Study: Birmingham ranks first nationally in healthcare jobs
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Birmingham businesses react to 2018 corporate tax cuts
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.
Alabama chosen for new site of $1.6 billion Mazda factory
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.
Mystery surrounding old Southside Birmingham building solved
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…
Target buys Birmingham based Shipt for $550M in war against Amazon and Whole Foods
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.
From lineman to president: meet Wayne Hutchens, new AT&T Alabama president
AT&T Alabama has announced their new president, Birmingham community member, Wayne Hutchens.
Birmingham’s Sloss Docks breaks ground on Back Forty micro-brewery
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.
Alabama’s unemployment rate drops to historic low
Birmingham’s unemployment rate is down, too.
New Aldi coming to 280 in Birmingham this winter
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.
Whole Foods hiring 6,000 workers – National Hiring Day Nov. 2
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…
BHM to NYC: how an Emmy winner grew into her career, and what Birmingham had to do with it
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…
Whole Foods grand opening draws crowds in Hoover
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…
Birmingham’s Topgolf still hiring
Interviews started October 9, but it’s not too late to apply. Here are the deets on Topgolf’s upcoming hiring blitz in Birmingham:
Cash injection: UAB and Innovation Depot among RIS 2017 grant winners, for a total of half a million dollars!
UAB and Innovation Depot have caught the federal government’s eye in the best way!  On September 22, UAB revealed that the US Department of Commerce awarded the university nearly half a million dollars.  Innovation Depot and UAB represent 2 of 42…
Birmingham’s Big Pitch
Rev Birmingham, also instrumental in Zyp’s bikeshare program and the Woodlawn street market, will host its 4th annual Big Pitch this November.  But don’t worry, you still have time to enter! I interviewed Deon Gordon and Brian Bucher to find…