By Emily Williams-Robertshaw For Leigh Spencer, co-founder of Alabama Sawyer, the history behind Premo Factory’s building and its recent renewal presents a perfect metaphor. The factory, built in 1920, was set to be demolished but Chad Stogner and his team at Elegant Earth saw its potential and recycled the old building to create a modern factory that focuses on the … [Read more...]
Good Scoop: Unless U Scoops Support Adults With Special Needs While Scooping Up Ice Cream
By Emily Williams-Robertshaw Unless U opened an ice cream shop on its campus Aug. 6 staffed by and serving its special needs students. Unless U Scoops, with its wallpaper decorated using student drawings of whimsical ice cream in cones, bows and sundaes, serves Big Spoon Creamery products to the public at Unless U’s campus in Vestavia Hills. “Unless U Scoops is an ice cream … [Read more...]
Homeward Bound: GBHS Transport Program Seeks Volunteer Drivers for Life-Saving Road Trips
By Emily Williams-Robertshaw For the Greater Birmingham Humane Society, the “dog days of summer” not only bring high temperatures, but they also bring an influx of animal residents. Summertime is a precarious balance for the organization because animal intake is at its peak. “We’re basically bursting with animals,” GBHS Director of Marketing Lindsey Mays said. “Anything from … [Read more...]
‘Serve and Help’: Hoover Firefighters Support Responders at Florida Condo Collapse
By Rubin E. Grant Hoover firefighter Tory Rigsby has responded to a number of tragic incidents, but nothing compared to what he experienced earlier this month. Rigsby, a district captain, and Hoover Lt. Jeff Harris were part of a 14-member crew from fire departments across the nation that was deployed July 8 to the condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida. The crew are … [Read more...]
A Piece of Cake: Daughters Baking Set to Open New Storefront in Mountain Brook Village
By Emily Williams-Robertshaw Mallory Webb knew she wanted to one day own her own business, but she never envisioned in her youth that she would one day own a bakery. It wasn’t until she was well into her studies at Samford University that she found she had a knack for the pastry arts. “I hated science in school, but somehow I just connected with baking,” Webb said. Cut to … [Read more...]