ALABAMA REP. TERRI SEWELL AT THE FOOT OF THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE
IN SELMA DURING THE 60TH COMMEMORATION OF BLOODY SUNDAY; BIRMINGHAMTIMES.COM, MARCH 8.
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Employment
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CARETAKER POSITION
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BT3/06/2025
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BT3/06/2025
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LEGAL
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CASE NO. CV-2025-900280
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION
TO: EOL, LLC a/k/a EOL, L.L.C.; CSC, AS CUSTODIAN FOR STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS LLC; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARNITA J. RILEY; 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 January 22, 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: 1917 Druid Hill Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35234
Tax Parcel ID No.: 01-22-00-23-4-026-007.000
Legal Description: The Southwest 100 feet of Lot 5, in Block 2, according to the Survey of E. A. Westbrook, as recorded in Deed Book 74, Page 356, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, situated in Jefferson County, Alabama (It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument No. 2021001911 as follows: SW 100 FT OF LOT 5 BLK 2E A WESTBROOK)
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 May 5, 2025, in Room 670, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 8:30 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 20th 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.
BT3/06/2025
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CASE NO. CV-2025-900210.00
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION
TO: CORDINA C. PORTER; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR SOUTHSTAR FUNDING, LLC; SOUTHSTAR FUNDING, LLC; 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 January 16, 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: 4237 Greenwood Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35217
Tax Parcel ID No.: 01-23-00-07-4-006-005.000
Legal Description: Lot 16, Block 6, according to the Survey of Boyles Park as recorded in Map Book 8, Page 64 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. 2018022837 as follows: LOT 16 BLK 6 BOYLES PARK)
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 April 17, 2025, in Room 340, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 11:15 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 20th 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.
BT3/06/2025
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CASE NO. CV-2025-900207.00
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION
TO: CATHY EVENSON, individually and as heir of LARRY EVENSON; NICHOLE HETHERINGTON, NICHOLAS EVENSON, and NATALIE SAMS a/k/a NATALIE FORD, as heirs of LARRY EVENSON; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP.; TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP.; 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 January 16, 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: 612 7th Street West, Birmingham, Alabama 35204
Tax Parcel ID No.: 01-22-00-34-3-018-013.000
Legal Description: North 47.5 feet of lots 19 and 20, Block 7, according to the Survey of Owenton, as recorded in Map Book 2, Page 26, 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. 2017097443 as follows: N ½ OF N ½ OF LOTS 19-20 BLK 7 R W OWENS ADD TO BHAM)
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 April 17, 2025, in Room 340, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama at 11:15 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 20th 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.
BT3/06/2025
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CASE NO. CV-2024-905008
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION
TO: NETTIE LOU JASPER; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, 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 December 9, 2024, 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:
Lot 2 in Block C, according to Gallagher’s Map of West Highland Addition to Pratt City, as recorded in Map Book 4, Page 74 in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama.
It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2024057627 as follows: LOT 2 BLK C MARY E GALLAGHERS MAP OF WEST HIGHLAND ADD TO PRATT CITY
and assigned Parcel ID No. 22-00-19-3-001-101.000
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 May 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama. 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 20th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.
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 case 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.
BT3/06/2025
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CASE NO. CV-2024-904648
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION
TO: WILL SHUFFORD; VIOLA SHUFFORD; PATRICIA ANN S. WILLIAMS; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, 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 18, 2024, 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:
Lots 1 and 2, in Block D, according to the Survey Gallagher’s Map of West Highland Addition to Pratt City, as recorded in Map Book 4, Page 74 in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama.
It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2024057633 as follows: LOTS 1 &2 BLK D GALLAGHERS SUB
and assigned Parcel ID No. 22-00-19-3-001-098.000
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 May 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama. 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 20th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.
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 case 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.
BT3/06/2025
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CASE NO. CV-2024-904564
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING BY PUBLICATION
TO: INVESTORS REAL ESTATE SERVICES CO., INC.; NEW SOUTH REALTY, INC. TRANTHAM ENTERPRISES,; CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; J.T. SMALLWOOD, JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, 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 12, 2024, 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:
Lots One, Two, and Three, in Block B, according to Gallagher’s Map of West Highland Addition to Pratt City, as recorded in Map Book 4, Page 74 in the Probate Office of Jefferson County, Alabama.
It appears said legal is the same as that certain legal described in Instrument Number 2024057636 as follows: LOTS 1 2 3 BLK B MARY E GALLAGHER ADD LOTS 1 2 & 3 MARY E GALLAGHERS MAP OF WEST HIGHLAND ADD TO PRATT CITY
and assigned Parcel ID No. 22-00-19-3-008-004.000
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 May 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., in Room 360, Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama. 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 20th St, Birmingham, AL 35203. The Birmingham Land Bank Authority may be contacted care of Jake A. Kiser at (205) 918-5037.
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 case 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.
BT3/06/2025
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION
In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended notice is hereby given that Willoughby Contracting Co., Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for Construction of 44th Pl N/13th Ave N P.04170 13th Ave N, 43rd St N, 12th Ave N,44th St N and 44th Pl N for the State of Alabama and Jefferson County, City of Birmingham and the Birmingham Water Works, owner, and have made request for the final settlement of said contract. All persons having any claim for labor, material, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Birmingham Water Works board (Architect/Engineer)
Willoughby Contracting Co., Inc.
