Janurary 22, 2026

By

Birmingham Times

-

January 26, 2026

0

Birmingham, Alabama, USA downtown city skyline. — By multiple measures, the Birmingham area has seen dramatic declines in unemployment since the pandemic. (Adobe Stock)

_____________________________

EMPLOYMENT

____________________________

Assistant Ticketing Manager

BJCC, is recruiting for a 1) Guest Service Ambassador, 2) Assistant Ticketing Manager and 3) Setup Supervisor for information & to apply visit https://www.bjcc.org/jobs/ or send resume to careers@bjcc.org /fax resume 205-458-8530.

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

Assistant Director of Finance

BJCC, is recruiting for a 1) Assistant Director of Finance for information & to apply visit https://www.bjcc.org/jobs/ or send resume to careers@bjcc.org /fax resume 205-458-8530.

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

Utility Coordinator

BJCC, is recruiting for a 1) Utility Coordinator for information & to apply visit https://www.bjcc.org/jobs/ or send resume to careers@bjcc.org /fax resume 205-458-8530.

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

Guest Experience Coordinator Part Time

BJCC, is recruiting for a 1) Guest Experience Coordinator Part Time, for information & to apply visit https://www.bjcc.org/jobs/ or send resume to careers@bjcc.org /fax resume 205-458-8530.

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

Athletic Turf Assistant Manager

BJCC, is recruiting for a 1) Athletic Turf Assistant Manager, for information & to apply visit https://www.bjcc.org/jobs/ or send resume to careers@bjcc.org /fax resume 205-458-8530.

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

FOOD PREP WORKER

Boston Fish and Wings seeks Food Preparation Worker in Birmingham, AL.

No education required. One month of training is required.

Responsible for preparing food items for line cooks, including cutting, seasoning, and cooking wings and fish. Duties include following recipes, ensuring food safety standards, maintaining a clean work area, and assisting with inventory and kitchen tasks.

Fluency in Arabic, both written and spoken, preferred in Yemeni dialect.

Annual salary: $25,126.00.

Send resume to: 144boston.fish.wings@gmail.com

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

LEGAL

______________________________

CASE NO. CV-2025-904894.00

NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: JESSICA DENISE EVANS, LASHARRTA EVANS, ROSA LEE EVANS, JENNIFER IVY, PATRICIA ROXANNE MCCOY, ROGER W. MCCOY, AND WILLIAM JAMES MCCOY, as heirs of ELLAWEED EVANS MCCOY; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ELLAWEED EVANS MCCOY; KATHLEEN R. PEYTON AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF KATHLEEN R. PEYTON; V. BAXTER AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF V. BAXTER; COURTNEY GUFFIN, as heir of JULIAN W. GUFFIN; S & S LTD.; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; and any and all other unknown heirs, claimants or interested parties claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described herein,

TAKE NOTICE that on November 10, 2025, the Birmingham Land Bank Authority filed the above-styled Complaint, and the Land Bank asserts that it has recorded notice of a pending quiet title and foreclosure action in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama concerning the rights and/or interests in the following real property:

Property Address: 2212 14^th Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35234

Tax Parcel ID No.: 01-22-00-25-2-030-018.000

Legal Description: Lot 4, in Block 1, according to Sudduth Realty Company’s Resurvey of Block 667 Birmingham, as recorded in Map Book 13, Page 63, in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama, situated in Jefferson County, Alabama (It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument No. 2017106679 as follows: LOT 4 BLK 1 SUDDUTH RLTY COS SUB OF BLK 667 BHM)

ANY PERSON WITH A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE PROPERTY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THEY MAY LOSE SUCH INTEREST, IF ANY, AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED QUIET TITLE AND FORECLOSURE ACTION. The final hearing on this quiet title and foreclosure action is hereby set for March 12, 2026, in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 10:00 A.M. The judgment of the Court may result in title to the property vesting in the Birmingham Land Bank Authority. Any person who proves to the Court’s satisfaction a right to redeem the property pursuant to Alabama Code §§ 40-10-73 (1975) et seq. or Alabama Code §§ 40-10-83 (1975) et seq. may redeem the property pursuant to those statutes within five (5) days after the appropriate Order on Final Hearing is issued. FAILURE TO REDEEM THE PROPERTY AND PRESENT PROOF OF REDEMPTION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT WITHIN THE 5-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.

The address of the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is City Hall, 710 North 20^th St., Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Cherokee W. Wooley, Law Offices of Thomas J. Skinner, IV, LLC, at (205) 802-2545.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the undersigned Clerk of Court that publication of this notice be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Birmingham Times, a newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, and that all persons to whom this notice is addressed and any and all persons claiming any title to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance on the above-described land or any part thereof are hereby directed to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this cause before the hearing date or a judgment by default may be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION

LEGAL NOTICE

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given

that Acton Flooring, Inc Contractor, has completed the Contract for Renovation of Library flooring replacement for Moody Elementary, Moody Middle, Moody High, St. Clair High, Margaret Elementary, Springville Elementary, Springville Middle, Springville High, Steele Elementary, Ragland High, and Ashville High Schools at 12 location within St. Clair County Limits for the State of Alabama and the (County) (City) of St. Clair County Owner(s), and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Lathan Associates Architects, P.C. 300 Chase Park South, Suite 200; Hoover, Al 35244.

Acton Flooring , Inc

(Contractor)

______7324 Parkway Drive,

Leeds Al, 35094

(Business Address)

BT1/22/2025

_____________________________

ADVERTISEMENT OF COMPLETION

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that P & M Mechanical, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Miscellaneous Kitchen Renovation to Donaldson Correctional Facility, Bessemer, Alabama, DCM Project #2024082, for the Alabama Department of Corrections, located at 301 S. Ripely Street, Montgomery, AL 36130, and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise, in connection with this project, should immediately contact Goodwyn, Mills, Cawood, LLC at 2660 East Chase Lane, Suite 200, Montgomery, AL 36117.

P & M Mechanical, Inc.

325 Carson Road North

Birmingham, AL35215

BT1/22/2025

_____________________________

FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION LEGAL NOTICE

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that

Contractor, has completed the Contract for (Construction) (Renovation) (Alteration) (Equipment)

(Improvement) of (Name of Project)

Columbiana Drainage Improvements

Columbiana

for the State of Alabama and the. City

have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify

(Architect)

Southeastern Sealcoating (Contractor)

1330 Adamsville Industrial Parkway

(Business Address)

BT1/22/2025

_____________________________

ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION

LEGAL NOTICE

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given

that K &A Builders, Inc Contractor, has completed the Contract for Construction of New Outdoor Concrete Slabs for Huffman High School and Parker High School at 950 Springville Rd, Birmingham, AL 35215 and 400 Reverand Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd, Birmingham , AL 35204for the State of Alabama and the (County) of Jefferson County Owner(s), and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Lathan Associates Architects, P.C. 300 Chase Park South, Suite 200; Hoover, Al 35244.

K&A Builders, Inc

(Contractor)

___2601 Kaulton Rd.

Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

(Business Address)

BT1/22/2025

_____________________________

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TENNESSEE AT CLARKSVILLE

NON-RESIDENT NOTICE

CASE NUMBER: CC-22-CV-2217

IN RE: CLINTON ALAN HARPER vs. ALLISYN BRIANNA HARPER

You are ordered to appear and defend an action filed against you entitled CLINTON ALAN HARPER vs. ALLISYN BRIANNA HARPER which has been filed in Circuit Court, Montgomery County, Tennessee, and your defense must be made within thirty (30) days from the date of the last publication of this notice, which shall be published for four (4) consecutive weeks in The Birmingham Times and send a copy to the plaintiffs’ attorney at the address listed below. In case of your failure to defend this action by the above date, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

Ordered 09/19/2025, by Judge Joel Wallace Attorney for Plaintiff

Amy C. Bates

412 Franklin Street

Clarksville, TN 37040

931-919-5060

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

ADVERTISMENT FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO RECEIVE BIDS FROM PRE-QUALIFIED BIDDERS

PRE-QUALIFICATIONS PROPOSALS will be received via mail or email, on behalf of the Owner, the Jefferson County Commission, by BDG Architects at 2308 1st Ave S, Suite 304, Birmingham, AL 35233 for the below referenced project until noon Central Standard Time on Thursday February 5th, 2026, after which no further applications will be considered. The pre- qualiﬁcation procedure is intended to identify responsible and competent bidders relative to the requirements of the Project. Each prospective bidder will be notiﬁed of the results of the pre-qualiﬁcation on Thursday February 19th, 2026. Pre-qualiﬁcation proposal requirements may be obtained from the Architect by request via email to bids@bdgllp.com. The Owner will be prequalifying the following categories of trades: Prime General Contractors, Electrical Sub-Contractors, Mechanical Sub-Contractors, Fire-Protection Sub- Contractors, and Audio-Visual Contractors. Each Contractor must have proven experience in their Line of Work.

Within the bounds of good faith, the Jefferson County Commission on advice from General Services retains the right to determine whether a Contractor has met pre-qualiﬁcation procedures and criteria. Only General Contractors who have been approved to bid pursuant to pre-qualiﬁcation procedures and criteria established by the Owner will be eligible to bid for the Project. Written pre-qualiﬁcation procedures and criteria are available for review at the office of the Architect or by email listed above. All bidders must be licensed under the provisions of Title 34, Chapter 8, Code of Alabama, 1975. Construction Contracts shall be awarded only to a Prime General Contractor, licensed by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors, as required by Title 34, Chapter 8, Code of Alabama. Construction Contracts in excess of $100,000 shall be awarded only to Contractors licensed as required by the 1978 Code of Alabama, Title 34, Chapter 8 as amended. Bidders must be “responsible “in accordance with criteria in the Bid Documents and as stipulated by Title 39- 2-3-( e ) of the Code of Alabama.

JEFFERSON COUNTY 2121 BUILDING INTERIOR RENOVATION – PHASE III

The scope of Work is renovations to one Group B, Type IA building. The project will occur in one phase. The scope of Work is an approximately 11,700sf interior office renovation of existing occupied office space on the 9th ﬂoor, an approximately 2,900sf interior office renovation of existing occupied office space on the 10th ﬂoor, RACM abatement & window replacements on both ﬂoors, and audio-visual systems upgrades on the 2nd ﬂoor; located at the 2121 Building, 2121 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Blvd. Spaces may be unoccupied during construction. Required trades under General Contractor’s Work will include but not

be limited to electrical, mechanical, interior, and exterior glazing, abatement, structured

cabling, non-load bearing framing, audio-visual equipment, and millwork. DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS may be examined at the office of BDG Architects at the above-listed address starting Thursday February 19th, 2026. Bid Documents will be distributed via SharePoint link for free to the prequaliﬁed contractors.

A MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 2:00pm CST on Tuesday February 24th, 2025 in the Jefferson County Courthouse, Conference Room A420, Fourth Floor of the Annex Building at 716 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd, N, Birmingham, Alabama. Because of the nature of the project, General Contractors who have been pre-qualiﬁed must attend the Pre-Bid Conference. If the number of bidders who attend the Pre-Bid Conference decreases so there is little or no competition, the Bid may be postponed at the discretion of the Owner.

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the Jefferson County Commission at Room 1, General Services at the Jefferson County Courthouse. Sealed proposals will be publicly opened and read in the Commission Chamber, Second Floor, Room 270 at 2:00pm CST on Thursday March 12th, 2026. No bids submitted after this time will be considered. This requirement will not be waived. The clock in the Commission Chamber will be used to determine the correct time for the completion of the bidding period. A bid bond, executed by a surety company duly authorized & qualiﬁed to make such a bond in Alabama, payable to Jefferson County in an amount not less than ﬁve (5) percent of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000, must accompany the bidder’s proposal. Performance Bond at 100% of contract price and Payment Bonds, evidence of insurance required in the bid documents, and E-Verify Memorandum of Understanding will be required at the signing of the Contract.

BIDS must be submitted on a lump-sum basis and on proposal forms furnished by the Architect or copies thereof. Submit 2 identical copies of the Bid on the proposal form provided without changes, in a sealed envelope bearing the Contractor’s name and current Alabama License number. All bidders must show evidence of license before bidding or bid will not be received or considered by the Architect; the bidder shall show such evidence by clearly displaying his or her current license number on the outside of the sealed envelope in which the proposal is delivered. Bids that do not bear the General Contractor’s current license number will be returned without being opened. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive technical errors if, in the Owner’s judgement, the best interests of the Owner will thereby be promoted.

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

Public Notice

Looking for information to help locate biological father of Shamar Jamier Sands to ensure he receives the love and support he needs to flourish.edwinasands@gmail.com

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by The Birmingham City Board of Education at the Office of Edward McMullen, Director of Purchasing, on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 until 2:00 p.m., CST at 2015 Park Place North, Birmingham, Alabama 35203, for New Exterior Doors, Lighting and Site Improvements at Huffman Middle School, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read.

The Project consists of the replacement of exterior doors, construction of a room housing a new metal framed handicapped ramp, installation of new handicapped ramp, new suspended acoustical ceiling system, new lighting in addition, repaving of existing parking lots, new exterior light fixtures and other work indicated in the contract documents for Huffman Middle School for the Birmingham Board of Education, Birmingham, Alabama

A cashier’s check or bid bond payable to The Birmingham City Board of Education in an amount not less than five (5) percent of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000.00, must accompany the bidder’s proposal. Performance and Payment Bonds and evidence of insurance required in the bid documents will be required at the signing of the Contract.

BID DOCUMENTS may be obtained from the Architect by digital access/file sharing access for a one time administrative fee of $150.00 (non-refundable; separate check), and/or deposit of $250.00 per set, which will be refunded in full on the first two (2) sets issued to each bidder submitting a bona fide bid, upon return of documents in good condition and reusable condition within ten (10) days of bid date. Other sets to general contractors, and sets for subcontractors and dealers, may be obtained with the same deposit, which will be refunded as above less cost of printing, reproduction, handling, and distribution, which is estimated to be the same as the deposit amount. Partial sets will not be available. To expedite distribution of bid documents, deposit check(s) should be emailed and mailed to EXFORD ARCHITECTS, Attn: Fredrick Woods, Project Manager; 3928 Jefferson Avenue, SW, Birmingham, Alabama 35221, (fredrickwoods@exfordllc.com).

DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS may also be examined at appropriate plan rooms, i.e., Associated General Contractors, F.W. Dodge, Builders exchange, Construction Market Data, iSqFt.com, Building Construction Industry Authority, (BCIA), ARC Document Solutions Public Plan room, etc.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at the Birmingham City Board of Education, 2015 Park Place North, Birmingham, Alabama 35203, on Wednesday January 21, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., CST.

Bids must be submitted on proposal forms furnished by the Architect or copies thereof. All bidders bidding in amounts exceeding that established by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors must be licensed under the provisions of Title 34, Chapter 8, Code of Alabama, 1975, and must show evidence of license before bidding or bid will not be received or considered by the Architect; the bidder shall show such evidence by clearly displaying his or her current license number on the outside of the sealed envelope in which the proposal is delivered. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive technical errors if, in the Owner’s judgement, the best interest of the Owner will thereby be promoted.

Birmingham City Board of Education, Awarding Authority

Exford LLC, Architect

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

ADVERTISEMENT for BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION

And NOTICE of INTENT to RECEIVE BIDS

from PREQUALIFIED BIDDERS

Pre-qualification submittals will be received by the Owner’s Representative/Project Manager, David McCabe on behalf of Office of the Chief Facilities Officer, UAB Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Alabama Board of Trustees at UAB Hospital Planning, 8^th Floor Daniel Building, 15 20^th Street S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233 until 4:00 PM Central Time, January 30, 2026.The original and two (2) flash drives with duplicates of submittals are required for pre-qualification approval; however, email transmission copies may be transmitted to the UAB Project Manager David McCabe at dcmccabe@uabmc.edu and cc’d to sheywood@ghafari.com and mfreeman@ghafari.com to expedite the review process with a hard-copy of the submittal and two flash drives to be delivered within 24 hours.

UAB Highlands

Vacuum Pump Replacement

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Project No.:H255015

SCOPE OF WORK:

The project consists of the replacement of a vacuum pump at the UAB Highlands facility. The scope of work includes mechanical demolition and new work, as well as associated architectural and electrical modifications as required to facilitate the equipment replacement. The construction budget is anticipated to be between $300,000 and $400,000

The work will be performed under a single Prime General Contractor who will coordinate the work of this project. Particular and specific care will be required to coordinate complex shutdowns, limit disturbances, and follow strict Infection Controls and Interim Life Safety Measures (ICRA/ILSM) requirements for the protection of patients, family, and staff. The Prime General Contractors seeking to be pre-qualified will require experience with similar size and type hospital projects performed in and adjacent to an operating hospital environment and with the implementation and maintenance of infection control measures, interim life safety measures, coordinating shutdowns, and maintaining a clean and organized job site in an operating hospital. The General Contractor must have experience with representative projects as a General Contractor (not as a Construction Manager, Program Manager, etc.)

PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATIONS:

Prime General Contractor bidders interested in submitting a proposal must apply for pre-qualification and must be licensed under the Provision of Title 34, Chapter 8, and Code of Alabama, 1975. A copy of current Alabama Contractors license is to be included in pre-qualification submittal.

Only bidders who have completed the pre-qualification process and that have been approved will be eligible to submit a bid for the Project. Prospective Bidder’s Pre-qualification Package must be received by the Owner’s Project Manager no later than 4:00 PM Central Time, January 30, 2026, after which no further requests will be considered.

Pre-qualification Requirements Information Package may be obtained from the Architect upon letterhead request sent by email or scanned into an email to sheywood@ghafari.com, copy mfreeman@ghafari.com and dcmccabe@uabmc.edu. Any addenda to the pre-qualification requirements will be issued to documented prime contractors only.

The pre-qualification procedure is intended to identify responsible and competent prime contractor bidders relative to the requirements of the Project. Each prospective prime contractor bidder will be notified of the results of the pre-qualification, on or about February 06, 2026.

The Owner reserves the right to waive technical errors in applications, extend or abandon the pre-qualification process, should the interests of the Owner appear to be promoted thereby.

Progress Design and Construction Documents:

Prior to the pre-qualification deadline, project progress plans and specifications may be examined at the following location beginning February 06, 2026:

Architect:

Ghafari Associates

2170 Highland Ave S

Suite 220

Birmingham, AL 35205

Phone:205-203-4611

Contact: Scott Heywood

Email: sheywood@ghafari.com

BIDS BY PRE-QUALIFIED PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDERS

Documents:

Bid documents will be available at the following locations after notice to pre-qualified bidders is given. Drawings and specifications may be examined at; ALGX Digital Plan Room, http://www.algraphics.com, 2801 5th Ave, South, Birmingham, AL 35233: Dodge Data & Analytics, http://www.construction.com, 2860 S State Hwy 161, Ste 160 #501, Grand Prairie, TX 75052-7361; at the AGC Internet Plan Room, 5000 Grantswood Road Suite 100, Irondale, AL 35210; at the Birmingham Construction Industry Authority, http://www.bcia1.org, 601 37^th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35222; and at the Construction Market Data, http://www.cmdgroup.com, 30 Technology Pkwy, South, Suite 500, Norcross, GA 30092-2912.

Bonds:

A certified check or bid bond payable to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000 must accompany the bidder’s proposal. Performance and Statutory Labor and Material Payment Bonds will be required at the signing of the Contract.

Bids:

Bids must be submitted on proposal forms or copies thereof furnished by the Architect. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for a period of ninety (90) days. The Owner reserves the right to reject bids if such action is determined to be in the best interest of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to revoke pre-qualification of any bidder in accordance with Section 39-2-12, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended in 1997 (by Act 97-225). The Bid Date is February 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM Central Time at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Hospital Planning, 8^th Floor Daniel Building, 15 20^th Street S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233. Bids shall be clearly identified on the exterior of the package with the bidder’s name, address, State license number, the name of the project being bid, time and place of the bid opening. Sealed bids shall be properly identified.

On the date of the bid opening, bids may be hand delivered or received by Express Service mail to the Office of David McCabe, Project Manager Facilities and Capital Projects, 8^th Floor Daniel Building, 15 20^th Street S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233, until 12:00 noon. After 12:00 noon of the date of the bid opening, proposals must be hand delivered and presented at the bid opening. Sealed proposals shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be properly identified. All proposals received after 2:00 p.m. on February 19, 2026 (the date and time set for the receipt of bids) will be returned unopened.

