Growing Business in Tiny Houses
Channel surfers the world over are learning it’s difficult to scroll through television network offerings without landing on channels about flipping properties, renovation...
High Seas Adventure Travel
She is 14, frightened, packed in a tiny ship, voyaging from France to Mobile. In 1704 the teenage Parisian set sail...
Builders Forecast a Welcome Calm
A tour of Alabama’s larger general contractors’ websites reveals construction activity at locations throughout the state, the Southeast and across the United States....
All You Need is Nodes: Supercomputing at Auburn
Auburn University’s new $1 million supercomputer, turned on for the first time last month, is winning accolades not only for its lightning-fast...
Blazing a New Trail
It takes a mix to create a trail. Government officials, area business leaders, statewide interest groups, tourism directors, volunteers —...
All Hail the Trail
It has been said that the journey is more important than the destination. But what if there are numerous destinations within a single journey?...
How to Reap a Cycling Windfall
In 2005, Jennifer South fulfilled a longtime dream by opening a small coffee and sandwich shop. Located in downtown Piedmont in the foothills...
Family Businesses Anchor Coastal Tourism Recovery
Lodging tax revenue has risen more than 40 percent since the 2009-2010 downturn in Gulf Coast tourism following the recession and BP oil spill,...
Big League Projects
Winning the contract for a headline project with major economic development impact is less a matter of the lowest bid than offering the biggest...
Building for Millennials, Ready for Change
Geoff Golden is the president of Golden Construction LLC, a Birmingham general contractor that is swimming strong in the high tide of apartment...