Thriving After The Pandemic + 20 new businesses in downtown Mobile

Hey Mobile, Happy Monday!How y'all feelin'?!

Today's Estimated Read Time: 3 minutes 37 seconds.

• 🌞 What's Happening with a bit of News

• 📃 Job Board

• 😎 Upcoming Events

• ❤This Week's Do Some Good Highlight

• 🖼 Meme of the Week

• 🌍Moving? We Can Help!

First, a bit of news... (no murders or weapons included -- sorry, you'll have to read that elsewhere...)

Everyday, we inch closer and closer to getting back to normal after the pandemic. And it shows in the many improvements made to Downtown Mobile.

Residents and tourists are eager to patronize the new businesses that are popping up everywhere. If you were getting a bit bored with what Downtown had to offer, this news might get you out of the house again.

And as Halloween fast approaches, one thing you could do downtown is visit the newly opened Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction.

It’s a fully decked-out Victorian mansion that has made a couple of its visitors pee their pants!

If you’d rather enjoy more cultured pursuits, you can catch a little Shakespeare at the UM College Woods Auditorium. The kids are putting on Macbeth, which is perfect because it’s easily The Bard of Avon’s spookiest play.

Not much of a horror fan? Foodie beach lovers can hit two birds with one stone at the Coastal Alabama Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival at Gulf Shores.

You can get your eat and drink on as you savor the sights and sounds of the Gulf of Mexico. Bring the kids!

Traveling to Gulf Shores by car wouldn’t be a problem, especially considering how our local government takes care of our roadways.

Again, we are asked to greenlight the Pay-As-You-Go Program that keeps our roads and bridges in tip-top shape. We should all do our part to ease traffic congestion in Mobile.

Lastly, if your kid dreams of having a career in Aviation, Students enrolled in Bishop State’s Aviation Manufacturing Technology dual enrollment program will travel to Flight Works Alabama and Airbus.

This exercise is meant to spark the interest of our young people and entice them into careers in aviation.

The industry has around 800,000 vacant positions every month. It might be a fantastic career choice for youths who are into flying and building things.

Want some tickets to the Mobtown Mac Down? We're giving some out soon, so be sure to become an Insider!

Want some free Rundown swag and a chance to get free tickets to local events? Then Become a Rundown Insider! (our insiders get first dibs on tickets that we receive by sponsoring local events).

😎Upcoming Events

October 18Ray LaMontagne  

October 20Gov’t Mule

October 21The Elixir of Love October 21Gary Allen

October 21LITTLE EXPLORERS: HOW DOES OUR GARDEN GROW

October 22Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event

October 22THE JOE BULLARD WINE ON THE RIVER MOBILE 2022

October 22South Alabama Marching Band Championships

October 29Mobtown Mac Down Mac&Cheese Cookoff

❤ A Do Some Good Highlight

College sorority sisters Dr. Dee Dupree Bennett and Monica Anderson Young came together with the idea of SHORT the Squirrel to help Alabama’s youngest residents learn to read and write.

Alabama courtrooms do not allow gadgets inside.

It led Attorney McRae Young to come up with the literacy program.

Young and Monica’s daughter noticed that youngsters attending court lacked resources to occupy themselves.

Years ago, McRAE and Monica co-wrote an online column for young readers specializing in children’s books.

Monica’s experience as a former school principal and Troy University professor helped her recruit Dr. Bennett to create an activity booklet.

Both ladies came up with SHORT, a curious squirrel that wants to assist youngsters in learning more about their immediate environment.

Read the full article and view our interview here...

Podcast interviews are still being released for Do Some Good Mobile --- here's the digital version. (we're already gearing up for the 2023 edition!)

📃 Check out The Rundown's Job Board!Looking for work?Allll kinds of jobs here!

Employer?Post your job!We're still in beta --- get to postin' or we might not keep this section live!Cost is only $49. Your listing is active for up to 90 days (or until you delete it).

🖼 Meme of the Week

Nice one Mamun!

🌍Moving? We Can Help!

Are you moving to the Mobile area and need to buy a home? Or do you need to sell your house and move across town? Either way, we can help! We work with the best of the best real estate agents in the area (we have 20+ years of real estate experience). We also have all of the necessary info you'll need about the Mobile Bay area on our website. Just let us know how we can help!

Please ask your neighbors not to litter...See ya next week!Be Good & Stay Safe.