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Executive DirectorAndrea Machen

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1st Vice PresidentPaula Krafft

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Chamber keeps community on the move 6

Visions of Growth: Becoming a thriving city 11

Red Diamond: A business gem comes to Moody 16

New Moody really old Moody … only bigger 20

Preserving the Acmar Community 22

Moody: A place to call home 24

Quality of Life: Library, Senior Center 30

Municipal Park: Limitless recreation 32

Miracle League: Fun for everyone 37

National Day of Prayer comes to Moody 42

Moody’s healthcare solutions 44

A solid education foundation 46

Chamber Member Directory 50On the cover, clockwise, Sophie Crowe, Charlie Kitts, Lilly Crowe, Andrew Griffie, Austen Griffie and Abigail Flanagan.



There seems to be a direct correlation between a strong Chamber of Commerce and a vibrant community. Look no farther than the Moody Chamber of Commerce to find evidence of that.

Since the Chamber formed seven short years ago, it has doubled in size with in-volvement by members unparalleled in the region. More than half of the membership attends the monthly luncheon that features informational speakers and promotes busi-

ness in a variety of ways.“We believe a growing, healthy cham-

ber is a vital step to growing our com-munity,” said Executive Director Andrea Machen. She should know. Much of the growth has happened during her tenure at the helm.

And she recognizes the integral role the Chamber plays in furthering that growth.

“New businesses and residents call the Chamber for information before they ever

On the moveMoody Area Chamber of Commerce keeping community

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make the decision to move or locate a business here,” she said.

They look at schools, the business climate and other fac-tors, and the Chamber provides information in all those ar-eas as the city’s ambassador and Welcome Wagon all rolled into one. “We want to make that move to Moody easy, and we want to make sure that they make that move to Moody,”

Machen said.The relationship between the city and the chamber is a

close one. The chamber office is located on the second floor of City Hall, which makes it easier for business people and residents. “It’s a one-stop shop. They can get their licenses and walk up here and join the Chamber. We’re all under one

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Front Row: Dean Speers, Past President; Larry Golden, President; Paula Krafft, Vice President; Tracy Patterson, 2nd VP; Kathy Bowman, Treasurer; and Andrea Machen, Executive DirectorBack Row: Nancy Johnson, Debra Hadaway, Mitch Avery, Jim Hill, Sue Tipton, Sheryl Mul-vehill, and Hilga Kerr.Not Pictured: Rob Holland and Reba Dorsett, Redmond Dental


roof. It’s a nice feature for businesses,” she said.“We work together. The mayor, the Council,

employees, businesses and community are very supportive of the work the Chamber does,” Ma-chen said. That support is abundantly clear in the Chamber’s membership. Several invest beyond the regular dues amount to ensure that programs and the Chamber grow and become stronger.

“Without sponsors,” Machen said, “we couldn’t do what we do.”

What the Chamber does with the resources it is given each year is an impressive list of ways it helps improve the city’s quality of life.

The Ambassador Program, which involves high school juniors and seniors, is not just a club or a clique. It’s a leadership program for young people. They must go through a rigorous selection process, including maintaining higher grade-point averages, writing essays and interviewing for the honor of be-ing an ambassador. And there’s no guarantee they will be selected the second time around. They have to earn it.

One ambassador alumnus is an intern in U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions’ office this summer, and he cred-ited the Ambassador Program for opening up the opportunity for him.

“We make it a leadership program for them. We expose them to different things,” Machen said.

They serve as “buddies” at the city’s renowned Miracle League, a baseball field tailored to children with special needs.

They go “behind the scenes” at businesses and industries to get a firsthand look at possible career paths, and they planned a canoe trip down the Ca-haba River. But even that seemingly recreational activity had a lesson in it. They learned about plant and animal life along the Cahaba, getting schooled on the environment and how to protect the river.

Through the Ambassadors program, “we teach them to give back to their community,” Machen said.

Chamber members have the advantage of learn-ing, too. Monthly business luncheons provide an opportunity to network and learn about each other’s businesses as well as listening to speakers who can help them succeed in today’s economy.

Among the year’s regular speaker offerings are three special meetings — “a little extra that we do,” Machen said. One features a comedian in July, a Christmas program in December starring local tal-ent and “speed networking” in February.

Speed networking is a fast-paced luncheon meet-ing where those in attendance are seated in tables of six. Each person gets one minute to tell their com-

On the move

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On the movepany’s story to everyone else at the table. When the six minutes are up, each person goes to a new table in a series of moves. “By the time they leave here, they’ve talked to 70 people and ex-posed their business in that short amount of time. Our job is to help them expose their business,” Machen said.

