NEW MARITIME MUSUEM TO BE ANNOUNCED by; Rick McCann

With the many good things that's been happening in Mobile lately including the announcement last week of the big steel mill that will soon begin construction in the north part of Mobile county and several other plants and projects in the construction or planning phases, Mobile wants to strengthen it's grasp on area residents entertainment and tourism. This week, in a lot near the Cooper-Riverside park and the convention center in downtown Mobile, city officials and business leaders plan to announce the formation of a private-public project to build the National Maritime Musuem of the Gulf Coast. The $30 million dollar, interactive, colorful musuem will open in 2009 if all goes well as the city continues to position itself as the center of the Gulf of Mexico.