Karla Khodanian has joined the Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) as Manager of Talent and Higher Education Partnerships. Khodanian will assume responsibilities for the full scope of the BBA’s OnBoard Birmingham brand, which encompasses the BBA’s OnBoard Birmingham program, Magic City Summer and Code the Classic.

Sales and market share grew for Birmingham companies in 2019, according to data obtained from the Birmingham Business Alliance’s (BBA) Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) program.

Job numbers are up in Birmingham.

According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, total jobs in the Birmingham metro amounted to 553,000, up 1.7 percent year-over-year as of November 2019. This ranked Birmingham No. 44 among the top 100 metros in the country.

A medical device created in Birmingham could revolutionize the way interventionalists and their teams are protected from radiation.

When Heidi Moos attended the Birmingham Business Alliance’s (BBA) Code the Classic last October, she had no idea she would meet her future employer at the event.

President Donald Trump has signed into law the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which will bring significant changes in automotive production, an industry important to Birmingham and Alabama.

As the Alabama legislature prepares to convene tomorrow, Tuesday, February 4, the Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) has released its state and federal legislative priorities for the coming year.

Fourteen years ago, a group of guys in Atlanta started an early morning Bible study.

And, somehow, that Bible study turned into two breweries in Atlanta, which will, as of March 2020, turn into Monday Night Brewing’s third location when it opens a location in downtown Birmingham.

The 2020 Census only takes five minutes to fill out, but participation in it will determine Alabama’s future for the next 10 years and beyond.

Amazon’s $325 million Bessemer fulfillment center is slated for a late March opening, according to Bessemer Mayor Kenneth Gulley.

Gulley, speaking at Tuesday’s Bessemer City Council meeting and reported on by CBS 42, said that Amazon representatives were looking at an end of March opening for the fulfillment center, and that within the next eight weeks the online retail giant would begin hiring for many of the 1,500 jobs anticipated to come from the project.

Innovate Birmingham’s ninth cohort of students recently completed bootcamps in data analytics and software development. Created to help fill the tech talent gap that exists in the Birmingham region – where there are more tech jobs available than individuals with the skills necessary to fill those roles – 140 graduates have attained work as a result of the bootcamps, said Haley Medved Kendrick, Ph.D., director of Innovate Birmingham.

A Birmingham-based company will add three additional hires early this year as it looks to find a scientific solution for anti-aging and longevity.

The Birmingham region received a record-breaking number of accolades, or positive mentions in the national media, in 2019. This past year the region amassed 52 accolades, surpassing the previous record of 42 set in 2016 and then repeated in 2018.

2019 left the Birmingham region with much to celebrate.

By the numbers, it was a successful year: More than 1,100 jobs and $492 million in capital investment announced, and the region reaching and then surpassing its pre-recession height of employment.