Of course, the opportunities for promotion don’t stop there with this progressive Chamber.

There’s business after hours, another network-ing opportunity, and special programs like host-ing the Harlem Ambassadors basketball show, assisting the city with the Little League World Series, the National Day of Prayer and Oktober-fest, citywide events that grow bigger and better every year.

Held the last Saturday in October, Oktoberfest features entertainment, rides for the kids, busi-ness promotions, arts and crafts and other activi-ties. It is held inside the city park under the trees near the pavilion and creek, giving families a chance to enjoy a fine, fall day with one another in Moody.

It is yet another example of a community working together to make good things happen for its citizens and its businesses.

And it is proof that the Chamber’s motto fits perfectly: “Building business legacies. What we do, we do together.”

Chamber ambassador graduate Matthew Fraser was an intern with U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions.


Once known more for its crossroads, the main intersection in town with nothing but stop signs guiding its traffic, today’s Moody is a vastly differ-ent place.

In 1973, 503 people lived in Moody. Joe Lee re-calls population rising to 4,000 at the time he was elected to the City Council in 1992. Now nearing his second term as mayor, Moody’s population stands at 12,800, and Mayor Lee proudly calls his city the largest municipality in St. Clair County.

For the fastest-growing county in the state, Moody’s ascension to No. 1 is keeping pace, and Lee credits an overall atmosphere of promoting growth with the successes Moody has enjoyed over the years.

In preliminary census numbers being gathered this year, Moody is the second fastest growing city in the Birmingham Metropolitan area over the past

Visions of Growth

From crossroads to thriving city

10 years — an impressive 70 percent growth rate.Moody’s catalyst for growth, Lee said, was the

“willingness of the City Council to open up different types of zonings to promote growth with a good mix of zoning.”

It promoted first-time home buying. As families grew, needing more house, subdivisions of larger homes began to open up.

And with Interstate 20 running parallel to Moody with easy access to Birmingham — only a few min-utes’ drive — and Atlanta, “it kind of put us in the middle of everything.”

The 80 new homes going up this summer only serve to underscore the mayor’s assessment.

While the growth has certainly changed the land-scape from those early years, the small-town feel remains. “People come to Moody because it is the way old life used to be, but it has the advantages of bigger cities,” the mayor said.

The city is growing, but leaders want it to grow in the right way.

To further that vision, progressive moves have put this city on the map. The park underwent a $1



Visions of Growth

million upgrade. The Miracle League, the first ball field for special-needs children in the state, was built and is thriving.

City services have improved through a new City Hall, Fire Department and public works.

A new middle school will greet children at the opening of a new school year in August.

Four-laning of U.S. 411 to relieve traffic congestion is in the works, and relocation of a segment of the Little Cahaba River by 6,000 feet will control flooding and open 48 acres of commercial property for development.

In the past three years, more than 300 new jobs have been added to the local economy with an impressive roster of new businesses — Red Diamond, Jenkins Brick, Trac-tor Supply, CVS, Covenant Bank, Metro Bank and Alabama Auto Auction.

Lee noted that the growth works hand in hand. Those jobs


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Visions of Growthtranslate into more homes. Retail follows more residential rooftops, and the city has hired a development firm to promote commercial growth with an option on 100 acres parallel to I-20. “The developers are working with us to do a shopping center,” Lee said.

He is quick to credit the spirit of cooperation across St. Clair County as a means of helping the progress along. “It is an honor to be able to have folks in the entire county to work with mayors to promote the entire county, not just one municipality. It helps us all move forward.”

And what Lee sees evolving for the future is an economy that is strengthening, a hous-ing market trending upward and commercial growth that gives citizens new places to shop. Officials are pushing for a new grocery store.

Lee wants Moody residents to be able to live and shop in Moody. “They shouldn’t have to go to Birmingham to spend their money. We need retail growth here,” and leaders are go-ing after it.

“Our goal is not to be one of the largest in St. Clair County,” Lee said. “Our goal is to be one of the best in St. Clair County.”


RED DiAmOnD

A businessgem comesto Moody

His speech is rapid fire, but it is understandable. As president, chief executive and chairman of the board for Red Diamond, Bill Bowron Jr. has plenty of ground to cover in telling the story of this more-than-a-century-old company.

It’s a family company he inherited as a fourth-generation coffee and tea maker, and its roots ran deep in Bir-

mingham, founded there in 1906. So it is not surprising it made headlines when Red Diamond pulled up those roots in 2008 and moved them to Moody in St. Clair County.

“Moody is a natural extension of the growth of the company,” Bowron explained. “We’ve been thrilled at the reception.”




