Let’s Go! Fairhope

Events-Related Information for Fairhope, Alabama 36532

August 5-11, 2024

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Sunday, August 4, 2024

Greetings from C. Darby Ulery, founder of the "Let's Go! Fairhope" weekly list of local events information and event-related resources for the 36532.

This week's highlights:

• "Planning District 38" Rapid Growth Concerns Meeting August 8

• Lower Alabama Artificial Intelligence Users Meetups Announcement

• Dr. Music Records brings The Tall Pines to Johnny's Mac's August 9

• This week's events list and more...

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-Darby : )

-Event-Related News-

Lower Alabama Artificial Intelligence Meetup (LA-AI) Meetings

1st & 3rd Fridays

3:30 PM @ Hatch Fairhope

36 N. Section St., 2nd Floor

According to Kai Gray, founder of the LA-AI group, meetup dates are set through the end of the year at Hatch Fairhope: 8/2/24, 8/23/24, 9/6/24, 9/20/24, 10/4/24, 10/18/24, 11/1/24, 11/16/24, 12/6/24, 12/20/24. Contact Kai Gray at kai@la-ai.io

Information below from the LA-AI website:

Join a vibrant community of AI enthusiasts and professionals in Fairhope and Mobile. Whether you’re a seasoned AI veteran, a curious beginner, or somewhere in-between, the LA-AI Meetup is your hub for engaging discussions, valuable networking, and the latest insights from the AI frontier.

Try it yourself!

"Let's Go! Fairhope" readers can click here now to talk with Sage, LA-AI Meetup's custom GPT Assistant. You'll be taken to the LA-AI site where you can interact with Sage and try it first hand. From la-ai.io:

Meet Sage!

Sage is a custom GPT assistant designed to help provide information about the LA-AI Meetup and to things happening in the region. 

Sage is built using OpenAI’s assistant API and sits on top of the GPT-4o-2024-05-13 model. 

What can you ask Sage? Below are some examples, but feel free to converse with Sage however you like.

"What's happening in Fairhope, AL?"

"How can I join the LA-AI Group?"

"When's the Next LA-AI Meetup?"

Image and content above sourced from la-ai.io

Fairhope Rapid Growth Concerns Group to Discuss Zoning Re-Vote

"Planning District 38 Group Meeting - Second Time Around"

Thursday, August 8, 2024 @ 5:30 PM

Location: Delta Grocery Restaurant

8594 US Highway 98

From the "Planning District 38" Facebook Event and Facebook Group:

This meeting is to regroup about putting the vote for zoning back on the table. We can re-vote in December and there is much to discuss. We are the ONLY district in Fairhope that is not zoned and there are over 300 permits being applied for as we speak. We need to have a serious discussion about where we go from here.

RAPID GROWTH CONCERNS

Facing continued rapid growth, the trend of zoning referendums in unzoned areas of the county around Fairhope continues with the county commission's approval of boundaries for a proposed new district 38, generally to run just west of Greeno Road beginning at CR 32 and then south of Highway 98 all the way to Week's Bay [...].

A group of Barnwell-area residents led by CR 3 resident Lisa Atchley initiated the effort; 10% of registered voters there must sign a petition to the judge of probate in favor, then a voter referendum will be set for later in the year. If approved by voters a five person committee will then be appointed to develop the new zoning map. [...]

The organizing group cited "preserving existing agricultural and equestrian uses" as reasons for wanting zoning. 

Image below posted by Melissa Nolte, a Planning District 38 Facebook Group member, December 2022:

Text accompanying the above map in 2022:

[December 2022] The Proposed District 38 Zoning vote did NOT pass. Final count: 132 yes 155 no

There will be no zoning implemented in the district 38 area. Thanks to everyone for their efforts and to everyone who showed up to vote.

{...] It will be 2 years before the area is eligible to consider it again.

Comments from Planning District 38 Facebook Group members regarding the above map and post from 2022:

• I wanted to thank you for all the work you put in on this project. I was at the meeting Monday night to get educated on what was actually being proposed. I was a “no” vote going into the meeting, but after thinking about it for the next several hours, my vote was changed to a “yes”. It was a unique approach to zoning in which we were offered a chance to control how we saw our community being developed rather than absolutely no control at all. Thank you again for making the effort. It is very much appreciated.

