Tag: Spotlight
Spotlight on Coastal Gateway
The five-county Coastal Gateway region between Montgomery and Mobile boasts plentiful hardwood and softwood forests, waterways for business and recreation, import/export opportunities through the...
Coast of Alabama Basks in a Rebound
It seems like an easy sell. Take a trip to sugar-white-sand beaches, crystal-clear water and the promise of shopping, eating and relaxing. But so...
The Road to Alabama’s Biggest Command Post
In August 2012, Gen. Dennis Via became the commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, headquartered in Huntsville. The AMC, which is responsible...
The Biggest Splash in Sports
For Randy Howell and other professional anglers, nothing would help their careers more than winning what’s known as the Super Bowl of bass fishing...
Spotlight on Marion, Lamar and Fayette Counties
Marion, Fayette and Lamar counties —located in northwest Alabama — have a rich history and a strong spirit of economic and regional cooperation.
With a...
Location, Location, Location
Of all of Alabama’s business-luring incentive programs, one of its newest, the film incentive, is perhaps the most successful in terms of providing an...
Hornady on Talking Money and Hard Driving
Chris Hornady, president of Monroeville-based Hornady Transportation LLC, is one of those owners who says he thinks of his employees as family.
But it takes...
Restaurant on the Rise
Chicken and Southern business empires seem practically synonymous. In the 1930s, Colonel Sanders began selling fried chicken from a roadside restaurant in Corbin, Ky....
Beer and Alabama Breweries
The United States’ love of beer is older than the country itself. Among the passengers on the Mayflower during its 17th-century voyage to the...
Stores on Wheels
Mobile’s Carts Blanche LLC markets and sells vending machines, sort of, but not quite. Because referring to Carts Blanche’s ‘VendaCarts’ as just a vending...