Billy Field Today’s guest columnist is Billy Field.
I first learned about reputation, at least the reputation of a state, in the summer following my 7th grade year, the summer of 1963.
My mother loaded up my sister, my half-blind grandfather (meaning he couldn’t help with the driving), me and my good friend Reid, and we set out across America in a 1961 straight-shift Rambler with a canvas cargo carrier on top, packed with a five-person tent, sleeping bags and fishing rods. Continue reading Are the ghosts of George and Bull keeping Alabama poor? →
David Fleming Today’s guest columnist is David Fleming.
Parking lots are dead spaces. Nothing we can construct sucks the life and vibrancy out of a place more than a parking lot.
Yet we cannot seem to live without parking. Views on parking dominate almost every issue related to downtown growth. We hear:
“There is not enough parking.” Continue reading Downtown Birmingham, Time for a parking revolution! →
Mountain Brook Board of Education By David Sher
Birmingham is unique in that a significant portion of its most educated and wealthy individuals live in one single adjacent suburb. Continue reading An idea the Mountain Brook Board of Education might want to consider →
Regions Field Sign (Mark Almond al.com) By David Sher
According to Birmingham Lede
Even the Birmingham Hoover Metropolitan area lost population.
How’s it possible to be located in the center of the Sunbelt, the fastest growing region in the U.S. and be shrinking? Continue reading The next logical step for our Birmingham region →
Don Erwin Today’s guest columnist is Don Erwin.
In the last thirty years Birmingham has lost one company after another.
There’s an old saying among economic developers that “It’s easier to keep an existing business than to find a new business to replace it.” Continue reading Hey Birmingham, it’s not people versus business here →
Robert Simon Today’s guest columnist is Robert Simon.
It’s remarkable how a single trip changed my life and likely the future of the city I love.
In 2004, I traveled with a cohort of about 100 business, community, and political leaders to Charlotte, North Carolina sponsored by the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce. Continue reading Two major projects among the largest in Birmingham history →
Janice Wilson Today’s guest columnist is Janice Wilson.
There is a popular Facebook group entitled, “You knew you grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, if :
It’s filled with fond memories and photos of such fun and happy places like Cascade Plunge, Kiddieland, and Joy Young.
Continue reading My childhood memories of Birmingham may be different than yours →
Ryan Hankins Today’s guest columnist is Ryan Hankins.
The purpose of expanding Medicaid is to provide access to medical care for a population of adults who don’t have employer-provided insurance and whose incomes are too low to qualify for a subsidy on the healthcare exchange.Continue reading Alabama paying the cost of Medicaid expansion but getting none of the benefits →
Chris Nanni Today’s guest columnist is Chris Nanni.
We see it every day – those hugely expensive MAX buses—trundling down the street carrying one or two passengers.
It looks like another example of our public dollars not being deployed in the most efficient manner. Continue reading Good-bye to empty MAX buses and hello to Birmingham On-Demand →
Charley Boswell (Photo courtesy Alabama Sports Hall of Fame) By David Sher.
This column is about one of the most amazing Birmingham men I ever met.
I’ve written columns in the past about crazy times at the old YMCA Fred Sington, Jr.
When I think about Charley Boswell, I get a smile in my heart and a tear in my eye. Continue reading Birmingham blind golfer shot three holes in one →
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