• It really needed it to pass. Let's try again.

• 2 years but definitely

• When a zoning vote fails you can't try again for 2 years. Sorry to hear it didn't pass.

• Wow! I’m surprised it didn’t pass

• Maybe next time someone can post the actual official rules that would apply to homeowners in the District 38 area if it passed. This time there were just a lot of people speculating what it would mean and saying things intended to scare people. That's why the "no" vote won I believe

Additional comments submitted to "Let's Go! Fairhope" by Melissa Nolte on August 3, 2024:

The planning commission approved this past Thursday, 339 new homes between County Road 24 and Wagner Road. It's 339 lots on about 116 acres and I think it was called Saddlewood[.] [T]hat one has a passed planning commission and will now go to County Commission so there's no stopping it.

That is a direct result of a lack of zoning. And our area's failure to pass it at the last referendum.

For questions regarding the meeting on August 8, 2024, contact Lisa Atchley via the Planning District 38 Facebook Group by clicking here.

Images and content above sourced from "Planning District 38" Facebook Group and Fairhope citizens. Let's Go! Fairhope provides this information for general purposes, not advice.

-Upcoming Events-

Auditions

August 5 & 6 @ 6:30 PM

Theatre 98

350 Morphy Ave

The Tall Pines - Live Music

August 9 @ 8 PM

Brought to you by Dr. Music Records

Location: Johnny Mac's

505 Fairhope Ave.

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Let’s Go! Fairhope

Events List August 5 - 11

View the printable list on the website by clicking here.

Week of August 5 - 11, 2024 

  Monday, August 5

8 am: Local Info / 9:05 - 10 am: Gulf Coast Swap Shop @ WABF 1480 AM Radio

8 am: Monthly Parking Authority Meeting @ Fairhope Museum of History

10 am: Knit & Crochet for a Purpose @ Fairhope United Methodist

1:30 - 3 pm: Craft Circle @ Fairhope Christian Church

1:30 - 3 pm: TED Talks Discussion Group @ Fairhope Library - Computer Lab

2 pm: Eastern Shore Uke Club @ Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship

3 pm: Seeking Peace Grief Group @ Fairhope United Methodist

5:30 pm: Bingo @ Provision 

6 pm: Planning Commission Meeting @ City of Fairhope Council Chambers

6 pm: Thom Oglesby Solo Piano @ Gambino’s Italian Grill

6:30 pm: Four Weddings and an Elvis Auditions @ Theatre 98

7:43 - 8:08 pm: Sunset @ Fairhope Pier

  Tuesday, August 6 

7 am: 62+ Seniors 5% Discount Day @ Piggly Wiggly Fairhope

7:15 am: The Nix Golfers meet on Tuesdays @ Quail Creek Golf Course 

8 am, 9:05 - 10 am: Local Info / Gulf Coast Swap Shop @ WABF 1480 AM Radio

8 am: Pickleball @ Fairhope United Methodist

12 pm: Weekly Eastern Shore Sertoma Club Meeting @ District Hall 

1 pm: Consanguinity: Argylle presented by Jasmine Hodges @ Fairhope Library

5 - 9 pm: Taco Tuesday $2 Tacos @ Dragonfly Foodbar

5:30 - 7:30 pm: A(lien)=πr(squared) Desert Rose Paint and Sip @ Nini Squares

5:30 - 7:30 pm: Hanan Browning - Live Music @ Page & Palette

6 pm: Hammerfest 25 miles ride - Rear Light Required @ Procycle

6:30 pm: Incoming Kindergarten Popsicles on the Playground @ Fairhope West Elem

6:30 pm: Running Wild Hills & Speed Run @ Meet at Pier Ave & Satsuma St 

6:30 - 9:30 pm: Auditions for Four Weddings and an Elvis @ Theatre 98

7 pm: Bingo @ Bone & Barrel

7 - 10 pm: Karaoke @ Gambino’s Italian Grill 

7:42 - 8:07 pm: Sunset @ Fairhope Pier

8 pm: Trivia Night @ Tongue and Groove

8 pm: Trivia Night @ The Ravenite Pizzeria

 Wednesday, August 7

8 am, 9:05 - 10 am: Local News / Gulf Coast Swap Shop @ WABF 1480 AM Radio

12 - 4 pm: Srixon / Cleveland Golf Club Demo Day @ Quail Creek Golf Course

12:30 pm: FH Rotary w/ Allana Chris, Little Tree Project @ FH United Methodist 

3 pm: Back Porch Folk Singers @ Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship

4 pm: Closed 4-8 PM for Private Event (Open 1 - 4 pm) @ Fairhope Brewing Co.

