You UAB Towne House, photo via Pat Byington, Bham Now As you drive around the southside of downtown Birmingham, it seems every building belongs to UAB. You’ve probably seen a few outdated buildings on the UAB campus that just don’t…
Former Auburn University basketball player and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has announced he will be starting a vocational school initiative to train plumbers, electricians and car mechanics.
Another old historic Avondale building is being renovated, restored and redesigned. Not many of us were around in the 1930’s or 40s. If you were, you might have filled up at the Gulf gas station at 400 41st St. Then…
Need a job in the healthcare field? Birmingham is the place.
While tax cuts for corporations have been criticized in the commercial media and on many social platforms, not everything is bad!  Two of Birmingham’s largest employers have announced some form of increased compensation for their employees.
The decision is in! Alabama has been selected by Mazda/Toyota to be the site of the new 1.6 billion dollar factory that will have up to 300,000 vehicles rolling off the assembly line every year, by 2021.
A few weeks ago I wrote about the mystery surrounding the cryptic letters, D. V K. D painted on the blacked-out windows of an old, purple building on Birmingham’s south side. Maybe you’ve seen those mysterious letters at 12th Street and…
Birmingham based grocery delivery company acquired Target announced Wednesday morning that they are acquiring Shipt for $550M. Shipt is a national grocery delivery company, founded and based right here in Birmingham, Alabama.
AT&T Alabama has announced their new president, Birmingham community member, Wayne Hutchens.
Yesterday, as the temperatures got a bit cooler, an excited bunch of folks lifted their shovels and broke ground for Sloss Dock’s newest tenant, and the state’s oldest packaging brewery, Back Forty Beer Company.
Birmingham’s unemployment rate is down, too.
Aldi, German owned discount grocer, is opening its second Birmingham store. The new store on 280 will be the ninth one in the metro area. Bham Now shares some great Aldi shopping “hacks” just in time for holiday shopping.
By now you might have visited the new Whole Foods Market in Hoover, or stopped in at the Whole Foods in Mountian Brook. Good news! Whole Foods is hiring up to 6,000 workers nationwide on their National Hiring Day Nov…
We had this weird conversation at one of our content meetings: Birmingham’s new hangouts are starting to remind us a lot of New York City.  They sparkle and glitter just as much – but without video billboards shoving ads into…
Did you notice the long lines, sometimes 400 people deep, Wednesday morning in Hoover? The Whole Foods grand opening in the former Riverchase Village brought out huge crowds. Hoover has eagerly awaited the opening of the organic-grocery giant for almost 3…