Nonresident Prime Contractor Bidders:

Under Section 39-3-5, Code of Alabama, 1975, nonresident prime contractor bidders must accompany any written bid documents with a written opinion of an attorney licensed to practice law in such nonresident prime contractor bidder’s state of domicile as to the preferences, if any or none, granted by the law of the state to its own business entities whose principal place of business are in that state in the letting of any or all public contracts. Resident prime contractors in Alabama, as defined in Section 39-2-12, are granted preference over nonresident prime contractors in awarding of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the nonresident.

Fire Alarm Work:

In accordance with Title 34, Chapter 33A (the ACT), of the Code of Alabama 1975, bidders for fire alarm work of this project, if any, must include with their bid evidence of licensure as required by the ACT by including with the bid submittal a valid State Fire Marshal’s permit.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference is currently scheduled to be held at 10:00 AM CST on February 09, 2026 at UAB Hospital Facilities, 8^th Floor Daniel Building, 15 20^th Street S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233. It is mandatory that all pre-qualified prime contractor bidders attend the Pre-Bid Conference.

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

ADVERTISEMENT for BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION

And NOTICE of INTENT to RECEIVE BIDS

from PREQUALIFIED BIDDERS

Pre-qualification submittals will be received by the Owner’s Representative/Project Manager, Jeff Orr on behalf of Office of the Chief Facilities Officer, UAB Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Alabama Board of Trustees at UAB Hospital Planning, 8^th Floor Daniel Building, 15 20^th Street S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233 until 4:00 PM Central Time, January 30, 2026.The original and two (2) flash drives with duplicates of submittals are required for pre-qualification approval; however, email transmission copies may be transmitted to the UAB Project Manager Jeff Orr at jeorr@uabmc.edu and cc’d to sheywood@ghafari.com and mfreeman@ghafari.com to expedite the review process with a hard-copy of the submittal and two flash drives to be delivered within 24 hours.

UAB Highlands

14^th Avenue Parking Deck Restoration

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Project No.:H255026

SCOPE OF WORK:

The project consists of repairs to the existing 14^th Avenue Parking Deck on the UAB Highlands Hospital property. The scope of work includes architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical demolition and new work. The construction budget is anticipated to be between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000

The work will be performed under a single Prime General Contractor who will coordinate the work of this project. Particular and specific care will be required to coordinate complex shutdowns, limit disturbances, and follow strict Infection Controls and Interim Life Safety Measures (ICRA/ILSM) requirements for the protection of patients, family, and staff. The Prime General Contractors seeking to be pre-qualified will require experience with similar size and type hospital projects performed in and adjacent to an operating hospital environment and with the implementation and maintenance of infection control measures, interim life safety measures, coordinating shutdowns, and maintaining a clean and organized job site in an operating hospital. The General Contractor must have experience with representative projects as a General Contractor (not as a Construction Manager, Program Manager, etc.)

PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATIONS:

Prime General Contractor bidders interested in submitting a proposal must apply for pre-qualification and must be licensed under the Provision of Title 34, Chapter 8, and Code of Alabama, 1975. A copy of current Alabama Contractors license is to be included in pre-qualification submittal.

Only bidders who have completed the pre-qualification process and that have been approved will be eligible to submit a bid for the Project. Prospective Bidder’s Pre-qualification Package must be received by the Owner’s Project Manager no later than 4:00 PM Central Time, January 30, 2026, after which no further requests will be considered.

Pre-qualification Requirements Information Package may be obtained from the Architect upon letterhead request sent by email or scanned into an email to sheywood@ghafari.com, copy mfreeman@ghafari.com and jeorr@uabmc.edu. Any addenda to the pre-qualification requirements will be issued to documented prime contractors only.

The pre-qualification procedure is intended to identify responsible and competent prime contractor bidders relative to the requirements of the Project. Each prospective prime contractor bidder will be notified of the results of the pre-qualification, on or about February 06, 2026.

The Owner reserves the right to waive technical errors in applications, extend or abandon the pre-qualification process, should the interests of the Owner appear to be promoted thereby.

Progress Design and Construction Documents:

Prior to the pre-qualification deadline, project progress plans and specifications may be examined at the following location beginning February 06, 2026:

Architect:

Ghafari Associates

2170 Highland Ave S

Suite 220

Birmingham, AL 35205

Phone:205-203-4611

Contact: Scott Heywood

Email: sheywood@ghafari.com

BIDS BY PRE-QUALIFIED PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDERS

Documents:

Bid documents will be available at the following locations after notice to pre-qualified bidders is given. Drawings and specifications may be examined at; ALGX Digital Plan Room, http://www.algraphics.com, 2801 5th Ave, South, Birmingham, AL 35233: Dodge Data & Analytics, http://www.construction.com, 2860 S State Hwy 161, Ste 160 #501, Grand Prairie, TX 75052-7361; at the AGC Internet Plan Room, 5000 Grantswood Road Suite 100, Irondale, AL 35210; at the Birmingham Construction Industry Authority, http://www.bcia1.org, 601 37^th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35222; and at the Construction Market Data, http://www.cmdgroup.com, 30 Technology Pkwy, South, Suite 500, Norcross, GA 30092-2912.

Bonds:

A certified check or bid bond payable to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000 must accompany the bidder’s proposal. Performance and Statutory Labor and Material Payment Bonds will be required at the signing of the Contract.

Bids:

Bids must be submitted on proposal forms or copies thereof furnished by the Architect. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for a period of ninety (90) days. The Owner reserves the right to reject bids if such action is determined to be in the best interest of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to revoke pre-qualification of any bidder in accordance with Section 39-2-12, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended in 1997 (by Act 97-225). The Bid Date is February 24, 2026 at 2:00 PM Central Time at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Hospital Planning, 8^th Floor Daniel Building, 15 20^th Street S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233. Bids shall be clearly identified on the exterior of the package with the bidder’s name, address, State license number, the name of the project being bid, time and place of the bid opening. Sealed bids shall be properly identified.

On the date of the bid opening, bids may be hand delivered or received by Express Service mail to the Office of Jeff Orr, Project Manager Facilities and Capital Projects, 8^th Floor Daniel Building, 15 20^th Street S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233, until 12:00 noon. After 12:00 noon of the date of the bid opening, proposals must be hand delivered and presented at the bid opening. Sealed proposals shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be properly identified. All proposals received after 2:00 p.m. on February 24, 2026 (the date and time set for the receipt of bids) will be returned unopened.

Nonresident Prime Contractor Bidders:

Under Section 39-3-5, Code of Alabama, 1975, nonresident prime contractor bidders must accompany any written bid documents with a written opinion of an attorney licensed to practice law in such nonresident prime contractor bidder’s state of domicile as to the preferences, if any or none, granted by the law of the state to its own business entities whose principal place of business are in that state in the letting of any or all public contracts. Resident prime contractors in Alabama, as defined in Section 39-2-12, are granted preference over nonresident prime contractors in awarding of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the nonresident.

Fire Alarm Work:

In accordance with Title 34, Chapter 33A (the ACT), of the Code of Alabama 1975, bidders for fire alarm work of this project, if any, must include with their bid evidence of licensure as required by the ACT by including with the bid submittal a valid State Fire Marshal’s permit.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference is currently scheduled to be held at 10:00 AM CST on February 11, 2026 at UAB Hospital Facilities, 8^th Floor Daniel Building, 15 20^th Street S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233. It is mandatory that all pre-qualified prime contractor bidders attend the Pre-Bid Conference.

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Availability of Bankruptcy Administrator Position in the Northern District of Alabama at Birmingham

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit invites applications for the position of Bankruptcy Administrator in the Northern District of Alabama, stationed at Birmingham. Minimum qualifications include the active practice of law for at least three years. The annual salary range is $156,451 – $244,114, based on experience and qualifications.

The bankruptcy administrator is responsible for supervising trustees and debtors in possession and assuring that such persons effectively administer estates in cases in the district under § 1334 of Title 28 United States Code.

The full job announcement is available on the Court’s website at www.ca11.uscourts.gov or from a federal Clerk of Court in the states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Persons interested in applying for this position must email a resume and cover letter in confidence as one single PDF attachment to the Circuit Executive’s Office at ca11_appointments@ca11.uscourts.gov on or before February 13, 2026. Please indicate Bankruptcy Administrator – ALND in the subject line.

The United States Courts Are Equal Opportunity Employers

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

IN THE JUVENILECOURT OF ST. CLAIRCOUNTY, ALABAMAPELLCITYDIVISION

THOMAS OLIVIA DELLARIE,

Plaintiff,

V.

JOHNSO N HARRIS DWIGHT JR,

Defendant.

)

) Case No.: CS-2025-900058.00

ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

Upon proper motion of Plaintiff, and a finding that said motion is due to be GRANTED, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED as follows:

Notice is hereby given to Defendant herein, HARRIS DWIGHT JOHNSON, JR., whose whereabouts are unknown, that Plaintiff herein, OLIVIA DELLARIE THOMAS, has filed a Petition to Modify Custody.

A-copy of this order shall be published once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks in the BIRMINGHAM NEWS, a newspaper with general circulation in Jefferson County, Alabama, which said order hereby requires Defendant to file with the Clerk of this court and the Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s attorney a written answer or other defense to the allegations set forth in the complaint filed by Plaintiff herein. Said answer shall be filed within 14 days of the last date of publication of this order by said newspaper or, upon expiration of said 14 days, a default may be entered against said Defendant for the relief sought by Plaintiff in her complaint herein.

DONE and ORDERED this 7th day of January, 2026.

