New Business

*Penny Dendy, Marty O'Malley and Patricia Scanland, all established professionals in the Mobile area, have formed a partnership, ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTANTS, to empower nonprofit organizations and small businesses to fulfill their missions and achieve their full potential. The business is a full-service consulting agency that works with nonprofit organizations, ministries, schools and small businesses, offering such services as resource development and accountability, organizational development, board development, program development and sustainability, strategic communication, organizational mergers, strategic alliances and community development. The team provides training, onsite consultation, executive coaching, meeting facilitation, telephone assistance and document development, editing and review. For more information, to schedule an initial meeting or to retain services, call 251-438-2410.

*IMMEDIATE CARE OF THE SOUTH has opened for business at 4720 Cottage Hill Road, next to Big Time Diner and across from Cottage Hill Baptist Church. The facility specializes in swift service for walk-in patients in need of urgent care. Onsite services include X-ray equipment, laboratory procedures and a pharmacy. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays; and noon to 8 p.m. on Sundays. Dr. Mike Boucher, Dr. Jimmy Dawood, Dr. Randy Lockhart and Dr. Marty McDonald, all former emergency room physicians, offer an alternative to the long waits of hospital ERs. The medical facility accepts all types of insurance, and no appointment is necessary. The business phone number is 251-300-2770.

*ROLY POLY ROLLED SANDWICHES has opened a new location at 809 Hillcrest Road in Hill Crest Plaza. The restaurant features healthful, tasty sandwiches in roll style, from which the diner will fill up on the meats, cheeses and veggies and not the bread. The sandwich is rolled in a tortilla, and sides available are chips, potato salad, pasta salad, fresh salads, soups and fresh-baked cookies. Hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays. Shop owner Chris Harle may be reached at 251-607-6378.

*VALUE PLACE, an extended-stay hotel, has opened in Daphne at Interstate 10 and Ala. 181. Value Place offers guests an affordable, clean and secure lodging option. The hotel features laundry service; vending machines; full-size, in-room refrigerators, stovetop burners and microwaves; choice of beds; electronic locks; and security cameras. Amenities include cable network TV, biweekly housekeeping, towels and linens. Guests may also purchase other niceties. Hours of operation for the lobby are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. The lobby is closed on Sunday. Victor Suarec is the property manager and may be reached at 251-626-0220.

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