There may be a correlation between two reports released in recent weeks looking at Birmingham, AL and our metro area’s level of fitness – but it’s not like folks aren’t already trying to fix the problem.
Entries Tagged as 'metro'
A city dangerous for pedestrians + ranked among least fit?
May 31st, 2011 · Comments Off · Health
Tags:american fitness index·Birmingham·commute·cycling·fitness·Health·Hoover·information·metro·pedestrian·poor·ranking·report·safety
There’s a push for a Trader Joe’s
March 11th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Online
Residents in metro Birmingham are voicing their desire to get a Trader Joe’s in the area – soon!
Tags:AL·Alabama·Birmingham·desire·Facebook·group·information·location·metro·push·store·Trader Joe's
It’s time to eat some pancakes
February 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Take a moment
Here’s some more information about National Pancake Day 2009, including locations for the metro Birmingham, AL area.
Tags:AL·Alabama·Birmingham·Children's Hospital·Children's Miracle Network·food·fund raiser·IHOP·information·locations·metro·National Pancake Day
The train knocked out the cable… seriously
February 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · Quirky
We finally have a reason for that Charter service outage last night in metro Birmingham…
Tags:AL·Alabama·Birmingham·cable·cause·Charter·collision·disruption·internet·metro·Montevallo·reason·service·train
Metro Birmingham thinks “green” collectively
January 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments · environmental, politics
Elected officials from throughout metro Birmingham announced the formation of the Alabama Green Initiative (AGI) on Friday. AGI is, according to Friday’s press release, “a non-profit organization created to assist the municipalities of the metro Birmingham area in applying for and receiving green-only and stimulus grant monies from President Barack Obama’s upcoming stimulus package.” It could [...]
Tags:AGI·Alabama·Alabama Green Initiative·announcement·Birmingham·examples·green initiative·Hoover·Larry Langford·metro·projects·Tony Petelos
