ABOUT THE SHOALS Climate Cost of Living Cultural Amenities Housing Medical Services Education Sports and Recreation Shoals Economic Development Authority Phone: (256) 764-0351 1-800-239-6087 FAX: (256) 764-3850 20 Hightower Place Suite 1 P.O. Box 580 Florence, Alabama 35630 E-mail: info@seda-shoals.com

about the shoals | our industrial sites | the labor force | transportation | doing business | about seda | home     ABOUT THE SHOALS Cultural Amenities From festivals to art centers and historical landmarks, The Shoals offers many cultural opportunities for its inhabitants. Listed below are a few of the interesting places to go and things to do here in the Shoals area.     Attractions: The Alabama Music Hall of Fame W.C. Handy Home & Museum The Children's Museum of the Shoals The Florence Indian Mound & Museum The Birthplace of Helen Keller (Ivy Green) Pope's Tavern Ritz Theater Rosenbaum House by Frank Lloyd Wright Tennessee Valley Arts Center Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts Belle Mont Mansion Edith Newman Culver Memorial Museum Overton Farm Historic LaGrange Site, Antebellum Cemetery & Pioneer Village Annual Events: W.C. Handy Music Festival Arts Alive Renaissance Faire The Trail of Tears Commemoration> Helen Keller Festival Festival of the Singing River The Spirit of Freedom Celebration Visit the Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau's website or the Florence/Lauderdale Tourism website for detailed information about the attractions and events listed above.