Isl ROBERT L. MINOR JUVENILE COURT JUDGE

BT1/22/2025

______________________________

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage (the “Mortgage”) executed by PREMIER HOLDINGS, LLC, to MERIT BANK, on the 8^thday of November, 2019, and recorded on the 14^th day of November 2019, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama, as Instrument Number 2019119011, the undersigned MERIT BANK, as Mortgagee/Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse at 716 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N, Birmingham, Alabama, on the 5^th day of February, 2026, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Jefferson County, Alabama, to-wit:

Commence at the Southwest corner of Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 12, Township 17 South, Range 4 West, Jefferson County, Alabama and run North 00* 00′ 00″ East (an assumed bearing) along the West line of said Quarter-Quarter Section for a distance of 529.93 feet to a point at the Southwest corner of said Parcel 1; thence continue North 00* 00′ 00″ East along the West line of said Parcel 1 for a distance of 782.88 feet to a point at the Northwest corner of said Parcel 1, also being on the South Right-of-Way line of Grainger Drive; thence run North 81* 24′ 26″ East along the North line of said Parcel 1 and also along said South Right-of-Way line for a distance of 141.38 feet to a point on a curve to the left having a central angle of 18* 23′ 14″, a radius of 444.66 feet, and a chord bearing of North 72* 12′ 49″ East; thence run in a Northeasterly direction along the arc of said curve and also along the North line of said Parcel 1 and also along said South Right-of-Way line for a distance of 142.70 feet to a point; thence run North 18* 03′ 26″ East for a distance of 2.30 feet to a crimp iron found on the Southwest Right-of-Way line of Forestdale Boulevard I US highway 78; thence run South 71* 56′ 34″ East along the Northeast line of said Parcel 1 and also along said Southwest Right-of-Way line for a distance of 587.15 feet to a crimp iron found; thence run North 71* 56′ 34″ West along the Northeast line of said Parcel I and also along said Southwest Right-of-Way line for a distance of 17.00 feet to an iron pin set with SS1 cap at the Point of Beginning; thence run South 18* 05′ 10″ West for a distance of 32.00 feet to an iron pin set with SS1 cap; thence run South 71* 54′ 50″ East for a distance of 17.00 feet to an iron pin set with SS1 cap; thence run South 18* 05′ 10″ West for a distance of 193.00 feet to a pk nail set; thence run North 71* 56′ 34″ West for a distance of 180.05 feet to a pk nail set; thence run North 18* 03′ 26″ West for a distance of 225.00 feet to an iron pin set with SS1 cap on the Southwest Right-of-Way line of Forestdale Boulevard I US Highway 78; thence run South 71* 56′ 34″ East along the Northeast line of said Parcel 1 and also along said Southwest Right-of-Way line for a distance of 163.16 feet to the Point of Beginning. Said Parcel containing 39,979 Square Feet, more or less.

SUBJECT TO EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD

THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY EASEMENTS, ENCUMBRANCES, AND EXCEPTIONS REFLECTED IN THE MORTGAGE AND THOSE CONTAINED IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED PROPERTY IS SITUATED.THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO TITLE, USE AND/OR ENJOYMENT AND WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF ALL PARTIES ENTITLED THERETO.

This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure.

The Mortgagee/Transferee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate.

Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process. An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process.

This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation; contact JOHN R. BAGGETTE, JR., at the phone number or email shown below prior to attendance at the sale.

John R. Baggette, Jr., Attorney for Mortgagee/Transferee

LANIER FORD SHAVER & PAYNE, P.C.

2101 West Clinton Avenue

Suite 102

Huntsville AL.35805

(256) 535-1100

jsb@lanierford.com

BT1/22/2025

_____________________________

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Central Alabama Water will be accepting sealed bids for Fittings (Annual), BID 26-14-01.

The specifications may be examined and obtained in the Purchasing Department’s office at3600 First Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35222, or by emailing shayla.townsend@bwwb.org, or on our website at www.bwwb.org.

Sealed bids for Fittings (Annual) will be received in the Purchasing Department not later than Monday January 26, 2026, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read.

Prospective bidders should deliver or mail their sealed bids to 3600 1st Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35222, directed to the attention of LyTonja Levert, Purchasing Manager, and marked in the lower left-hand corner of the envelope as follows: “Bid Fittings (Annual) 26-14-01 Monday January 26, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.”

BT1/22/2025

_____________________________

Public Notice

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 Fairfield Alabama Housing Authority

The Resident Advisory Board (RAB) Meeting is the residents’ opportunity to participate with the Housing Authority staff in making decisions that affect some of the Housing Authority’s programs and services. We will be discussing the 2024 Annual and 5 Year Plan. Residents and the public will have until 3-06-2026 to submit comments.

Mattie Gill Jackson Office 12:00 pm 6704 Avenue D

Fairfield, Alab ama 35064

Demetrius Newton Gardens Office 3:00 pm 5420 Avenue F

Fairfield, Alabama 35064

BT1/22/2025

_____________________________

ADVERTISEMENT for BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION

And NOTICE of INTENT to RECEIVE BIDS

from PREQUALIFIED BIDDERS

Pre-qualification submittals will be received by the Owner’s Representative/Project Manager, Chris Hodges on behalf of Office of the Chief Facilities Officer, UAB Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Alabama Board of Trustees at UAB Hospital Planning, 8^th Floor Daniel Building, 15 20^th Street S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233 until 4:00 PM Central Time, February 13, 2026.The original and two (2) flash drives with duplicates of submittals or email transmission to the UAB Project Manager, Chris Hodges, at cjhodges@uabmc.edu, and cc’d glenn.davis@greshamsmith.com are required for pre-qualification approval.

UAB North Pavilion

Emergency Department Expansion

Interior Signage and Wayfinding

1802 Sixth Avenue South

Birmingham, Alabama 3523

UAB Project No.: H225027

SCOPE OF WORK:

The Project consists of the fabrication and installation of signage and wayfinding (interior only) for the renovation/new building construction of the North Pavilion Emergency Department Expansion located at 1802 6^th Ave South, approximately 263,770.00 s.f.:

Three levels: 1^st/2^nd/3^rd floors of patient care with support room spaces

The work will be performed under a single Prime General Contractor (i.e., sign vendor) who will coordinate the scope of work of this project with the Owner’s General Contractor for construction. The Prime General Contractors seeking to be pre-qualified will require experience with similar size and type hospital projects performed in and adjacent to an operating hospital environment. The General Contractor must have experience with representative projects as a Prime General Contractor.

PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATIONS:

Prime General Contractor bidders interested in submitting a proposal must apply for pre-qualification and must be licensed under the Provision of Title 34, Chapter 8, and Code of Alabama, 1975. A copy of current Alabama Contractors license is to be included in pre-qualification submittal.

Only bidders who have completed the pre-qualification process and that have been approved will be eligible to submit a bid for the Project. Prospective Bidder’s Pre-qualification Package must be received by the Owner’s Project Manager no later than 4:00 PM Central Time, February 13, 2026, after which no further requests will be considered.

Pre-qualification Requirements Information Package may be obtained from the Architect upon letterhead request sent by email or scanned into an email to glenn.davis@greshamsmith.com, copy varuni.kern@greshamsmith.com, and cjhodges@uabmc.edu. Any addenda to the pre-qualification requirements will be issued to documented prime contractors only.

The pre-qualification procedure is intended to identify responsible and competent prime contractor bidders relative to the requirements of the Project. Each prospective prime contractor bidder will be notified of the results of the pre-qualification, on or about February 20, 2026.

The Owner reserves the right to waive technical errors in applications, extend or abandon the pre-qualification process, should the interests of the Owner appear to be promoted thereby.

Progress Design and Construction Documents:

Prior to the pre-qualification deadline, project progress plans and specifications may be examined at the following location beginning February 13, 2026:

Architect:

Gresham Smith

222 Second Avenue South, Suite 1400

Nashville, TN

Phone:615.770.8279

Contact: Glenn Davis

Glenn.Davis@greshamsmith.com

BIDS BY PRE-QUALIFIED PRIME GENERAL CONTRACTOR BIDDERS

Documents:

Gresham Smith to provide a digital project package via the Newforma Project database transfer.

Bonds:

A certified check or bid bond payable to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000 must accompany the bidder’s proposal. Performance and Statutory Labor and Material Payment Bonds will be required at the signing of the Contract.

Bids:

Bids must be submitted on proposal forms or copies thereof furnished by the Architect. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for a period of ninety (90) days. The Owner reserves the right to reject bids if such action is determined to be in the best interest of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to revoke pre-qualification of any bidder in accordance with Section 39-2-12, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended in 1997 (by Act 97-225). The Bid Date is March 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM Central Time at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Hospital Planning, 8^th Floor Daniel Building, 15 20^th Street S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233. Bids shall be clearly identified on the exterior of the package with the bidder’s name, address, State license number, the name of the project being bid, time and place of the bid opening. Sealed bids shall be properly identified.

On the date of the bid opening, bids may be hand delivered or received by Express Service mail to the Office of Chris Hodges, Project Manager Facilities and Capital Projects, 8^th Floor Daniel Building, 15 20^th Street S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233, until 12:00 noon. After 12:00 noon of the date of the bid opening, proposals must be hand delivered and presented at the bid opening. Sealed proposals shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be properly identified. All proposals received after 2:00 p.m. on December 16, 2025 (the date and time set for the receipt of bids) will be returned unopened.

Nonresident Prime Contractor Bidders:

Under Section 39-3-5, Code of Alabama, 1975, nonresident prime contractor bidders must accompany any written bid documents with a written opinion of an attorney licensed to practice law in such nonresident prime contractor bidder’s state of domicile as to the preferences, if any or none, granted by the law of the state to its own business entities whose principal place of business are in that state in the letting of any or all public contracts. Resident prime contractors in Alabama, as defined in Section 39-2-12, are granted preference over nonresident prime contractors in awarding of contracts in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by the laws of the state of domicile of the nonresident.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference is currently scheduled to be held at 1:00 PM CST on February 27, 2026, at UAB Hospital Facilities, 8^th Floor Daniel Building, 15 20^th Street S., Birmingham, Alabama 35233. It is mandatory that all pre-qualified prime contractor bidders attend the Pre-Bid Conference.

BT1/22/2025

_____________________________

PROJECT NO. 24-02

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that J.D. Morris Construction, general contractor, has completed the Contract for Porch Additions 2025 for the Tarrant Housing Authority, Tarrant, Alabama, and have made request for final settlement of said contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify the Architect and/or Authority in writing at Evans Architectural Design, 1823 27th Avenue South, Homewood, Alabama 35209, or Tarrant Housing Authority, 624 Bell Ave Birmingham, Alabama 35217.

BT1/22/2025

_____________________________

ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE

Pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Motor Vehicle act 32-13-1 thru 8 code of Alabama 1975. 2001 Toyota 4Runner VIN #JT3GN86R410200924 will be sold at public auction on 03/02/2026 at 10:00 am at 2040 Old Montgomery Hwy, Pelham, AL 35244

BT1/22/2025

_____________________________

Puppies for Sale

Registered Mini Schnauzers , $350 , ready to go!!!

