Kathy Hagood
Building Back Better
Alabama is vulnerable to major storm damage from tornadoes and hurricanes, and lately it seems we have had more than our fair share....
Strategic Redirection Saves Retail Real Estate Venture
Partners Robert Jolly and Mead Silsbee couldn’t have picked a worse time to launch a business specializing in the retail segment of real...
Healthy Choices Equal Lower Health Care Costs
Far-sighted Alabama businesses and associations are instituting and expanding workplace wellness programs. Their leaders realize that well-run programs more than pay for themselves...
Alabama M*A*S*H
Within the past few years, dozens of new hospital trauma centers have sprung up in Alabama. The numbers are part of a...
A Master Chefs Sampler
The Year of Alabama Food may be coming to a close, but Alabama’s emergence as a significant food destination continues. Our nationally...
Hot Rising Southern Comfort
A visit to grandma’s house in yesteryear meant indulging in delights like piping-hot, made-from-scratch biscuits or rolls and homemade jelly. While the...
Best Companies to Work for in Alabama
Employees like open communications, the feeling that they can make suggestions and be heard, and knowing that their job makes a...
Number Crunchers to the Rescue
Most every Alabama business has a relationship with an accounting firm — to balance the books, prepare taxes, draw up the...
Cross Section of an Alabama Mainstay
From church pews to utility poles to executive toys, Alabama’s wood and wood products industries are hanging on during a tough economy....
Sparkling Window on a Mysterious Business
The diamond trade is one of the oldest, most insider-controlled enterprises there is. It’s a trade in which million dollar transactions are made...