Alabama Chanin to become nonprofit; Jackson physician named national leader; BJ’s Wholesale to open first Alabama location; Robins & Morton tops out Florida ED

Alabama Chanin, the fashion company in Florence, will become a nonprofit

Alabama Chanin to become nonprofit

Alabama Chanin, the fashion company in Florence, will become a nonprofit. The company’s founder, Natalie Chanin, plans to move both Alabama Chanin and The School of Making, an educational organization she founded, under the umbrella of Project Threadways, a nonprofit that interprets history through the lens of fashion and textiles. – Bama Buzz

 

Jackson physician named national leader

Dr. Steven P. Furr, a family physician in Jackson, has become president of the American Academy of Family Physicians. The AAFP represents nearly 130,000 family physicians, residents and medical students nationwide. – Cision

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BJ’s Wholesale to open first Alabama location

BJ’s Wholesale Club, a Massachusetts-based warehouse club with more than 230 locations around the country, will open its first in Alabama in Madison. BJ’s Gas station, which is on site, has already opened, with the warehouse club planned to open Nov. 10.  – BusinessWire

 

Robins & Morton tops out Florida ED

Birmingham-based Robins & Morton celebrated the topping out, or structural completion, of a new emergency department for AdventHealth West Florida Division in Winter Haven, Florida. The 19,800-square-foot facility will include 24 patient beds.  – Robins & Morton

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