# @aldotcom on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=rTjJ1ihOfLA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/55991788-aldotcom-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-11T22:30:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** AL.com (@aldotcom) — https://gondola.cc/aldotcom

## Caption

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures announced $2.5 million in federal funding is going toward helping rebuild and revitalize the historic Africatown neighborhood in Mobile.

The Africatown Redevelopment Corporation has already built 8 new homes and renovated 8 existing ones in the past year and a half. These "forever homes" honor the original architectural styles created by the community founders.

Karlos Finley, executive director of ARC, explains: "These are quality built, energy efficient homes. We've not cut corners. These are foundational homes that can be used for generational wealth building."

Africatown is a community founded by survivors of the slave ship Clotilda, who built a community that preserved their language and culture after the Civil War.

This marks the first direct federal allocation for Africatown's redevelopment efforts.

Reporting by Lawrence Specker

#renovations #foreverhomes #communitybuilding

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foreverhomes, renovations, communitybuilding

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