Contractor
2550 Cone Drive
Birmingham, Al 35217
BT3/06/2025
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Notice of Completion
In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given
that Williford Orman Construction LLC, Contractor, has completed the Contract for (Construction) of New Softball Facility for Vincent High School at Vincent, AL for the State of Alabama and the County of Shelby, 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 PC
Williford Orman Construction LLC
(Contractor)
PO Box 1985, Pelham, AL 35124
(Business Address)
BT3/06/2025
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Notice of Completion
In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Shelby Company, LLC, Contractor, has completed the Contract for (Renovation) of Jefferson County Commission 2121 Building Renovation – Phase 1 at 2121 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35203 for the State of Alabama and the (County) (City) of Birmingham, Owner(s), and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connect with this project should immediately notify Poole & Company Architects, 2 20th Street North, Suite 1610 Birmingham, AL 35203
Shelby Company, LLC
(Contractor)
3120 4th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233
(Business Address)
BT3/06/2025
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION
In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Adkins and Kimbrough Mechanical, LLC, has completed the Contract for (Construction), (Renovation), (Alteration), (Equipment), (Improvement) UAB Tinsley Harrison 8th FL Upgrade Existing HVAC at 1900 University Blvd for the State of Alabama and the (City) of Birmingham, Owner(s), and have made request for the final settlement of said contract.
All persons having any claim for labor, material, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify Bernhard TME, LLC (Architect/Engineer)
Adkins and Kimbrough Mechanical, LLC
4415 Turin Drive, Bessemer, Al 35020
BT3/06/205
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Request For Qualifications (RFQ)
The Birmingham Airport Authority is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) from professional service firms (Respondents) for civil engineering services associated with the Runway 24 Approach End Pavement Strengthening Design project. SOQs and Project Proposals will be received by March 13th, 2025, at 2:00 PM local time. Copies of the RFQ, including detailed submission instructions and requirements, can be obtained by visiting the airport’s website at https://www.flybirmingham.com/about-bhm/doing-business-at-bhm/ or via an email request sent to eseoane@flybhm.com. A non-mandatory pre-submittal conference will be held on February 20, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. local time via Zoom.
BT3/06/2025
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ADVERTISEMENT
INVITATION FOR BIDS
ITB# 41-25 “Generator Maintenance and Repair”
JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL
Bids will be received by the Jefferson County Commission Purchasing Agent Michael D. Matthews, Ph.D., C.P.M. , until 9:00 (CST) a.m. on 3/18/2025, for Generator Maintenance and Repair. A public opening and a virtual Bid opening will be held 3/18/2025 and 10 a.m.
The Jefferson County Commission Department desires to enter into an agreement with a Contractor for Generator Maintenance and Repair.
The Contractor shall provide all labor, hazardous materials sampling, hazardous materials testing, fees, inspections, certifications, services, equipment, materials, obtain permits and supplies necessary to provide specified requirements in the bid documents.
All Solicitation information including forms, and specifications are available for download free at https://jeffcobids.jccal.org/Search.aspx
Prequalification is not required.
Interested parties must meet bidder requirements and qualifications as specified in the bid documents on or before the date that the bids are due.
A Performance Bond will be required in the amount of 100% of the contract price.
All questions must be submitted in writing to procurementservices@jccal.org
attention Harriett Bell.
A Pre-bid conference will be held on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 10:00 am (CST) in Suite 830 of the Jefferson County Main Courthouse. For special accommodation please call 205-325-5381.
BT3/06/2025
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION
In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Southeastern Sealcoating, Inc ( Contractor), has completed the Contract for (Construction) (Renovation) (Alteration) (Equipment) (Improvement) of (Name of Project) Alley Resurfacing Citywide 2024 at Various Locations for the State of Alabama (County ) ( City) of Birmingham Owners), 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 City of Birmingham (Architect) .
Southeastern Sealcoating (Contractor)
1330 Adamsville Industrial Parkway (Business Address).
BT3/06/2025
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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, Jeffrey 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, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35249 until 4:00 PM Central Time, March 7, 2025. 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 Jeffrey 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 TKC Pharmacy Mechanical Upgrade
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Project No.: H245014
The project consists of the addition of a rooftop air handling unit and chiller at the UAB Kirklin Clinic. The scope of work includes all work associated with the addition of the new mechanical equipment, including providing new structural reinforcement for the new rooftop equipment. There shall be minimal architectural and demolition work. 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 Control 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 healthcare projects performed in and adjacent to an operating clinical 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.) The anticipated construction budget is between $1,300,000 and $1,800,000.
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, March 7, 2025 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 prequalification 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 March 14, 2025.
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 March 14, 2025:
Architect:
Ghafari Associates
2170 Highland Ave S
Suite 220
Birmingham, AL 35205
Phone: 205-203-4611
Contact: Scott Heywood
Email: sheywood@ghafari.com
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 37th 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 March 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM Central Time at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Hospital Planning, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35294. 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 Jeffrey Orr, Project Manager Facilities and Capital Projects, 2020 Building, 2020 University Blvd, 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 March 27, 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.
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.
A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference is currently scheduled to be held at 1:00 PM CST on March 17, 2025 at UAB Hospital Facilities 2020 Building, 2020 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35233. It is mandatory that all pre-qualified prime contractor bidders attend the Pre-Bid Conference.
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Notice of Auction
The manufactured dwelling located at 4631 Elfreth Johnson Rd lot 53 is now abandoned and will be sold by private sealed bid auction. To inspect the dwelling and submit a sealed bid, call Diana Valdez, 205-968-1640 ext. 3, by 9:00am on February 27th, 2025. The dwelling community owner may bid on the dwelling. Bids will be unsealed, and the winning bidder will be announced on March 3, 2025, at 9:00 am at the dwelling location noted here.
