Cooper Green Clinic project underway
Plans are underway for the new Cooper Green Clinic in Birmingham. The clinic, which will operate under UAB Health Care, will be built on 150,000 square feet of land and cost between $55 million and $65 million. – Construction Review
Warrior Met calls for end to picket-line violence
Warrior Met Coal says violence along the picket line in Tuscaloosa County in the strike by the United Mine Workers of America has “reached a dangerous level.” The company released video of car and truck windows being smashed. More than 1,000 UMWA member began a strike against Warrior Met on April 1. – AL.com
Amtrak says it needs access to Mobile’s Choctaw yard
Amtrak, in a filing to the Surface Transportation Board, says it is no longer receiving access to CSX’s rail lines in Mobile’s Choctaw yard and needs that access to continue preparing tracks to restart service to the Gulf Coast in 2022. Amtrak wants the board to compel CSX and Norfolk Southern to allow access to their networks. – Freight Waves
New Auburn retail space finds first tenant
Bitty and Beau’s Coffee will open in Auburn in 2022, the first tenant in the new AuburnBank Center. It will be the national chain’s first shop in Alabama. The 23 shops across the country employ hundreds of people with disabilities. – Opelika-Auburn News