RED DiAmOnDThe spirit of cooperation and the welcoming attitude

of Moody Mayor Joe Lee, the City Council, citizens, the St. Clair County Commission and the Economic Development Council made a complex move a smooth one, he said. “We’re thrilled to be here.”

Moody and St. Clair County have returned the com-pliment. Thirty percent of its 185-member national workforce are from Moody and the county.

The operation could have located anywhere, Bow-ron recalled. Company officials looked all over greater Birmingham, the Jefferson County area and in Atlanta, but eventually settled on Moody. “You’ve got to know where the good parts are. We think we’ve found it here.

“We had the opportunity to look in many places. What we found in St. Clair County and Moody was a willingness to work with business for the betterment of the community. That’s why we’re here.”

That, “and it’s a beautiful piece of land,” he said, mo-tioning toward a wide expanse of windows in the com-pany’s plush headquarters that offer a picturesque view of the 65 acres that are now Red Diamond.

Collectively, the Red Diamond facilities are 450,000 square feet, with the surroundings having a look and feel of a college campus. Towering trees, open fields of green and a large lake with a fountain make it look like anything but a manufacturing facility. There’s even a row of rose bushes along the fence, the same ones planted at the last Birmingham location in 1955 when that plant opened. “They’re flourishing (in the new lo-cation), just like the company,” Bowron said.

He jokingly called himself a salesman as he talked of the company’s operation, but he had plenty to pitch.

“We have the finest tea and coffee equipment in the world, and we’re as green as we reasonably can be.” The lake that is a natural focal point of the campus is also used to recycle water from throughout the plant and transform it into an irrigation system. Heating and

air is a green circulating system. Windows and reflec-tive surfaces are environmentally beneficial, as is the packaging center. “We don’t fill landfills. We don’t waste the earth’s resources.”

In the coffee and tea plant, the walls’ thickness are designed to control the environment while offering bet-ter treatment for the products it produces. “It’s a win-win — for product and environment,” Bowron said.

The administrative building is home to a Red Di-

Bill Bowron Jr. shows off some of Red Diamond’s operation in Moody.

More than a century after it was founded, Red Diamond moved to Moody in 2008.


amond-Alagasco state-of-the-art test kitchen for new products, a 109-seat auditorium for training and a cup-ping room that ensures the product will be quality from the very beginning.

A café includes convenience store models of how products can be displayed and served.

Known for a century of “firsts,” Red Diamond natu-rally is on the cutting edge in its long and storied history.

It was the first company in Alabama to run a radio advertisement, first to run a black-and-white commercial on television and first to run a color commercial on tele-vision.

Displays lining the walls of a long corridor leading to the plant proclaim other “firsts” throughout the past 104 years of Red Diamond history en route to more than six million servings of its coffee and tea consumed per day.

“Our flexibility to change with the times has kept us at the forefront,” Bowron said. Today, Red Diamond is maker of the No. 1 ready-to-drink tea.

Red Diamond is sold in more than 44 states, and the company’s five divisions are tailored to specific markets around the country.

“Creating a new facility jump-started the growth,” Bowron said. It enhanced “how we go to market and al-lowed us to be more aggressive than we used to be.”

New lines of products are being introduced, and Bow-ron looks to the future with great optimism. “I predict we will double in size in the next five years. This is a very exciting time for our company.”


Holding on to the past

Ask for historical information about Moody, and you’ll likely be pointed in the direction of Linda Crowe, retired teacher and mayor pro-tem of the city.

She doesn’t fancy herself as an historian. “I’ve just been here so long,” she said.

Crowe remembers when the Doroughs’ dairy farm stood where ADESA is now, and cattle crossed the road twice a day for milking and grazing. A tunnel was actually built un-der Interstate 20 before it opened to allow James Jones to cross his cattle to land across the way.

She even remembers when Moody’s famed “crossroads,” the geographical point that has always been used to define the town, were actually at a different location until 1955 — a few hundred yards east of today’s intersection.

Today, more than 30,000 cars a day travel through those same crossroads on U.S. 411, stopping for a red light instead of cattle.

Crowe contrasts her city of old and her city of new, one of the fastest growing in the state, and says that except for the size, the community hasn’t changed much.

It’s the heart of this community that has been a constant, she said. “We have always pulled together. That’s just my recollection of things. The Moody of old is the Moody of new. They are very similar. The people are very caring, and they pull together.” Crowe said.

She recalled that fateful day in 1998 when Mario Cento-bie shot and killed Moody Police Officer Keith Turner and was armed and on the loose, hiding out in a wooded area of Moody for more than a week.

“A lot of people pulled together. We lost a police officer, and we did not know what this man was going to do,” she said.

