Tag: East Lake
Regions Foundation, East Lake Initiative Break Ground on Affordable Housing
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson
The Birmingham Times
A new day is dawning in East Lake.
A groundbreaking was held Thursday as part of East Lake Initiative’s (ELI) new...
‘When He Told Me He loved Me I Was Blown Away...
BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY
Special to the Birmingham Times
“You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like...
Ten Homes in One Week: It’s the 12th Annual Habitat Home...
By Allison Westlake
Alabama NewsCenter
Ten families have a new place to call home thanks to the 12th Annual Habitat for Humanity Home Builders Blitz.
The Blitz...
For 40 years, Ruffner Mountain has been the Magic City’s urban...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
When driving through the East Lake community, one passes homes, old and new; small businesses; schools; churches—a mountain isn’t something...
To Ruffner’s founder, Kathy Stiles Freeland, the mountain will always hold...
By Pat Byington
Bhamnow.com
Kathy Stiles Freeland is founder and the first executive director of Ruffner Mountain Nature Center.
She has also served in leadership positions with...
Poet John Paul Taylor: ‘Changing minds one rhyme at a time’
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
John Paul Taylor spent much of his childhood in foster care, as a self-described “angry child.”
“I started writing when I...
Building communities, building lives in Birmingham: Habitat for Humanity shows the...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Habitat for Humanity, known for building high-quality homes for low-income families, does more than just provide dwellings for those in...
Housing Authority to hire Director of Public Safety after six shot,...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
In the aftermath of violence that left six people shot and a 20-year-old dead Sunday night in the Gate City neighborhood of...