By Donna Cornelius Google “trends for 2017,” and you’ll find a plethora of predictions for fashion, music, technology and other popular topics. That’s all well and good, but let’s focus on a more pressing concern: food. Eater.com recently posted an article called “Every Single Food Trend That’s Been Predicted for 2017.” The 81-item list starts with adaptogen supplements (no, … [Read more...]
A Fresh Start: Vestavia Hills Mom and Marketing VP Begins Her Journey to V2V
By Emily Williams Dana Stephens Travis – a Vestavia Hills resident, wife to a “super dad,” mother to three spunky kids and vice president of account services at blr | further – is on a mission to add another job to her full schedule: running. As the new year rolled around, Travis began a training sched- ule with Resolute Running in Homewood, where she has set a goal to run in … [Read more...]
Morgan’s Road: Developer Transformed Rocky Ridge Area
By Lee Davis The time was the mid-1960s. Lyndon B. Johnson was president of the United States, and the country was starting its final drive to put human footprints on the moon. About that same time, a Birmingham developer with a vision was putting his own footprints in a community by purchasing a dairy farm. The developer was Robert Morgan and the farm, called The Bearden … [Read more...]
Building for the Future: OTM Cities Launching Parks, Roads and Commercial Projects in 2017
By William C. Singleton III For Over the Mountain cities, 2017 brings with it new faces in government, new construction projects, new dilemmas to solve and new hopes. Three new mayors lead Hoover, Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills into the new year. Those mayors, as well as new council members, will get a heavy dose of life in city government as they try to fulfill the needs … [Read more...]
Tee Time: Adams Takes Reins of Rebel Program
By Lee Davis Sometimes Monterrious “Tee” Adams has to pinch himself to make sure he really is the wrestling coach of the Vestavia Hills Rebels. “Sometimes it’s a little surreal,” said Adams, when contacted last week, “when I walk through the hall of the school and see all those blue state championship trophies and understand that keeping all this going is my … [Read more...]