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Abandoned Vehicle
Vehicle VIN: KNDPM3AC2N7011030 (2022 KIA Sportage)
Company: Demoss Property Preservation LLC
Auction Date: March 7, 2025
Auction Address: 2126 Sullivan Dr SW, Cullman, AL 35055 at 8am
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INVITATION FOR BIDS
ITB# 44-25 “Multi-Functional Copier and Office Equipment Leasing”
JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL
Bids will be received by the Jefferson County Commission Purchasing Agent Michael D. Matthews, Ph.D., C.P.M. , until 9:00 (CST) a.m. on 3/25/2025, for Multi-Functional Copier and Office Equipment Leasing. A public opening and a virtual Bid opening will be held 3/26/2025 and 10 a.m.
All Solicitation information including forms, and specifications are available for download free at https://jeffcobids.jccal.org/Search.aspx
Interested parties must meet bidder requirements and qualifications as specified in the bid documents on or before the date that the bids are due.
All questions must be submitted in writing to procurementservices@jccal.org
attention Harriett Bell.
A Pre-bid conference will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 10:00 am (CST) in Suite 830 of the Jefferson County Main Courthouse. For special accommodation please call 205-325-5381.
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Notice of Self Storage Sale
Please take notice Storage Depot – Cahaba located at 5300 Cahaba Valley Rd. Birmingham AL 35242 intends to hold a public sale to the highest bidder of the property stored by the following tenants at the storage facility. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storageauctions.com on 3/17/2025 at 10:00AM. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.
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By Nick Patterson | npatterson@al.com
In 2025, AL.com’s “Beyond the Violence” project, in partnership with The Birmingham Times, examines whether Birmingham can grow beyond its crime problem and become safer, healthier and happier.
As the grandson of iconic civil rights activist Calvin Woods, Birmingham City Councilor Clinton Woods has seen Birmingham’s history play out, and is right in the middle of dealing with its current problems.
Woods has spearheaded city council initiatives aimed at building stronger families, like the annual Man Up Breakfast; strengthening neighborhoods, cleaning them up and making them more sustainable, such as the Power of One; and addressing food insecurity by pushing forward a pilot program to install a grocery store in Huffman Middle School.
All those initiatives target problems in Birmingham. Those challenges are stark, but Woods says he has hope for the city’s future.
“Being from Birmingham, and especially with my family’s history, it’s afforded me a unique perspective on the long-running, underlying fight for opportunity here,” said Woods, a Roebuck native now representing that area in the city’s District 1. His uncle Rev. Abraham Woods Sr. was on the front lines of the civil rights movement along with his father. “It’s a fight for what Birmingham could be, and that resolve has been passed down through the generations in my family.”
It’s undeniable that Birmingham faces challenges today — from rampant gun violence, to economic inequity, to health disparities, to well-documented educational deficits.
Can Birmingham become a better city — a safer one — the safest city in America, as envisioned recently by the Birmingham Crime Commission?
Can Birmingham become a better city across multiple metrics – education, economic prosperity, health outcomes and equity? Can it remove or at least diminish the barriers that have let the city fall behind other southern states, other cities in Alabama, even?
The obvious answer is yes.
“Of course, it could be better,” said David Fleming, executive director of REV Birmingham, the downtown revitalization organization working to improve the city center, and increasingly, the eastern Birmingham community of Woodlawn.
“Birmingham is a city that has a lot going for it that other communities would actually love to have going for it. And so, despite the fact that we have some very specific and serious and very real things and challenges to take on, we do have a lot going for us.”
“100% it can be better,” said Steve Ammons, president and CEO of the Birmingham Business Alliance. “And I think everybody really has to understand that it’s not just one thing or one entity or one person that has to be responsible for making it better. Everybody is responsible. We all have that flag to carry.
“I think there are so many things that we all have to work on from an economic development perspective, crime, education or our ability to attract new industry here or even help some of our small businesses scale and become bigger, educating as many people as we can.”
A number of local movers and shakers are talking about how to transform Birmingham. What would it take?
“It’s actually a question a lot of folks are asking right now,” said Tom Spencer of the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama. “There are certainly willing players and people know things need to be done on various fronts. Yeah, Birmingham can improve. Sure. We can always improve. And it’s, you know, the old saw about Birmingham is it’s the City of Perpetual Promise.”
How do you go about transforming a city? Birmingham needs:
Right now there are a number of agencies and motivated individuals working to make Birmingham better on all those fronts.
Many of them are nonprofit organizations working, often, in cooperation with governmental entities including the city of Birmingham and Jefferson County.
The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham continually looks for big ideas to move the city forward, said the Foundation’s Executive Director Chris Nanni.
“We have a fund at the Community Foundation called the Catalyst Fund, which is for those big ideas,” Nanni said. That fund is “always kind of probing and looking for these kind of big ideas type of things to be transformational and catalytic. It’s tough. It takes a lot of time to really kind of cultivate that. But there are people thinking about it and trying to do it.”
And a number of organizations have track records showing that they know how to move the needle. Here’s one example.
A big idea for Birmingham: Young urban farmers
Headquartered in downtown Birmingham, Jones Valley Teaching Farm has, in the past decade, offered a test case for ways to do several things local leaders say they want: Address food insecurity and teach valuable skills to young adults.
Jones Valley now includes eight teaching farms on elementary, middle and high school campuses in the city. And it has developed a track record of successfully turning Birmingham kids into skilled urban farmers.
Destiny Nelson-Miles grew up in Birmingham’s Woodlawn community. Woodlawn has been recognized as a “food desert” — an area where residents with limited transportation have little or no easy access to affordable healthy food. Nelson-Miles said she didn’t know what she was missing in her neighborhood until she began learning and working with JVTF.
She was with the program from her junior year in high school until she was in college.
“Learning how to grow vegetables and giving the produce that I grow to the community, I felt that was very impactful for me,” she said. “Just understanding the community that I live in and the greater scope of things… You know, now I know how to run a farm, honestly, even though it’s not in my career interest to run a farm.”
