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Mobile County Breaks Ground on Lewis Landing, a New Waterfront Park Near Africatown

Posted on: May 14th, 2025 | AnnouncementsPress ReleasesFeatured News

Groundbreaking photo L-R: Vice-president of Clotilda Descendants Association Tiffany Pogue, Mayor Sandy Stimpson, City Councilor William Carroll, Sharon Warnsley-Davis (Lewis descendant), Mobile County Commissioners Dueitt, Ludgood, & Hudson, Cleon Jones (community leader), ADCNR State Lands Director Patti McCurdy, Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation Board Chair Anderson Flen, Joycelyn Davis (Lewis descendant), and Rev. Charles Bradley.

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MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. – The Mobile County Commission held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 14 for Lewis Landing, a nearly two-acre public park on Three Mile Creek near Africatown.

Located just north of downtown Mobile at 1365 Conception Street Road, Lewis Landing will feature a kayak launch, fishing piers, pavilions, green space, and parking.

It will be the first destination along the Africatown Blueway Connections trail.

The project is led by Mobile County District 1 Commissioner Merceria Ludgood and funded through a 2023 State of Alabama GOMESA (Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act) grant. Mobile County previously used GOMESA funds to purchase the property in 2020.

Construction is expected to take about six months and was awarded to Harris Contracting Services, LLC for the low bid of just over $810,000. Stantec is providing design and engineering services.

“Lewis Landing will help reconnect people with Africatown’s natural beauty, history, cultural legacy, and future opportunity,” said Ludgood. “We hope it becomes a place where families gather, neighbors meet, and visitors come to experience the richness of this community,” she added.

State Lands Director, Patti McCurdy speaking for the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, thanked GOMESA, the federal funding source behind Lewis Landing and more than a dozen other projects in Mobile County. She also commended the Mobile County Commission for its leadership in expanding public access to water. “Lewis Landing will enhance connectivity and broader access to Three Mile Creek,” she said. “Functional and beneficial public access like Lewis Landing are professionally based, but community engaged,” she added, noting the collaboration behind the new pocket park.

The groundbreaking program included remarks from Commissioner Merceria Ludgood, State Lands Director Patti McCurdy, Mayor Sandy Stimpson, Mobile City Councilor for District 2 William Carroll, Environmental Services Director Tina Sanchez, and Andersen Flen of the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation/Africatown Blueway Connections. Rev. Charles Bradley, Pastor of the nearby Blooming Grove Missionary Baptist Church, offered a blessing of the site.

Lewis Landing is one of several Mobile County initiatives advancing Africatown including:

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