The time was July, and the city postponed its Fourth of July celebration, holding it — complete with fireworks — after Centobie was captured. For years, in tribute to Turner’s memory, the city held its celebration on the later day, made possible through the generosity of businesses who donated an elaborate fireworks display.

That same heart, she said, can be found all over the city. “We are very centered with our churches and with our schools. That is very important because even though we have more people coming in, I consider our city to be very church oriented.” There is plenty of evidence of that in the city’s National Day of Prayer that drew more than 1,000 people and 31 churches in only its second year. In an event made possible by business donations and volunteers working with one another, an entire community and beyond came together to worship as one.

History of heartThe city was incorporated in 1962, but it had its begin-

nings well before that. Citing from the History of Moody, Crowe noted that the early settlers came there in the 1800s. Epps Moody founded the town early in the 1820s, and some of his descendants still call Moody home today.

“They were hard-working people who did their own work,” she quoted from the history.

New Moody really old Moody … only bigger

In Moody’s mining community, Acmar, when an under-ground explosion in 1941 killed 11 men, it was the manager who led a force to find the site of the accident and bring the bodies home. Today, there are efforts in the community to preserve the old commissary found there and convert it into a modern day use for the Moody of new.

Examples of a community that pulls together toward progress are evident throughout. The first library operated out of an old, used bookmobile. Today, it is in a modern facility with more than 17,000 books on its shelves and a wealth of programs to serve citizens of all ages.

The guiding force behind the progress was the late Do-ris Stanley, and the library now bears her name as a fitting tribute.

And one would be hard-pressed to mention Moody with-out associating it with the state’s first baseball field designed especially for special-needs children, the Miracle League. “Every child deserves a chance to play baseball,” organizers say. And Moody’s Miracle League is now emulated across Alabama and around the country.

Looking to the future, the new City Hall built in 2006 continues to grow and improve the services it offers its citi-zens, and the new middle school opening this year is a sign that the school system is keeping pace with the growth that has come Moody’s way.

It’s a much larger city with more “big-city” amenities than the one she grew up in, but Crowe maintains that it has never lost that small-town appeal. “I think we have both.”

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Thomas Wolfe, thought to be one of the 20th cen-tury’s great writers, said, “You can’t go home again.”

In today’s hustle, bustle and “instant-everything” world, it’s almost unimaginable to think that a quiet, pristine place exists where you can go back home to a bit of history set in a gorgeous surrounding and imag-ine what life was like in the early to mid-1900s.

Such a place does exist, and it’s very close to home. The community is Acmar, a beautiful and serene his-toric area in Moody, where the Acmar Commissary still stands.

Built in the early 1900s, it was both an oasis in a mining town, where virtually all of life’s necessities could be purchased, and a place where neighbors met, talked, laughed and cried.

According to Linda Crowe, mayor pro-tem of Moody and one of the city’s historians, the commissary was the means to the end of almost every need and every want. It was the center of the small, but viable and active Acmar mining community. Not unlike in many communities of the time, such as Margaret, Markeeta, Acton, Overton and others that sprang up, it was the center of the universe for the miners and their families.

Encompassing more than 27 acres, Acmar housed several mines, each with its designated number, a post office, church, gas station, schoolhouse, doc-tor’s office and nice homes for the miners and the families, and the most visited place in town, the com-missary. Well ahead of its time, the town even had its own water system. Rent for the homes was about $6 per month.

In many ways, towns like Acmar were the original planned urban development communities that are known today.

The mine was founded in 1908 by the Debardela-ben Family. It was managed by Charles, who was af-fectionately known to all as “Uncle Charlie.” Coal from the mine was sent to Birmingham to be used in the booming iron and steel industry.

From time to time, the element of danger and sad-ness prevailed within the community. An archived article in The St. Clair Times told of an underground explosion in 1941 that rocked the mine and killed 11 men. Showing evidence of just how much Acmar was like a family, the article further explained that Mr. De-bardelaben led the expedition to find the site of the accident and help retrieve the bodies.

Because the commissary was the most visited place in town, it was also the place where breaking news was distributed. During World War II, a lighted sign, bearing the names of those who had left their work at the Acmar mine to defend their beloved homeland adorned the entrance to the commissary. Lights be-

A passion for history

Preserving the atmosphere of the Acmar community

side each name let the townspeople know how each man was faring. The blue light meant they were safe, the yellow that they were in harm’s way and the red that they would not be returning to their home alive.

Today, though faded, the sign, with the names of the brave and the explanation of what each colored light meant, still remain visible. The lights however have gone out.

Restoration plans under wayThe good news is that Moody is working hard to

turn the lights back on and spotlight this bit of his-tory. According to Crowe, a member of the Moody City Council, every effort is being made to preserve the Ac-mar Commissary and its historic surroundings.

