Birmingham’s Urban Standard Coffee Shop to reopen April 26th
Urban Standard might be back on its feet sooner than you think. Find out when you can finally get back to one of your fave coffee stops.
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Small Business Monday – Spotlight on Grace Gardens
You’ve heard of farm to table food. Â How about farm to table flowers? Â In this week’s small business post, Kelly Wood tells us how she’s making her vision for locally sourced flowers come true with Grace Gardens. Â
Birmingham startups in final stretch of Velocity program
Velocity Demo Day is just around the corner, and the nine startups are gearing up to present! In our last article, we introduced five companies. Here, we’re introducing the last four of the 2017 Velocity startups that will present at…
Renovations have transformed this apartment complex, in Birmingham, after fire damage
April 6th, Merion Residential, the Cahaba River Society and the Birmingham Business Alliance, celebrated the renovations of the former Riverside Parc Apartments. Due to recent fire damage, the apartment complex was partly destroyed. These new renovations have brought forth the…
Historic BEBCO building to be renovated
Sponsored Yet another historic Birmingham building is about to undergo renovation.  A development group led by Ward Neely, of SRS Real Estate Partners, plans to renovate the BEBCO facility on Second Avenue South between 22nd and 23rd Street.
The Waites newest retail tenant announced – Club Pilates
One of Birmingham’s newest residential developments (which is a mixed-use project by the way) is happy to announce its newest retail tenant – Club Pilates!
Did you know that Birmingham is home to a Forbes top privately held company?
Sponsored EBSCO Industries is a large, diversified company that is a worldwide leader in  providing a broad range of products and services including fishing lures, promotional products, information resources for libraries, real estate development, and insurance services, among others.  And,…
Local Startup, Planet Fundraiser, hits major funding within the Velocity Accelerator
Planet Fundraiser, nurtured within the Innovation Depot and further in the Velocity Accelerator, experience a major expansion into Atlanta a couple of months ago. In the same way, another expansion has been occurred, amounting up to $1 million.
Birmingham increases its Velocity
While I was talking to Estes Gould, the program manager for Birmingham’s Velocity startup accelerator, I was introduced to Jack West.  Jack is intense, he’s a people person, and he’s got a positively sunny outlook.  Maybe it’s the excitement of…
Small Business Monday – Spotlight on Greg’s Hot Dogs
With the weather being so nice lately, what better way to celebrate than to have some tasty hot dogs, served up in the open?
Regions Downtown will commemorate the upcoming Regions Tradition with light up display
Looking for a nice night to enjoy the Magic City skyline? Consider tonight, because the Regions Bank tower will be all lit up in respect and preparation for the Regions Tradition.
From food truck to brick & mortar – Eugene’s Hot Chicken
One of the more well known Food Trucks in Birmingham, Eugene’s Hot Chicken, has settled in Uptown.
Startup Weekend Mobile 2017
This time last Saturday, I was in Mobile, Alabama participating in my first Startup Weekend. The experience was incredible. The entire weekend was full of energy, engagement, and hospitality within a diverse entrepreneurial ecosystem on the rise.
Startup Grind Birmingham features local entrepreneur Shegun Otulana, CEO of TheraNest
Through organizations such as Startup Grind Birmingham, entrepreneurs are given the chance to network, learn, and see what it takes to be successful. Bham Now presents Shegun Otulana, CEO of TheraNest, as last months Startup Grind Bham’s guest.
Volunteers make it work – BBG’s Spring Plant Sale begins today
“It’s the mother of all plant sales.”