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CORDOVA, Alabama — About 100 Cordova residents turned out Friday night for a community cookout and the launch of a long-range planning effort aimed at charting a road to recovery for the tornado-battered Walker County town.

Two powerful tornadoes, one striking in the morning and one in the evening, devastated the downtown business district and surrounding residential neighborhoods on April 27.

Dana Odom and husband Larry owned a building in the historic downtown and turned out to listen to and participate in the recovery plan.

“We wanted to hear what was going on,” she said.

The evening was organized by the Alabama Department of Community of Economic and Community Affairs and included representatives from Auburn University and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It was held at Cordova High School.

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