thataway61's Blog: Orange Beach Alabama

GO ZONE Act
(Gulf Opportunity Zone Act)
Passed-December, 2005
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What is it? The Gulf Opportunity Zone Act was passed by Congress in 2005 to provide tax based incentives for construction and new businesses to the areas of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Among the provisions of the GO Zone Act are significant opportunities for tax exempt financing or 50% Bonus Depreciation.
What counties qualify? - Alabama has 11 counties (Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Mobile, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa and Washington. Also included are certain counties in Louisiana and Mississippi.
What type of property qualifies? Tangible Personal Property acquired and put in the GO zone after 8/28/2005 and before 12/31/2007.…

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The Gulf Coast Region of the United States consists of the coastal States that border the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf States are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and are in the Southern Region of the United States. The majority of the Gulf Coast shoreline is in Florida and Texas with Mississippi and Alabama having the least amount of coastline.

The waters along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Mississippi are influenced by the Mississippi Sound where massive amounts of silt laden fresh water from the Mississippi River mix with the salt waters of the Gulf of Mexico.  The effects of the sound reach over to the barrier island of Dauphin Island, AL and the mouth of Mobile Bay. 

The effects of the Mississippi Sound play out around Dauphin…

101 Things to do at the Beach - Orange Beach and Gulf Shores that is!

A list of things you must try when visiting the Alabama Gulf Coast - http://www.gulfshores.com/photos-fun/101-things-beach/

So you are beginning to wonder just what it looks like on an Alabama Beach - check out Brent Burns "Down in Paradise" video and you'll figure out how Jimmy Buffett got so laid back!

The 2007 Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival is November 8th through the 18th and will feature artists from all over the country playing their original blues, rock, folk, and country compositions.

The question is who is Frank Brown?  Hint - "he wore a pair of matched revolvers, slung low, but he didn't have to use them".  Find out about the legendary Frank Brown here.

The artists will play in local venues in Perdido Key, Orange Beach, and Gulf Shores and have written many of the popular songs that have been recorded by your favorite acts..  The participants from 2006 can be viewed until the 2007 schedule is confirmed here.

ZZ Top is schheduled to kick off the Spring concert season at The Wharf Amphitheatre in Orange Beach, AL on Wednesday, March 14th, 2007.

Widespread Panic will be the second event of the season with a two day event on Friday & Saturday, April 27 & 28, 2007.

Tickets for both events available through www.ticketmaster.com .

Come on down and check out the condo opportunities at The Wharf