Let’s go with Tuesday’s kudos, events & congrats.
✅ CONGRATS: Catherine Goudreau and the Better Basics, Inc. team on getting the new website up. Looks great. Check it out at betterbasics.org.
🎙️ Thanks so much to “Panini” Pete Blohme (Restauranteur/Entrepreneur) and David Feemster (CEO, Subcontractors Association of Alabama) for being our guests on TRUITT NEWS RADIO this past weekend.
👑 CONGRATS: to our friend, Miss Alabama Emma Terry, on leading the Mardi Gras Parade in Gulf Shores, AL today. She’s awesome and doing a fantastic job representing the state.
🎙️ We’re looking forward to having Maddie Rasco (Miss Jefferson County Teen) and Janel Stringfellow (Owner, Cahaba Luxury Goods) on TRUITT NEWS RADIO this week. Show starts every Saturday on Bham’s Talk 99.5.
👀 CONGRATS: every hotel within The Kessler Collection hotel group has been recognized in this year’s U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels Awards. Bham’s own Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook received the prestigious Gold Badge. Love their properties!
🎵 JUNE 12: Excited to see The Alabama Shakes are coming to Bham’s Coca-Amphitheater.
📺 Jimmy Fallon started hosting The Tonight Show on NBC today in 2014.
👷 FEB 18: University of Alabama at Birmingham Engineering Career Fair at Bartow Arena.
👷 FEB 18: Auburn University BSCI Career Fair @Neville Arena.
🎂 FEB 19: We are excited to celebrate John Truitt’s 88th Birthday this week!
🎂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Maggie Truitt!
☔ Looks like it has officially rained in the UK every single day of 2026.
👀 HIRING: Railroad Park Foundation is looking to add a Development Manager to their team here in Bham.
👀 CONGRATS: Bank Independent on the ribbon cutting of the new Mike D. Lane Field at Bank Independent Stadium on the campus of the University of North Alabama.
📺 MAR 14: Can’t wait to check out Taylor Sheridan’s latest, The Madison, when it hits Paramount+.
☑️ Check out DoItWithTruitt.Com for more great reports & info.
⚾ MAR 3: University of South Alabama vs. University of Alabama at Birmingham playing at Montgomery’s Riverwalk Stadium.
👷 This is pretty great: they are looking at Haley Center on Auburn University‘s campus to figure out the future of the building: renovate, alter, bring it down and start over.
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✔️ CONGRATS: Ming Commercial Real Estate Group on getting the new Starbucks open in Hartselle, AL. Great addition to an outstanding town. Way to go Buff Teague & Lisa Fawcett!
👀 HIRING: Village Dermatology needs a full-time skincare retail associate in their LABL Studio.
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