Gail Allyn Short
Spotlight on Jefferson County: Community Development
Jefferson County is preparing the way for new companies and existing national companies to move in or reinvest their dollars and create new jobs...
Spotlight on Jefferson County: Movers & Shapers
Jason Alexander is president and CEO of Ascension St. Vincent’s and executive vice president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System/Ascension...
Spotlight on Jefferson County: Health Care
UAB Health System
On its website, UAB Medicine’s charge is clear: “UAB Medicine’s mission is to deliver world-class patient care to the residents of Alabama...
Spotlight on Jefferson County: Economic Engines
Health Care
The health care industry in Jefferson County is one of Alabama’s largest employers. In Birmingham alone, an estimated 59,000 people are employed in...
Byars|Wright Gets Growing
Haig Wright II was the 30-year-old president of his father, Dick Wright’s, insurance agency, Primm-Wright Inc., when in 1990, the agency merged with Byars...
How PPP Loans saved some Alabama businesses
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the $961 billion emergency fund to help businesses stay afloat financially during the COVID-19 pandemic, came to a close...
Black Market Street focuses on entrepreneurs of color
The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent state-mandated shutdowns to contain the virus forced many small businesses across the United States to close or scale back...
Alabama Nursing Schools Survive the Covid-19 Pandemic
This story appears in the April 2021 issue of Business Alabama magazine.
Last spring, Alabama colleges and universities locked down their campuses and sent their students home...
Hyundai Expands its Product Mix in 2021
In Montgomery, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) has just wrapped up a massive $410 million expansion project in preparation for assembling the 2022 Santa...
Alabama’s Resilient Auto Industry is Ready for 2021
Last spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread worldwide, automakers in the United States faced disruptions to their supply chain and slumping sales as stay-at-home orders,...