Census estimates released Thursday show Mobile and Baldwin counties are facing opposite problems. In Mobile County, growth has been stagnant for more than a decade and has begun to slide since the last census in 2020. Across Mobile Bay, Baldwin may be grappling with too much of a good thing.
In Mobile County, growth has been stagnant for more than a decade and has begun to slide since the last census in 2020. Across Mobile Bay, Baldwin may be grappling with too much of a good thing.
But there are drawbacks. The schools have struggled to keep up with the influx of families, and some complain that more traffic is clogging roads. Barnes said she is worried about a planned subdivision near her home. That development, known as Tealwood Estates, is up for a vote by the Baldwin County Planning and Zoning Commission next month. The area is unincorporated, with no zoning. An election in June could change that by adopting zoning rules, but it would be too late to stop the Tealwood project.
Fairhope in 2021 imposed a one-year moratorium on new subdivisions in its planning jurisdiction, but the state Legislature since has prohibited municipalities from regulating development outside their corporate limits.
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