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Spanish Fort News | Monthly community report
Reporting period: April 1–30, 2026
Retrospective prepared October 28, 2026, from public records and attributed reporting.
April’s coverage connected Spanish Fort’s natural setting with public events, small-business activity and decisions affecting daily life. The Delta Woods & Waters Expo supplied the month’s outdoor focus, while city action on Highway 225 and mosquito services added government and infrastructure developments.
Events and environment: the Delta is the centerpiece
The 16th annual Delta Woods & Waters Expo was advertised for April 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the AWF Delta & Bay Conservation Center, 30945 5 Rivers Boulevard on the Causeway. The city-sponsored event’s official site described free public admission, hands-on demonstrations, exhibits and presentations focused on responsible outdoor recreation.
That program placed the Mobile-Tensaw Delta at the center of local community activity. Its educational approach linked recreation with understanding the surrounding habitat. The official site also advertised separately ticketed boat tours aboard the Delta Explorer, distinguishing those reservations from free expo admission. The published program documents the event’s offerings rather than an independently measured attendance or spending impact.
Source: Official Delta Woods & Waters Expo program.
Business and inclusion: Bake Blue plans an April pop-up
Bake Blue Bakery announced an April 2 pop-up in the Spanish Fort Community Center lobby, running from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The mother-and-son business founded by Debra and Reed Pennington linked its Autism Awareness Month activities with a goal of creating employment and community opportunities for adults with disabilities.
The bakery’s announcement offered cookies and cake slices and described a planned April 6 city proclamation. It also discussed a future storefront. The immediate April story was a local business presenting its products and mission through a civic partnership; the storefront was a stated future goal, rather than a confirmed opening established by that announcement.
Source: Bake Blue Bakery announcement, March 30, describing April activities.
City government and transportation: American Patriots Way designation
The council adopted Resolution 1592-2026 on April 20 to designate the portions of State Route 225 within Spanish Fort as American Patriots Way, according to Baldwin Citizen’s account of the meeting record. The action connected the corridor’s identity with military service and the nation’s 250th anniversary.
The resolution cited Lieutenant Zachariah Godbold’s burial at Saluda Hill Cemetery and the Blakeley Battlefield’s place along the corridor. The distinction for drivers is that the street-name designation did not replace the state route number. It offered a local historical identity while Route 225 remained the numbered highway.
Source: Baldwin Citizen, reporting the April 20 action.
Public services: a seasonal mosquito-control contract
On April 20, the council authorized a $24,350 mosquito-control contract through Resolution 1589-2026. Baldwin Citizen reported that the agreement with Mississippi Mosquito Control, doing business as Vector Disease Control International, covered an April-through-October service period.
The scope combined inspections of breeding locations, larval treatment, adult-mosquito monitoring and vehicle-based treatment. It also included a resident hotline and backyard inspection program. The service was therefore broader than periodic spraying alone: monitoring and identifying breeding sites were part of the contracted work. The authorized amount describes the seasonal contract, rather than a measured reduction in mosquito numbers.
Source: Baldwin Citizen, reporting the April 20 contract.
School sports: an individual tennis title
Spanish Fort freshman Lanny Wang won the Class 6A Flight 2 boys singles state championship, according to Gulf Coast Media’s April 29 edition. The result gives the month a specific athletic achievement beyond the larger team sports that often dominate local coverage.
The flight designation matters: this was an individual title in the No. 2 singles competition, rather than a claim that Spanish Fort won the overall boys team championship. Recognizing that distinction preserves the accomplishment accurately while giving a young local athlete a place in the monthly community record.
Source: Gulf Coast Media, April 29.
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