" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"] By Ingrid Schnader Bell Center children, parents, staff and members of the junior board and board of directors dug their shovels into the ground on July 25 to celebrate the new Bell Center facility. Construction on the 18,000-square-foot facility that serves children with special … [Read more...]
Revis, Patriots Sound Optimistic Chord About Volleyball Season
By Rubin E. Grant Homewood volleyball players aren’t exactly sure how to address their second-year head coach. That’s because Krimson White married fellow Homewood alum Hunter Revis in January and took his last name. “We’re used to calling her coach K,” said senior middle hitter Alejandra Loo. “That’s what we called her when she started working with the staff as an assistant … [Read more...]
Homewood Council Rejects Proposed Development
By Ingrid Schnader Homewood City Council shot down a proposal from Kadco Homes at a Council meeting July 23 that would have turned a 2-acre property into a 12-home subdivision. The proposed subdivision, which would be called Edgewood Manor, is located in Homewood’s Neighborhood Preservation District at the corner of Saulter Road and Carr Avenue. To fit 12 homes on the … [Read more...]
Room to Grow: Bell Center Breaks Ground on New Facility on Old Property
By Emily WilliamsThe building that used to house The Bell Center for Early Intervention has been reduced to a pile of earth and rubble, and a new center will rise from the dust in the next year.Officials with The Bell Center and Brasfield & Gorrie, center volunteers and community supporters were to gather July 25 on a now-empty lot in Homewood to … [Read more...]
From Farms to Neighborhoods: Three Over the Mountain Markets Promote Local Food, Community Connections
By Donna Cornelius There’s always a crowd at the Market at Pepper Place, which on summer Saturdays fills several streets in downtown Birmingham. Vendors come to the sprawling farmers market from all over Alabama to sell their fruits, vegetables, cheeses, eggs, baked goods and other fresh-off-the-farm products. But plenty of good things can be found at smaller farmers … [Read more...]