The last Tuesday tidbits of January. Here we go:

✅ Congrats to Davis South Barnette & Patrick Advertising – Digital & Public Relations on putting on a heck of a good ground-breaking event for the new Loxley Logistics Center. Game changing project on 210 acres right at Highway 59 & I-10 in fast growing Baldwin County.

🎙️ Thanks to Michael Giardina (Italian American Heritage Society of Birmingham) and Joe Niland (Spring Hill College) for being our guests this past weekend on TRUITT NEWS RADIO.

🎵 CONGRATS: to TRUITT NEWS RADIO alum Marissa Luna on being chosen to be American Idol.

👀 SIGN-UP: Ashley Kaplan and Leadership Alabama, Inc. are taking nominations for the next class through February 20, 2026. Fantastic program! Get involved!

✅ CONGRATS: Randy Koporc and the Fifth Third Bank team on getting their new branch in the Hayes Farm development opened in Huntsville.

🎙️ Looking forward to talking with Jeri Anne Huffstutler with Southern Natural this week (1/31/26) on TRUITT NEWS RADIO.

📺 COMING UP: Taylor Sheridan’s new one “The Madison” is coming up March 14th on Paramount+.

👀 Hospital ships, USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy, are alongside each other (for the first time in 30 years) at Alabama Shipyard LLC in Mobile as they undergo upkeep and maintenance. Very cool!

🎵 RCA Records released Elvis Presley’s first million-seller, Heartbreak Hotel, today it 1956.

🏈 JAN 31: The Panini Senior Bowl is coming up Saturday in Mobile, AL.

👀 The new 201-room Homewood Suites by Hilton/Hilton Garden Inn is open at Stadium Trace Village in Hoover!

🎂 CONGRATS: Mississippi College on celebrating the school’s 200th anniversary!

⛷️ They are planning on skiing tonight (1/27/26) at Alabama’s Cloudmont Ski.

📺 Laverne & Shirley premiered on ABC today in 1976.

📅 FEB 13: The Italian American Heritage Society’s “That’s Amore” Valentine’s Dinner at The Club in Bham. Tickets going fast. Going to be fun.

👷 FEB 25: The Subcontractors Association of Alabama (SubAla)’s “Meet The GC” event is coming up at Haven in Birmingham.

✅ One of my favorites, The University of Tampa, keeps doing cool stuff, announcing they are building a new 5-story, 153,000 sq ft Science Center right on the Hillsborough River. Looks awesome. Opening Spring 2029.

☑️ Make sure to check out DoItWithTruitt.com for more great reports & info.

👀 CONGRATS: DeeDee Shashy, CCIM and John Mark Boozer on serving as the Next Generation Chair for the ICSC Gulf South Committee. Always a great event. I actually planned one in Bham years ago.

☑️ If you need a new insurance agent, my team at Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. wants to be it. Home & Auto, Business Coverage & Surety Bonds. Call me. (205)254-3005. We’re locally owned & awesome.
👷 I signed up for the Associated General Contractors of America convention coming up in Orlando. Looking forward to being there in March.

🛑 Thanks for the read.