Author Archives: Alabama News Center
EDPA’s Reignite Alabama Announces Winners of Startup Competition
The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) held its Reignite Alabama Finale to the Alabama Launchpad Response Pitch Competition Thursday, awarding a total of $150,000 in funding to four businesses that have developed innovations to address challenges presented by COVID-19. Continue reading →
Full Moon Bar-B-Que Coming to Huntsville This Fall With 16th Alabama Location
Full Moon Bar-B-Que and Ajlo Foods are opening the 16th and largest Full Moon restaurant to date in Alabama. The completely renovated 7,000-square-foot “Best Little Pork House in Alabama” will be hiring 70 employees for the new restaurant. Continue reading →
Alabama Offers New Hunting, Fishing License Packages
Hunters and anglers who pursue game or fish in Alabama have new, easier options to purchase licenses for the 2020-2021 seasons. Continue reading →
DURA Automotive to Produce EV Battery Trays at New Alabama Facility
Michigan-based DURA Automotive Systems announced plans today to invest $59 million to open a manufacturing facility in Muscle Shoals that will produce battery trays for electric vehicles (EV). Continue reading →
Montgomery Techlab to Aid in Growth of Alabama Startups
A public-private partnership has launched Montgomery Techlab, a new startup accelerator program focused on mobile app development. Continue reading →
JELD-WEN Adds Product Line at Alabama Facility, Creating 40 Jobs
Charlotte, North Carolina-based JELD-WEN Inc., one of the world’s largest door and window manufacturers, plans to expand production at its plant in Randolph County, creating up to 40 new jobs at the facility, officials announced. Continue reading →
Long-Vacant American Red Cross Building in Birmingham Getting $30M Rehab Into Apartments
The former American Red Cross Building has been vacant since 1999. Developer Ed Ticheli plans to invest $30 million to create 192 workforce housing apartments. Continue reading →
Recipe: Chewy Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
Peanut butter is a staple at our house. We all just love the stuff, whether it’s in a classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich, spread over a warm waffle or toast, on apples or crackers, or even just by the spoonful. Continue reading →
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Smashes Barriers for Students, Adult Workers
A young student who is blind grins from atop a horse, feeling for the first time an entirely new rhythm. Elsewhere on the campus of Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB), a child who is deaf plays a drum, nodding with the beat, lost in the sensation. Continue reading →
Alabama Crimson Tide Defense Looks to Improve in 2020
You don’t have to tell members of the Alabama defense they need to improve this year. The head of that side of the ball is driving that message home daily. Continue reading →