Nelson-Miles now works in finance, but she said the time she spent with JVTF learning horticulture and agriculture, raising vegetables and budgeting gave her work experience, discipline and “really, anything pertaining to how to be a young adult, I would say.”
She’s just one example of how JVTF impacts the lives of Birmingham students. Last year Jones Valley hosted 13 paid apprentices and high school interns. About a quarter of the farm’s full-time staff are graduates of their program.
Jones Valley Executive Director Amanda Storey envisions a future powered in large part by today’s children.
“I’ll go to, like, education conferences, food insecurity conferences, roundtables on how to make Birmingham better, whatever those things are. And oftentimes it’s a bunch of adults sitting around talking about ideas. And really, in my opinion, what has worked at Jones Valley well, has been leveraging the voices of young people as we do the work in concert with those of us who have been through the world a little bit longer,” Storey said.
“If we’re going to talk about the future for young people, their voices have to count in that conversation. And it may not be what we want to hear sometimes, and it may be hopeful in a way that you think that’ll never work. But oftentimes what’s happened for us is that it opens up brand new ways to see our work, and it’s made us so much better.”
Kids raising vegetables, getting their hands dirty in good work, reconnecting to the earth and the fresh air and the sunshine is a feel-good story. But at JVTF, it’s been a way of transforming Birmingham in ways few may realize.
“Food-based education can shift and change the way we see ourselves in the world,” Storey said.
For proof consider this: In each of the past 10 years, Jones Valley Teaching Farm has directly impacted the lives of 5,000 Birmingham City Schools student participants.
“Even though we’re able to reach folks through field trips, our primary goal is to really focus in on Birmingham city schools,” Storey said. “There’s 20,000 kids that go to Birmingham city schools now. And we want hopefully in the next 10 years, to be able to have food-based education attached to the learning … every kid gets that in Birmingham city schools. That’s our goal. And we’re well on our way there.”
Those kids on average raise and distribute for free 25,000 pounds of food per year. That food goes to individuals at a farm stands and many more people through partner feeding agencies.
In the years from COVID forward, the farm’s young growers have produced an increasing number of vegetable seedlings which are given – free – to more than 40 community gardens around the Birmingham metro area. Last year, according to JVTF’s impact report, the young urban farmers grew nearly 83,000 seedlings.
The farm’s hands-on educational programming includes field trips for students from multiple city schools and schools from across the state, to JVTF’s Center for Food Education downtown, and they’re expanding this year.
It takes a lot, but transformative ideas can move forward, Storey said. “You have to have organizations and people willing to say that ‘It is possible and we can do it.’ And even if the numbers are big, right?”
Storey believes in the importance of young people in any future success for Birmingham. It’s especially important to make sure Birmingham’s students have a seat at the table, she said.
“It points directly to how we value children,” she said. “I would love to see us changing the way that we see our communities, to where young people can thrive in so many different ways, so many different areas where their communities are nourished, right? That we’re nourishing communities and young minds.
“And I know that you do that through a variety of different ways, but fresh food is a piece of that. We use that as like a foundation at Jones Valley to do that. But really, it’s to open up the possibilities for wonder and for young people to… see a future for themselves and for each other.”
By Roy S. Johnson | rjohnson@al.com
In 2025, AL.com’s “Beyond the Violence” project, in partnership with The Birmingham Times, examines whether Birmingham can grow beyond its crime problem and become safer, healthier and happier.
What do you see?
What do you see, Birmingham…when you look in the mirror?
By Birmingham, I don’t solely mean those living within the 151.9 square miles of the city’s borders. I mean you, Vestavia Hills. I mean you, Pinson. I mean you, Pratt City. I mean you, Irondale, I mean you, Trussville, I mean you, Pelham. I mean you, Tarrant. I mean you, Pleasant Grove. I mean you Mountain Brook. I mean you, Hoover. I mean you, too, Fairfield.
I mean each of you, the 33 municipalities whose residents say, “Birmingham” when traveling and someone asks, “Where are you from?”
I’m speaking to all y’all.
What do you see?
You may only see what’s near you — your neighbor’s homes, lawns, parks and businesses.
You may see your child’s school (since you spend so much time in the drop-off and pick-up line).
You may see the region’s attractions — the zoo, the botanical gardens, the mountains, Vulcan, the Summit.
You may see a savory meal prepared at your favorite culinary haunt. Or a cocktail — maybe a few — from your go-to bar.
You may see an art gallery or music venue. Or a park.
You may see a new stadium and renovated arena downtown and bustling sports and entertainment venues throughout the region.
Some here, though, see a blighted house or overgrown lot across the street, next door or around the corner. They see a once-proud home now long abandoned and neglected, likely an incubator for unsavory acts.
They see the ghost of a collection of buildings where a shopping mall once thrived, generating jobs and bountiful tax revenue for their city They see unhealthy food options where a grocery store once offered fresh meats and vegetables.
What would make Birmingham safer in 2025?
They see the iron carcass of a manufacturing plant that once provided a path to the American Dream — albeit one still pocked with the vestiges of redlining, Jim Crow and other darts of discrimination.
They see a cratered sidewalk or a street too long in disrepair. Or an empty porch because someone is afraid to sit outside, or an aging park too dangerous for families to gather or children to play.
They see shootings. They see death.
It’s impossible to not see it, to not feel it — no matter where in the region you live.
Even if you blithely turn away— if you bury your head in the sand of prosperity, proximity (that’s over there) and privilege — it’s impossible to not see the faces of Birmingham’s 152 homicide victims last year, or the too many already in 2025.
Impossible to not see blood drying on pavement and casings strewn on streets.
To not see grief. Unfathomable grief. Grief at the crime scene until it’s tucked out of view — in homes and hearts where it likely never departs.
It’s hard right now to see beyond those hard truths toward a future with far less crime and far more hope for those caught in its grip or impacted by it in any way.
