Imagine closing up shop after 70 years of success and prominence in the community. Lee Rogoff, owner of Rogers Trading Company, has made the final decision – you and the business will be missed.
We can attribute Birmingham’s growth to many different factors in today’s economy, but the two leading forces are the immense amount of startups and revitalization of our communities/districts within city limits. Part 1 -1MillionCupsBHM BhamNow talked with Scott Phillips, Organizer…
Are you good with keeping numbers in their place while keeping your wits about you?  Do you know how to pivot a table, the Excel kind, not the dinner kind?  Then you might be the right candidate for this rare…
“Johnny Apple Seed” is my favorite blessing, even though it’s a simple child’s song. Above is composer and songwriter Michele Brourman giving it a mature upgrade, but I still love to hear kids sing it before sharing a meal. The short…
Last week W. Stancil Starnes, CEO of ProAssurance, received the honor of induction into the Newcomen Society of Alabama. The society is known for recognizing top notch businesses and the leaders within.
This morning, longtime Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next Attorney General.
A $4 million, three-part project is underway for Vulcan Park, thanks to the Kiwanis Club. To celebrate the club’s 100th anniversary in 2017, a grand-scale makeover is in the works. The “big changes” include: A makeover for the North side…
This week, U.S. Magistrate Judge John Ott dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block the federal and state project to replace and widen the elevated portion of Interstate 20/59 through downtown Birmingham.
Earlier today, the Final Five of the Blazer Innovation Challenge got the chance to present their ideas to a handful of well-respected judges. They shared a new generational perspective of innovative ideas to their peers, UAB mentors, and other attendees.
Sometimes we all need a little inspiration.
Recently, BhamNow has become the media provider for 1MillionCups Bham, which holds weekly presentations featuring local entrepreneurs in the early stages of business. This is not a source of funding, but to allow the entrepreneur(s) to sharpen up presentation skills,…
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin Alabama is in the midst of one of the most devastating droughts in our history.  For a generation, the Alabama Rivers Alliance (ARA) and watershed groups have…
On Tuesday AT&T announced its plan to bring high-speed fiber Internet to Birmingham, with speeds “20X faster than the average cable customer.” According to a news release, customers will be able to “download 25 songs in 1 second or a…
When innovation is applied correctly, efficiency is the output. No matter the industry your business is apart of, this output ought to be a daily goal striven toward. Prepaid Technologies understands this quite well in the financial world, and the…
Birmingham’s young professional demographic has grown 3x the national average between 2010-2015 and now makes up almost 6% of Birmingham’s population.  How many people is that?  12.5K YP’s called Birmingham home in 2015, up from 8K in 2010. (Source:  U.S.…