(( PLEASE KEEP THIS AD IN BOLD ))

BT1/22/2025

_____________________________

Claudette Colvin, 86, Civil Rights Pioneer, Remembered During Homegoing Celebration in Birmingham

By

Birmingham Times

-

January 26, 2026

0

MsColvin 2 — Mrs. Claudette Colvin, was celebrated during a two-hour service at Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in SW Birmingham. (Barnett Wright, The Birmingham Times)

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times

Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern Civil Rights movement, was remembered Saturday in Birmingham as a Civil Rights legend, trailblazer and loving mom who adored her six grandchildren.

Mrs. Colvin, 86, who died on January 13, was celebrated during a two-hour service at Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in SW Birmingham by family, friends, residents and a host of dignitaries including former U.S. Senator and current Alabama gubernatorial candidate Doug Jones; Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed; former Birmingham Mayor William Bell and Alabama State Senator Merika Coleman.

Colvin, at age 15, was arrested nine months before Rosa Parks gained international fame for also refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus.

Colvin had boarded the bus on March 2, 1955, on her way home from high school. The first rows were reserved for white passengers. Colvin sat in the rear with other Black passengers. When the white section became full, the bus driver ordered Black passengers to relinquish their seats to white passengers. Colvin refused.

“There’s a lot that has been said and written about Claudette Colvin but if you listen carefully and read carefully, you’re going to hear predominantly two words, ‘courage’ and ‘justice’,” Jones said. “Courage. A 15-year-old Black girl in a Jim Crow city, in a Jim Crow society, standing up to a Jim Crow police force … and this young girl had the courage to defy that system of law and custom and oppression. And thereby created justice not just for the Black community but for everyone.”

“By sitting down, Mrs. Colvin took a stand against segregation,” said Arthur L. Lane, senior pastor of St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church in Corpus Christi, Texas, who delivered the eulogy.

“She was Black, she was poor, but she refused to surrender her seat, her rights or her dignity,” said Lane, son of famed Selma pastor F.D. Reese. “Claudette Colvin sat down physically but stood up courageously so that people everywhere who looked like her could sit anywhere at any time on any bus.”

After being arrested in March 1955, two of the three charges against Colvin were dropped, but the arrest and conviction remained on her record. In October 2021, with several dozen supporters there to cheer her on, Colvin, filed a petition in Montgomery County Family Court to have her criminal record expunged.

A month later in Montgomery, presiding Family Court Judge Calvin Williams issued an order granting the expungement. During Saturday’s services Williams said, “I never imagined that I would have the honor to meet this trailblazer, this Civil Rights legend . . . In his mysterious way God arranged for me, an African American, to be the presiding judge over a court that in 1955 looked nothing like me. It was this court in 1955 that convicted 15-year -old Claudette Colvin for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman … Mrs. Colvin would return to that same court [66 years later] to correct an injustice. It fell to me, a byproduct of the movement that she sparked, to grant her the justice that she so long had been denied.”

Claudette Colvin, 86, who died on January 13 was celebrated during a two-hour service at Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. (Barnett Wright, The Birmingham Times)

For decades, Colvin’s role in the boycott was overshadowed. It was the arrest of Parks, who was a local NAACP activist, on Dec. 1, 1955, that became the final catalyst for the yearlong Montgomery Bus Boycott. The boycott propelled the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. into the national limelight and is considered the start of the modern Civil Rights movement.

“[Mrs. Colvin] planted seeds that others reaped,” Lane said. “Rosa Parks was the face of the movement, but Claudette Colvin was the spark of the movement. Her stance on March 2, 1955 helped to lay the moral and legal foundation to undo segregation laws as it pertains to transportation … I’m not throwing water on Sister Parks,” Lane added. “It’s long overdue that Sister Colvin gets her rightful place in history … Her legacy has helped generations she has never met — children who ride buses for free; citizens who vote freely and voices that can now speak loudly and boldly.”

Reed, Montgomery AL’s first Black mayor said Mrs. Colvin was the “moral foundation” of the Civil Rights movement. “None of the progress that we see [including Black mayors in Birmingham and Montgomery] … would be possible without her sacrifices,” Reed said. “She acted because she knew what was right and in doing so she became part of the moral foundation of the Civil Rights movement. History, unfortunately, does not always honor courage in real time. But time has a way of revealing the truth. And the truth is that Claudette Colvin’s legacy mattered, her stand mattered, her voice mattered, and her legacy will continue to matter.”

Dr. Randy Colvin said his mother enjoyed nothing more than her six grandchildren.

“As she was transitioning, she got to speak with all the grandchildren,” Dr. Colvin said. “She felt extremely blessed because, as she was winding down, we able to set up Facetiming calls [with the grandchildren]. And she got a chance to tell them how much she loved them and how proud she was of them … so she was in a good mood. She told one, [she was going] to see the Pearly Gates and say ‘hello’ to the Lord. So she was at peace.”

Dr. Colvin said he found a measure of peace as well. “As I was going through that period of reflecting on the finality of my mom passing, I was overjoyed,” he said. “I felt like I was a blessed young man, blessed son, blessed child in the world. Then I began to thank the Lord and of Him blessing me with such a wonderful and caring mother.”

Exhibit With More Than 100 Masterworks Opens This Week at Birmingham Museum of Art

By

Birmingham Times

-

January 26, 2026

0

1979.353_01_p_o2 — Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), Le Village d'Éragny (The Village of Éragny), 1885. Collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art)

By Javacia Harris Bowser | For the Birmingham Times

The Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) will present an exhibition of over 100 masterworks when Monet to Matisse: French Moderns, 1850–1950, opens on Friday, Jan. 30.

The exhibition features work from iconic artists such as Paul Cézanne, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and many others.

Monet to Matisse may be a traveling exhibit curated by the Brooklyn Museum, but the BMA exhibition will be one-of-a-kind as it also includes over 40 works from the museum’s collection to offer a broader exploration of this transformative period in art history.

“We are the only venue of the tour that has been allowed not just to add, but really significantly alter and grow the show, which is really exciting, and we’re really thankful to them for letting us this creativity to do that,” said Maggie Crosland, the Fariss Gambrill Lynn and Henry Sharpe Lynn Curator of European Art at the BMA.

The exhibition, Jan. 30-May 24, comes to the BMA as the museum celebrates its 75th anniversary.

“As we commemorate this milestone year, we are pleased to present one of the most significant exhibitions of French modern art to come to Birmingham,” said Graham C. Boettcher, R. Hugh Daniel Director of the Birmingham Museum of Art. “Monet to Matisse offers a rare opportunity to experience the revolutionary spirit of these artists up close. From the dreamlike brushstrokes of Monet to the bold colors of Matisse, this exhibition reflects the radical creativity that forever changed the course of art history.”

Revolutionary Art

The exhibition is organized into four thematic sections—Landscape, Still Life, Portraits and Models, and The Nude— to provide an in-depth look at the evolution of modern art. But BMA wants to highlight the revolution of modern art too.

“We think of Claude Monet as very classic, but he’s panned by the critics at the time, Crosland explained. “He is doing something extremely different.”

And the world around him was becoming different.

“You don’t necessarily know you’re living in revolutionary times until you’re in the midst of it,” Crosland said. “Monet lived through the Franco-Prussian War and World War One. His son in law is exiled and his family is separated. These are artists who are actively responding to the things that are happening in their lives, and that’s what artists are doing now. That’s what we’re doing now.”

Crosland added, “so many of the big changes that you see through the exhibition is a direct impact of war and peace and technology and transportation that is developing at a rapid pace. And that’s what we’re living through.”

1 of 8

Expanding the Narrative

As Crosland and the BMA team considered which pieces to add to the exhibition, they aimed to expand the narrative and make the conversation around modern art more inclusive that not only showcase the contributions of French artists but also highlight the influence of Japanese visionaries who shaped the modernist movement.

The additions also highlight American artists who carried the legacy of modernism forward – including two Black artists – Henry Ossawa Tanner and Charles Ethan Porter — and two Alabama artists – Clara Weaver Parrish and Carrie Hill.

The exhibition also explores the contributions women artists such as Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot and Marie Bracquemond. Women were not only sometimes marginalized in the art world but also felt the push and pull of two careers. “One is an artist and one is a wife and mother, and if that is not one of the most contemporary statements, I don’t know what is,” Crosland said. “There’s a lot of connections.”

Community

The BMA will host a range of programs in conjunction with Monet to Matisse, including lectures, guided tours, and interactive workshops. The museum will partner with Alabama Ballet, Botanical Gardens and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) for future community events.

Crosland sees Monet to Matisse as an opportunity to celebrate not only French art but the Birmingham Museum of Art and the city of Birmingham.

“It is a museum that cannot exist without the community,” she said. “And yes, this is a show that’s coming from Brooklyn, but we can’t do what we’ve done with the show without the additions from our collection, and we cannot have that collection without the generosity of the people of Birmingham.”

“Monet to Matisse: French Moderns, 1850–1950″ will be on view Jan. 30-May 24 at the Birmingham Museum of Art, 2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd. Admission to the museum is free, but tickets are required to see the exhibit, priced at $10-$19.51. For more visit the museum’s website here

How to Help Birmingham’s Popular Naughty But Nice Kettle Corn Co. Get Poppin’ Again

By

Birmingham Times

-

January 25, 2026

0

Kettle 1 — Tanesha and Clem Sims-Summers are the proprietors of Naughty But Nice Kettle Corn Co. (File)

NBNKettlecorn.com

Clem and Tanesha Sims-Summers have been a staple in Birmingham’s small business community for nearly 12 years as proprietors of Naughty But Nice Kettle Corn Co.

Located in a brick and mortar building in historic Woodlawn, they are famous for their delicious artisan kettle corn, commitment to philanthropy, and “Ms. Poppy”, the unmistakable beautiful blue and yellow food truck known to bring smiles to faces young and old.

Recently, while on the way to an event, “Ms. Poppy” stopped shifting into gear. The business owners later learned the issue was with the rear differential, a critical component connected to the axle and tires. Without it functioning properly, the truck is unsafe to drive.

“Ms. Poppy” has now been inoperable since October 2025, more than 12 weeks, costing the Summers family nearly $20,000 in revenue and counting. They are asking for contributions to help recoup lost revenue and get “Ms. Poppy” on the road and back into the community.

“The part for “Ms. Poppy” alone is approximately $4,000, with labor estimated up to $2,500 once work begins. Unfortunately, repairs cannot start until the part is secured and paid for,” said Tanesha Sims-Summer, Naughty But Nice Kettle Corn Co. Chief Executive and Experience Officer. “During this downtime, we have had to cancel pre-scheduled events, something we never do lightly. Dependability is part of who we are. While the cost might not seem much to many, it’s a great deal to us given the amount of revenue our family has lost.”

