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Old 05-05-2020, 10:07 AM
 
Location: Birmingham, AL
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this is pretty cool:

Vulcan Park and Museum opens the Lone Pine #3 iron ore mine for visitors

from the Underground Birmingham FB page:

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Old 05-05-2020, 09:26 PM
 
Location: Birmingham, AL
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another james beard finalist in the city:

For this Alabama chef, James Beard nomination offers ‘a lot of hope’

It’s Automatic: Birmingham’s Automatic Seafood & Oysters makes James Beard Awards cut
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Old 05-06-2020, 10:39 AM
 
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World Police and Fire Games officially awarded to Birmingham for 2025.



https://www.bhm2025.com/post/birming...and-fire-games


Just another event it in that new stadium so many people were grousing about not needing.
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Old 05-06-2020, 11:08 AM
 
Location: Birmingham, AL
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very cool. nice list of cities that have hosted this in the past.
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Old 05-18-2020, 01:26 PM
 
Location: Birmingham, AL
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anyone have the full article they can post?

i assume this is vulcan and encompass... glad to see them continue moving in the right direction.

Two Birmingham companies move closer to Fortune 500 status
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Old 05-18-2020, 01:37 PM
 
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Vulcan at 551 and Encompass at 583.
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Old 05-18-2020, 01:47 PM
 
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If Protective wasn't a wholly owned sub of Dai-ichi they would be number 487.
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Old 05-18-2020, 02:16 PM
 
Location: Birmingham, AL
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went straight to the source:

Fortune 500 List for 2020

regions moves up just one spot to 446.

as mentioned above, vulcan moves up to 551 (up 37 spots) and encompass moves up to 583 (up 13 spots)

no other alabama companies listed.
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Old 05-18-2020, 02:18 PM
 
Location: Birmingham, AL
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If Protective wasn't a wholly owned sub of Dai-ichi they would be number 487.
ugh. yeah, i hate how many we've lost over the years. feel like we had 6 at one point?
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Old 05-19-2020, 07:48 PM
 
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ugh. yeah, i hate how many we've lost over the years. feel like we had 6 at one point?
Yep. Caremark Rx, HealthSouth, Saks (still crazy when you think about it), then 3 of Big 4: Regions, AmSouth, and SouthTrust.
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