In case you hadn’t already heard, Birmingham, AL native and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed a 3-book, $2.5 million deal with Crown Publishing Group, the same folks who published then U.S. Senator Barack Obama’s The Audacity of Hope
Photo: Condoleezza Rice – World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2008. World Economic Forum/Flickr.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, book deal, Condi, Condoleezza Rice, Crown Publishers, details
I’ll admit I didn’t know what that term meant . until a recent consulting trip out to Colorado (and based on this, I may never get a chance to know). Now, it’s become one of the most popular terms associated with our national economic crisis. Now, Stimulus Watch you can track the progress of the $69 million dollars worth of projects that the city submitted for federal funding…
We thought you’d like that ability. Go ahead and share your votes and thoughts on the individual items. The website’s homepage provides more information about how you can do just that as well as why it exists.
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Tagged Alabama, Birmingham, capital projects, information, interactive, link, National, shovel ready, Stimulus Watch
Screenshot of Catalyst’s new website.
I couldn’t pass up a chance to plug Catalyst’s new website before we continue on this morning’s food kick. This evening they’ll officically launch their redesigned website with an event at Rojo featuring a performance by Matthew Mayfield and a remote by Live 100.5 FM. If you’ve got a moment, stop on by, especially since the first 75 that show up get free drink vouchers. If you get a chance, send us some photos from the event so we can share them with our readers… just saying…
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Catalyst, celebration, event, February 10, FM, free drinks, Hip to Be Civic, Live 100.5, Matthew Mayfield, membership drive, radio, relaunch, Rojo, website
Well, it’s not available on the City of Birmingham‘s website as last year’s is. You will find it over on BhamWiki. The guys over there painstakingly listened to Mayor Langford’s remarks and transcribed his words for everyone to see.
So don’t just hang out here, head on over there and check it out (though it is a fairly long read)! You could also check out the video of the mayor’s comments during the Birmingham City Council meeting on January 27.
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Tagged 2009, AL, Alabama, Birmingham, City Council, Larry Langford, State of the City Address, transcript
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford’s office sent out a release earlier today supporting the United States Postal Service’s request to potentially reduce mail delivery service to five days a week.
The mayor’s comments in the release favors the idea of eliminating Saturday mail, which is what most of us assume the USPS would be suggesting. However, they aren’t sure what day it’ll be if the request is granted by Congress.
It could be Tuesday for all we know…
Seriously.
Photo: courtesy of the United States Postal Service.
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Tagged 5-day service, AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Larry Langford, options, postal service, reduction of service, U.S.P.S., United States Postal Service
A call has been sent out to all artists, musicians, poets, prose, and liberal thinkers to “…relocate and create our own Art’s District here in the shadows of Birmingham.” The Keep East Lake Weird and East Lake Arts District movements have Yahoo Groups that have been in existence for at least the last year. Organizers are attempting to leverage the development of an artists community among the area’s 1920s era bungalows with the potential revitalization of the community’s downtown area – the blocks near 1st Avenue North and Oporto-Madrid Blvd.
Tagged AL, Alabama, arts, Birmingham, downtown, East Lake, East Lake Arts District, Keep East Lake Weird
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Fireworks at the BJCC yesterday
We’ve known for some time (well, some of us have) that Alabama State Representative Mary Moore has wanted City Council representation on the BJCC’s board. Well, yesterday she decided to make those comments again during the BJCC Board meeting and had some words with the city’s current representation on the board, Mayor Larry Langford. Apparently, a lot of words.
I’ve got some words about the situation of my own today over on My Birmingham.
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Tagged Alabama, Birmingham, BJCC, board meeting, City Council, Commentary, Larry Langford, Mary Moore, meeting, representation, State Legislature, words