It Tuesday so here comes this week’s tidbits:
✅ CONGRATS: Matt Roden on acquiring The UPS Store in Vestavia Hills. Happy Retirement to our buddy Jim Anderson. Glad this worked out for everybody. If you need some printing or shipping done, great place to do it.
🎙️ Thanks to Alex Mathews (Bravazzi) and Abby McNeill (Legacy of Hope) for being our guests on TRUITT NEWS RADIO this past weekend. Grab the TRUITT NEWS RADIO podcast and give a listen to their interviews.
🎙️ We are excited to welcome Ashley Cox to TRUITT NEWS RADIO this weekend.
🏀 The Boston Celtics legendary Head Coach Red Auerbach retired today in 1966 after winning his 9th NBA Championship. He moved into the role of General Manager and they just kept winning.
👀 HIRING: Our friends at fast-growing Purple Wave Auction are hiring across their Sales & Marketing Team. Territory Sales, Business Development, Social Media, Field Events Marketing, etc. Great opportunity.
✅ Charles Karr is retiring as President of The University of Alabama in Huntsville in a few more days. He has done a fantastic job. Loved when he was on TRUITT NEWS RADIO with us.
👀 HIRING: The Country Music Association (CMA) was looking for an Event Manager to join their team in Nashville. How awesome is that?!
🎵 Get a box at Bham’s Coca-Cola Amphitheater. Concert season is kicking off. Don”t wait. Contact our friend, Dana Smaha. danasmaha@livenation.com.
✅ CONGRATS: to the Mobile Chamber on recently having their 189th Annual Meeting. This is so great.
⚾ Larry Bird, yup…that Larry Bird, played a in double-header for his Indiana State Sycamores today in 1978 on a dare from the baseball coach. He was not on the baseball team.
📅 MAY 18-20: I’m excited to be heading to ICSC Las Vegas. If you are heading out there, let me know. Maybe we can meet up.
🎵 OCT 31: Mobile’s finest, The Red Clay Strays, are playing the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC).
✅ Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge is having the grand opening of their new Panama City Beach location this weekend and it is going to be awesome. Jake Owen & Randy Houser will be playing it.
🎲 MAY 5th: Birmingham CREW is hosting their Casino Night at the Alabama AGC Building in Irondale. Come be part of the fun. Also…Alabama AGC‘s Building is a great place to have an event if you are looking for a spot to host something.
📅 MAY 2: 2nd Annual Charity Chukkers Polo Event at February Farm in Fairhope benefitting Palm Project which helps stocks care closets in every Baldwin County public school at no cost to the student or school. That’s awesome!
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🏈 Auburn University‘s Cam Newton was the first pick in the NFL draft today in 2011.
✅ CONGRATS: Shane Holliday, C.R.T on becoming CEO of Fresh Value Inc..
☑️ Call me up at Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. 205-254-3005.
🛑 Thanks for the read.