During last Tuesday’s Scottsboro municipal election, 2,678 voters voted. That is only 22.49 percent of Scottsboro’s 11,905 registered voters.
During last week’s Scottsboro City Council work session, the Jackson County Children’s Advocacy Center requested funding in the amount of $300,000 from the opioid settlement funds received by the City of Scottsboro. It was noted that of the $8.5 million distributed, $730,000 was given to the Alabama Boys and Girls Club.
The much anticipated public hearing was held last week regarding the rezoning of 50 acres in the Stonebridge Subdivision. Developers have proposed rezoning the property from R-1 to R-3. However, there has been much opposition to the rezoning by residents of Stonebridge. The hearing was packed with residents of Stonebridge and other citizens of Scottsboro.
The Scottsboro Woman’s League is again hosting its popular Mistletoe Market. Mistletoe Market is an upscale Christmas marketplace with vendors from across the Southeast. It will be held at Goose Pond Civic Center November 22nd through November 24, 2024.
On Monday, August 12 at 4 p.m. a public hearing will be held at the Scottsboro City Hall regarding a rezoning request. The request made by Stonebridge Acreage asks that the zoning be changed from R1 to R3 for single family detached housing. Stonebridge is compromised of 50-plus acres off of Cimmaron Drive in Scottsboro.