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CyberKnife of Birmingham was introduced to The Magic City this morning at Brookwood Medical Center. The press conference for the advanced robotic radiosurgery device was held in its beautifully designed patient-friendly home on Brookwood’s campus. The independent treatment center is associated with Brookwood but open to any and all patients who would benefit from this advanced therapy.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, arrival, Birmingham, Brookwood, CyberKnife, Health, Medical, unveiling
Workers dig a trench along 21st Street & Second Ave. South on Wednesday morning as work begins on the CiTYViLLE BLOCK 121 mixed-use development on Birmingham’s Southside. City officials (including Mayor Langford) and the developer gathered later that afternoon for the ceremony. The development is slated to include 255 apartments and more than 21,000 square feet of retail space, both of which will undoubtedly lead to a transformation of that part of the city.
Check out the press release from the mayor’s office sent on Tuesday announcing the groundbreaking ceremony.
Photo: Bob Farley/f8Photo
Posted in Development
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Bob Farley, CiTYViLLE BLOCK 121, development, groundbreaking, information, mixed-use, photo, residential, southside
You’ve got one more weekend before Ruffner Mountain Nature Center closes its facilities temporarily to complete construction of their new Tree Top Visitors Center. They made the announcement via a press release earlier today that it will be closed beginning next week Monday, May 4, through June 15 so that the existing structure can be demolished and so that the parking lot can be resurfaced. According to reports, the trails will be reopened after June 15, though the new building will open late summer/early fall, the first of the three Parknership projects to be completed. However, construction has been well underway for some time.
I actually serve as the vice president for the center’s board of directors and was photographed in front of the new building on the day that windows were being installed for Birmingham Magazine‘s March edition. You may want to head over there this weekend and see how much has already been completed – albeit from a distance…
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, closing, construction, environmental, information, Nature, nature center, Parks, Ruffner Mountain, status, temporarily, temporary, Tree Top Visitors Center
Photo: André “3000” Benjamin and his son, Seven, in front of the Kendrick Memorial in Birmingham’s Historic 4th Avenue District. Vickii Howell/birminghamview.com
Among the parents sampling Birmingham’s civil rights history with 5th grade schoolchildren from Texas was a familiar face: André “3000” Benjamin.
Posted in The City
Tagged AL, Alabama, Andre 3000, Andre Benjamin, Birmingham, civil rights district, Erykah Badu, Larry Langford, photos, schoolchildren, Seven, tour
This morning during Mayor Langford’s comments to the Birmingham City Council in council chambers, he asked for two of the city’s upcoming capital projects to be named for two women who had served the city on the council. It took the Birmingham City Council less than 3 minutes to unanimously approve resolutions for both naming opportunities.
They approved naming the planned Five Points West athletic facility slated for Fair Park in honor of Miriam Witherspoon, the council president pro-tempore who passed away unexpectedly last week, and the intermodal transit facility for Nina Miglionico, the first woman ever elected to serve on the Council. Langford then reported that Miglionico is currently in the hospital. Miglionico’s name had been suggested before, in 1999, but it was withdrawn and never voted upon.
Photo: Bob Farley/f8Photo
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford looks over the city’s new natural gas powered Honda Civic yesterday at a press coinference in front of City Hall. The City of Birmingham announced Monday it will purchase 70 natural gas-fueled refuse and brush trucks. These new trucks will be the largest fleet of natural gas-fueled refuse trucks in the Southeast. By using natural gas-fueled refuse trucks, the city will be able to eliminate 220,000 gallons of diesel fuel usage each year.
Posted in environmental, The City
Tagged AL, Alabama, Alagasco, Birmingham, environmental, Honda Civic, Larry Langford, natural gas, photo, Random Shots
Photo: acnatta/Flickr.
There are currently 22 people enjoying a treat – at least in the world of social media. The Social Media Club Workshop is taking place at McWane Science Center today. Mack Collier, Ike Pigott, Scott Schablow and Social Media Club founder Chris Heuer are taking the attendees through a day of presentations and workshops that will help them develop a social media strategy for their business/organization. Don’t worry if you were not able to attend today’s workshop. Tonight there will be a Tweetup at xyz at Aloft Homewood SoHo Square (it’s starting at 6 p.m.).
Posted in Online
Tagged AL, Alabama, Aloft, Birmingham, Chris Heuer, Ike Pigott, Mack Collier, Scott Schablow, Social Media Club, SoHo, Tweetup
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