There are only a few of us that even knew that Creative Loafing, Inc. was a minority owner of one of our local alternatives, Birmingham Weekly, before Tuesday’s report in the Birmingham Business Journal. While “The Loaf” prepares to go through (and hopefully successfully emerge from) Chapter 11 bankruptcy, The Weekly let us know that it’s going to be business as usual and that it should not be affected. If they follow the lead of CL though, we’ll begin to see a migration to an online product in the near future.
Tag Archives: Alabama
The Weekly’s going to be fine
Posted in Media
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham Weekly, Business, Creative Loafing, publication
Birmingham ranks as a sports-obsessed city
That really shouldn’t come as a big surprise to most folks here in Birmingham, AL. We tied with seven other cities for the honor of the 4th most sports obsessed city in the United States. The other folks with that honor of having 62% of their residents as “very interested” in sports according to the Nielsen report: Green Bay/Appleton, WI; Providence/New Bedford, RI; Denver, CO; Rochester, NY; Louisville, KY; Cleveland/Akron, OH; and San Antonio, TX.
So who’s #1? Well, 66% of Columbus, Ohio’s residents are rabid sports fans apparently.
Birmingham’s curfew crackdown starts today
Birmingham’s revised city-wide curfew goes into effect today. The changes in punishment were recommended by Mayor Larry Langford, in order to address recent crimes involving teenagers. Under the new law, all minors 17 years old and younger must not be on city streets between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays or between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekends. First time offenders will be subject to a fine of $500. Repeat violators must appear in court and subject to higher fines, possible jail time or community service for themselves and their parents. Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Alabama, Birmingham, birmingham curfew, Crime, curfew, teenager, teens
UPDATE: Scrollworks needs our help
UPDATE: 10.1.2008, 6:15 p.m. Good news…
UPDATE: 10.1.2008, 4 p.m., We’ve received word that things may be getting worked out. We’d still encourage anyone who can to attend Saturday’s performance.
Scrollworks needs our help with regards to this weekend’s planned performance and educational session by Barrage. There’s a chance that it may not be able to happen. Find out more over on my Birmingham.
A Community Agreement is ready for Birmingham
“We the People, in order to form a more perfect school system…” Those are the words that introduce readers to the Community Agreement developed through the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham‘s Yes We Can! Birmingham campaign as the result of months of Community Conversations allowing input from residents across the city’s 99 neighborhoods about what they wanted to see for our school system’s children. Approximately 1,800 people participated in the conversations, focused on the following two questions: What kind of community do you envision for the future? and What kind of schools do we need to get us there?
The agreement was unveiled at a gathering held at Vulcan Park this past Saturday morning. It is available as a PDF for you to review and download.
Posted in Education
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, community agreement, document, Education, file download, schools, wrap-up, Yes We Can! Birmingham
A rally for green jobs
Photo: Courtesy of Alabama Environmental Council.
This weekend dozens of people gathered in front of the Alabama Environmental Council‘s (AEC) Recycling Center downtown to do their part in showing our government and our Presidential candidates that they were ready for the country to focus on the creation of green jobs in support of a green economy. The gathering was part of Green Jobs Now – A Day To Build The New Economy, one of the largest days of citizen action focusing on economic issues and global warming in our nation’s history.
Posted in environmental
Tagged Alabama, Alabama Environmental Council, Birmingham, event, Green Jobs Now, photo, recycling, recycling center
