Chef Missy Mercer
Explore two of Alabama’s best restaurants, you find a chef/owner who was the only female on the hot line at Spago, a master baker and a mother of twins with a degree in finance from Auburn.
Reef Master
David Walter is the country’s premier builder of man-made reefs. He helped make Alabama the most productive red snapper state. Tourist destinations compete for him to attract snorkelers.
From Ball Fields to Boardrooms
The business side of members of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
Municipal Multi-tasking
Frank Brocato knows about recruiting technology companies, dousing high-rise fires and birthing mall babies.
Proctors on Tuition/Debt Inflation
Chief academic officers at Alabama universities tell us what they are doing to assist students in a climate of rising tuition and debt.
Nutrition Liberation
Stacey Schlaman’s search for food to fit her daughter’s autoimmune diagnosis led to a thriving new enterprise now stocking the shelves of Whole Foods and Earth Fare.
Full Moon Rising
David and Joe Maluff are deliberately slow cooking the franchise growth of their iconic Birmingham eatery.
Prepped for Radical Change
Dr. Grace Terrell’s record redesigning health care models landed her in a position to use human genomics to radically transform health care.
Investment-Grade Distress
Two youths of the Great Recession dove into the frenzy of distressed real estate and made it an investment-grade discipline.
Diving into City Hall
Randall Woodfin was elected mayor of Birmingham on Oct. 3, defeating incumbent William Bell in...