By Keysha DrexelJournal editorVisitors to Birmingham Home & Garden magazine’s Inspiration Home Tour this year will not only get a chance to get ideas from some of the Over the Mountain and Birmingham metro areas’ top retailers and manufacturers, they will also be able to do some shopping.The magazine selected a two-story home in The Preserve neighborhood in … [Read more...]
Lights, Camera, Transaction
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorFilm crews from a MSNBC business show interviewed shop owners in Mountain Brook recently for an upcoming episode aimed at giving other communities ideas about how to best encourage “shop local” initiatives.The crew from “Your Business” started out at Continental Bakery in English Village on the morning of Oct. 18 and wrapped up … [Read more...]
Room to Grow
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorWhen she and her business partner were approached to design a room for this year’s Inspiration Home Tour, Emily Rhodes said she immediately knew how they would go about putting together a nursery for the Birmingham Home & Garden magazine-hosted event.Rhodes, who co-owns Swaddle in Homewood with Marisa Mitchell, said she took … [Read more...]
A Life in Service
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorFor retired Navy Rear Adm. Jack Natter, Veterans Day is more than just one day out of the year to thank military veterans for their service to the country.“Sometimes saying thank you can be kind of shallow,” the 75-year-old Hoover City Councilman and former deputy commander of the U.S. Navy forces, said. “Do you really mean it when … [Read more...]
Burton Named Citizen of the Year by March of Dimes
A Mountain Brook resident will be honored in November as the March of Dimes 2014 Alabama Citizen of the Year.Rob Burton, president of Hoar Construction, LLC will be honored with the award at the 20th annual March of Dimes Alabama Citizen of the Year Testimonial Reception on Nov. 11 at The Club in Homewood.The March of Dimes Alabama Citizen of the Year honors an … [Read more...]