Shoals Music Makers
Walnut Street Architecture Tour
Florence Highlighted in Southern Living!
We always love it when we show up in Southern Living, and they're showcasing the beautiful City of Florence. #10 on the 15 Most Affordable Small Towns We Love!
Singing River Media Youth Fishing Rodeo
Benefit for Big Brothers/Big Sisters
June 11, 2022, from 8 am until 12:00
$5 Entry Fee
Bring your own chairs, fishing gear, rods, poles, and bait.
All youth 14 and under can bring an adult and gather at the ponds at McFarland Park for a morning of food, fishing, fun, and prizes! Along with fishing, the Rodeo will include games and refreshments. Prizes will be given for the top three longest fish, but all fish must be released. The first 100 kids will receive a free snack from Slim Chickens.
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FLORENCE’S LITTLE RED BRICK SCHOOLHOUSE
As early as 1820, just two years after the founding of the City of Florence, there was a school on the John Coffee family’s plantation. Other children were also invited to enroll. Then small, tuition-based schools began to appear in private homes and public buildings throughout the town. In 1852, the State Legislature passed enabling legislation entitled “An Act to Provide Public Schools for Children of the State.” Sometime after this event, the citizens of Florence erected a red brick schoolhouse (see the accompanying sketch) on East College Street – the site where Patton Elementary School would be built with public tax dollars in 1891. One of the notable teachers in the little schoolhouse was William I. Price who, later, became Dr. William I. Price. It was he who, in 1889, built the first house on Walnut Street; it’s there today at 520 North Walnut. By 1878, the little building was no longer used as a schoolhouse, so City officials leased it to Rev. Fr. Menges, OSB, and it became the first home of St. Joseph Catholic Church. To make it look more like a church, the parishioners replaced the roof and added a steeple.
--Billy Warren, City Historian
Florence Fire Department Autism Awareness Event
June 26, 2022
12-3:00 PM
Join the fun at McFarland Park and raise money for Autism Awareness! Food trucks will be available. Attendees can purchase a tshirt to raise money and awareness. We look forward to seeing you there!
SAVE THE DATE: Autism Awareness Event, June 26, 12 pm - 3 pm (McFarland Park)
Bookin' It 5K Fun Run
Enjoy the beauty of downtown and get a bit of exercise (runners and walkers) as you help to raise funds for your public library! The Friends of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, along with Solid Rock Running Company and library staff are sponsoring the inaugural "Bookin' It 5k Fun Run." Proceeds from the run will be used to provide free programming to the public during the library's Summer Reading Program.
Shoals Economic Development Authority Celebrates the 3rd Anniversary of Remote Shoals!
SEDA is celebrating 3 YEARS since the launch of the Remote Shoals program. There has been tremendous support for this effort and welcoming participants with open arms. To the Remote Shoals family who took a chance on a community in North West Alabama- thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. This program wouldn’t be successful without each and every one of you. If you’re afraid you missed your chance to be a part of everything, you haven’t! Applications are always open at remoteshoals.com.
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NEXT COUNCIL MEETING
The Mayor and Council members will hold the next council meeting on
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
4:00 p.m. Work Session
5:00 p.m. Council Meeting
City Auditorium
103 South Pine Street
