Business Alabama Staff
Jones Valley Teaching Farm raises $8.3 million to build food education center
Jones Valley Teaching Farm has completed the Ready to Grow Capital Campaign, raising $8.3 million towards the building of the Center for Food Education.
Village Green arts and entertainment district breaks ground in Hoover
Village Green, slated to open in 2023, is designed as a family-friendly arts and entertainment district at Stadium Trace Village.
Alabama sends trade delegation to Munich, Augsburg
Alabama trade officials, led by Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield, are in Germany to help develop trade partnerships.
Hazel Green company lands Army contract
LW Support Services, of Hazel Green, has been awarded a $21.3 million Army contract for the procurement of the MK 93 MOD 2 machine gun mount.
Hoover multifamily property sells for $44 million
The Hills at Hoover, a 320-unit multifamily property in Hoover, has sold for $44 million
Nicotine and prostate health study funded at University of South Alabama
Ajay Singh, Ph.D., a professor at the University of South Alabama, studies how exposure to nicotine impacts prostate cancer progression.
Alabama firms win DOD contracts for uniforms; river lock doors
Two Alabama firms have been tapped for U.S. Department of Defense contracts
Bridgestone tires to traverse the lunar surface
Bridgestone Corp. has joined Teledyne Brown Engineering’s team designing and building the crewed lunar terrain vehicle for NASA.
$10 million gift will grow UAB’s criminal justice, entrepreneurship programs
A $10 million gift from J. Frank Barefield Jr. will fund the naming of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Criminal Justice as well as the university’s entrepreneurship program
Auburn to create coastal research station at Orange Beach
Engineering center will study effects of natural and man-made disasters and more.