I hope you enjoy reading about today's Hometown Tour brought to you by Stacey. Her profile can be found at the bottom of the post.
~ Valerie
During the summer there are movies in Amphitheater Park on Friday nights. The Farmer's Market is held on Saturday mornings where fresh local produce, baked goods and homemade items are sold, and local chefs put on demonstrations. Despite the southern warmth that can sometimes be, well - hot!, we love to get outside and play. A great boundless play area has been recently added at Joe Tucker Park. This particular area allows access for wheelchairs and can be enjoyed by more children. Hiking, canoeing, fishing, biking...oh, yeah - there is a new pedestrian tunnel under construction linking the walking trails to give walkers the liberty to enjoy the city without motor traffic.
Helena has its own Fourth of July Celebration, complete with barbecue, games, music and fireworks. Then there is the Buck Creek Festival in the spring and the Christmas Parade that also bring citizens together for fun in December. There are plenty of city sports leagues as well as school activities.
Speaking of schools, our latest addition is the middle school. As Helena has grown, the student population has naturally exploded. In 2001 the sweet little elementary school divided its grade levels and the Intermediate School was built. The Middle School just finished its first year of operation...and some of us have hopes that the high school will come soon. Meanwhile the high school students still join nearby Panthers at Pelham High School.
There is enough diversity to be interesting, enough similitude to be kindred, there are celebrations for excellence and neighborly support in tough times. Helena is not a perfect place, but it is home and it is also...
(voted: top 100 places to live in the US, by Money magazine - 2007)!
~Helena Wedding Chapel
~gift shop "The Monkey Basket"
~Helena Intermediate School
Thanks for going on my little tour! I am looking forward to hearing about YOUR hometown.


I blog about all sorts of things but my main goal is to give glory to God for His gracious acts in my life. Because I often focus on His blessings it may seem that I am a hopeless "Pollyanna". The truth is that I am a broken sinner who has come to know the redemptive grace of God and the peace of His forgiveness. Therefore, I like to share these things. Additionally, anytime I can get away with it, I talk about my family, give updates about what's going on with us and even post a few pictures. The kids aren't crazy about that, though, so I have to be careful!
If you would like to feature your hometown on Alabama Bloggers, please contact Rachel (rachel@alabamabloggers.com) or Valerie (valwonderfullife@aol.com) and let us know!
5 comments:
I live in Alabaster and have just recently discovered Helena! I love it and I'm so glad to find out about the farmers market. Can you give me anymore info on it (time, location Etc) because that link isn't working.
Sure, Rachel! It is from 8am-noon on Saturdays, located in Old Town in and around Amphitheater Park. Here is the web address:
http://helenamarket.blogspot.com/
Stacey I loved your hometown tour. I didn't realize there was a Farmer's Market or the pretty water fall. I have only been to Helena once and that was for a wedding. I knew Bo Bice and Miss Alabama was from there but I didn't know Vonetta Flowers was. A friend of mine parents owned a flower shop and when they had her celebratin at the UAB Arena guess her helped with blowing up all of the orange and gold balloons and hanging them? I did! lol
Ok I meant I helped with the GREEN and Gold balloons - it's a been a long day. lol
Valerie, that's awesome!
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