PROMOTING SMART GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN ANNISTON, ALABAMA

OPPORTUNITY PLANNING RESOURCES

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OPPORTUNITY

OPPORTUNITY

OPPORTUNITY

We are educating leaders through the CAPZO scholorship and funding. 

There are many opportunities to participate in programs and workshops for people interested in making a difference in their community through leadership and planning. Spirit helps fund these opportunities to learn how.

JSU is a Spirit Partner. Their BETA program means Businesses!


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PLANNING

OPPORTUNITY

OPPORTUNITY

Spirit encourages City Planning and Business Planning.

What do you need to do to start your business Downtown? Do you want to locate in Anniston's Historic District? 

Need an old Factory in the Manufacturing district near the proposed Chief Ladiga Trail? Use our Resrouces Section to link to the agencies and services you need.


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RESOURCES

OPPORTUNITY

RESOURCES

how to get things done!

WHY ANNISTON...?

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A Rich History and a New Vision

Buildings and Available Locations

Buildings and Available Locations

Anniston has a rich retail and commerce history.  Downtown Anniston, like many downtowns across America, has lost many of it's shops and businesses to the interstate strip malls. Anniston is now reinventing itself and is open for Business! Anniston also has a new distinction with a new National Monumen in two locations in Downtown. Aniston has many buidings on the National Historic Register. 

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Buildings and Available Locations

Buildings and Available Locations

Buildings and Available Locations

Downtown is full of opportunities for you to take advantage of...Use our Resources to easily navigate the system.

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Community Involvement

Buildings and Available Locations

Community Involvement

WHAT SPIRIT SUPPORTS...

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AnniCon

MAP Anniston Chalk the Walk

MAP Anniston Chalk the Walk

AnniCon is Sponsored by Spirit of Anniston, click for more information on AniCon. The Spirit supports several small organizations who need a non-profit to oversee or partner with.

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MAP Anniston Chalk the Walk

MAP Anniston Chalk the Walk

MAP Anniston Chalk the Walk

The Sprit provided funding and resources for Chalk the Walk, a chalk arts festival in Downtown Anniston as well os other arts projects.

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Small Business Incubator

MAP Anniston Chalk the Walk

Small Business Incubator

Sprit of Anniston contributes to the health of Downtown Anniston by providing reduced rent to the tenants of the Spirit of Anniston's Storefront building on Noble Street. 

Currently it is The Music Box!

CURRENT SPIRIT PROJECTS

Banners for Noble Street Anniston

Banners for Noble Street Anniston

Banners for Noble Street Anniston

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Providing matching funding for Banners hung on Noble Street by Main Street Anniston.  

Historical Building Plaques

Banners for Noble Street Anniston

Banners for Noble Street Anniston

Plaque of the Original Spirit of Anniston Building as an example. This is a bronze plaque.

 We are funding an Historic Plaque program in the Historic Downtown Business district in conjunction with the Anniston Historical Society. There are many buildings on the National Historic Register. 

Click here to see Historical Information about these buildings. 

Click here to see more about Kimberly O'Dell, our Historian and Researcher. 

Save Our City Petition

Banners for Noble Street Anniston

Save Our City Petition

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Save Our City 

Here is a link to the petition "Save Our City" where you can electronically sign the petition to let our leaders know you wish to keep Ward 4 in the City of Anniston.


The Spirit of Anniston supports the effort to keep Anniston  as one city. 



GETTING TO AND AROUND ANNISTON

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