Tag: Birmingham
$4.9 Million Eases Housing Burden in B’ham
Birmingham-based Housing Affordability Trust recently awarded a total of $4.9 million in annual grants to 20 nonprofits in metropolitan Birmingham for initiatives that make...
More Games Coming to Birmingham
While festivals and events have been postponed around most of the state due to COVID-19, that didn’t keep the city of Birmingham from looking...
Judge Rules for Alabama David v. Boeing Goliath
A Birmingham federal judge on May 11 upheld a jury verdict against Boeing Co. that awarded $2.1 million in damages to a legacy Alabama...
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...