When I was a young business person four major banks were headquartered in Birmingham: First National Bank, Birmingham Trust National Bank, Exchange Security Bank, and Central Bank. These banks eventually morphed into AmSouth, SouthTrust, Regions, and Compass.
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How Birmingham created a dozen millionaires and 200 new jobs
ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.
Today’s guest blogger is Bob Crutchfield. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.
Don’t you wish Birmingham had a Michael Dell like Austin Texas?
A Jeff Bezos like Seattle Washington?
Or a Sam Walton like Bentonville Arkansas? Continue reading How Birmingham created a dozen millionaires and 200 new jobs
Birmingham about to disrupt babysitting world
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