Moody, which was founded before the Civil War, has done very little to display its heritage and history. At present, the closest thing to a museum in the Acmar community is the beautifully kept and historic Acmar Methodist Church. Still standing pristine, it has been


Preserving the atmosphere of the Acmar community

thoughtfully and carefully preserved throughout the years.

Not unlike the commissary, it, too, was a place for community gatherings and spiritual re-stocking.

The church, still used today, houses the same old pews, stained-glass windows, wooden floors and oth-er appointments.

All that’s missing are the miners and their families that once attended. But they are not forgotten and still exist in spirit and thought, as evidenced by the miner’s hat and lunch box that adorns a shelf in the back office of the church.

The City of Moody needs a place to honor the min-ers, Crowe said. Gone, but not forgotten, the commis-sary would make a great museum and gathering place.

With that in mind, she explained that Moody is cur-rently working on securing a loan to purchase the property, which has been privately owned since the 1940s.

“The owners have maintained the property and the

commissary, with the old gas station, which are still standing and in good shape. Once the property is pur-chased, there are grants for historic preservation that can be applied for in order to pay for the revival of the buildings and the area,” she said.

The city would like to see the property house a mu-seum with artifacts and information about the area, the mines, the town and the surroundings. Proponents of the project also hope to make use of the peaceful sur-roundings and have a gathering area for outdoors con-certs, hiking trails, biking trails and picnicking .

“The area was once such a vital part of Moody, and we want to restore it and once again make it a vital part of our ever-growing area,” Crowe said.

“We’re passionate about the revitalization, and we’re passionate about seeing the lights come on again, both on the sign of those who represented us in wartimes and those who walked the aisles of the commissary and spent the wages they earned from working in the darkness of the mines.”

The old Acmar com-missary still stands

today.


A plAce to cAll

HOMEPaula Krafft and Mi-

chael Coupland know the value of living in Moody. They should. They have been selling real estate there for de-cades.

Coupland, who is broker at 25-year-old Moody Realty, talks of the community’s pluses — proximity to metro-politan Birmingham, Interstate 20, infrastruc-ture, a good school sys-tem and a progressive government.

And Krafft comple-ments the assessment, pointing to the city’s sports complex, the ability to get more house for your money, big-city amenities while retaining that small-town feel. They all are powerful draws to the community.

“We do offer a lot of good things,” Krafft concluded.

“We’ve been here all

l Moody has everything residents want or need

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of our lives. We feel very blessed to be in a community like this,” Coupland said.

Sounding more like ambas-sadors than Realtors, Krafft and Coupland have reason to be proud of their city. Over the past 10 years, it has seen phenomenal growth. Preliminary census numbers for 2010 show a 70 percent increase, second in the Birmingham Metro area and moving it into first place in population in St. Clair County.

“Good community, good schools, good infrastructure brings growth,” Krafft said. “Moody has a little bit of everything you’re looking for” — garden homes, tra-ditional residences, a lake commu-nity. “Moody’s got a little bit of all of it,” she said.

While the recession has taken its toll nationwide and here at home, Moody has continued to grow. “You definitely get more house for your money, that’s for sure,” Krafft said.

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Eighty new homes are going up right now, according to May-or Joe Lee, a sign that Moody is a destination point for new resi-dents. With growth in business — 300 new jobs in the past three years — the mayor reasons that some of those will relocate to Moody, if they haven’t already. “Some are going to move in and buy a house here,” he said.

The mayor sees the signs of recovery in the housing market, too. “They’re building pre-sale homes again, bringing the mar-ket back. We’re seeing signs that all that is coming back.”

Fueling the comeback is what Moody has to offer, Lee, Krafft and Coupland agree.

“It’s because we have good infrastructure, good leadership, and we’re primed for growth,” Krafft said.

“Businesses and all are so in-volved. Everybody in the com-munity works together,” Cou-pland said. “That’s what makes a community a good commu-nity and attracts outsiders to our community.”


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High QualityLibrary, senior center make life better for residents

Quality of life offerings can be found in a variety of places in a community — its parks, its schools and its churches generally top the list. It is that intangible that gives a city its heart, what sets it apart from oth-er communities.

In Moody, the offerings are much more. Just visit the Public Library or the city’s Senior Center, and it is easy to spot a city that provides services to en-hance the quality of life for all who live within its bor-ders.

The Moody Public Li-brary is central to every-day life in Moody. Growing from a used bookmobile to larger and larger locations to serve a growing popula-tion.

The library takes a com-prehensive approach, of-

Mindy Bennett and mother Kim Bennett preview a book at the Moody Library.

