Tag: community

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times   Thrive Together Jefferson County does just that in East Birmingham. The combination of three nonprofits—Hope Inspired Ministries, which provides workforce training;...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Melanie Bridgeforth’s entire career has been about building equity—something she continues to do as president and CEO of The Women’s...

By Dennis Washington Alabama NewsCenter To say Tonya Torrance is happy would be an understatement. “It feels great. It’s a feeling that can’t be explained.” Torrance and her...

By Adam Pope UAB News For the past 15 years, the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in partnership with local organizations, has organized...

Special to The Times  Hundreds of Girl Scouts from across Alabama attended the 2019 G.I.R.L. Leadership Summit earlier this month at Samford University in Birmingham. This...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Picture the Titusville you grew to know and love, a place with miles of land and even more potential. There’s...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Ronald Bayles may not live in the Titusville community, but it is where he has attended church for the past...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Beverly Varner remembers Titusville—her neighbors, the homes, children playing outside. She and her family moved to North Titusville when she...

By Denise Steward For the Birmingham Times When she was a child, Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Carole Smitherman often spent her summers visiting the public...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times When DC BLOX officially opened the first phase of its multitenant data center on Sixth Street South in Titusville earlier...