Taxes and the Poor Mouth
“We are a poor state.” That’s the excuse often offered to explain why Alabama is at rock bottom among the 50 states,...
Meat & Potatoes Meetings
They are not anywhere near the top of the U.S. conventions market, but Alabama’s three largest convention cities each year say they...
The Water Way
For more than 60 years, Alabama’s Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway has quietly kept commerce churning from Birmingham to the Port of Mobile, connecting...
Guitar Hero Swims with the Sharks
Travis Perry was living a comfortable life as owner of Wiregrass Realty. But an idea he had 32 years ago for a simplified...
Slow Train Moving
We spoke in early May with Grayson Glaze, executive director of the Alabama Center for Real Estate, about the Alabama slice...
Spotlight on Limestone, Morgan and Lawrence Counties
Limestone, Morgan and Lawrence counties in north Alabama are blessed with an abundance of natural resources and beauty, along with a quality of life...
Troubled Waters, Troubled Assets
Dueling Condos Still Contenders Two of the most ambitious beachfront resort developments on the Alabama Gulf coast hit the recession like a...
What are Two Huge Economic Coups Worth?
Our May issue for the year 2002 reported the April 1 announcement by Hyundai Motor Co. that it would build a $1 billion...
Service First
Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 on the eve of Black Hawn Down was the last place on Earth anyone would want to be,...
Grass-Grown Prime Prices
Randall Hastings is a third generation South Alabama cattle rancher. “My dad and grandfather worked our land from this very house, ” he...