Tag: business
Gaynelle Adams: The A.G. Gaston Conference–19 Years and Counting
By Gaynelle Adams Jackson
Co-founder AG Gaston Conference
In 2005 Robert Dickerson Jr., Executive Director of the Birmingham Business Resource Center and I co-founded and hosted...
Moses Feagin Elected Executive Vice President, CFO Alabama Power
alabamanewscenter.com
Moses Feagin has been elected executive vice president, chief financial officer (CFO) and treasurer of Alabama Power. The appointment is effective March 1.
Feagin will be...
Birmingham’s 1st Annual Black Male Summit Draws Top Area Leaders
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr stood before a group of nearly 100 Black men on Saturday at the...
Bessemer’s Bargain Town, Once Part of Large Chain, Closes Last Store...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Before Family Dollar and Dollar General, there was Bargain Town and its well-known jingle that was a soundtrack...
Bob Dickerson: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
By Robert Dickerson
We’ve heard the term closing the racial wealth gap throughout the past quarter century. Conversations and strategies to accomplish the feat have...
Birmingham Promise Accepting Applications for Students to Get Paid Internships
dcwins.com
Birmingham Promise has opened applications for next year’s seniors in Birmingham City Schools to compete for paid internships that are available at a range...
Business Owner Nykki Houston Turns Home Into Self-Care Mini Mall
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
For The Birmingham Times
Just outside of Birmingham, in the community of Clay, sits a home with a neatly groomed lawn that is...
Bob Dickerson: Nothing Happens Until Somebody Sells Something
By Bob Dickerson
Nothing happens until somebody sells something. Those were the words on a sign inside of Louis J. Willie’s office during my time...
K’la Inman’s Daughter Appeared in ‘Black Panther’ film; Then Came the...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
After her daughter, Sybella, was booked as an orphan in the blockbuster 2018 film Black Panther, K’la Inman was...
City of Birmingham Announces 12-Week Paid Parental Leave Policy
www.birminghamal.gov
In a letter to city employees this week, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin announced a 12-week paid parental leave policy.
Woodfin said the policy will be...