Which would be us all.
Hard but not impossible. Hard but achievable if Birmingham — all of the Birmingham metro — seeks it with all intent and resources. If we address all of the factors holding the region back from fulfilling its promise — for all.
AL.com is pursuing reporting to assess where we are, Birmingham, where we’d like to be in the years to come — and what we all must do to get there.
It’s an expansion of our continuous coverage of efforts throughout the region to stem gun violence. Of organizations and individuals in the public, nonprofit and private sectors doing their root out violent perpetrators and instill hope in young people.
We’ll pursue solutions to the region’s continued challenges with economic equity, health disparities, education, environmental justice and more. We want to hear how you believe Birmingham can move beyond this plague.
Over six decades past its darkest days, the Birmingham region has undeniably progressed in many ways. Yet, we see what we see.
Too much darkness for too many.
So, now, at this precarious juncture, Birmingham, here’s another question: What do you want to see when you look in the mirror, say, another decade from now? In 2035.
What do you not want to see?
Most critically, what are you willing to do, what must you do, to make that vision a reality?
Here’s what I see: A region at the precipice of change yet in danger of stagnation if it does not effectively address violence and poverty.
A region that can brag that it’s not what it used to be but is not yet close to what it can be because of violence and poverty.
To what it should be.
I see a region that won’t fulfill its promise unless significant decisions and actions are made now — in 2025.
I see a region that must flush, once and for all, its lingering legacy of distrust among municipalities and — and this is about as simply as I can put it — get its act together. A region that must become savvier in numerous areas. That must elevate its game.
That must level up, in all phases.
And do it with a sense of urgency. As if a gun was pointed directly between its eyes.
Birmingham must decide that it is sick and tired of being sickened by conditions that should have long ago been triaged, diagnosed and treated.
A few weeks ago, an august group of private citizens, a Crime Commission convened at the behest of Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, issued 82 recommendations for stemming gun violence—homicides as well as shootings where the survivor is likely living in fear. Of being shot again. Or worse.
The common thread of the recommendations? Common sense. Common sense and clear actions. Now.
The committee called for the implementation of a proven street-outreach Community Violence Intervention program, similar to those that have worked to lower gun violence in Boston, New Orleans and other cities.
It also calls for big, innovative swings like appointing a public safety czar overseeing a new Office of Public Safety.
Most vitally, the commission said this: Get it together, Birmingham. Level up with procedures and practices. Elevate technology and install systems that ensure what needs to get done gets done in a timely fashion.
Require various entities — such as the Birmingham Police Department, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, and Alabama Bureau of Pardon and Paroles – to talk to each other, share vital information, and take actions that get the most violent offenders off our streets.
Common sense and actions. Now.
Over the next few months, we’ll digest and dissect the report and hold city and regional leaders accountable for its implementation. And to ensure that each day is focused on the safety of Birmingham residents, as well as their growth and the creation of opportunities that allow them to see themselves striving for the elusive dream.
Leading the change certainly rests with Woodfin, especially as he seeks a third term in office. It also falls squarely in the laps of others at City Hall — department heads who must come to work every day and believe their job, no matter the job description, impacts whether another young man might pull a trigger.
It falls, too, in homes where — there’s too much at stake to be delicate anymore — parents and families have failed. For whatever reasons. Now, avail yourselves of the resources needed to level up, too. To be the parent to your child that maybe someone wasn’t to you. To ensure to the best you can that they don’t pull the trigger.
And you—you all. In Alabaster. In Hueytown, In Homewood. In Sylacauga. In Dora. In Ashville. In Fultondale. In Brighton. In Calera. In Chalkville. In Helena. In Leeds. In the full realm of the 5,279.8 square miles the U.S. Census considers the Birmingham metro area.
You well know that so goes Birmingham, so goes you. So goes economic development. So go jobs. When companies from outside the region or state search the viability of your area, they don’t enter your municipality. They enter “Birmingham.” So, prosperity, proximity and privilege do not shield you from doing something to ensure what you see in the mirror years from now is not altered by what you ignore.
All want change, but are we all ready to be a part of the change?
What do you want to see, Birmingham, when you look in the mirror in 2035?
Write it down, then help make it happen.
By Ameera Steward | For The Birmingham Times
Porsha Davis, a Montgomery, Alabama, native, has made history at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport with Fly Fanci Cosmetics, the first aviation-themed cosmetics line to be sold at the airport.
Her products—including lip liner, clear lip gloss, and waterproof matte lipstick—are designed with women of color in mind.
“It’s a blessing. I’m so blessed. … It doesn’t even feel real,” said Davis, an Alabama State University (ASU) grad. “My brand is all about helping women elevate and seeing them [step into their best selves] the ‘Fanci’ way.”
Davis said she’s long wanted her own cosmetics line but didn’t know what about a theme, name, and timeline. When she became a flight attendant, it all just clicked, she said.
After her grandmother passed away in 2018, Davis decided to leave her hometown of Montgomery and move to New York, which was not only a big shift for her but also a time of growth and an opportunity to do something different. She thought that traveling for work would be interesting and give her exactly what she needed. That came in the form of becoming a flight attendant.
She applied online and had to participate in multiple rounds of interviews—over the phone, via video, and in person. The entire process took approximately two months before she was hired. She had a four- to six-week training program, then it was time to hit the air.
Davis is currently based in Dallas, Texas, but she lives in Atlanta, Georgia, meaning she has to “commute to Dallas to clock in for work, which is a pretty common setup for flight attendants,” she said.
“Different Outlook on Life”
Being a flight attendant and traveling to different cities gave Davis “a different outlook on life,” she said.
