Category Archives: What’s great about Birmingham

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Why we escaped the Mountain Brook bubble

June 21, 2017 David Sher 6 Comments

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest bloggers are husband and wife Maury Shevin & Joyce Spielberger. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

Having lived much of our lives outside of the City, why move into the City?

We’ve made our livings in the City of Birmingham, but so do many other non-residents.

So, what compelled us to want to make the City our home?

First, and foremost, we were done being in the suburban bubble. Continue reading Why we escaped the Mountain Brook bubble →

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My Birmingham battle scar: How I fought for life

June 7, 2017 David Sher 3 Comments

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest blogger is Megan Gagliardi. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

Take one look at me and you’ll see a normal 24 year-old-girl standing before you.

Take another look and you’ll most likely notice a 9-inch scar running down my chest. It’s a constant reminder to me that I should never take anything for granted – not even the little things. It’s my battle scar showing others how hard I have fought for life.
Continue reading My Birmingham battle scar: How I fought for life →

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What Birmingham can learn from Ruben Studdard

May 24, 2017 David Sher 1 Comment

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest blogger is Willie Chriesman. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

It’s hard to believe but it’s been 14 years since Ruben Studdard beat Clay Aiken to win Season 2 of American Idol.

Studdard, known as the ‘Velvet Teddy Bear,’ was memorable for his ‘205’ printed t-shirts.

Yes, a charismatic young man who grew up singing in church choirs around Birmingham and played football for Huffman High was singing the praises of Birmingham on national TV…and we loved him for it. Continue reading What Birmingham can learn from Ruben Studdard →

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Birmingham: the next Homewood?

May 16, 2017 David Sher 8 Comments

The City of Birmingham could be the next Homewood.

Homewood is one of the most livable and popular cities in Alabama.

Young folks are flocking into Homewood.

Young folks also are flocking into Birmingham.

But Birmingham has a problem…
Continue reading Birmingham: the next Homewood? →

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Mtn. Brook man thunderstruck by fun and opportunities in Birmingham

May 9, 2017 David Sher 3 Comments

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest blogger is Nadav Raviv. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

Over the past few years, I have gone through a period of awakening.

I have been on many adventures and taken many different paths, and funny enough, I ended up right back where I began, but only in the physical sense.

My name is Nadav and I am a child of a wonderful family in Mountain Brook. Continue reading Mtn. Brook man thunderstruck by fun and opportunities in Birmingham →

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Birmingham about to disrupt babysitting world

April 26, 2017 David Sher 1 Comment

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest blogger is Tommy Mayfield . If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

Birmingham is known as the Magic City because it sprang into existence, as if by magic, in the years following the Civil War.

In many respects, the story of our city’s unlikely beginning mirrors my own, which began while I was practicing law at Maynard Cooper & Gale.

My wife Ginger and I had a crazy idea. Continue reading Birmingham about to disrupt babysitting world →

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Mountain Brook builds wall—demands Vestavia pay for it!

April 18, 2017 David Sher 6 Comments

Bridge along Jemison Trail in Mountain Brook

A good friend and I walk the Jemison Trail every week.

The Jemison Trail is a quiet peaceful path that winds along Shades Creek in Mountain Brook.

Recently we noticed a new walking bridge had been constructed along the trail.

I remarked that the bridge must have cost a lot of money. Continue reading Mountain Brook builds wall—demands Vestavia pay for it! →

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Was it worth spending $200 million on Birmingham’s airport?

April 12, 2017 David Sher 7 Comments

Al Denson, President and CEO of the Birmingham Airport Authority

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest blogger is Al Denson. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

You probably don’t remember how dilapidated our airport was.

The infrastructure was no longer able to accommodate what we needed in order to offer the public and our stakeholders a first class facility.

We desperately needed to beef up security.

And visitors to Birmingham probably thought they were arriving in a third world country.

Continue reading Was it worth spending $200 million on Birmingham’s airport? →

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Birmingham millennials: I have great news for you!

March 29, 2017 David Sher 1 Comment

Cindy Martin, Founder & President of Bham Now

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest blogger is Cindy Martin.

Editor’s note: WARNING: This piece is a shameless effort to suck up to Cindy Martin who invited me to speak at her BOLD Speakers’ Series on April 13^th. HINT: Please click on link for tickets .

There’s a gaping hole in our local media.

Sure, we have the established al.com and The Birmingham News.

Business people depend on the Birmingham Business Journal.

African-Americans lean on The Birmingham Times.

There are weeklies like Weld…and there are suburban newspapers like The Vestavia Voice and The Homewood Star.

But what about millennials? Continue reading Birmingham millennials: I have great news for you! →

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Is it okay for Chattanooga to beat us too?

March 14, 2017 David Sher 7 Comments

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest blogger is Scott Crawford . If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

Chattanooga used to be a sleepy, smelly, backward southern industrial town.

Not anymore.

Chattanooga has made one shrewd decision after another.

Chattanooga built a great Riverwalk, an amazing Aquarium, and it saved its historic train station. (Chattanooga Choo Choo) Continue reading Is it okay for Chattanooga to beat us too? →

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