Coming on the heels of last week’s YP Expo, there are two events going on in Birmingham’s city center this evening that are both demonstrating the interest and power of this ever emerging group of future leaders:
The YP Birmingham event is described in this Timetable post and it begins at 6 p.m.
The second event is [...]

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Our image of the new Ronald McDonald House is not nearly as cool as the image shown at this morning’s ONB Breakfast Briefing. It was taken about two months ago while the building was under construction. Yesterday it began service as the new home of the 5th oldest Ronald McDonald House worldwide (and it opened [...]

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The development of Birmingham’s midtown district was the focus of today’s ONB Breakfast Briefing. Today’s meeting focused on several new developments in the area, including the new Hyatt Place property to be located on the former Williams Cadillac site along 20th Street South. The image above shows Robert Simon from Corporate Realty talking about the [...]

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While many people are focusing on Lipscomb’s mayor using an impounded vehicle as his own (for city purposes of course), the more interesting story comes out of Pleasant Grove.
There they voted to add cats to the city’s leash law. Apparently there are a lot of cats roaming the streets of the Birmingham suburb. So it’s [...]

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If you have to make a stop to pick up a couple of items at the grocery today, consider making the trip out to Whole Foods to do it.
The Austin-TX based grocer selects a non-profit organization in each community it operates in once a quarter to receive 5% of one day store profits. The first [...]

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The American Red Cross Alabama and Central Gulf Coast region announced an emergency appeal period on Monday according to The Enterprise Ledger.
The appeal period will be in effect until the region’s blood inventory reaches a safe level.
According to the article, the American Red Cross supplies more than 100 hospitals in the region and is in [...]

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[ June 30, 2007; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Sift through vintage furniture, books, CDs, DVDs, vinyl, vintage clothes, art and antiques while checking out one of the hippest places in Birmingham.
The Bottletree is hosting its second annual rummage sale today. So unless it’s pouring rain, you need to go check it out. Actually, you need to go even if it is pouring rain. [...]

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