The Senior Center gives citizens 55 and

older computer access and other services


fering everything from summer reading programs and story times for toddlers and youths to com-puter access and more than 17,000 books, au-dios, CDs, DVDs and videos.

There are even crochet classes, a book club, computer training, baby time and crafts found in this full-service library.

Under Director Patsy Spradley’s leadership, the library has flourished, continually adding new and innovative programs to draw patrons into the li-brary.

Just next door, you’ll find the Moody Senior

Center. It is a place where citizens 55 and older can get involved in recreational activities and have fun and fellowship.

The center offers entertainment and educational presentations to attract the city’s senior set as well as providing hot lunches at the center and to the homebound in its “meals on wheels” program.

Civic Clubs and Chamber of Commerce pro-grams and events are other avenues that enhance quality of life and keep Moody as one of the top places in St. Clair County to live, work and raise a family.

Anne Moore, Linda Winslett and Patsy Spradley look at a book in the library. The quilt behind them depicts themes from each year’s Summer Reading Program.


Limitless recreationMunicipal park becomes ‘heart’ of the city

The municipal park playground is a fa-vorite spot for local children.

“Every child deserves a chance to play baseball.”

Come and be a part of our team, where that dream comes true every time we take the field.

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It is often called the heart of the city. And no wonder, with more than 1,300 children play-ing organized sports year round at the Moody City Park, moth-ers, daddies, aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends make their way to the park on a regu-lar basis.

And that’s in addition to those of all ages using the park for their favorite pastimes.

The 48-acre sports complex, bisected by the Cahaba River, is a prime destination point for Moody residents and visitors alike.

It features 11 athletic fields, a playground, tennis court, and a pavilion that is used daily and on weekends for family reunions and get-togethers or just a welcome respite from the summer sun with a picnic lunch.

The complex was built in phases, costing the city $3.5 million.

But officials rightly saw it as


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an investment in Moody’s quality of life and a draw for tourism.

For five years running, Moody hosted the Little League World Series, bringing in a “guesstimate” of 3,600 people each year from as far away as Maryland and Texas, according to Recreation Director Mike Staggs.

“It was great for our little town,” Staggs said. The crowds were impressed with Moody’s brand of South-ern hospitality. “We invited them to stick around. Clubs and organizations fed them for free. We wanted it to be a great experience, not just another tournament they were in.”

Since Staggs came on board as director eight years ago, the sports facilities have added an adult softball field, Miracle League Field, a second soccer field, three additional staff “and a ton of equipment to keep pace.”

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ball, football, cheerleading and adult softball.But perhaps the city’s best-known sports offering is the

Miracle League Field, a diamond designed especially for special-needs children. When the field was built, it became a place where miracles happen, where those with special needs could play just like everyone else.

“It was an opportunity to do something they’ve seen someone else do who takes it for granted,” Staggs said. “It straight out humbles you. It’s a wonderful program.”

Once movers and shakers like Phillip Deason and Dave Treadwell imagined what could be, Moody was well on its way to having its Miracle League Field, the first in the state. “I feel it’s one of the best in Alabama.”

Support came from “all over. The community made it happen. It actually was built without borrowing a dime.”

The Miracle League fits well with this comprehensive recreational program, ensuring that no one is left behind. “The park is the focal point of our community,” Staggs said as he rattled off a litany of special events held there: Na-tional Day of Prayer, Oktoberfest, numerous tournaments, Bluegrass Festival, Miracle League World Series, St. Clair County Special Olympics, car shows and a kennel club show.

Staggs calls the complex a blank canvas. “What do you want to do, and what can we do to help?”

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A bluegrass festival also calls the park ‘home.’


Miracle LeagueFun for everyone!

Step onto the field at Moody’s Miracle League, and the sense of some-thing special is inescap-able. Perhaps it’s the brightly colored, rubber-ized baseball diamond that replaces a tradition-al dirt field to allow the wheelchairs, canes and walkers of some of its players.

No, it’s probably the sea of smiles in the stands and on the field, all sharing the same thought that this is indeed a place where miracles happen.

As with most good ideas, it all began with two words: ‘What if?”

Phillip Deason was serving as Youth Asso-ciation president, and a Down’s Syndrome child registered. “We weren’t sure where to start,” Dea-son said. Deason and others knew there had to be something for the physically challenged, so


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they started looking.What they found was a field in Cony-

ers, Ga., specially designed for special needs.

To replicate what Conyers had would have cost about half a million, so a group of volunteers set out to raise the money. They raised about $2,000 on their own, then got a boost of $75,000 from Lion’s Club International.

Then, Deason said, they had to rely on the “3 Ms” — money, manpower and materials.

