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MARCH / APRIL 2023
Fairhope Museum to unveil new exhibit in March
Farmer’s Market begins again
Easter bunny hops into Fairhope
Arts & Crafts Festival
The Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival Foundation is proud to announce that the 71st annual Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival will take place March 17, 18, and 19, 2023, in beautiful downtown Fairhope.
Recently named one of the TOP 15 art shows in the nation, and featured by Southern Living Magazine, this prestigious show will showcase more than 200 artists from across the country including many from the Southeast, and attract hundreds of thousands of visitors to Fairhope this year.
An Eastern Shore tradition for more than seventy years, there’s something for everyone at the Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival! In addition to artists’ displays, guests will enjoy live entertainment, delicious cuisine from the food court, and enjoy exploring local shops and restaurants. There will also be a children’s tent with activities planned each day and appearances by the new 2023 Dogwood Trail Court. This year’s 2023 Dogwood Trail Court includes Zoie Pratt, Morgan Bias, Anna Bowler Conyers, Riley Mellett, Ryann Turner and Abigail English.
For more information on shuttle services and bike valet, event map, participating artists list, and more, please visit FairhopeArtsandCraftsFestival.com.
45th Annual Spring Fever Chase
10K and 2-mile fun run
Join Thomas Hospital and Wells Fargo on Saturday, March 18 at 8 AM for the 45th Annual Spring Fever Chase, a 10K and 2-Mile Fun Run/Walk that winds through beautiful downtown Fairhope overlooking Mobile Bay. The 10K is accurately measured, flat to rolling, with five water stations along the route and one at the finish. The finish line clock records unofficial time. For official time, stay in line in the chute after crossing the finish line.
For more information, visit www.springfeverchase.org
NEWS
HIGHLIGHTSMARCH / APRIL 2023
City Sketches
Easter Bunny Hops into Fairhope
Easter Sunrise Service
Mike Ford Tennis Center
Spring Programs
35th Annual Mayor’s Golf
Tournament benefiting FEEF
The four-person scramble on Thursday, March 23 will offer morning and afternoon start times, breakfast, lunch, drinks, on-course contests, winning prizes and more at
Quail Creek Golf Course.
All proceeds from the tournament are distributed by the Fairhope Educational Enrichment Foundation (FEEF) directly back into Fairhope’s five public schools. These funds provide programs and equipment to our students and teachers that are not made possible through traditional funding the schools receive.
For more information, visit www.feefonline.org.
JUNIOR TENNIS PROGRAMS
Tiny Tots (ages 4-5): Wednesday’s 4pm-4:30pm
Level 1 (ages 6-8): Tuesday or Thursday, 3:30pm-4:30pm
Level 2 (ages 9 & up): Tuesday and Thursday, 4pm-5pm
Level 3 (ages 11-18): Tuesday and Thursday, 5pm-6pm
Level 4 ( Advanced and Intermediate level )
Monday and Wednesday, 4:30pm-6:30pm
ADULT CLINICS
2.0-3.0 level: Tuesdays 6am-7am
3.0-4.5 level: Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm
Please call the Mike Ford Tennis Center for more
information about registration and fees, 251-990-9526.
The Easter bunny will visit Fairhope from 10 am to Noon on Saturday, April 1, in front of the Fairhope Welcome Center. Parents are welcome to bring their cameras to take Easter bunny photos.
The Eastern Shore Optimist Club will host the Easter Sunrise Service at 6:30 am on April 9 at the rose garden at the Fairhope Municipal Pier. A local pastor will be presiding over the service. Everyone is encouraged to bring a lawn chair.
MARCH / APRIL 2023
Earth Day Mobile Bay 2023Fairhope Museum to unveil
new exhibit in March
Farmer’s Market begins again
Join the Fairhope Museum of History on Friday, March
17 for the Grand Opening of the exhibit, “Vision of
Fairhope”. The new exhibit will feature select, century-old,
photographs, reproduced into 3D viewable images. The
images will connect viewers to the people of Fairhope’s
founding years in an all-new way never exhibited at the
Fairhope Museum of History before!
The museum is located at 24 N. Section Street in Downtown
Fairhope. They are open weekly from Tuesday through
Saturday, 9 AM to 5 PM with free admission.
Earth Day Mobile Bay 2023 will be held on
Saturday, April 22, at Fairhope’s South Beach Park
from 11 am to 7 pm. The festival will attract participants
from Mobile and Baldwin Counties and beyond. For more
than 30 years, Earth Day Mobile Bay has demonstrated
community support and involvement. It is a free event
celebrating the Earth and the environment. It will host
environmental displays and activities, a wide variety of
interactive educational opportunities for children and
adults, and an exciting live music lineup, all in a family-fun
atmosphere.
This year, with the theme of how to address
climate change at the local level, the festival’s
environmental activities and displays will include
offerings for protecting the environment with ecological
energy sources, green building, organic and local food,
healthy living, and more. All this will take place in
Fairhope’s beautiful beach park.
Also as part of the event, the City of Fairhope will
have FREE document shredding from 10 am to 2 pm.
The City of Fairhope will host its Outdoor Spring Farmer’s
Market from 3 pm to 6 pm on Thursdays beginning April
6 and ending June 29. The market will be set up behind
the Fairhope Public Library and will feature local farmers,
bakers, fresh Baldwin County produce, fresh-cut flowers,
local honey, plants, baked goods and more. Entertainment
will include live music and kids’ activities.
Contact your
elected officials
LETTER FROM THE MAYOR
Public MeetingsListings
The Fairhope Planning Commission
MEETS AT 5pm | City Council chambers
FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH
The Fairhope City Council
MEETS AT 6pm | City Council chambers
THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAYS FairhopeAL.gov | 251-928-2136
Sherry Sullivan, Mayor
Sherry.Sullivan@FairhopeAL.gov
Jay Robinson, City Council President
Jay.Robinson@FairhopeAL.gov
Corey Martin, City Councilmember
Corey.Martin@FairhopeAL.gov
Jack Burrell, City Councilmember
Jack.Burrell@FairhopeAL.gov
Kevin Boone, City Councilmember
Kevin.Boone@FairhopeAL.gov
Jimmy Conyers, City Councilmember
Jimmy.Conyers@FairhopeAL.gov
Mayor & City Council mailing address:
City of Fairhope
P.O. Drawer 429
Fairhope, AL 36533
As we look forward to warmer weather
and longer days, I hope you make plans
with family and friends to enjoy the many
upcoming activities held in Fairhope. The
Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival, Spring
Fever Chase, 35th Annual Mayor’s Golf
Tournament benefiting FEEF at Quail Creek
Golf Course, Easter Sunrise Service at the
pier and the Fairhope Farmers Market,
just to name a few of the many exciting
things to look forward to this spring. I
hope to see you around town soon!
Sherry Sullivan, Mayor