Selma native Mandy Henry is a real estate agent and developer, a licensed home builder specializing in renovations and a retail store owner. “Mandy Henry believes in Selma, the Queen City of the Black Belt,” said Sheryl Smedley, executive director…
Alex Gatewood initially came to Tuscaloosa to go to graduate school at The University of Alabama. Instead, he put his marketing and retailing undergraduate degree from Mississippi State University to work immediately. He entered a management training program for Pizitz,…
“Leaf & Petal is just a miracle,” proprietor Jamie Pursell said. “I don’t even know how it works. It has grown into something so much bigger than me.” Jamie made those remarks in 2019 after being named the Gold Alabama…
High school sweethearts Bit and Lisa Goodman have been married 41 years and business partners for 23. “I don’t remember life before him,” said Lisa, who has lived in Florence since she was five. Her husband, Charles “Bit” Goodman is…
“Without fail,” the gowns and other delicates in the window are changed out weekly at The Lingerie Shoppe on busy Montevallo Road in Mountain Brook. “We have customers who come in looking for merchandise they saw in the window,” even…
In 2016, Reed and Karen Ingram were empty nesters with time and energy to spare. Reed had an idea that had been percolating for some time. “It just started off as a thought of doing a fruit stand, selling fresh…
After 25 years in the waterworks industry, Jim Moeller began looking for a career change. He reached out to a longtime friend from his hometown of Greenville, S.C., who is also the chief executive officer of a specialty butcher shop…
B&W FOODS PARTNER JAY WELBORN WORKS DAILY TO KEEP HIS FATHER’S LEGACY ALIVE IN THE COMPANY’S 5 PIGGLY WIGGLY STORES Jimmy Welborn traveled five days a week in his job in the wholesale grocery business, often with his young son,…
Amanda Laurence had been thinking for some time about opening her own home décor business. A dinner out at a Church Street restaurant in her beloved downtown Fairhope cemented her plan. “I looked up and there was a “For Rent”…
Since 1938, Andrews Hardware & Seed Store Inc. has served the people of Chatom, the county seat of Alabama’s Washington County. It’s where everyone gets their plumbing supplies, Yeti coolers and drinkware, boots and even bridal gifts. Originally owned by…