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Pike Road officials say a new high school for the town is needed but won’t be possible without the community’s support for an increased property tax.
On Monday, the Alabama Legislature passed Pike Road’s proposed property tax legislation. Money from the tax would go towards the building of a new high school.
“The next step is to go out to get the support of the town, which I think we’ve got, and I think we will continue to get,” Pike Road School Board President Ray Hawthorne.
Officials say that the community of Pike Road is growing so rapidly that in just a couple of years the current high school won’t fit the number of students.
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Studio 517 â a pop-up space to house a collective of 23 resident artists in several disciplines such as painting, photography, sculpture, illustration, woodwork, ceramics, jewelry and design â will occupy that space beneath the Harvey Preston Gallery at 517 E. Hopkins Ave.
The people behind the art are as eclectic as the pieces theyâre showcasing, said gallery owner Sam Harvey, who helped spruce up the downstairs space for the event.
âFor them to have studio spaces in downtown Aspen is a huge deal. As you know, you can barely afford anything here, for locals â the economyâs geared toward tourists,â he said. âThere are people down there who are waiters and bartenders. One of them is a dancer for Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, oneâs a doctor. Itâs just a cross-section of locals. Weâre not talking about millionai