Tag: October 2014
Leadership Alabama: New Generation is Gathering Momentum
It is the ultimate power weekend — 50 influential state citizens gathered in a search for answers. Experts in their fields, they meet to...
Mountain Brook Legacy Transformed
The new Lane Parke development under way in Mountain Brook Village, adjacent to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, promises to greatly enhance the popular upscale...
Space Launch System: Welding Tool for Deep Space
The largest spacecraft-welding tool in the world, the Vertical Assembly Center, is open for business at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The...
MMI Outdoor: Battle Tested Camp Gear
From father-and-son nights camping under the stars to winning supply contracts for military tents has taken several decades, but it’s been a successful journey...
Clean Power Plan: EPA Cracks Down on Coal
Representatives of coal-fired utilities and politicians in Alabama have been crying foul since the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled its first-ever proposal to reduce carbon...
Alabama Aerospace Suppler Base: The Nuts and Bolts of High Flying
When the conversation turns to Alabama’s long involvement in the world-changing aerospace industry, big final assembly manufacturers like Boeing, Lockheed, Airbus and the U.S....
Where They Are Now: Upstarts Grown Up
Typically, “Where Are They Now?” stories spotlight popular child stars — “The Brady Bunch” brood, the kid from “Doogie Howser, M.D.” or the cast...
Alabama State Port: Port as State Economic Plan
The $600 million Airbus final assembly line in Mobile will move its first fuselage units through the Alabama State Port in the spring of...
Talladega Updates to Stadium Tailored to a Fast Changing Market
After more than a decade of rapid growth, NASCAR is no longer living life in the fast lane. Since 2005, attendance has dropped approximately...
The Inner Circle Sessions: Training Camp for Company Owners
Every person who starts a business will exit it some day, one way or another.
But for those who want to sell their business, “It’s...