By Ana Good Vestavia Hills residents are one step closer to heading to the polls May 9 to vote on a proposed tax increase aimed at funding area school improvements. The Alabama Senate on March 23 voted in favor of Senate Bill 63, which would authorize the city of Vestavia Hills to hold a special election on a 9.8-mill property tax increase. SB63 is now with … [Read more...]
Red Diamond Head Leading the National Tea Association
Red Diamond Coffee and Tea President and CEO Bill Bowron has been elected to serve as chairman of the Tea Association of the United States for the 2022-2024 term. Bowron, of Mountain Brook, previously served the association twice as chairman (1999-2000 and 2014–2017), according to a statement from Red Diamond. He has served as a board member for a total of 18 … [Read more...]
Vulcan Park to Get New Leader: As Negrotto Steps Down, Cardona to Move From Museum Operations to President and CEO
The president and chief executive officer of Vulcan Park Foundation, Darlene Negrotto, is retiring at the end of the month. The foundation board of directors has appointed Cynthia Cardona, currently director of museum operations, to succeed her as president and chief executive officer as of April 1, according to a statement from the foundation. She also will join the … [Read more...]
‘Historic Opportunity for Improvement’ Redevelopment: Talks for Old Days Inn Property Promise New Gateway to Vestavia Hills
By Ana GoodThe southernmost gateway into the city of Vestavia Hills is on its way to receiving a major facelift. Vestavia Hills residents, elected officials and prospective developers gathered at the Civic Center last Thursday for a recap of a multi-day planning session centered on the redevelopment of the former Days Inn property at 1485 Montgomery … [Read more...]
‘Bringing People Together’: LJCC Appoints Brooke Bowles Executive Director
By Anne RuisiYou could say it was serendipity that led Brooke Bowles to the Levite Jewish Community Center.In November 2021, Bowles was the volunteer director of Full Circle, a nonprofit boutique with secondhand women’s clothing housed at the LJCC. She was spending a lot of weekends at the boutique and one weekend got to spend some time with the then-executive … [Read more...]