By Rubin E. Grant When Addie Holden and Stella Yester traveled to New Jersey for the Association of Volleyball Professionals Beach Volleyball Nationals last month, their only goal was to do better than they had done in their previous national tournament. They finished a disappointing 33rd in the girls 16U competition in the AVP America Junior East Coast Championships last … [Read more...]
Tree’s Fall Y’all: Alabama Sawyer Creates Environmentally Sustainable Products
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...]
Alabama’s First Chick-fil-A to Relocate to Cahaba Heights After Nearly 47 Years at Brookwood Village
By Emily Williams-Robertshaw For more than four decades, Chick-fil-A Brookwood Village Mall has celebrated its birthday in August. But not this year. Franchise owner Jerry Cotney announced on Instagram last week that the location will be shutting down July 31, just days before its 47th anniversary. “We’re going to be closing in about two weeks, and that’s after … [Read more...]