4:30 pm: Public Schools Commission Meeting @ Fairhope East Elementary School

5 - 9 pm: Bike Night @ Bill-E's

6 pm: Guided Meditation & Sound Bath @ Lotus Bluum

6:30 pm: Culture & Prison Outreach Ministry Committee Meeting @ Hope Community

6:30 pm: Music & General Trivia @ District Hall

6:30 pm: Wise Guys Jazz Band @ Gambino’s Italian Grill

6:30 - 9 pm: Live Music @ Rotolo’s

7:41 - 8:06 pm: Sunset @ Fairhope Pier

  Thursday, August 8

7:30 pm: First Day of School 2024-2025 @ Baldwin County Public Schools

8 am, 9:05 - 10 am: Local News / Gulf Coast Swap Shop @ WABF 1480 AM Radio

8 - 10 am: Pickleball @ Fairhope United Methodist 

8:30 am: Open House Fitness & Nutrition Expo @ CrossFit Fairhope 807 Nichols

9 am - 3 pm: Monthly Friends of the Library Book Sale @ Fairhope Public Library 

9 am - 3 pm: Walk-in Healthcare Interviews @ Infirmary Health 300 S. Greeno R

11 am: E. Shore Republican Women Luncheon w/ Nathaniel Ledbetter @ (ESRW)

2 pm: Weekly Thursday Bible Study - Community Welcome @ FH Christian Church

5 pm: Spark Golf 9-Hole Social League @ Rock Creek 

5:30 pm: Planning District 38 Zoning Re-Vote Meeting @ Delta Grocery Restaurant

5:30 pm: Sunset Rotary Members' Meeting Guest Speaker @ (Sunset Rotary)

5:30 - 7:30 pm: Writer in Residence Reception @ Fairhope Public Library - Giddens