“I actually enjoy my job,” she added, “As a flight attendant, you always have to look polished. … We all know the stereotype of a flight attendant is always makeup done, hair done, … glam. So that’s when Fly Fanci Cosmetics started,” with the Fly Collection launching on August 19, 2019.
The process of creating her cosmetics line was tedious because Davis doesn’t mix and make the products herself, she said. That work is done by vendors.
“I really had to go back and forth with the vendors for about a year,” she explained. “I knew I wanted my product to be waterproof, [and I needed] to build a product that I would wear, … a good quality product.”
Davis launched her business with lip glosses and worked her way into lipsticks. The Fly Collection includes brightly colored, highly pigmented, waterproof, nontransferable lip wear.
“I love a red lip, … and when you Google flight attendants, that’s the number one thing they wear — a red lip,” she said. “When you see a woman in red, you automatically think high class or confident.”
As a result, Davis’s first lipstick was a matte red lipstick named “First Class.”
“I have lip glosses and lipsticks with names like ‘Airplane Mode,’ a magenta-colored matte lipstick, [and] ‘Jazzy Runway,’ a bright pink matte lipstick — names [that make you] automatically think of travel or in flight,” said the mother of a 9-month old.
Offer She Couldn’t Refuse
In 2022, a friend, Jasmine Carr, reached out to Davis with an opportunity she could not refuse. Carr’s mother was a consulting agent for minority-owned businesses within the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport and wanted Fly Fanci Cosmetics to be part of its initiative to bring more Black businesses to the airport.
“Carr and her mother reached out to me, which lets me know my brand really [stands] out and I really have something to offer,” Davis said.
“It’s different … having your product sold inside of an airport, where people have to have a boarding pass and have to travel, versus a being in a location where people can really go into [the store].”
Davis plans to increase her brand awareness to help with foot traffic as well as sales by investing more in marketing, including hiring someone for promotions. She plans to look into vending machines to make her products more accessible, in addition to networking and passing out flyers.
Additionally, she has plans to launch a membership program for supporters called Fanci Lounge.
Oh, and Davis is a travel agent, too. She became one three years ago because, she said, “I’m all for people going to their dream destination, getting out of their city and just traveling. I feel like I’m their resource.”
Becoming “Fanci”
Davis, 35, attended Carver Senior High School in her hometown.
“I had an amazing childhood in Montogomery,” she said, adding that she was raised by her grandmother, who is her biggest inspiration in life.
“[My grandmother] instilled in me the values of hard work, entrepreneurship, and independence—everything that has shaped me into who I am today,” Davis said. “I was surrounded by love and support.”
In addition to losing her grandmother in 2018, Davis lost her only sibling, her younger sister Jasmine, in 2019. Losing them has been “incredibly tough,” Davis said.
“But through it all I carry the lessons my grandmother taught me. … I know she would be so proud to see me running my own business and living out the dreams she always encouraged me to chase,” she added.
Davis graduated from Carver in 2007 and made her way to ASU, where she studied rehabilitation services. During her sophomore year, she “wanted to dig deeper into my creative era,” she said.
“[In high school], I didn’t wear makeup. … Once I got into college, I felt more free and started experimenting, … trying different looks on myself. My classmates always gave me compliments.”
Eventually, those compliments transformed into requests for Davis to do makeup for her classmates — “And I made a career out of it,” she said.
That was the beginning of Fanci Faces, where Davis essentially became a makeup artist for her classmates and those in the surrounding area. The name “Fanci” was originally given to her in her hometown, but it became a solidified nickname in college.
“I just got that name because I like to dress up with my heels on,” she said. “I used to be one of those freshmen and sophomores walking around campus with heels and living in the moment. … I was under Elite Models [a modeling group at the university].
“I felt like when I came to college I was able to just be free and … just do me. When I was going to [Elite Models] practice and we did our fashion shows, I got the name ‘Fanci.’ I honestly can’t remember who even called me that, but when [they] did, it stuck … and I just ran with it.”
Davis graduated from ASU in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in rehabilitation services. And the rest is history.
“I’m going to mentor women who want to take their brands to the next level,” she said. “[Those who] want to get into beauty, [those who] want to start their own brands but don’t know where to start. … I want to give other women the motivation to just move forward [with their businesses].”
Fly Fanci Cosmetics can be found at Be Relax Spa, located in Terminal B and at Gate B22 at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Davis encourages those who are traveling to stop by and get a sense of what it really means to “Fly Fanci.”
Follow @FlyFanci on all social media platforms or visit flyfancicosmetics.com.
BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times
BRANDON AND JESSICA SANDERS
Live: Bessemer
Married: May 27, 2023
Met: April 2010, at Jessica and her roommate, Kadesha’s place in Tuscaloosa. Kadesha was dating Brandon’s roommate, Harold, who had asked Brandon to tag along with him to watch the NBA playoffs.
“Basically, Harold wanted me to run interference with Jessica,” Brandon laughed. “He was dating Kadesha, and he wanted me to keep Jessica occupied.”
“Which is funny because it was my house, I didn’t need to be occupied,” Jessica said, “we were all just all gonna watch the game in the living room…but Brandon couldn’t resist me,” she laughed.
Brandon didn’t see it that way. “She kept asking me to come over to watch [the remaining] playoff games after that,” Brandon said. “It turned into a casual thing for a while and then we lost touch.”
The two reconnected in October 2015, when Brandon called Jessica to let her know he was in Tuscaloosa for the University of Alabama’s (his alma mater) homecoming game. However, Jessica was out of town and promised to reach out the next time she was in Birmingham. Two months later when Jessica was in the Magic City celebrating her best friend’s birthday, when she gave Brandon a call to let him know they’d be at the Plum Bar. However, Brandon was late getting off work.
“I texted him to let him know we were leaving and I was about to get back on the road to Tuscaloosa, but he begged me to meet him at a bar for drinks,” Jessica recalled. “He was just getting off work and really wanted to see me, so I went.”
