Tag: Birmingham
The Abnormal, the Social House and the All So Human
Just as the virus crisis "new normal" is Orwellian new speak for "abnormal," social distancing has been a 180-degree tongue swallowing for modern urban...
New Name, Same Games: It’s Now World Games 2022
They’re still The World Games, but one of the numbers has changed.
With the recent announcement that The World Games would shift from next year...
Selloffs and Shocks: How Investors are Reacting
Beyond health, a big concern related to the virus crisis is the effect it has had on long-term individual savings and investments. To monitor...
Birmingham Zoo Needs Help
The Birmingham Zoo is like a lot of tourism entities — it is hemorrhaging money. The zoo, a non-profit organization, is home to approximately...
Robins & Morton Makes Deadline on Miami Project
Alabama’s own Robins & Morton finished its two-week odyssey April 20 in Miami, turning the Miami Beach Convention Center into a 450-bed field hospital...
A Landmark Market Adapts, Drives Forward
Farmers are selling more than they would at a regular market.
GoFundMe Backs Workers at OvenBird and Hot & Hot
In one week, a GoFundMe campaign by the owners of the companion Birmingham restaurants OvenBird and Hot and Hot Fish Club has raised more...
Robins & Morton to Convert Miami Beach Convention Center into Field Hospital
Birmingham-based construction firm Robins & Morton is converting 250,000 square feet of the Miami Beach Convention Center into a 450-bed field hospital, including isolation...
BioGX Inc. Gets Emergency FDA Approval for New COVID-19 Test
A Birmingham-based molecular diagnostics company announced on April 3 it has received FDA emergency authorization to produce and distribute a new diagnostic test that...
Command Alkon to be Acquired, Recapitalized for Expansion
Command Alkon — the Birmingham software company that is the industry leader in logistics platforms for the U.S. heavy construction industry — announced, on...