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OPPORTUNITY PLANNING RESOURCES
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!
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.
RESOURCES
OPPORTUNITY
RESOURCES
how to get things done!
- Where to go
- who to talk to
- agents to close the deal
- Community minded lawyers for the details
- JSU resources for small businesses
- Anniston Department of Economic Development.
WHY ANNISTON...?
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.
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.
Community Involvement
Buildings and Available Locations
Community Involvement
- Shop or participate in our Farmer's Markets
- Visit or volunteer at Logfleaf Gardens
- Support the Anniston Museums
- Take in Knox Concerts & Knox Outdoors
- Local Shopping & Restaurants
- The Right Place for homeless concerns
WHAT SPIRIT SUPPORTS...
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.