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North Jefferson County could be at the beginning of a big growth spurt [Video]
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North Jefferson County could be at the beginning of a big growth spurt [Video]

NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AT SIX. IM SHERI FALK IM GUY RAWLINGS SEVERAL NEW AND UPCOMING PROJECTS COULD SPARK MAJOR GROWTH IN NORTH JEFFERSON COUNTY. ONE COMMUNITY ALREADY FEELING SOME ECONOMIC IMPACT WITH A NEW PARK DRAWING VISITORS FROM AROUND THE STATE AND THE REGION. WVTM 13 LISA CRANE IS LIVE AND LOCAL IN GARDENDALE TONIGHT. AND LISA, IT LOOKS LIKE A FUN PARK BEHIND YOU. YEAH, IT REALLY IS. THIS IS BILL NOBLE PARK. ITS BEEN OPEN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW, AND IF YOU LOOK BEHIND ME, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE PLAY AREAS. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE COOL EQUIPMENT THATS THERE TO ENTERTAIN THE KIDS. BUT IF YOU LOOK OVER HERE, THIS IS ONE OF THE NINE BALL FIELDS HERE THAT ON THE WEEKENDS ACTUALLY HOSTS TRAVEL BALL TOURNAMENTS. AND THAT TURNS THIS COMMUNITY ATTRACTION INTO AN ECONOMIC ENGINE. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE PLAY AREAS AT BILL NOBLE PARK IN GARDENDALE GAI. WE REALLY LIKE IT. THERES A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO DO. STUFF FOR, FOR LITTLE CONNOR HERE, ALL THE WAY UP TO OUR FOUR YEAR OLD. MAYOR STAN HOAGLAND SAYS THE PARK WAS BUILT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ITS RESIDENTS, BUT IT ALSO SERVES ANOTHER PURPOSE, HE SAYS. TRAVEL BALL TOURNAMENTS HERE ON THE WEEKENDS HAVE GENERATED MORE THAN $5 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY. THOSE HAVE HELPED US ATTRACT HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS THAT YOU YOU ALWAYS HEAR THE SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. WELL, BILL NOBLE PARK IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT. THE PROPOSED NORTHERN BELTLINE WILL BRING MORE TRAFFIC TO THE AREA. A NEW LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PARK ON BARBER BOULEVARD IN THE OLIVE MORRIS AREA WILL CREATE JOBS THAT WILL MEAN MORE PEOPLE WILL MOVE TO THE AREA AND AN AGRICULTURE CENTER AT HALLMARK FARMS AND WARRIOR WILL BE ANOTHER ATTRACTION TO PULL PEOPLE TO NORTH JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE AG CENTER WILL BRING A DIFFERENT ELEMENT OF TOURISM AND THINGS THAT WILL BRING TO THAT. EVERYBODYS GOING TO NEED A HOTEL TO STAY IN, A PLACE TO EAT. AND AND WERE VERY CONVENIENT. WERE KIND OF RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE NORTH JEFFERSON COUNTY COULD LOOK VERY DIFFERENT IN THE NEXT DECADE, BUT FOR NOW, GARDENDALE RESIDENTS ARE JUST ENJOYING THEIR NEW PARK. EVERYTHING SPREAD OUT. THE KIDS HAVE PLENTY ENOUGH ROOM TO RUN AND PLAY AND GET ALL THEIR WIGGLES OUT, AND THEN WE TAKE THEM HOME AND PUT THEM TO BED. GET ALL THE WIGGLES OUT NOW. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE THREE HOTELS IN GARDENDALE. THE MAYOR SAYS TWO MORE HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO BE BUILT. ONE OF THEM RIGHT HERE NEXT TO THE PARK. AND AS THE AGRICULTURE CENTER GETS CLOSER TO BECOMING A REALITY. WELL MOST LIKELY SEE MORE HOTELS GOING UP IN THAT AREA NEAR THAT ATTRACTION. AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT.

Man, woman and dog rescued by fire crews during Hurricane Milton [Video]
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Man, woman and dog rescued by fire crews during Hurricane Milton [Video]

PLANS TO RESCIND THEIR CURFEW AT 06:00AM TOMORROW. >> I DID HAVE ANOTHER PLAN WERE SCENARIO, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT THE WATER COULD GET AS HIGH AS IAN. >> A SAN CARLOS PARK COUPLE AND THEIR DOG ARE SAFE TONIGHT. THEY HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THEIR FLOODED HOME DURING HURRICANE MILTON. YOU’RE WATCHING SAN CARLOS PARK, FIREFIGHTERS IN A FLORIDA SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM DRIVE AND HIGH WATER TO SAVE THEM AS NBC 2 SARAH MANKIEWICZ REVEALS SOCIAL MEDIA HELPED FIREFIGHTERS TRACK THEM DOWN. WILLIAM ROGERS TELLS ME AS WATER WAS FILLING HIS HOME FROM HURRICANE MILTON. HE HAD TO CLIMB THROUGH THIS WINDOW WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS DOG SO FIREFIGHTERS CAN GET THEM TO SAFETY. >> AS IN THE HOUSE. AND I. >> IT’S IT. COMING UP. COMING UP, COMING UP AS THE AVENUE IN THE ISLAND PARK COMMUNITY FLOODED DURING HURRICANE MILTON. WELL, THE LIGHTS WERE OUT AND I WAS SHINING FLASHLIGHTS AROUND THROUGH THE WINDOW, SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT ENTRY AREAS WITH THE WATER WHERE IT WAS THAT ROGER SAYS ALL HE COULD DO WAS HOPE FOR THE BEST AS HE TOOK ACTION TO GET OUT THIS POINT. LIGHT JACKET ON THE DOG LIGHT JACKET ON MY WIFE. THEY WERE SITTING ON THE BED AND I’M RUNNING IN AND OUT SWITCHING PUMPS AND TRYING TO KEEP THE WATER AT KNOWN STORM SURGE SWEPT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN INTO HIS HOME. WHEN IT CAME IN. HE CAME IN QUICK. WITHIN MINUTES. IT WAS UP ABOUT A FOOT STARTING TO LOSE HOPE THAT HELP IS ON THE WAY. I STUCK MY FOOT. THIS AND WHEN I PUT IT IN THE WATER BECAUSE I DIDN’T HAVE SHOES. I JUST HAD MY EYE WAS BAREFOOT. MY FOOT HIT THE WATER. I GOT ELECTROCUTED. BUT RODGERS TELLS ME THAT DIDN’T STOP MORE. IT’S CAR WAS PARKED. FIRE DEPARTMENT ROLLED UP SHORTLY AFTER WE USE OUR CAST FOR 6. THEY SPECIALIZE IN SWIFT WATER, MEANING FAST-MOVING WATER. >> RESCUE. SO WE HAD THE RIGHT STAFF THERE WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT. WE ALSO HAVE A HIGH WATER RESCUE VEHICLE SO WE CAN OPERATE A VEHICLE IN THOSE 4 FOOT DEEP WATERS. SAN CARLOS FIRE SAYS THEY WERE USING MAILBOXES AND LIGHT POLES TO FIND THEIR WAY TO ROGERS. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THIS TRUCK PULL UP AND IT WAS IN PROBABLY 5 FEET OF WATER. >> AND IT WAS WRONG AND NO PROBLEMS THAN THEY WERE BACK IN HERE. AND IT WAS STILL THAT TRUCK WAS ABOVE THE WATER AFTER SIGNALING THE FIREFIGHTERS WITH FLASHLIGHTS AND HOPPING ON THE RESCUE VEHICLE. EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO MAKE