By Emily Williams The Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders will hold its second annual Fall Community Showcase featuring some of the best new home communities the greater Birmingham area has to offer. The event will take place over the course of two weekends, Oct. 10-11 and Oct. 17-18, and will stretch across the Birmingham area, taking visitors to communities from … [Read more...]
Back to Tomorrow: Old-World Hoover Community Boasts High-Tech Home
By Emily Williams Driving down the streets of The Preserve is like taking a step back to a time filled with white picket fences and pastel painted homes, but a step inside 451 Renaissance Drive is more like a step into the future. The home will be featured in the Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders’ Fall Community Showcase, but it’s not the home’s first appearance … [Read more...]
Spain Park Robotics Aiming to Be BEST
By Kaitlin Candelaria Robotics is no longer reserved for big laboratories and men in white coats. In fact, robotics clubs are popping up at local high schools all over the state. Spain Park High School is no stranger to a robotics club. Its BEST Robotics program has taken the best overall award at the local level for the past several years. The local Blazer BEST Robotics … [Read more...]
Greystone Elementary Joins Wee Can Fight Obesity
By Emily Williams Every time Greystone Elementary School’s physical education teachers go to the Summer Physical Education and Health Conference, they attend each of the three days of the program in the hopes of winning the equipment needed to participate in the Wee Can Fight Obesity program. Coach Rand Payton said he put Greystone Elementary in the drawing four times before … [Read more...]
Good Eats on the Go: Friends Team up to Provide Healthy Food for Busy Folks
By Donna Cornelius Even for those with the best of intentions, eating healthy isn’t always easy. The two women who own Nourish want to make it that way. Tiffany Vickers Davis and Mary Drennen started their food delivery company last November. Both are busy moms – and both are into nutritious eats. “Mary eats more ‘clean’ – vegetables, healthy grains,” Davis said. “I’m more … [Read more...]