Birmingham Restaurant Week and Birmingham Originals announced the launch of Bham Nom Nom on March 31, a website dedicated to promoting Birmingham-metro restaurants amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The website features a directory of independently owned restaurants, listing each restaurant's website and to-go or delivery food and alcohol capabilities. There is also a listing of … [Read more...]
Program Offers Seniors Contact to Combat Isolation During the COVID-19 Lockdown
Always Best Care Senior Services has begun a program to check in on Birmingham seniors and disabled adults through its telephone reassurance program Always In Touch. Always In Touch is a free program and offers daily check-ins or weekly socialization calls, giving seniors and disabled adults some companionship and a sense of security while they are homebound during the … [Read more...]
Former Trinity Medical Center Site to Become Multi-Use Arbor Terrace Development
Birmingham Metro LLC announced the development of a new multi-use campus, Arbor Terrace, at the former Trinity/Baptist Montclair Medical Center site on Monday, March 30. Construction on the site is estimated to begin in the fall of 2020. “Arbor Terrace” will span 75 acres, extending along Montclair Road from Dan Hudson Dr. S. to 52nd St. S., and will be the home for a … [Read more...]
Birmingham Improv Theatre Launches Virtual Improv Performances
Last night, Positively Funny and the Birmingham Improv Theatre launched their “new normal” - performing live shows to a virtual audience. The theatre’s improvisational comedy troupe each performed from their own homes in a new show “Twitching to Laugh.” Viewers tuned in to the performance via the new BIT Twitch channel. Shortly after celebrating its one year anniversary, … [Read more...]
Vestavia Hills Student Tests Positive for COVID-19
Vestavia Hills High School parents and students were notified yesterday that one of the school's students has tested positive for COVID-19. The student was exposed to the virus last week, after the closure of schools, according to the Jefferson County Department of Health. "Vestavia Hills City Schools will remain closed next week," Freeman said, in a letter to the … [Read more...]