A Healthy Buzz
This month we speak with two women who have been promoting and tracking an emerging niche market in Alabama agriculture—the market for locally...
Women in Charge
Shannon Riley Founder and CEO of One Stop Environmental LLC Shannon Riley always saw herself as a research chemist, ...
Shot in the Dark
Construction of the 14, 000-square-foot luxury lodge was completed in 2007, on the...
Spotlight on Shelby County
Shelby County, located in the middle of the state, was established in 1818 and is one of seven counties in the...
Renewed Momentum
Even when times are tough, Alabama’s economy is strengthened by the automotive industry in the state. Often the effects of the industry...
Main Street Revisited
In the late 1980s, downtown Gadsden was a virtual ghost town. With a 60 percent occupancy rate, it was named by...
Eight at the Top
If you asked Alabama’s top executive women at public companies whether as young girls they dreamed of being where they are today, ...
Shelley Stewart: From Segregation to Connections
At a time when cultural and political forces were aligned to keep people apart in Alabama, Shelley Stewart wanted to start a...
Near Miss Leads to Sure Thing Business
“If” is an important two-letter word in John Wydner’s vocabulary. If he hadn’t fallen from his tree stand after an early morning whitetail...
Vote of Confidence
Alec Yasinsac loves his job. “I’m living the dream, ” says the dean of the School of Computing at the University of South...