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What I learned at Woodlawn Street Market: Beehive Baking Company
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Business-Proving, Events, Small Business, Woodlawn, Woodlawn Street Market
As the Birmingham food scene grows, Beehive Baking Company owners Sarah Schlund and Caeden Oliver are using Woodlawn Street Market to reach new customers. The co-owners first participated in the market last fall, and both say they’ve learned a lot through the process.
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Eugene's Hot Chicken owner to present expansion ideas to Rise of the Rest pitch competition
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Events, Small Business
Eugene’s is already the king of hot chicken in Birmingham, but the man behind the popular food truck and restaurant has even bigger plans.
Owner Zebbie Carney will pitch his plan for a North Birmingham commissary kitchen at the upcoming Rise of the Rest tour stop in Birmingham. -
East 59: 2015 Big Pitch winners still serving East Lake in style
Filed Under: Big Pitch, Birmingham Food & Drink, Business-Proving, Events, Small Business
The East Lake District boasts many incredible assets, including Ruffner Mountain and East Lake Park. Husband-and-wife duo Amber and Stephen Tolbert have called East Lake home since 2012. They love their neighbors and community, and they knew this was the neighborhood where they should start their business.
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Taste of Five Points is back for year two
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Business-Proving, Events, Small Business
Taste of Five Points is back by popular demand! Vulcan Park and Museum and the Five Points Alliance are working together to host the second annual “Taste of Five Points” presented by Spire – a celebration of the neighborhood’s 131st anniversary. Attendees will experience all the elements that exemplify the best of Five Points South, from culinary hot-spots to trendy retail to lively entertainment options.
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Dreaming of new uses for Birmingham's old industrial complexes
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Small Business
What do you do with a large industrial campus when the industry’s need for it has faded? RAM Tool took the dreamer’s approach and called in some of Birmingham’s best development minds to brainstorm what the future might hold for the Continental Gin industrial campus in Avondale.
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Birmingham-Southern chefs take a field trip to the farm
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Events, Small Business
On a crisp spring morning in March, the Bon Appetit chefs from Birmingham-Southern College, along with Taylor Clark and Leigh Hooten of REV Urban Food Project, took a trip to Neal Pope’s Farm in Salem, AL. This trip was designed to meet one of our enrolled Farm to Fork vendors and learn about sustainable farming, but transcended these expectations and became a conduit to reenergize us and remind us of why we do what we do.
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Five Points West business owners receive community recognition
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Small Business
The Five Points West Community organization recognized Walter Thomas and Anthony Marino, owners of Lena’s East of the Mississippi Diner and Marino’s Market (respectively) with the Five Points West Community Partner Award. The two were chosen as recipients of this award for their historic and ongoing support of neighborhood improvement projects.
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Back for seconds: Ensley Eats season 2 is underway
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Business-Proving, Ensley, Events, Small Business
Ensley Eats is back for its second season to fill the lunchtime void in downtown Ensley! Starting April 4 and repeating on the first Wednesday of each month through September, Ensley residents, employees and visitors can head to 19th Street and Avenue F to grab a delicious, food-truck-made meal.
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BIZ 1.0 heads to Five Points West for special-edition April workshop
Filed Under: Events, Small Business, Workshops
BIZ 1.0 is on the move! Councilor Steven Hoyt invites you to join Corey Bishop at Refresh Clothing for a special edition of REV Birmingham’s BIZ 1.0 workshop.
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Corey Bishop personalizes clothes shopping at Refresh in Five Points West
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Filling Vacant Spaces, Small Business, Workshops
When he was unable to find clothing that matched his style and budget, Corey Bishop decided he wanted to sell quality clothing at affordable prices to cater to people like himself. He didn’t let the fact that he had only a car and $500 to his name hold him back.