Category Archives: Alabama

Full Moon Wine & Cheese Hike, Ruffner Mountain Nature Center

Posted on July 31, 2007 | Leave a comment

Ruffner Moutain Nature Center invites you to come out to an ADULTS ONLY event (no pets please).
A UNIQUEly Birmingham social event. Easy to moderate hike to the overlook. View a fantastic sunset, enjoy great company & light refreshments. The full moon will make the evening a special occasion. Payment by check or cash on day of event. No credit or debit cards accepted. Please contact the office at (205) 833-8264 ext 4 for voicemail reservations or programs@ruffnermountain.org for email reservations.

Cost: $15 ( $10 Ruffner Member)

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Posted in 35206, Alabama, Birmingham, Nature, Timetable

Primitive Skills Workshop, Ruffner Mountain Nature Center

Posted on July 31, 2007 | Leave a comment

The folks at Ruffner Mountain Nature Center invite you out to “learn basic primitive techniques of shelter building, ID of wild edible plants,simple fire making, & other woodland survival skills from an edible plant expert, naturalist and outdoor enthusiast.” Plus you get a chance to explore one of the largest urban preserves in the Southeast. Please contact the center at (205) 833-8264 ext 4 for voicemail reservations or programs@ruffnermountain.org for email reservations.

Cost: $12 ($10 Ruffner member)

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Take a moment: Help Alabama receive books for low-income children

Posted on July 31, 2007 | Leave a comment

What Book Got You HookedIf you visit the First Books site today before 12 a.m., you’ll give children from low income families in our state a chance to receive 50,000 books for the state of Alabama. The folks in charge of the Vulcan After Tunes MySpace profile here in Birmingham posted a bulletin encouraging people to visit the site and vote today.

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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Education, Statewide, Take a moment

Regions Plaza to become Marriott Renaissance Hotel

Posted on July 30, 2007 | Leave a comment

Birmingham’s Harbert Realty Services announced today that the conversion of the 17-story Regions Plaza at 5th Avenue North and 20th Street in downtown Birmingham will be branded as a 225-room Marriott Renaissance hotel. We posted about the plans for the 4-diamond facility when they were announced in April.

The formal announcement comes after word that the $50 million project may receive city support in the form of $2.7 million in tax breaks and infrastructure improvements according to today’s Birmingham News Breaking News blog.

Check back as we update this posting.

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Posted in 35203, Alabama, Birmingham, Business

Sam Davidson’s in town tonight

Posted on July 30, 2007 | Leave a comment

Sam DavidsonSam Davidson is in town this evening at WorkPlay. According to the Remarkablog, he’ll be here in Birmingham beginning at 5 p.m. to meet and talk with folks (and hand out swag). Davidson is the president and co-founder of CoolPeopleCare and the creator of the Remarkablog. The blog focuses on telling stories about remarkable people, places and things. The site gives people great ideas to make a difference in five minutes or less everyday. They are one of the inspirations behind what we’d like to become here in the community: a way to find out what’s going on and how to do and not just say. We’re hoping that one or two of us will be able to show up later on in the evening.

We normally don’t just say “go,” but this is one you should consider.

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Posted in 35233, Alabama, Birmingham, blogging, Events

Random Shots: The folks on the bikes

Posted on July 27, 2007 | 2 comments

Bikes For Regions

If you’ve been out and about in metro Birmingham in recent days you may have run into this motley crew. They are part of Regions Bank’s latest marketing campaign, rolled out in conjunction with the visual merger between themselves and AmSouth Bank last week. Here the group takes a break near the Storyteller Fountain (which is still behind fencing due to recent conservation work).

Photo credit: Daniel Walters

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Posted in 35205, Alabama, Birmingham, Citywide, Random Shots

Election ’07: A call for questions

Posted on July 27, 2007 | 5 comments

Election Questions Request

Click here to submit your questions.

Click here to view the original request for questions.

Click here to learn why we’re doing it.

Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo

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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Election '07, The Terminal, update