First date: January 2016. Brandon drove to Tuscaloosa for a visit, and they spent a night on the town bar hopping. “We had a good time, and we’ve been going out ever since,” Jessica said.
“A lot of time had passed since we met [in 2010], so we were catching and getting reacquainted … I had a daughter now [London, then 2],” Brandon said.
“We love having good conversation over a good [adult] beverage, that’s our favorite thing to do,” Jessica said.
The turn: Summer 2016. The pair do not recall a conversation about solidifying their exclusivity, and said it was a natural progression over the course of their first six months together. However, they do remember things feeling more serious between them after taking their first cruise vacation that spring, and after Jessica met Brandon’s daughter, London, that summer.
The proposal: Nov. 2, 2022, while away in Jamaica for Brandon’s friend’s destination wedding. Brandon, Jessica, and some of their couple friends arrived a few days before the wedding and Brandon proposed.
“We were all walking along the beach headed to a gazebo sitting over the water, and we played it like we wanted to take a group picture with the water in the backdrop. We got up there to take the picture and when she turned around [to look at the water] I got down on one knee. She was [speechless], and I said, ‘say something’, and she said, ‘you haven’t asked me nothing yet’, and I said, ‘will you marry me?’ and she ‘It’s about time, ‘yes,’” Brandon laughed.
“Everybody laughed,” Jessica said. “It was like we were taking a group prom picture, and I joked about [the men getting behind us] for the picture…. And then I turned my back for one moment to look at the water and when I turned back around, he was down on one knee. I really was not expecting that. The ring was beautiful, it was the most gorgeous ring I’d ever seen in real life. I said, ‘yes’, we hugged, and we all went back to the resort to celebrate and watch [a resort entertainment show].”
The wedding: At White Azalea Estates, in Harvest, Ala., a city right outside of Huntsville. It was officiated by Jessica’s childhood pastor, Reverend Oscar L. Montgomery Sr., of Union Hill Primitive Baptist Church, in Huntsville. Their colors were emerald and ivory.
Most memorable moment for both the bride and groom was “jumping an imaginary broom” after they took their vows. “The wedding planner had nerve to forget the broom after telling my mama not to worry about it and that she would get it,” Jessica laughed.
“So when we turned around, we were waiting for the broom to be put at our feet, and she [the coordinator] was like ‘just come on, just walk, I don’t have it’. I was so pissed because I really wanted to jump the broom,” Brandon said.
“So we jumped an imaginary broom into our new life as a married couple,” Jessica said.
“Also, it was a beautiful day, we had an outdoor wedding, the weather was perfect, and the reception was jumping. Most people said that was the best wedding they’d ever been to. We had buffet style food, and an open bar, so people were able to eat and drink all they wanted,” Brandon laughed.
Words of wisdom: “Patience. That’s it, that’s the code,” said Brandon.
“Have fun. We don’t take things so seriously, we have a good time, and we make life fun,” said Jessica. “Oh, and pray. Please, please pray for each other because that’s what helps you keep it together.”
Happily ever after: The Sanders are a blended family, with one daughter, London, 11, from Brandon’s previous relationship.
Jessica, 39, is a Huntsville native and Lee High School grad [Huntsville]. She attended Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, where she earned a BS in biology. Jessica is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and works for the University of Montevallo for the ‘Gear Up Jefferson County’ program, where she works to prepare students and parents for post-secondary success.
Brandon, 39, is a Ensley native, and Ramsay High School grad. He attended Alabama University where he majored in chemistry and works as a Bessemer City police officer.
“You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like to be considered for a future “Hello’’ column, or know someone, please send nominations to Barnett Wright bwright@birminghamtimes.com. Include the couple’s name, contact number(s) and what makes their love story unique.
Charles Brooks, a longtime Birmingham funeral director who handled services for young victims killed in two high-profile Civil Rights incidents in the city, died Saturday at UAB Hospital. He was 79.
Arlillian Kate Bushelon, director and manager of Bushelon Funeral Home in the West End, where Brooks had worked since 1980, said he had been battling cancer for years.
“He made an impact on people at the lowest part of their life,” she said. “He’s been a pillar of strength in Birmingham and beyond.”
Bushelon said Brooks was “like family,” and had mentored a generation in how to care for a deceased person’s grieving loved ones with dignity and grace. His mother, she said, was one of the first licensed Black women embalmers in Alabama, which she suspects is how Brooks came to have an affinity for funeral service.
On two occasions separated by over a decade, Brooks provided funeral services for young Birmingham women whose lives were cut short by racially motivated violence. Brooks spoke with AL.com’s Roy S. Johnson in 2020 about those two days: June 20, 1979, when he buried Bonita Carter, an innocent Black woman shot by a white police officer; and Sept. 18, 1963, when he buried Addie Mae Collins, Carol Denise McNair, and Cynthia Wesley, killed in the Klan bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
Bushelon Funeral Home will be handling the arrangements. Services have not yet been set.
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After a dominant victory in the SIAC Women’s Basketball Tournament last Saturday, winning back-to-back Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament titles, the Miles College women’s basketball team earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Division II South Region tournament.
The Lady Bears, which earned the eighth seed in the tourney, will face top-seeded Union in the opening round. The Lady Bulldogs, winners of the Gulf South Conference, will host the tournament in Tennessee and play will begin on Friday, Mar. 14.
On Saturday, the Lady Bears dominated rival Tuskegee in Atlanta to win the 2025 SIAC Women’s Basketball Tournament for the second consecutive year, a feat never before accomplished in the history of the program and just the sixth time in the 45-year history of the league’s women’s basketball tournament.
