical roots of Jimmy Buffett.
But the vision doesn’t come cheap. This week at Mobile’s Government Plaza, officials are committing up to $1 million toward exhibits honoring the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame and those inside the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf.
The two projects, funded separately, anchor opposite ends of Water Street—an increasingly busy corridor where travelers pour in from the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service or step off Carnival Cruise Line ships by the thousands…