The nation’s first black woman to serve as secretary of state spoke of the importance of that role to members of the Economic Club of New York last night. Condoleezza Rice made her remarks to members of the 107-year old non-partisan public affairs forum as their guest of honor during their Centennial Celebration Dinner. Continue reading
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Ban fireworks during the drought? Smoot suggests it
Sheila Smoot is suggesting that the County Commission ban the sale of fireworks during the drought, which was officially designated as being in stage 3 this morning.
This Birmingham News breaking news blog post has more information.
Definitely something to consider; we’re just wondering what happens to city celebrations as we get closer to July 4th?
Posted in 2007 Drought, Birmingham, News
Water Works formally announces Stage 3
The Birmingham Water Works formally announced Stage 3 drought restrictions this morning during a news conference. The information posted yesterday is accurate; the links have been activated on the BWW site.
That post provides additional information about the restrictions and additional rules. Note that individual cities in the area may impose stricter regulations.
Posted in 2007 Drought, Birmingham, News, Regionwide
United Way announces pacesetter campaign goal
The United Way of Central Alabama announced its goal for the annual pacesetter campaign on Tuesday afternoon at B&A Warehouse.
The goal set for this summer by UWCA and their corporate partners is $7.75 million, $500,000 more than last year’s goal (the total raised in 2006 was $8.1 million). Continue reading
Posted in Birmingham, Community, News, Regionwide
UPDATE: Water Works to announce Stage 3, will apply surcharges
6.7.2007 – Stage 3 announcement has been reposted on BWW website. All links are now active.
UPDATE: It appears as though the warning has been removed from the site as quickly as it appeared. We did save a PDF of the page using the site’s print function, (just in case) though it would be safe to assume that the warning may have been released earlier than intended.
4:37 p.m.;It appears that they will be making the formal announcement sometime tomorrow (Thursday). We will assume that at that time, either these links will be reactivated or new links will be created on the site. We will update this post accordingly and provide new information as it becomes available.
The Birmingham Water Works, serving much of the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area, has announced that the region served is now in Stage 3 of its drought management plan.
All watering guidelines that were in place during Stage 2 are now mandatory with violators facing penalties.
The Water Works site has the guidelines posted as part of the release, though the surcharges are not. Let’s hope it doesn’t get much worse before it gets better.
Posted in 2007 Drought, Birmingham, News, Regionwide
#1 for long term economic growth
Birmingham, Alabama has been ranked as the #1 city for economic vitality out of the top 100 metropolitan areas. Those are the findings from a recent BizJournals survey that reviewed the per capita income for those areas over the last 25 years. The report was published online on Tuesday.
The study shows that the city’s active diversification of its industry during the 25-year period aided greatly in achieving the improved results. The site provides links to the methodology used as well as the rankings of the other 99 metro areas.
Posted in Business, News, Regionwide
Just a reminder…
VOTE! There’s always lunchtime today, or after work, but get out there and make sure your voice is heard!
If you’re wondering just what you’re voting on, our first editorial over at My Birmingham includes links and details about the two amendments in question.
Happy voting!
Posted in News, Regionwide