“The good Lord was really watching over us. Everything you see was do-nated and built by volunteer hands,” he said, proudly pointing to the complex.

What they didn’t have in financial resources, they made up for in sheer will, determination and passion. They couldn’t afford an architect to design it, so Deason and Special Projects Coordi-nator Dave Treadwell met one Saturday morning on a patch of dirt and drew out


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By 2003, that patch of dirt turned into the first Miracle League Field in Alabama, serv-ing as an inspiration for other communities across the state to emulate. And in 2010, Moody’s Miracle League hosted its first World Series.

“Teams came from all over the state,” Deason said. “The genesis started here.”

Deason is quick to point anywhere but his own direc-tion for credit. “Volunteers are the cause of this field. They be-lieved in each other, relied on one another. They laid out the seed, and now we’re seeing it grow. It gets better year after year.”

From the executive director of the league on down, “every-body does it all,” Deason said. “But the very best thing about this field is the players. The parents and the players make it so special.”

That first day when the field opened, a child swung and swung until he connected with the ball. The ball didn’t go very far, but the symbolism was

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greater than any homerun. The child rounded the bas-es, coming back to the fence, excitedly asking, “Did you see me?”

“They’re all kids wanting to do the same thing — hit a baseball or softball,” Deason said.

Pat Shipp, assistant director for Miracle League, couldn’t agree more. “They don’t know why they’re special. We’re the ones that call them that.

“But if you become a part of their lives, it will change yours. Once you get involved, I promise you’ll be ad-dicted,” Shipp said.

Shipp and Deason talked of their own early lives, shying away from interaction with those with special needs. Now, they can’t think of their lives without them.

“It is my privilege to be a part of their lives. They love unconditionally,” Shipp said. Through his involvement in Miracle League, he teaches special-needs classes at his church.

“They have a special place in my heart, he said, recounting a child with cerebral palsy who was able to bat for the first time through the Miracle League. She steadied herself with one hand on her walker and swung with the other until she hit the ball.

It traveled about 6 feet, and “she turned to her mother with the biggest smile and said, ‘Look what I just did.’ ”

To her and the crowd that cheered her on, it was as if she knocked it out of the park. “You get involved with them and you’ll get addicted,” Shipp said.

Volunteers and supporters have been instrumental in the field’s success and in helping youths take ad-vantage of the facility.


It began as a good idea hurriedly put to-gether two years ago by a few men with a vi-sion of God and country.

By the second year, it became a heralded event that drew more than 1,000 people com-ing together in worship on a spring evening at Moody City Park.

“It was amazing how they came together for one cause — pouring their hearts out to God,” said Moody’s National Day of Prayer Program Director Derrick Griffie.

Thirty-one churches were involved, com-ing from Moody and surrounding communi-ties, and it’s growing still.

The first year saw about 850 people partici-pating. In the 2010 version May 6, organizers planned food for 1,000. “We ran out of food before we were halfway done,” Griffie said.

“It was successful on a number of scales,” said Griffie, who serves as associate pastor of World Victory Church.

“They were crossing denominational lines, setting aside things that make them differ-ent and came together for the same cause — prayer — for things that really affect the community.”

There was no agenda, simply a time to gath-

er together in prayer for eight entities of the community: military, government, education, families, churches, businesses and youths. Salvation was the final prayer offered.

The evening focused on inclusion with dif-ferent types of prayer and speakers represent-ing different denominations leading the way. From traditional Southern Baptist to Hispan-ic to interdenominational, they had but one mission that night — praying together for a greater good.

“When you see different races and age groups come together,” Griffie said, “it’s a blessing. It’s huge.”

It was a time when the whole communi-ty united, not only in prayer, but in provid-ing what was needed for the evening. Food, drinks, paper products, high school bands, talent from across the church communities, volunteers — every need fulfilled — because of a deep desire to make it happen.

Plans are already under way for next year’s event, and judging by the foundation laid over the first two years, building a cohesive coalition of churches around a day of prayer can only make this community that much stronger.

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To find quality health care, Moody residents do not have to travel very far. Within the city limits are family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, den-tal, eye care, physical ther-apy and chiropractic medi-cine.

The doctors are in at UAB Health Center and Parkway Family Practice, both offering a full range of medical services at their facilities.

Redmond Dental and The Dental Office serve as leaders in the dental com-munity in Moody, offering services all the way from pediatric dentistry to den-tures.

Physical therapy needs are served by three facili-ties, Robert Funk Physical Therapy, Moody Reha-bilitation and Accelerated Physical Therapy.

Eyecare Associates takes care of vision needs in the community, and Cross-roads Chiropractic and We-ber Chiropractic offer the healing touch of chiroprac-tic medicine.