Purchased in 2019 just prior to the pandemic for $50,000 and fully paid off as a commitment to stewardship and responsibility, “Ms. Poppy” has been a tough kernel. The food truck has survived two vandalisms and a fire. The Summers family purchased the vehicle from the Golden Flake fleet, taking pride in carrying on the tradition of a once longstanding Birmingham-based business through their Birmingham-based business.

“Ms. Poppy” has now been inoperable since October 2025, more than 12 weeks, costing the Summers family nearly $20,000 in revenue and counting. (Provided)

The Summers family has become a shining star in the regional food scene serving corporate clients, celebrities, organizations and families with an assortment of small batch, artisan kettle to hand corn flavors. They’re considered Birmingham and beyond’s favorite snack, proudly sharing the brand throughout Birmingham, across Alabama, and around the country.

“Since we’ve began, we’ve navigated inflation, supply chain challenges, tariffs, fluctuating event attendance, and the unpredictability of large-scale events,” said Sims-Summers. “Our’s isn’t a sob story. It’s simply the ‘sweet and salty’ reality of sustaining a small business over time. The ripple effect of not having ‘Ms. Poppy’ servicing the community touches inventory, licensing renewals, inspections, and our ability to stabilize and grow.”

As a for-profit business with what they often call a nonprofit heart, they acknowledge that asking for help has been one of the hardest things they’ve ever done.

“We are accustomed to being positioned to give to support schools, churches, nonprofits, and families. Leaning into our community in this way required humility. We’re grateful for community,” said Sims-Summers. “We often say, ‘It’s not just popcorn,’ which is literally tattooed across ‘Ms. Poppy.’ We mean that both figuratively and literally. It’s not just about the kettle corn for us. It’s about connection, impact, and creating sweet moments even in life’s salty seasons.

Naughty But Nice Kettle Corn Co. has a GoFundMe account established to get “Ms. Poppy” operational again. They are looking forward to rebuilding and continuing to fulfill their commitments to the community they love so much. “We want to keep popping in Birmingham,” said Sims-Summers.

To reach Clem and Tanesha Sims-Summers or learn more about Naughty But Nice Kettle Corn Co, email WHATSPOPPIN@NBNKettlecorn.com or call 205-915-2528.

For email inquiries, please use the subject line “Get Miss Poppy Rolling.”

Birmingham-Partnered Warming Station will Open Sunday and Monday Nights

By

Birmingham Times

-

January 24, 2026

0

Homeless, sad man in a beanie sitting outside and feeling cold, — The City of Birmingham and Jimmie Hale Mission will open its nightly warming station. (Adobe Stock)

birminghamal.gov

As temperatures are expected to fall below freezing, the City of Birmingham and Jimmie Hale Mission will open its nightly warming station Sunday, Jan. 25, and Monday Jan. 26, from 6 p.m. until temperatures rise above freezing each morning.

Men, women, and children needing warm shelter can come to the Mission, located at 3420 2nd Ave. North. Food will be provided. Shelter for women and children only will be provided at Pathways, located at 409 Richard Arrington, Jr. Blvd.

Due to the potential icy road conditions, the shuttle service to Jimmie Hale Mission will not be available. The complimentary Birmingham Rapid Transit bus line (also called Birmingham Xpress) will continue to run every thirty minutes with a stop in front of the Mission as long as service is able to safely continue.

The following day shelters will also be open for those seeking warm refuge:

Faith Chapel Care Center, 921-2nd Ave. North
Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Church of the Reconciler, 112-14th St. North
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., and Sundays, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Donations of hand warmers are needed.

Meal donations are being sought. Those wanting to support can sign up at the following links:

Jimmie Hale Mission: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084DA8AB22A0FBC43-61834348-warming#/
Pathways Home: https://pathwayshome.org/how-you-can-help-womens-shelter-donations/#bringandserveameal

The City of Birmingham supports the warming station at the Jimmie Hale Mission with $75,000 and in-kind donations of cots and a police officer presence. The City also supports the Pathways warming station with funding from a $20,000 Emergency Solutions Grant.

Alabama Prison Documentary ‘The Alabama Solution’ Earns Oscar Nomination

By

Birmingham Times

-

January 24, 2026

0

551454893ecef281fa5de54ac3c085a1 — ‘The Alabama Solution,’ documentary chronicling the horrific conditions inside the state’s prison system, premieres at Sundance and has now been nominated for an Academy Award. (HBO)

By Lisa Crane | WVTM

A documentary that puts Alabama prisons in the spotlight is now in the running for one of the most well-known, prestigious awards in Hollywood — an Oscar. Nominees for the 98th Academy Awards were announced Thursday. “The Alabama Solution” is one of five films nominated in the documentary feature film category.

It’s a sobering look at life behind bars in Alabama prisons. Most of the video in the documentary, “The Alabama Solution,” is shot by inmates themselves, on contraband cellphones. It’s graphic and, at times, difficult to watch. Former corrections officer Stacy George is a part of the documentary. He called it an accurate depiction of what an Alabama prison inmate faces.

“These things are real. I mean, there’s a lot of abuse, and there’s a lot of neglect. I saw boxes that said ‘not for human consumption’ on the boxes; they feed them,” George said.

Some say part of the problem is the secrecy. Not many people from the outside ever get to see inside Alabama prisons. Even journalists aren’t allowed to get close. We’re kept about a mile away from St. Clair Correctional Facility. That’s as close as we’re allowed to be.

George claims the culture is the real problem. He said, sadly, many of the corrections officers are simply bullies.

“If they come down here to Birmingham and they want to be a police officer, the first thing they probably do will take a mental evaluation test. Well, if that officer wants to be an officer, if he fails that test, guess where the next place he goes to get a job. It’s with the Alabama Department of Corrections,” George said.

Gov. Kay Ivey’s press secretary released a statement saying, “We already knew the Oscars had a low bar, but as far as corrections goes, there has never been an Alabama governor more dedicated to solving the longstanding challenges facing the system than Governor Ivey. From recruiting a record number of corrections officers to doing sentencing reforms to constructing needed, new facilities, Governor Ivey is getting the job done and making it safer for inmates, officers and the public alike.”

Now that the documentary is a favorite to win an Academy Award, George hopes even more people will watch it and be inspired to push for change. The Oscars ceremony is set for 6 p.m. March 15.

How UAB Continues Transformation of Birmingham with New and Renovated Facilities

By

Birmingham Times

-

January 23, 2026

0

McCallum Basic Health Sciences Building, 2022 — Exterior of McCallum Basic Health Sciences Building, February 2022.

By Tehreem Khan | www.uab.edu

The University of Alabama at Birmingham continues building new facilities and renovating existing spaces to enhance opportunities for success across UAB’s mission pillars of education, research and innovation, economic development, community service and patient care.

The development of UAB’s physical campus is an implementation of the Forging Ahead strategic plan, Campus Master Plan, the SUCCESS Initiative and Research Strategic Initiative: Growth with Purpose, a vigorous institution-wide effort to expand UAB’s research portfolio and multiply the positive impact it has on people’s lives.

“The official opening of our Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building [in October] marked our seventh new or renovated facility opened in a span of only five months, a remarkable pace that speaks to the success of our Campus Master Plan and much more, said UAB President Ray L. Watts. “With every state-of-the-art building we open, we are dramatically advancing every pillar of our mission and the growing impact we have on lives throughout our state, our nation and the world.”

This transformation plays a pivotal role in enhancing patient care, recruitment and retention of students, faculty and staff, offering world-class spaces to heal, live, study and work.

Here’s a look at some of the new facilities.

Frances and Miller Gorrie Hall

UAB inaugurated the School of Engineering’s new home — Frances and Miller Gorrie Hall — at a ribbon-cutting held in June. It is Phase 2 of the Science and Engineering Complex, powered by sophisticated technology and design, featuring “showpiece” spaces throughout the approximately 110,000-square-foot facility. Gorrie Hall reinforces the School of Engineering’s mission to attract faculty and train the next generation of modern engineers. Brasfield & Gorrie broke ground on the new facility that is strategically positioned on 13th Street South beside Mervyn H. Sterne Library in 2023. The construction of Gorrie Hall was supported by the Gorrie family.

Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building and the Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation Conference Center

In Oct., UAB cut the ribbon on the 175,000-square-foot building, bringing together researchers, equipment and staff for the Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute, the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, and translational scientists from many different disciplines. The project involves a renovation of the former Lyons-Harrison Research Building. The facility includes space for computational research, research support, offices, administrative and scientific collaboration, and meeting spaces designed to meet the specific needs of genomics and precision medicine investigators and their programs.

UAB broke ground on the project located at Seventh Avenue South between 19th and 20th streets at the former site of the Kracke Building and Pittman Center for Advanced Medical Studies in April 2022. The project is funded by a combination of philanthropic gifts from UAB Donors Altec/Styslinger Foundation and Marnix and Mary Heersink, $50 million from the state of Alabama via the Public School and College Authority, $5 million from Jefferson County, $1 million from the city of Birmingham Funds and other institutional funds.

Biomedical Research and Psychology Building

Construction continues on the new eight-story, 228,735-square-foot building located between Volker Hall and the Hill Student Center on University Boulevard. It will house the research-intensive departments from the Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychology and will contain both wet and dry research laboratories and research support spaces to provide the flexibility necessary for investigators from various fields and disciplines.

The $190 million project is supported by $152 million in federal funding, as well as funds from the Heersink School of Medicine and College of Arts and Sciences. UAB broke ground on the facility in June 2024 and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2026.

Student Assembly Building

A new home base for UAB’s registered student organizations operated by Student Affairs opened on Sept. 20, 2024. It is located at the northwest corner of 14th Street South and 11th Avenue and encompasses 12,790 gross square feet of assembly areas, storage space, office and administrative space and a catering kitchen. It features one large assembly room, which can accommodate up to 280 students at a time and can be subdivided into three smaller assembly rooms. The building houses four individual assembly rooms, a hoteling office and an administrative space to be used by student organization leaders.

Exterior of Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority showing building signage, November 2024.

