New faces are coming to Our Place Cafe in Wetumpka.
Corrie Sid of Tallassee’s Grove Station has purchased the Company Street restaurant.
“I’m excited to be in Wetumpka,” Sid told the Wetumpka City Council Monday night. “I have been trying to get to Wetumpka for a while. I’m really thrilled to be here.”
Sid was at the meeting for a public hearing transferring the restaurant retail liquor license to Our Station LLC.
Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis was pleased to see Sid at the meeting.
“This has been a process of about nine months talking back and forth with you,” Willis said.
Sid took to social media afterwards announcing to Grove Station followers the acquisition.
“We can't wait to bring what we brought to Tallassee here to Wetumpka,” Sid said.
Sid plans to open Our Station June 11.
A restaurant retail liquor for Taste at the Fain was also approved at Monday’s council meeting. It is the third location of the River Region business.
Additionally, the City of Wetumpka is recruiting more businesses to town. Last summer it purchased property across from the Wetumpka Sports Complex. At the Monday meeting it approved a bid in the amount of $1,059,436.76 from Alexander Sealcoating and Striping Inc. to begin improvements for five lots at River Town Center Development.
“This is for the utilities and streets to get put in so we can market the properties in there,” Willis said. “We have done a great job of marketing already. Some people are waiting on us to get the development moving.”
The council also approved the next round of cleaning up dilapidated structures in town through an Alabama Department of Economic and Consumer Affairs Community Block Development Grant.
Property owners volunteered for the CBDG demolition grant program. City of Wetumpka staff have recently worked with 17 property owners and 12 got all the necessary paperwork completed.
“That is something we have been working on for some time,” Willis said. “We finally got everything in place to do that properly.”
In other action the Wetumpka City Council:
• Approved minutes of the May 20 meeting.
• Approved increasing hazardous duty pay for full time first responders from $150 per month to $300.
• Approved yearly dues to the Vector Solutions for the Wetumpka Fire Department.
• Approved Michael Proctor to host Beat the Streets in Gold Star Park on Sept. 14
The next Wetumpka City Council meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, June 17.
