Downtown and institutional Birmingham are drawing capital and employers. The open question is whether surrounding neighborhoods and nearby counties can turn that momentum into better housing options, job access and everyday services…
Read Article →Jefferson County’s paychecks are higher than those in every county surrounding Birmingham, and business activity is clustering there.…
Read →From a $1.1 billion food‑manufacturing facility in McCalla to genomics research construction in downtown Birmingham and a federal…
Read →Jefferson County’s relatively high weekly pay and large employment base contrast with lower-wage neighboring counties. New industrial, research…
Read →Jefferson County anchors a multi‑county labor market where workers, employers, and public investments move across local lines every…
Read →Labor-market data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show Jefferson County as the region’s core employment hub,…
Read →Smithfield holds a $50 million Choice Neighborhoods implementation grant and is building. Kingston-Woodlawn holds a $500,000 planning grant…
Read →Birmingham Xpress stops in Woodlawn. Since July 1 an on-demand van picks up where it ends and carries…
Read →Three years after the largest federal neighborhood grant in Alabama history, here is the verified phase-by-phase status of…
Read →The development agreement closed May 29, 2026 and construction started the week of June 1. What a $105…
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