UPDATE: January 9, 2025 UPDATE: Congratulations, everybody. YOU DID IT! WE DID IT together! I received THE call telling me the good news from Councilman Woods right before lunch. My follow-up letter to him says: Dear Mr. Woods, I was so…
BY SHERRY LYNN GROS January 25, 2025 Smart Cities aka surveillance cities are here to stay. The Unified Code of Development adopted by Mayor Sandy Stimpson (2022) and the DDD (Downtown Development District) move Mobile into this brave new world.…
BY SHERRY LYNN GROS for THE HIGHLAND PARK REVIEW December 31, 2024 Happening now at Highland Park Community Association in Mobile AL. HPca is being denied a permit to repair our pavilion roof by City Attorney Ricardo Woods and being…
by Sherry Lynn Gros for The Highland Park Review ATTN: Highland Park Homeowners – February 15, 2025 – Noon – 7151 East Lakeview Dr – Under the Pavilion – RSVP to admin@highlandparkcommunityassociation.com PART 1 Key Discussions for Highland Park Subdivision…
By Sherry Lynn Gros for The Highland Park Review Restoring the Dog River Watershed: A Community Effort Highland Park Subdivision, along with the Highland Park Community Association (HPca) and Optimist Lake at Milkhouse Creek, is situated in the Dog River…
For The Highland Park Review by Sherry Lynn Gros November 21, 2024 Remember: My original complaint as a concerned waterkeeper was the dewatering of Lake Optimist without a permit. On multiple occasions in 2019, random persons from Lake View West…
By Sherry Lynn Gros, for The Highland Park Review November 8, 2024 Did you know that black bears are the State Mammal of Alabama? There is no open season for hunting black bears in Alabama, and it is illegal to…
By Sherry Lynn Gros for The Highland Park Review October 20, 2023 Mobile, AL EDITORIAL On this day, five years ago, I stepped outside, greeted by a beautiful Sunday morning, ready to attend church. What awaited me was not merely…
Happy Labor Day Everyone! Connecticut, where I grew up, is a staunch custodian and manager of clean waterways and wetland protection. As a child growing up there I was able to enjoy the beauty of estuary, marshland, and beach life.…
By Sherry Lynn Gros for The Highland Park Review Dams require continuity of maintenance. Dams are not eco-friendly in the present climate and why many are being let to fall across the country. They provide neither public safety, drinkable water,…