Blue Ridge, Alabama

• City Tries To Business Climate On Southern Boulevard
  

  What is it about the Southern Boulevard that seems to have a run-down look and feel.

• Montgomery, Normandale malls languish despite new owners
  

  Two of Montgomery's older malls -- Montgomery Mall and Normandale Mall -- watched another Christmas shopping season come and go from the sidelines despite out-of-state developers' promises to revitalize the properties.

• Trenholm will move culinary arts program to downtown Montgomery
  

  The Montgomery Mall's loss will soon be downtown Montgomery's gain. The state Board of Education has given Trenholm Technical State College the green light to move its culinary arts program downtown in January.

• Volunteer opportunities
  

  For information on these and other volunteer opportunities, contact the Volunteer and In formation Center at 264-4636, ex tension 1, or log on to www.clickvic.org. If your group or organization needs volun teers for a special event or ongo ing need, call or visit the cen ter's Web site.

• Homes Gallery: Couple's 1930s country cottage a showplace
  

  When Barbara and Bob Duke purchased the 26-acre property called Rose Hill more than 20 years ago, they discovered a time-worn 800-square-foot cottage on the land that was covered with asbestos siding and topped with an old tin roof.

City Description

Blue Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,331. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area. Blue Ridge is located at 32°29′12″N 86°11′27″W / 32.48667°N 86.19083°W / 32.48667; -86.19083 (32.486744, -86.190823). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.9 square miles (20.5 km²), of which, 7.9 square miles (20.4 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.88%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,331 people, 511 households, and 436 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 169.3 people per square mile (65.4/km²). There were 526 housing units at an average density of 66.9/sq mi (25.8/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.79% White, 3.08% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, and 0.38% from two or more races. 0.53% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 511 households out of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 0.0% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and

City Contained By:

• Elmore County
• Alabama
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 20.7199048827 km squared

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