Within just a few min-utes’ drive of Moody are three major hospitals — St. Vincent’s East, St. Vin-cent’s St. Clair and Trinity Medical Center.

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Building a solid foundationEDUCATION


It is almost cliché, but the first ques-tion asked by most before moving their family or their company into a commu-nity is, “How are the schools?”

No real worries on that front in Moody, where the St. Clair County School System is about to be nationally accredited, with Moody’s schools an in-tegral part of that honor.

In a system of about 8,400 children, Moody’s student population accounts for more than a quarter, with 2,400 stu-dents — “and still growing,” said Su-perintendent Jenny Seals.

With four schools serving grades kin-dergarten-12, Moody’s extraordinary growth has led to a new facility that opened in mid-July, replacing the exist-ing middle school.

Seals points to it with pride. “It’s state of the art,” she said, noting that a large media center will be the hub of the school. It has been designed to be “AM-STI ready,” which is the highly touted and effective teaching curriculum, Ala-bama Math, Science and Technology Initiative.

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21st Century skills and engaging and challenging students in learning,” Seals said. “That goal is one that we are always working to achieve.”

Extra classrooms have been planned for future growth, and the school will have a competition-size gymnasium, which can be used not only by Moody Middle School, but also by other schools and the community.

In all, the school will be 85,000 square feet and is pre-dicted to be an enhancement to the education landscape of the city. It projects the kind of quest for quality image for which Moody schools are known.

“Moody is a great representative based on test scores” in the region, Seals said.

And just like in other schools in the system, “they pride themselves on an open-school policy, where parents are welcome. We have great support for our programs.” Parent-Teacher Organizations are active, and booster clubs work together to provide what is needed.

Involvement in schools doesn’t stop there, Seals is quick to point out. “The city works hand in hand with our schools. They have community support and business support. I feel blessed in that area.”

Inside the schools, “we have great teachers and great staff. We have a low turnover rate. Once they come, they stay,” she said.

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and because of its proximity to Birmingham and be-ing the closest community to the metropolitan area, Moody is ideally situated. “It is a great town to raise families,” she said.

Seals ought to know firsthand. She served as teacher, assistant principal and principal at Moody Elementary before being elected to the top post in the school system four years ago.

There is a camaraderie and a solid working rela-tionship among the schools in Moody, with its lead-ers holding monthly meetings to address areas like calendars, bus routes, homecoming and a variety of other issues facing them. “They want to make sure they’re all on the same page,” she said.

She commended the Moody principals, Kathy Tice at the elementary school, Debra Allred at the middle school, Ronnie McFarling at the junior high, and Dale Stripling at the high school. “The four schools work well together,” she said.

The mission of the St. Clair County Board of Education is “to ensure that high expectations are maintained for all students by providing quality in-struction and involving parents and community so that all students graduate, become responsible, pro-ductive citizens and lifelong learners.”

At Moody schools, that mission is being fulfilled, just like the system’s guiding principle — “Prepar-ing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today.”

When asked that all-important question, “How are the schools?,” Moody’s leaders are confident they know exactly how to answer in the positive.


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Walmart8551 Whitfield AvenueLeeds, AL 35094205-699-0701

Wayside Farms, Inc.P.O. Box 213Moody, AL 35004205-640-5891

Weatherguard, Inc.P.O. Box 966Leeds, AL 35094205-699-3340

Weathington, Moore & WeisskopfP.O. Box 310Moody, AL 35004205-640-2000

Webb Concrete & Building Materials204 Industrial Park DrivePell City, AL 35125205-338-0999

Weber Chiropractic Center2301 Moody Parkway Ste. 5Moody, AL 35004205-640-8023

Wellspring Worship Center, Inc.1433 Vivian StreetLeeds, AL 35094 205-699-7297

*Windstream8372 First AvenueLeeds, AL 35094205-699-9500

World Victory Church615 Park AvenueMoody, AL 35004205-640-9953

Carl Adams3011 Whites Chapel PkwyTrussville, AL 35173205-640-6128

Mike Bowling60 Brian KnollOdenville, AL 35120205-640-4477

Larry Golden4009 Wellington WayMoody, AL 35004205-283-6430

Tony Hamlin1900 Cogswell Ave.Pell City, AL 35125205-884-1875

Rob and Jan Holland4048 Wellington WayMoody, AL 35004205-640-4273

Paula KrafftP.O. Box 173Moody, AL 35004205-365-9612

Dr. Jim McClendon361 Jones RoadSpringville, AL 35146205-467-2656

Robert Minor6304 Riviere DrivePell City, AL 35128

Phil Seay2602 Abbott DrivePell City, AL 35128205-338-6843

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