Tag: business
Video: Demolition of Historic Ramsay McCormack Building in Ensley
Times staff report
The demolition of the historic Ramsay McCormack Building in downtown Ensley is nearing completion.
On Tuesday, Ensley District Developers (EDD) took the next...
Here are 5 must-try Black-owned restaurants in Alabama
By Haley Laurence
Alabama Newscenter
When you think of notable Alabama restaurants, chances are you’ll immediately think of a Black-owned restaurant.
After all, many of the state’s...
Urban League’s Marc Morial Highlights Virtual 2021 A.G. Gaston Conference
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Growing up in segregated New Orleans, Louisiana surrounded by an abundance of small Black businesses, Marc Morial, President of the...
‘Find a Need and Fill It’: One of A.G. Gaston’s Prominent...
By Roy L. Williams
Although the 2021 A.G. Gaston Conference will be held virtually February 23-24 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it could not come...
Meet Mike and James Kemp: Father and son; software platform innovators
By Doug Segrest
doingmoretoday.com
Necessity is the mother of invention. But in Birmingham, a father-and-son team has devised an innovative app to help businesses effortlessly manage ongoing...
10 Birmingham businesses report $663M in spending with minority vendors
birminghambusinessalliance.com
Responding to a challenge issued last year by Mayor Randall L. Woodfin, 10 Birmingham companies and institutions on Friday released a report that discloses...
Miles College, Birmingham Join $130M Partnership to Help Small Businesses Hurt...
By Alabama Newscenter Staff
Hope Enterprise Corp., with a $130 million commitment from Goldman Sachs, has partnered with seven cities and nine historically Black colleges and...
What Millennials Can Learn from Business Icon A.G. Gaston
By Jasmine Phillips
“Find a need and fill it.” One of my personal favorite maxims stated by the legendary Birmingham businessman A.G. Gaston.
There are plenty...
Giving A.G. Gaston the Recognition He Deserves
By Bob Dickerson
If there has ever been anyone that I consider myself privileged to have met, anyone who greatly inspired me by his unique...
Birmingham releases VITAL report on $24M spending with minority businesses
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020, the City of Birmingham spent more than $24 million with minority-owned...
