This week’s guest columnist is Tom Spencer.
This month, the Jefferson County Greenways Commission is launching a national search for a superintendent to lead the development of a system of large-acreage public parks, bringing together Red Mountain Park, Ruffner Mountain, and Turkey Creek Nature Preserve. Continue reading New partnership marks stunning victory for our parks
Today’s guest columnist is Bryson Stephens.
(Illustrations below show what is possible for our Red Mountain Cut)
On a chilly winter day in 2015, my 11-year-old daughter and I climbed the eastern wall of the Cut in Red Mountain.
A few months prior, a businessperson had told me that the Cut “looked like crap.” The last time I had physically been there was on an elementary school field trip in the early ‘80s, so I wanted to see it for myself. And it seemed like a good father-daughter excursion. Continue reading A one-of-a-kind world-class asset could change the face of Birmingham
By David Sher
While in school in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s I worked in my dad’s retail store in downtown Birmingham summers and weekends.
We were a small family business so mom worked there also.
We couldn’t all go to lunch at the same time so I usually went with one of my parents. Continue reading My mama loved this Birmingham restaurant
Today’s guest columnist is Claire Le Clech.
Bonjour!
I am Claire Le Clech, a French law student from Paris who spent two months in Birmingham for an internship with a Judge-Judge Patricia Stephens at the Domestic Relations Court-and I want to share with you a little bit about my experience. Continue reading French gal’s love affair with Birmingham
By David Sher
I don’t get the logic.
I read the headlines and excuses, but they make no sense.
Read this recent headline.
“Pelham raises sales tax for the first time since 2013” Continue reading Pelham, Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook flimsy excuse to raise taxes
Today’s guest columnist is Don Erwin.
In Alabama, we love winning the economic development megaprojects: Mercedes, Airbus, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda-Toyota.
The list is long, and each has brought thousands of new jobs.
What if the Birmingham metro could win a 68,000-job megaproject? Continue reading Birmingham’s 68,000-Job Megaproject
By David Sher
I’m going to talk about Alabama’s license plate codes to belly-ache about our Birmingham regions lack of growth.
When I was a child traveling out of state and I saw an Alabama license plate beginning with the number 1, I would proudly proclaim to my family that the folks in that car were from Birmingham, and I would think to myself: Birmingham, the #1 city in Alabama.
Continue reading Is Jefferson County about to lose #1 license plate?
Today’s guest columnist is Bill Ryan.
Birmingham, you convinced me and my team!
Our group evaluated sites for our national games and Birmingham, in an 11th hour pitch, catapulted to the top of our list and joined renowned event cities like Houston, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis and Cleveland. Continue reading You won’t believe what kind of games are coming to Birmingham
By David Sher
A couple of weeks ago my wife went on a long walk starting and ending in Crestline Village.
She and a friend walk every Sunday and have done so for years.
Unfortunately, on that particular day the temperature was 95º with 80% humidity. Continue reading We must not overlook Birmingham’s biggest blessing
Today’s guest columnist is John Northrop.
Everett Dirksen, the Senate floor leader in the’50’s and 60’s was once quoted, “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.”
We’re in the process of potentially investing $5 billion in our Birmingham region.
With that kind of money at stake we need to take a pause and consider a more transformative option. Continue reading Not best way to spend $5 Billion on Birmingham