Cooper Green Mercy Health, a UAB Health System Affiliate

The Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority, a UAB Health System affiliate, hosted a ribbon cutting for the new Outpatient Clinic just west of the original 1970s Cooper Green facility in November 2024 to house expanding clinical operations better suited to efficient delivery of modern ambulatory health care. The new five-story, 211,000-square-foot building, with a cost of $120 million, is located on the site of the former Cooper Green parking deck. The facility features urgent care, pharmacy, imaging, employee services, administrative offices, a conference center, laboratory facilities and outpatient physical therapy space. It offers main clinical services including primary care, specialty care, ophthalmology, behavioral health, an oncology clinic and expanded dental care. The Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority provides high-quality health care to all residents of Jefferson County, regardless of ability to pay.

14th Street Parking Deck

UAB opened its first new parking deck in over 20 years in June 2024 to commuters and Cooper Green employees and patients. The $36 million, 405,000-square-foot parking deck at 14th Street South and Seventh Avenue adds more than 1,150 new parking spaces to campus. The deck has a limited amount of parking reserved for Cooper Green Mercy Health Services patients and employees. The remaining spaces on Level 2 and above are pay-by-the-hour parking for faculty, staff, students and visitors. UAB’s strategic plan is guided by the recognition that UAB’s most valuable resource is its people, and that priorities need to be placed on the student, faculty and staff experience and their well-being. Enhancing parking and transportation will remain a focus of the Facilities Strategic Plan; this project and UAB’s purchase of the Daniel Building in 2023 have added more than 2,300 new parking spaces in the UAB Parking and Transportation inventory.

Southern Research Biotechnology Building

Southern Research, a UAB affiliate, opened its flagship biotech center in August, anchoring the development of 150,000 square feet of space with four floors and a basement including new wet lab space for life sciences. The building not only houses Southern Research’s Scientific Platforms Division, which operates programs in chemistry, structural biology, high-throughput screening, infectious diseases and neurosciences, but also provides space for future program growth. The new facility has doubled the organization’s lab space for researching infectious diseases and has greatly expanded its work to develop new treatments for cancer and other serious illnesses. Construction began in 2022. The facility is worth $98 million, with $45 million coming from the state education fund.

University Emergency Department Expansion

In response to an unprecedented demand for emergency medical services and to mitigate capacity challenges, UAB Hospital is expanding the University Emergency Department. Temporary expansion renovations began in June 2023, that allowed nine new exam spaces. Two ED Modular Units that contain eight exam spaces are operational, improving wait times and allowing new operational models to be implemented. The $73 million expansion of UED that includes renovations to the first floor of UAB Hospital’s North Pavilion, turning the adjacent atrium into clinical care space and the construction of a new three-story space in the drop-off drive of North Pavilion began in July. With 66,030 new square feet of new construction, the project will provide 59 new exam rooms and additional imaging capacity for emergency clinical care. This project directly supports patient satisfaction and employee satisfaction priorities. Funding comes from a $50 million grant from the Alabama state legislature, and the remainder from UAB Medicine funding.

Rehabilitation Pavilion

To deliver leading-edge, compassionate care and build on nationally recognized excellence in rehabilitation, UAB opened the Rehabilitation Pavilion in Aug. Located on Seventh Avenue South, the new facility is directly adjacent to the existing Spain Rehabilitation Center. The new building boasts three floors dedicated to interdisciplinary rehabilitation specialty programs. Each of these floors provides 26 state-of-the-art inpatient beds with technology designed to provide comprehensive rehabilitation for patients across Alabama. The new building focuses on neurorehabilitation for patients following stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and other conditions. In addition, there will be two floors of acute care beds. A 30-bed general acute care unit is located on the fifth floor, and on the seventh floor is a 28-bed inpatient floor dedicated to a seizure monitoring unit that offers clinical, research and education services to patients with epilepsy. The total number of inpatient beds for this new building is 134.

Volker Hall Renovation

Volker Hall renovations to modernize its offerings for medical students and faculty began in summer 2024 made possible by a gift from the Heersink Family Foundation. The atrium will provide a fresh, modern look and feel, adding a brand-new entrance facing University Boulevard. The atrium includes all-new furniture and light fixtures, new student relaxation and study areas, and a coffee bar. Lecture halls and a new conference room will be updated with new lighting, seating, screens and advanced technology improvements. Additionally, a 16th Street sky bridge will connect Volker Hall to the new Biomedical Research and Psychology Building. Ribbon cutting of the atrium is scheduled for November 3, 2025; the bridge and lecture halls will open in 2026.

McCallum Basic Health Sciences Renovation

UAB completed this building’s renovation in April 2025 that had been underway since 2018. The newly revitalized space includes updated wet labs for researchers from Departments of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, Medicine, Otolaryngology, Urology and many more. The modernized building boasts a spacious and inviting new lobby, featuring a living green wall. The renovation also addressed building pressurization, installed new windows, updated lab exhaust controls and deployed various other energy-saving initiatives.

Blount Hall Renovation

UAB is renovating the Winton Blount, Jr. residence hall at 1001 14th St. South for its 510 student residences. The roof, exterior doors and windows, carpeting and kitchen cabinets will be replaced, among other needs for the 193,000 square foot building, such as upgrading the fire alarm system. The project budget is $22.7 million.

Sterne Library Renovation

UAB is renovating the Mervyn H. Sterne library on 13th Street South. Modifications include roof replacement, upgrading the freight elevator and the fire alarm system. Additional interior and exterior upgrades are proposed, including a new façade on the north side of the building to complement the new and adjacent Science & Engineering Complex. The budget is $17 million.

Bartow Arena Renovation

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the Stage III project for the Bartow Arena upgrades at UAB. The $14.6 million donor-funded renovation will include an entrance lobby expansion, a club-level lounge with seating for an enhanced viewing experience, replacement of lower bowl retractable seating, and concourse improvements such as updated lighting and restrooms.

Photos by: Jennifer Alsabrook-Turner, Ian Logue, Andrea Mabry, Ben Heine.

Five Birmingham Restaurants/Chefs Named Semifinalists for James Beard Award

By

Birmingham Times

-

January 23, 2026

0

Five Birmingham restaurants/chefs have been named as semifinalists for a James Beard Award. (File)

birminghamal.gov

Five Birmingham restaurants/chefs have been named as semifinalists for a James Beard Award, the Oscars for the food industry.

From here, restaurant and chef nominees will be announced on Tuesday, March 31, and the winners will be recognized on Monday, June 15 in Chicago during the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards Ceremony.

The Birmingham semifinalists are:

Outstanding Chef: Rob McDaniel, Bayonet
Best Chef (South): Kristen Hall, La Fête
Best Chef (South): Geri-Martha O’Hara and Ryan O’Hara, Pizza Grace
Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service: Eric Bennett, Continental Drift
Outstanding Hospitality: Bottega

This is not the first time Birmingham’s food scene has garnered national attention. Several restaurants and chefs have received James Beard awards and nominations.

Past Birmingham winners have included:

Best Chef: South (2022): Automatic Seafood and Oysters Chef Adam Evans
Outstanding Restaurant (2018): Highlands Bar & Grill
Outstanding Pastry Chef (2018): Dolester Miles of Highlands Bar & Grill
Best Chef: South (2012): Hot and Hot Fish Club, Chef Chris Hastings
Best Chef: Southeast (2001): Highlands Bar & Grill Chef Frank Stitt

This news comes two months after 11 Birmingham restaurants were named in the Michelin Guide American South. Bayonet, La Fete, Pizza Grace and Bottega were mentioned in the November 2025 list.

See the list of all 11 Birmingham restaurants.

Through the years, Birmingham restaurants have gained attention from national publications. The latest recognition came in December 2025, when Afar magazine named Birmingham as one of the best places to travel in 2026. In its article, Afar focused on Birmingham’s food, saying that “James Beard award nominations grow like the kudzu vine” here.

See The Full Story From Afar Magazine.

Behind the Glass: Exploring the Evolution of the New-Look UAB

By

Birmingham Times

-

January 22, 2026

0

UAB_facilities_main3 — The new Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building presents a striking contrast from its former life as Lyons-Harrison Faculty Office Tower. (UAB)

By Matt Windsor | www.uab.edu

Red brick was once the defining feature of campus. But as a new generation of buildings comes online—seven new or renovated facilities opened within a span of five months from June to October 2025—one thing is clear: UAB is in its glass era.

There are multiple reasons for this shift, including the availability of more energy-efficient materials, the relative costliness of maintaining brick facades versus metal-and-glass facades, changing theories in urban planning, and a chronic shortage of masons. The main reason, however, is quite simple: People like it.

“There is a big push in the urban planning discipline for constructing buildings where occupants can see outside,” said Susan Thompson, executive director for Capital Construction at UAB Facilities, part of the unit’s Planning, Design and Construction group. “There is the health and wellbeing of the occupants. But also, when you get more daylight coming in, you don’t need artificial light as much, or what we call ‘daylight harvesting.’ And it just looks more modern.”

Research on the benefits of being able to see outside, for both students and patients, is extensive, notes Brian Templeton, director of Planning, Design and Construction. “It improves learning outcomes and improves patient convalescence,” Templeton said.

People outside the building also benefit from windows, because visibility brings security, Templeton said. “The windows in the building give you a feeling of being watched in a good way,” he said. “It gives you the impression that someone can see you there. So it’s very different walking by a bunch of glass than walking by a brick wall.”

The new Collat School of Business opened in 2018 with a glass-centric style. (UAB)

Although University Boulevard, as it passes through UAB, is one of the region’s busiest thoroughfares, a traveler moving through campus from the 1960s to the 2000s would have only been able to guess at what was going on behind the brick walls. Many of the buildings, from the original Hill Center and Volker Hall on the north side of University Boulevard to the Education Building and Rust Computer Center on the south, seemed to actively hide their entrances from public view. Small, scattered windows did not let in much natural light.

To be fair, the window technology available in the 1970s would have turned vast glass structures into sweltering greenhouses in the Alabama summer sun, notes Denton Lunceford, assistant vice president for UAB Facilities Planning, Design and Construction. “Our new buildings utilize insulated glazing units with argon gas between the panes to reduce heat and noise transfer, and low-E [low-emissivity] coatings that reflect infrared heat,” he said. “They are very efficient. Sun studies performed early in the design influence design elements that help mitigate the effects of direct sunlight as well. Many of our newer buildings include metal fins that are oriented strategically to limit solar thermal gain during the hottest times of summer days.”

