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When a business has been serving its city in the same way in the same building for 100 years, the whole community celebrates. “When I realized the store was going to be 100 while I was the owner, I knew…
On March 23, Rusty Richardson, owner of Bernard’s Store for Men on the square in downtown Jasper, locked the doors to the public. The 71-year-old store specializes in casual and tailored clothing for men. “The numbers (of confirmed coronavirus disease cases) in…
In early March, Bates House of Turkey celebrated its 50th year of business with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebration. The governor even joined in the festivities. Every anniversary, the Greenville restaurant celebrates but “this year we went really, really big….
During the holiday season, when you see the 10-foot-tall reindeer topiary after turning off Pratt Avenue and going under I-565 in downtown Huntsville, you’ve arrived at Brooks & Collier. From the big picture window decked out with twinkle lights and…
As it celebrates its 50th year in business, Unclaimed Baggage has been named to the Alabama Tourism Hall of Fame. “For 50 years, they have been the anchor for tourism in north Alabama,” said Alabama Tourism Director Lee Sentell. (Go…
B&W FOODS PARTNER JAY WELBORN WORKS DAILY TO KEEP HIS FATHER’S LEGACY ALIVE IN THE COMPANY’S 4 PIGGLY WIGGLY STORES Jimmy Welborn traveled five days a week in his job in the wholesale grocery business, often with his young son,…
Editor’s Note: Throughout the current pandemic, small Alabama retailers and other businesses have limited operations in ways that comply with the state’s stay-at-home order to keep at least a reduced number of Alabamians employed. Their primary concern continues to be…
Jim Longshore raced motocross in the ‘60s and ‘70s before beginning to sell Triumphs and Kawasakis as a sales rep for those brands. In March of 1975, he purchased an existing Honda motorcycle dealership in Florence and became his own…
In 1999, Bette Powell was on the tennis court when she learned the current owner wanted to close The Cook Store in Mountain Brook. She immediately thought of her daughter. At the time, Bette’s daughter, Wesley Powell Lassen, was working…
“We serve our customers in such a way that we will have the opportunity to do it again,” said Mike Vinson, president of Adams Drugs, a 12-store family owned regional pharmacy serving 60,000 patients in the River Region. “My parents…