By Sam Prickett Spring is a peak season for the real estate market, and for prospective homebuyers, the search for the right house can be overwhelming – particularly when deciding whether the surrounding neighborhood is the right fit. For this issue, we’re highlighting four of the most in-demand Over the Mountain neighborhoods – one each from Homewood, Vestavia Hills, … [Read more...]
Where There’s a Till, There’s a Way: Cahaba Heights Couple Launches Local Produce Delivery Service Over the Mountain
By Emily WilliamsIf the first year of marriage is the hardest and starting your own business is like riding a roller coaster, combining the two milestones could seem as bad an idea as chewing tobacco on a tilt-a-whirl á la the opening scene of “The Sandlot.”The opposite has been the case for Will and Hayley DeShazo of Cahaba Heights, who have spent a large portion of … [Read more...]
Awaiting the Avalanche: UAB Launches New Program to Treat Adolescent Victims of Human Trafficking
By Emily WilliamsThere is a silent and sinister industry at work from the farthest reaches of the globe to our own backyard, generating an estimated $150 billion a year, according to data provided by the University of Alabama at Birmingham.The human trafficking industry relies on the enslavement of about 24.9 million victims at any given time, and 40 percent of its work … [Read more...]
The Bagel Tradition: Homewood Couple Turn Hobby Into a Growing Business
By Ingrid HowardOn top of having three kids and one more on the way, Joe and Ginny Leavens are lawyers by day, bagel bakers at night.“We divide and conquer,” Ginny said. “It’s a two-person process to prepare the bagels, shape them and get them ready, but the baking and the seeding in the mornings can usually be done by one of us. And the other one will get the kids off … [Read more...]
Auburn Coach Being Honored During Tee It Up Fore Life
Auburn University mens basketball coach Bruce Pearl has been named honoree for this year’s Tee It Up Fore Life event.The American Cancer Society event is presented by Medical Properties Trust and will be June 10 at Old Overton Club in Vestavia Hills.“We are extremely excited that coach Pearl will serve as the honoree for this year’s Tee It Up Fore Life event,” said … [Read more...]