5:45 pm: Blissful Wellness Yoga on the Bluff @ Contact Blissful Wellness Yoga

6 - 8:30 pm: Trivia @ Rotolo’s Pizzeria 

6 - 9 pm: Live Music @ American Legion Post 199

6 pm: Running Wild Fairhope - Group Run / Walk @ Meet at McSharry's Irish Pub

6 - 8 pm: Rebecca/Gerry Duo @ Gambino's Italian Grill

6 - 9 pm: Karl Langley & Friends - Live Music @ The Hope Farm

6:30 pm: Eastern Shore Camera Club Meeting @ Dahlgren Hall 501 Fairhope Ave

6:30 - 8:30 pm: Live Music @ District Hall 

6:45 pm: Live Trivia in the Taproom @ Fairhope Brewing Company

7 - 10 pm: Lee Yankee - Live Music @ Bone & Barrel

7:41 - 8:05 pm: Sunset @ Fairhope Pier

8 pm: Rock & Roll Bingo @ The Ravenite Pizzeria 

  Friday, August 9

8 am, 9:05 - 10 am: Local Info & Gulf Coast Swap Shop @ WABF 1480 AM Radio

11 am - 1 pm: Community Cafe Donation Lunch @ Fairhope United Methodist 

12 - 2 pm: Close Knit Knitting Circle @ Fairhope Public Library

12:30 - 2 pm: Sunflower Welcome Paint & Sip Workshop @ Dragonfly Emporium

1 - 3 pm: Eastern Shore Islamic Center Weekly Jummah @ FH Unitarian Fellowship

2 - 4 pm: Zoe Burdett - Live Music @ Fairhope Brewing Company

2 - 4 pm: Katherine H Brown - Author Signing @ Page and Palette

3 pm: Fairhope Environmental Advisory Board Meeting @ Fairhope Public Library

5:30 pm: Prayer Practices Workshop @ Fairhope United Methodist Church

5:30 pm: Hope Community FoodRx Cooking Class @ USA Health Mapp Campus

6 - 9 pm: Biker's Night / Open Mic Night @ American Legion Post 199

6:30 - 8:30 pm: Line Dancing Lessons w/ social dancing after @ Lucky Horseshoe 

6:30 - 8:30 pm: Christy Wells-Fritz & Roger Fritz - Live Music @ Page & Palette

6:30 pm: “Singo” Night “Where Bingo meets your favorite tunes” @ Rotolo’s 

7 - 11 pm: Live Music / 10 pm - 2 am: Live DJ @ McSharry’s Irish Pub 

7 - 10 pm: Dueling Piano's David/James @ Gambino's Italian Grill

7 - 10 pm: Stephen Sylvester - Live Music @ The Hope Farm

7:40 - 8:04 pm: Sunset @ Fairhope Pier

8 - 10 pm: Dr. Music presents The Tall Pines live w/ Greta Fritz @ Johnny Mac's

8 - 11 pm: The Tyler Mac Band Live Music @ Bone & Barrel

9 pm - 12 am: Live Music @ The Ravenite Pizzeria 

  Saturday, August 10

7:30 am: 28 Miles Ride + Casual/Beginner Rides @ Procycle

9:05 - 10 am: Gulf Coast Swap Shop @ WABF 1480 AM Radio 

9 am: Grief Support Group in the Pool Room Before Business Hours @ 2 Shots In

10 am - 12 pm: Second Saturday Crochet Club @ Kind Cafe

10 am: Workshop: Sculpt the Dynamic Figure in Plaster @ E. Shore Art Center

1 pm: Timothy Lawrence - Author Signing @ Page and Palette

1 - 8 pm: Cousins Maine Lobster Food Truck @ Fairhope Brewing Company

4 - 6 pm: Rea Frey - Author Signing @ Page and Palette

5 - 7 pm: Paint & Sip @ Eastern Shore Art Center

5:30 pm: Home In Fairhope's Desert Rose Serenity Angel Paint & Sip @ Clovis Cafe

6: 30 - 8:30 pm: Game Night @ Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship

6 - 8 pm: Garrett Howell Live Music @ American Legion Post 199

6 - 8 or 7 - 9 pm: Jeremy Noble - Live Music @ Fairhope Brewing Company

6:30 - 8:30 pm: Rock & Roll Bingo @ District Hall

7 pm: Live Music / Live DJ 'til 2 AM @ McSharry’s Irish Pub

7 - 10 pm:Brigham Cason - Live Guitar Music @ The Hope Farm

7 - 10 pm: Live Music or DJ Doors open at 6 PM Music at 7 @ Lucky Horseshoe

7 - 10 pm: Dueling Piano's David/James @ Gambino's Italian Grill

7:39 - 8:03 pm: Sunset @ Fairhope Pier

8 - 11 pm: Funkhouse Fever - Live Music @ Bone & Barrel

9 pm - 12 am: Karaoke @ The Ravenite Pizzeria

  Sunday, August 11

7:30 am - 5 pm: Services at @ 3 Circle Church Fairhope, Celebration Church Fairhope, Church of the Apostles, Fairhope Christian Church, Fairhope Church of Christ, Fairhope United Methodist, Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship, First Fairhope, Lebanon Chapel, Redeemer Lutheran, St. James Episcopal, St. Lawrence, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Twin Beech AME, Unity on the Eastern Shore and more

8:45 pm - 9:45 am Meditation @ Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship

9 am - 2 pm: Mobile Bay Makers Market @ American Legion Post 199

9:30 am: Veterans & First Responders Support Group before open @ 2 Shots In

9:30 am: Bill Coleman Live Jazz Guitar During Brunch @ Tamara’s Downtown

10:45 am: Holmes: Defending Democracy 2024 General Election @ Unitarian Fellow.

2 - 4 pm: Pickleball @ Fairhope United Methodist

3 pm: Beg. Band, Chorus, Homeschool Intro @ Baldwin County Youth Orchestra

4 - 7 pm: Street Folks - Live Music @ American Legion Post 199

5 pm: The Jane Hana Band - Live Music @ Bone & Barrel

6 - 8 pm: David Butler - Live Music @ Gambino's Italian Grill

6 - 8 pm: Live Traditional Irish Music @ McSharry’s Irish Pub

7:38 - 8:02 pm: Sunset @ Fairhope Pier

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