By David Sher
When you read this column, you may think it’s about a successful entrepreneur selling his business and making a lot of money.
He did make a lot of money, but the real story is that this man plans to build multiple businesses that will create many much needed high paying jobs. Continue reading Local entrepreneur sells company for $1.2 billion—big win for Birmingham
By David Sher
Ever wonder what it would be like to have a goose that laid golden eggs?
You would feed that magic bird to get more and more golden eggs.
Currently, our Birmingham region is struggling to set a direction for our economic future. Continue reading What if Birmingham had a goose that laid golden eggs?
By David Sher
My wife and I just got back from a trip to Atlanta to visit our son and family.
Oh! The traffic.
Just shoot me!
Not even rush hour traffic—this was the weekend. Continue reading Birmingham ready to pounce on Atlanta’s vulnerability
Today’s guest columnist is John Lyda.
I have always wanted to attend a Magic City Classic football game between the Alabama A&M Bulldogs and the Alabama State Hornets, the state of Alabama’s two largest historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Year after year I’d find myself once again allowing the Classic weekend to come and go, telling myself, “I’ll go next year”. Continue reading Are ‘Over-the-Mountain’ Caucasians welcome to Magic City Classic?
Today’s guest columnist is Malcolm Carmichael.
My friend, Mike Buchanan, and I, both mature residents of suburbs south of the city, read the hype and wondered: what’s riding the Xpress really like?
Is it different from the existing bus service we’ve tried with limited success?
What will it accomplish? Continue reading Vestavia geezer stunned by Birmingham’s leap into 21st Century
By David Sher
I write this column on Tuesday, September 19th.
Tomorrow I will attend a Celebration of Life service for Albert Fox deFuniak, III, a man you may never have met, but who’s had a major impact on your life in Birmingham.
Fox deFuniak answered a question for me that I’ve always struggled with. Continue reading No more Fox in Birmingham hen house
Today’s guest columnist is Gordon G. Martin.
I love Birmingham!
But I feel we sometimes focus on our failures and forget to celebrate our victories.
How many of you have had an opportunity to visit Charlotte, North Carolina? Continue reading Birmingham may have lost historic Terminal Station, but…
By David Sher
This is the article I always wished to write, but didn’t know if it would ever be possible.
ComebackTown began publishing in February, 2012 with the sole purpose to begin a discussion about how to revitalize a struggling Birmingham. That’s why it was titled ‘ComebackTown.’ Continue reading All bets are off on Birmingham
By David Sher
I’ve written about my favorite restaurant (Joy Young) and the old Terminal Train Station.
Never did I expect that I would have a soft-spot in my heart for a department store. Continue reading Soft-spot in my heart for an old Birmingham department store
Today’s guest columnist is Daniel Coleman.
After returning home full-time in 2017, I began to invest in local companies, where I got to know many of our city’s entrepreneurs.
I also started teaching finance at Birmingham-Southern College. At 53 years old, I realized that I was a little rusty. So I decided that it was time for me to learn to program in Python as well as learn actuarial math. In December 2018, I became the 16th president of Birmingham-Southern. Continue reading Birmingham secret weapon on west side hilltop