Alabama Power Foundation awards Gateway grants

Grants help provide welcome signs to promote communities statewide

The Alabama Power Foundation has awarded more than $60,000 in 2015 Gateway grants. The 33 grants will provide materials for signs to welcome visitors into cities, towns and communities across Alabama.

Gateway’s goal is to help revitalize communities by funding well-designed signage to greet visitors. The signs can also help to attract new business and industry to cities and towns.

“The Gateway grant program has helped cities and towns across Alabama to present themselves in a new way,” said John Hudson, president of the Alabama Power Foundation. “Whether it is promoting community spirit, encouraging tourism or welcoming economic development, the program is helping communities share their stories.”

Communities and groups receiving this year’s Gateway grants are:

City of Abbeville
City of Alabaster
City of Birmingham – Crestwood South
City of Birmingham – Sherman Heights
City of Birmingham – Tuxedo
City of Birmingham – West End
City of Birmingham – Wylam
City of Brewton
City of Brilliant
City of Brookside
City of Fayette – Guthrie Smith Park
City of Gardendale
City of Geneva
City of Glencoe
City of Hamilton
City of Heflin
City of Hokes Bluff
City of McMullen
City of Mobile – Tillman’s Corner
City of Montgomery
City of Oxford
City of Piedmont
City of Smiths Station
City of Vernon
Riverside Beautification
Town of Bear Creek
Town of Berry
Town of Glen Allen
Town of Harpersville
Town of Kimberly
Town of Oak Grove
Town of Snead
Town of Talladega Springs.

In its fourth year, the Gateway program has awarded nearly $200,000 through almost 100 grants. Gateway is one of several community programs funded by the Alabama Power Foundation. For more information on Gateway and other Alabama Power programs, visit www.powerofgood.com.

Since the Alabama Power Foundation’s creation in 1989 with funds donated by shareholders, it has provided support to Alabama communities, educational institutions and nonprofits with non-ratepayer money through more than 20,000 grants and scholarships.