Foley Mayor Ralph Hellmich outlined plans for the city's future, including new infrastructure, a modern civic center, and a year-round indoor aquatic center. The city also plans to address the needs of its growing population with a new senior center and performing arts center.
As the new year begins, Foley is making plans for the future that include more streets and new buildings to meet growing demands. In a recent address to the South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Ralph Hellmich said Foley needs a new swimming facility and civic center as the community continues to grow. Other improvements being considered include a new senior center and performing arts center. Hellmich said the city’s current outdoor pool is more than 60 years old.
Work will start after next summer on an indoor aquatics center. “We have a design on the Aquatic Center,” Hellmich said. “This is an indoor center that will be open year-round. It’s something that our folks demand and they deserve now. We have a great pool, but it was built before I was born and it’s an outside pool that you can’t use throughout the year.” He said plans for the center also include a splash pad for small children. The city also plans other improvements, such as LED lighting and new restrooms, near the site at Max Griffin Park. Speaking to an audience in the Foley Civic Center, Hellmich said the current Civic Center is also not adequate for the city’s needs. “This one was built in ‘75,” he said. “We have to have a bigger place. We have an Event Center, but it’s not designed for events like this.” Addressing a capacity audience of about 225, Hellmich said the new center will hold twice as many people. “It’ll be a new, modern center,” he said. “Then, this can be converted into office space that will carry us for the next 40 years. Right now, we’re having to put in temporary facilities, because we’re expanding.”The city is studying the need for a performing art center. Hellmich said one location that has been suggested would be to renovate the current Foley Post Office for performing arts. He said the post office also needs a bigger facility, but the U.S. Postal Service’s current lease on the city-owned building does not expire until 203
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