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Mayor Profile: Gary Ivey - City of Hoover

May 10, 2012 6:35 PM

  • Appointed Mayor of Hoover by a unanimous vote from the Hoover City Council
  • Former President of the Hoover City Council for seven years - Trustee of the Church of the Highlands
  • Has been a resident of Hoover for nearly 30 years
Mayor Ivey on improvements in the City of Hoover: To help improve traffic congestion, the City of Hoover has been working with ALDOT to pave Highway 31 and add an additional lane to each side of the road. Also, we recently added an additional turn lane on the I-459 overpass. We are working on the redevelopment of the Galleria, as well.

Hoover's Quality of Life: Adding more green space has been a major project for the City of Hoover during the past eight years, which is reflected in Veteran's Park, Moss Rock Preserve, and several other projects. The city of Hoover recently donated 99 acres to Moss Rock Preserve. More parks are being added and we recently built Loch Haven Dog Park, which has become very popular with our residents. Also, the establishment of the Senior Center gives the senior citizens of Hoover opportunity to have a place where they can come and enjoy one another. All of these projects add so much value to the quality of life in Hoover.


Mayor Ivey on future plans: We plan to add a new sports complex. Parks and recreation are very important to Hoover and its residents, and we have many young people that want to participate. We aim to continue to make Hoover the place where people want to raise their family.