Tag Archive for: City of Birmingham

Innovate Alabama opens fifth round of supplemental grant applications

Innovate Alabama has announced the opening of the fifth round of applications for their Supplemental Grant Program.  Innovate Alabama is the state’s first private-public partnership focused on modernizing the state’s economy through innovation and entrepreneurship. The organization provides funds to small businesses with the aim of positioning the state as a key player in generating […]

Bank Independent Earns Spot Among Alabama’s Best Places to Work

Bank Independent has been named as one of the Best Companies to Work for in Alabama for the fifth consecutive year.  The designation is awarded by Business Alabama Magazine and Best Companies Group. “Being named one of the best companies to work for in Alabama for the fifth consecutive year is a true testament to […]

Coca-Cola Bottling Company United to invest $330M in new Alabama facility

Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. (UNITED) has announced a significant investment of $330 million in a new state-of-the-art facility in Birmingham’s Kingston community. This development is expected to create up to 50 new jobs and retain over 750 positions in the city. The new facility will be constructed on the former Stockham Valves and Fittings […]

UAH begins new Air Force ROTC program for freshmen, sophomores with fall 2024 semester

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will begin a new Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (AFROTC) program with the fall 2024 semester. The program will be available to freshmen and sophomores. Air Force ROTC allows scholarship and non-scholarship cadets to live as regular college students while pursuing their degrees. Once they graduate, they […]

Jason Leggett joins Neel-Schaffer as a Senior Project Manager in Huntsville

Jason Leggett, PE, has joined Neel-Schaffer as a Senior Project Manager based in Huntsville, Alabama. Leggett brings 20 years of engineering design and project management experience in multiple disciplines. He has worked in the public sector for the last 12 years, serving the last nine years as the Water Manager for the City of Madison […]

UAH College of Science receives $2M to fulfill chemistry initiatives

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Science has received a $2 million gift from the William Henry McMullen III Trust to fund three initiatives in the Department of Chemistry. Barbara Wadsworth, McMullen’s daughter, selected UAH for the donation to honor the memory of her father, an analytical chemist. UAH is a part […]

Bridgeworth Wealth Management to join forces with Savant Wealth Management

Cover image: Brian Hinson, CFP®, CPA/PFS, ChFC® of Bridgeworth Wealth Management   Nationally recognized Bridgeworth Wealth Management announced plans to join Savant Wealth Management, a fee‐only registered investment advisor (RIA) with nearly $21 billion in assets under management (AUM). Bridgeworth, which has 58 employees and an AUM of approximately $2.2 billion, will mark Savant’s first partnership […]

Warren Averett Technology Group named among top Managed Security Service Providers

Warren Averett Technology Group has been named to MSSP Alert’s 2023 Top 250 Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) list. This is the fourth time that Warren Averett Technology Group has received this recognition. MSSP Alert is the global voice for MSSPs. It provides exclusive content that empowers MSSPs and other providers to build or partner their […]

ServisFirst Bancshares named on inaugural national award list

ServisFirst Bank, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares (NYSE:SFBS), is pleased to announce its inclusion in the D.A. Davidson’s Inaugural Best-of-Breed Bison report, a prestigious recognition that underscores the bank’s commitment to excellence and long-term success. In an inaugural industry report released on September 28, 2023, D.A. Davidson named ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. as one of the first 17 companies […]

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. Ranks Third Among Top Publicly Traded Banks

ServisFirst Bank, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares (NYSE:SFBS), announced that the company ranked third in the top publicly traded banks with between $10 billion to $50 billion in assets, based on year-end 2022 data. Consulting firm Capital Performance Group partnered with American Banker to compile the annual ranking, and this is the second year in […]