In Marshall County some local merchants are trying to improve downtown Arab's image. A Birmingham company is working on a redevelopment plan for Arab.

Ideas gathered from business owners and citizens include: re routing 18 wheelers away from downtown, removing some power poles, and adding more downtown housing and businesses and also improving parking. That has been a major problem for Teresa Willis who owns L Rancho Café. "I have less parking then anybody. I have drainage problems in the back where the bulk of my parking is out back and out front I am limited in parking space" Willis said.