Featuring a swirling defense and swarming Miles trailed for only 16 seconds. After allowing the opening bucket of the game, Feliah Greer answered with a jumper to tie the game and Iemyiah Harris followed with a 3-ball for a 5-2 lead. The Lady Bears never trailed again. Madison Lee followed with a 3-pointer as part of her six-point quarter and the Lady Bears would lead 14-11 after the opening period.
Miles took control in the second quarter with a 13-1 run was paced by Harris, the Tournament Most Valuable Player. Tuskegee trailed 29-18 at the half but scored the first four points in the opening two minutes of the third quarter to draw to within seven. But the Golden Tigers never got any closer.
Harris scored a game-high 24 points, Greer added 15 points, Lee had 12 and Tederia Ashley finished with eight for the Lady Bears. Greer and Ashley joined Harris on the All-Tournament Team.
The Lady Bears are 22-6, the second-most single-season wins in program history, and have won their last nine games by an average of 19.6 points per game. Miles is Top 5 in the country in defending the 3-point shot and overall defensive field goal percentage. The Lady Bears are also among the Top 25 in the country in allowing points, rebounding, and forcing turnovers.
By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, his son U.S. Representative Jonathan Jackson, and his daughter Santita Jackson stopped by the A.G. Gaston Motel and Coffee Shop Friday.
The Rev. Jackson was also in Selma, Alabama Sunday for the 60th commemoration of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday. The attack shocked the nation and galvanized support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Jackson and his family were at A.G. Gaston Motel to explore future partnership opportunities with Kendra Woodfin, wife of Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, and KultureCity, a nonprofit dedicated to sensory inclusion and disability accessibility.
“It’s good to be home again,” Jackson whispered from his wheelchair. “I have Parkinson’s and I can’t talk very well, but my mind is on freedom.” He added, “The Bible says, ‘Remove not the ancient landmarks which thy fathers have set.’ This is a landmark. Never forget it. It is dark, but the morning comes. When it is really dark, you can see the stars more clearly. Amen.”
In an Instagram post, Woodfin said she and KultureCity “had the incredible honor” of hosting Jackson. “He didn’t speak much, but when he did, his words carried weight … we linked arms and sang ‘We Shall Overcome.’ It was powerful. It was a reminder of where we’ve been, how far we’ve come, and the work still ahead.”
It’s important to know that the Civil Rights movement was not long ago, Woodfin said, as quoted by birminghamwatch.org.
“These pioneers, some of them are still living today, like Jesse Jackson,” she said. “To have him back in this space is momentous.
“To even be able to have a conversation with him about what’s going on in the climate today, with Civil Rights, disability rights, equality,” Woodfin continued, according to the website. “It’s still a conversation that we need to have. To be able to have it with the people who fought so hard for it back then is amazing.”
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965.
The marchers were protesting white officials’ refusal to allow Black Alabamians to register to vote, as well as the killing days earlier of Jimmie Lee Jackson, a minister and voting rights organizer who was shot by a state trooper in nearby Marion.
At the apex of the span over the Alabama River, they saw what awaited them: a line of state troopers, deputies and men on horseback. They kept going. After they approached, law enforcement gave a two-minute warning to disperse and then unleashed violence.
“Within about a minute or a half, they took their billy clubs, holding it on both ends, began to push us back to back us in, and then they began to beat men, women and children, and tear gas men, women and children, and cattle prod men, women and children viciously,” said Mauldin, who was 17 at the time.
Selma on Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday. The attack shocked the nation and galvanized support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965. The annual commemoration pays homage to those who fought to secure voting rights for Black Americans and brought calls to recommit to the fight for equality.
For those gathered in Selma, the celebration comes amid concerns about new voting restrictions and the Trump administration’s effort to remake federal agencies they said helped make America a democracy for all.
Speaking at the pulpit of the city’s historic Tabernacle Baptist Church, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said what happened in Selma changed the nation. He said the 60th anniversary comes at a time when there is “trouble all around” and some “want to whitewash our history.” But he said like the marchers of Bloody Sunday, they must keep going.
“At this moment, faced with trouble on every side, we’ve got to press on,” Jeffries said to the crowd that included the Rev. Jesse Jackson, multiple members of Congress and others gathered for the commemoration.
Members of Congress joined with Bloody Sunday marchers to lead a march of several thousand people across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They stopped to pray at the site where marchers were beaten in 1965.
“We gather here on the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday when our country is in chaos,” said U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama.
Sewell, a Selma native, noted the number of voting restrictions introduced since the U.S. Supreme Court effectively abolished a key part of the Voting Rights Act that required jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination to clear new voting laws with the Justice Department. Other speakers noted the Trump administration’s push to end diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and a rollback of equal opportunity executive orders that have been on the books since the 1960s.
In 1965, the Bloody Sunday marchers led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams walked in pairs across the Selma bridge headed toward Montgomery.
“We had steeled our nerves to a point where we were so determined that we were willing to confront. It was past being courageous. We were determined, and we were indignant,” Mauldin recalled.
He said the “country was not a democracy for Black folks” until voting rights. “And we’re still constantly fighting to make that a more concrete reality for ourselves.”
Kirk Carrington was just 13 on Bloody Sunday and was chased through the city by a man on a horse wielding a stick. “When we started marching, we did not know the impact we would have in America,” he said.
Dr. Verdell Lett Dawson, who grew up in Selma, remembers a time when she was expected to lower her gaze if she passed a white person on the street to avoid making eye contact.
Dawson and Mauldin said they are concerned about the potential dismantling of the Department of Education and other changes to federal agencies.
Support from the federal government “is how Black Americans have been able to get justice, to get some semblance of equality, because left to states’ rights, it is going to be the white majority that’s going to rule,” Dawson said.
“That that’s a tragedy of 60 years later: what we are looking at now is a return to the 1950s,” Dawson said.
