Kudos, Tidbits & Events | October 27, 2026
It’s Tuesday so it is time to roll out more stuff. Let’s get going:
✅ CONGRATS: Richard Pate on starting Pate Building Group here in Birmingham.
🎙️ Thanks again to Charlie Trotman (President, The Trotman Company, Inc.) and Daisha & Dalton Hamby (The Amazing Race, Season 39) for being our guests on TRUITT NEWS RADIO this past weekend.
✔️ Business Alabama Magazine‘s Company of the Year Award Nominations end Oct 29. Make sure to submit your nominations.
👷 NOV 10: Joint MCRBA/BCRBA/AGC Meeting | County Club of Mobile – Room 1899
🎙️ We are looking forward to having Karen Poth (Executive Director, National Maritime Museum of the Gulf) and Elaina Burt (Miss University of Alabama 2027) on TRUITT NEWS RADIO this weekend.
‼️ CONGRATS: Cullman’s Roy Grimmett on his recent engagement to Emma Gibbs. Excited for them.
😯 Elon Musk’s The Boring Company is apparently looking at the possibility of building an Austin-San Antonio Loop. How awesome would that be?!
👀 HIRING: Spring Valley School is looking for a new Admissions, Enrollment and Family Experience Manager.
🎵 40 Years Ago Today the No. 1 Album in the U.S. was Bon Jovi’s “Slippery When Wet”.
👷 Oracle is getting ready to break ground on their huge, new, $4.5b Nashville HQ/campus in November.
🏀 Scotty Colson and the The Birmingham Tip-Off Club is getting ready for the new basketball season. $275 regular membership. $175 if you are under 35. Check out the club’s Facebook page for more info.
📅OCT 28: Subcontractors Association of Alabama North Alabama Meet the GC Event | Huntsville, AL
👀 HIRING: Warren Stewart & Hardy Corporation are looking for a General Manager to head up their new Facilities Group.
DID-YOU-KNOW: Washington County, down by Mobile, is the oldest county in Alabama, first formed on June 4, 1800? That was long before Alabama became a state in 1819.
👀 HIRING: Hand in Paw is seeking a Development Director for their team.
✔️ CONGRATS: real estate firm JB Tally, LLC on leasing up the ground floor space in downtown Bham’s Jemison Flats. Great job!
📅 NOV 5: ICSC Local Alabama Networking Event | Coca-Cola Amphitheater Bham
☑️ Make sure to check out DoItWithTruitt.com for more great info & reports.
👀 HIRING: Saban Center is searching for their 1st Marketing & Communications Manager. What a fantastic opportunity!
✅ CONGRATS: Ella Kate Nichols, 2025 Miss Jefferson County, on her recent wedding.
☑️ We want to be your HOME & AUTO INSURANCE agent – Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. – great options for you including The Cincinnati Insurance Companies, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Travelers, Progressive Insurance and more.
👀 HIRING: Super-popular Mark’s Outdoors in Vestavia Hills is looking for a new General Manager for their team.
🛑 Thanks for the read.