Glass: Origins

The beginning of the glass era could be traced to the new Hill Student Center, which opened in January 2016 on the same site as the previous student center. It had debuted in 1983 as the University Center and was renamed the Hill University Center in 1991 to honor UAB’s second president, S. Richardson Hill Jr., M.D. Although the 21st- century Hill Center carried on UAB’s traditional red-brick motif, it featured a large glass section facing the then-still-new Campus Green. “That’s the building that really turned the corner,” Lunceford said. “Clients and architects both said, ‘Here is a new way to go.’”

Then again, Lunceford notes, the influences were already there. Just across the street from the Hill Center is Heritage Hall, which opened in 2008. The first new academic building at UAB in more than 20 years pioneered the light-colored metal panels that have since become a major feature of most of the latest buildings opened on campus, including University Hall (2019), IT’s Technology Innovation Center (2021), the East Science Hall of the Science and Engineering Complex (2023), the McCallum Building renovation (2025), the Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building (2025), and the Rehabilitation Pavilion (2025).

Shades Of Glass

Some of the first buildings to make glass a centerpiece, and prioritize visibility to the thousands of daily travelers on University Boulevard, are the Collat School of Business building and the School of Nursing building, which both opened in fall 2018.

The new atrium entrance to the School of Health Professions’ Webb Building, opened as part of a major renovation in June 2025, deliberately used glass with very low reflectivity in order to give passing pedestrians and motorists the best view of the work going on inside.

“A lot of our research participants have chronic health conditions, so we spent a lot of time considering their experience sitting on the inside and looking outside,” said Andrew Butler, Ph.D., dean of the School of Health Professions. “Studies have proven that natural light and nature itself lower depression and raise happiness; we want everyone who visits our buildings to be uplifted by the beauty that surrounds them inside and outside and the two-story floor-to-ceiling glass facade has been impactful on both sides.”

The Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building takes glass art to a new level at UAB, with a DNA motif etched in the panes, along with dots designed to mitigate bird strikes.

Why Seeing Green Matters

The Rehabilitation Pavilion, which opened in August 2025, is packed with state-of-the-art equipment—and sweeping views of Red Mountain and UAB’s tree-lined campus. A 2016 study in Germany found that patients randomly assigned to recover in a surgical ward with foliage plants and flowers had shorter hospital stays and took fewer pain meds than patients in a ward with no plants or flowers. This is one of a host of such studies dating back to a pioneering Science paper by Roger Ulrich in 1984.

“The new rehabilitation pavilion provides a cutting-edge care environment designed not only for the best care, but also as a best-in-class place to work in rehabilitation medicine,” noted Jordan DeMoss, executive vice president of UAB Medicine.

Patients and employees like natural light and inspiring views. But does a classroom with a view promote daydreaming? A landmark 2010 study of more than 100 Michigan high schools found that greater quantities of trees and shrubs outside classrooms correlated with improved test scores and graduation rates after accounting for student socio-economic status and racial/ethnic makeup, building age, and size of school enrollment. Interestingly, lawns or athletic fields alone, without tree and shrub cover, were not correlated with improved test scores and graduation rates.

UAB engineering faculty have more reason to point their students’ attention outside: The building itself is a lesson. “We worked with the engineering faculty to demonstrate stormwater management in the building,” said Susan Thompson. “We made all the stormwater management infrastructure visible so that lecturers can talk about it to their students and then show them those practices in action.”

Creating A Campus Showpiece

You can trace the new-look UAB streetscapes to a single source. The Wallace Tumor Institute, the home of the UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, reopened after a major renovation (inside and out) in 2013. The 2020 UAB Master Plan noted a host of features that had been taken into account in transforming the original building, with few discernible entrances, into one of the showpieces of campus.

These elements include:

A front door: “From the street, the front door should be obvious,” the Master Plan states. “The ground floor and/or upper floors facing the street or campus open space should be active and should contribute to a sense of place.”
Pedestrian-level signage
Visible ADA access
Pedestrian-scaled lighting
High windows
Street trees
A clear sidewalk zone

Above the street, research labs were placed behind large windows to allow patients at UAB Hospital, across Sixth Avenue, to see the future of cancer care at work.

The renovated School of Nursing opened in 2018 with a glass-centric style. UAB continues to build new facilities and renovate existing spaces. (UAB)

Streetscapes

In the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, when much of the UAB campus was originally built, cars were urban planners’ main preoccupation—in Birmingham and nationwide. Pedestrians were often shunted away above street level to raised crosswalks and plazas for their own safety.

That paradigm was reversed on UAB’s campus with the Wallace Tumor Institute renovation in 2013. Today, most new buildings on campus follow its focus on street-level interaction.

The McCallum Basic Health Science Building’s renovation, which wrapped up in April 2025, added a front door for the building and completely replaced the brick exterior with a state-of-the-art curtain wall system, opening views into its laboratories from the street level.

A few blocks away, the Volker Hall Atrium Project replaces the former second-floor main entrance to the building, home to the Heersink School of Medicine, with a street-level entrance.

“Every one of these projects is unique, with its own requirements and stakeholders with specific program needs,” Lunceford said. “You do see these common elements over the past several years, and it is all part of delivering the best building we can to each of our stakeholders.”

What JPMorganChase’s $350,000 Commitment to Alabama Possible Means for Workforce Training

By

Birmingham Times

-

January 22, 2026

0

JPMChase0122 1 — The new Chase location is located at 2629 Cahaba Road. (Mary Helene Hall, Bham Now)

jpmorganchase.com

JPMorganChase on Wednesday announced new philanthropic funding to grow workforce training programs in Alabama’s advanced manufacturing and energy sectors – an initiative designed to help more Alabamians gain the skills needed for in-demand jobs.

JPMorganChase’s $350,000 commitment to Alabama Possible, a nonprofit focused on expanding economic and educational opportunity for underserved communities, will strengthen Alabama’s workforce at a time of rapid business growth and rising demand for skilled talent.

“A prosperous job market is the foundation of a strong economy,” said Victoria Adams Phipps, Vice President, Global Philanthropy. “Through this initiative with Alabama Possible, we’re helping to close the skills gap and ensure more Alabamians have the opportunity to obtain high-quality jobs and build stronger economic futures for themselves and their families.”

The announcement comes as Chase celebrates the opening of its 14th branch in the state, in Mountain Brook.

The funding to Alabama Possible will support:

Opening Doors to Advanced Manufacturing Careers: Alabama Possible will expand its collaboration with the Alabama Community College System, including Historically Black Community Colleges (HBCCs) and Predominantly Black Community Colleges (PBCCs), on eight career advancement programs. These programs help individuals pursuing post-secondary education develop the skills for in-demand jobs in aviation, steel and aerospace.
Providing Hands-On Training for High-Demand Trades: Alabama Possible will team up with community colleges to develop two accelerated training programs for HVAC technicians and utility line workers. The new 11-week programs, developed in collaboration with Alabama Power, seek to prepare workers for in-demand jobs in the energy sector.

“Alabama’s workforce future depends on expanding pathways that ensure more people step into high-wage, high-demand careers. This investment from JPMorganChase allows us to do exactly that,” said Chandra Scott, the executive director of Alabama Possible. “By strengthening skilled-trades training and elevating STEM opportunities for adult learners – especially across Alabama’s Historically Black and Predominantly Black Community Colleges – we are building a stronger, more inclusive talent pipeline for our state.”

In 2025, the firm announced a philanthropic effort to help small businesses and entrepreneurs, especially in underserved communities. JPMorganChase in 2025 contributed more than $3.6 million in philanthropic funding to support small business growth, financial health and workforce development in Alabama.

“Our state is growing – there are more opportunities in manufacturing, energy and infrastructure,” said Jennifer DiSalvo, the head of Chase branches in Alabama. “At the same time, many employers need more skilled workers to fill these jobs. These training programs will help people get the skills they need, build a stronger workforce, and support Alabama’s future.”

A recent JPMorganChase PolicyCenter and Center for Geopolitics report, “Working to Win: Rebuilding America’s Workforce for an Age of Geopolitical Competition,” underscores that America’s talent shortage is now a national security risk – constraining growth in advanced manufacturing, energy, and defense. The report calls for large-scale, coordinated efforts to rebuild the nation’s skilled workforce, with a focus on critical industries like defense, energy and advanced manufacturing.

“Alabama’s workforce is the backbone of our economic future,” added DiSalvo. “By investing in skills training and career pathways, we’re not only supporting local communities – we’re also helping to address the national challenge of building a resilient, competitive workforce for the industries that matter most.”

Wednesday’s announcement coincided with the opening of Chase’s Mountain Brook location, and it follows branch openings in Florence and Huntsville in December. Chase announced in 2025 that it would triple the number of branches in Alabama by 2030, expanding access to financial services and creating more than 170 new jobs.

“This is a dream location,” said DiSalvo. “When you make the exit at Mountain Brook, our branch is the first thing you see. We’re neighbors with the zoo and the botanical gardens- signature destinations in our city. And the branch looks great. Visually, it is our most impressive location in the state.”

The branch employs about 10 people, including specialists who provide investment advice, home-lending service and support to small businesses.

This new location is part of the bank’s plan to triple its branch network in the state by 2030, ultimately bringing the total number of Chase branches in Alabama to 35 and creating more than 170 new jobs.

JPMorganChase in Alabama

Since 1973, JPMorganChase has fostered economic opportunity and leveraged its resources and expertise to deepen its support across Alabama. Support includes:

Offering resources including mentorship and access to capital to more than 25,000 small business customers.
Supporting more than 15 state and local government, higher education, healthcare and nonprofit clients.
Helping more than 20 local financial firms serve communities.
Investing in local job growth by financing the construction of recycling, manufacturing, and wholesale distribution facilities.

About the Security & Resiliency Initiative

JPMorganChase’s commitment to workforce development in Alabama reflects the firm’s broader strategy to strengthen America’s economic resilience and competitiveness.

In late 2025, the firm announced its Security & Resiliency Initiative, a $1.5 trillion, 10-year plan to facilitate, finance, and invest in industries critical to national economic security and resilience — including advanced manufacturing, defense and aerospace, energy, frontier and strategic technologies, and pharma and health tech.

As part of this initiative, the firm will make direct equity and venture capital investments of up to $10 billion to help select companies primarily in the U.S. enhance their growth, spur innovation, and accelerate strategic manufacturing. Learn more about how JPMorganChase is investing in America.

About JPMorganChase

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading financial services firm based in the United States of America (“U.S.”), with operations worldwide. JPMorganChase had $4.4 trillion in assets and $362 billion in stockholders’ equity as of Dec. 31, 2025. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.