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A new mural on the wall of the Alabama One credit union in Alberta is designed to symbolize the rebirth of the Alberta community.

Chenale Taylor-Maye had been TASPA's assistant principal. The school offers an arts-based curriculum for pre-kindergarteners through eighth-graders.

The Birmingham Times By the time he was in his 20s, Jeremy Duckworth was on his way to creating economic development opportunities for urban and rural communities. Duckworth is executive director of the Central Alabama Redevelopment Alliance (CARA), an organization focused on helping small businesses become sustainable and building economic development opportunities in parts of Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma. His experience goes back to his first business, which he started while enrolled at the University of Alabama (UA) in Tuscaloosa. “It was a marketing business called Neighbor Foundat...

Again. From wilderness area four miles east of downtown Tuscaloosa, to growing bedroom community for the University of Alabama, home to many of the area's first chain restaurants, to a shopping and entertainment mecca, what had once been a crown jewel became badly tarnished in the '70s and beyond, as population growth extended north and south.  McFarland and University malls drained off shopping. Upscale renters moved to newer developments like the Ski Lodge development, off Skyland Boulevard. Rents sank lower, as did the quality of some of Alberta’s renters. Crime rates soared, and with...

Memories of Destructive April 27 Tornado Still Vivid for Brian Robinson Jr., Kat Grill The Tuscaloosa natives and current Alabama athletes were kids when the city was ravaged by the deadly tornado 10 years ago Author: Apr 24, 2021 Some things in Tuscaloosa are commonplace. The Alabama football team wins championships. Barbecue joints are plentiful. And tornadoes pop up at least two or three times a year. The first two are celebrated. The third is something folks in the area just accept and is a part of normal life. Nothing was normal about the afternoon of April 27, 2011, though. An EF-4 to...