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...]
Vestavia Hills City Council Approves Rezoning, Makes Way for Cahaba Heights Chick-fil-A
Despite multiple concerns voiced by Cahaba Heights community members, the Vestavia Hills City Council unanimously approved the rezoning of three land parcels along Crosshaven Road and Wall Street during its Feb. 25 meeting, making way for a new Chick-fil-A franchise. The proposed franchise location will be located at 3949 Crosshaven Drive, in a cleared lot between Zaxby’s and … [Read more...]
Vestavia to Recognize Community Leaders
On Feb. 26, Frank Hernandez of Regions Bank and Dr. Martin Heslin of the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB will be honored at Leadership Vestavia Hills’ annual Leadership Award Banquet. The community leadership organization will present Hernandez with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Heslin with the 2019 Distinguished Citizen Award.The father of two … [Read more...]
Back on Track: Homewood Hotel Plans Move Ahead After a Year of Delays
By Sam Prickett After close to a year of delays, construction of a boutique hotel in downtown Homewood is moving forward – albeit with a few changes from its developers’ original plans. The five-story, 129-room Valley Hotel is on track to open in late fall 2020 at the corner of 18th Street South and 28th Avenue South, the former location of Hatfield Auto and Little Professor … [Read more...]
Swimming With the Sharks: Mountain Brook Students Coached by Business Leaders to Develop and Pitch Product Ideas
By Sam Prickett David Windsor has his elevator pitch ready to go. “It’s a mobile party ready to be set up at hundreds, even thousands, of events each year,” he said, adopting the enthusiastic tone of a commercial spokesman. That’s how Windsor, along with fellow Mountain Brook High School students William O’Leary and Beck Corley, introduced their product, the Omni-Hitch, to … [Read more...]