Let’s do some Tuesday tidbits, kudos & events:
🎙️ Thanks to Joanna Davis (@the850Foodie) and John Stone (CEO, Children’s Aid Society of Alabama) for being our guests on TRUITT NEWS RADIO. Check out all the great guest interviews at truittnewsradio.com.
👷 The Motley development’s 26-story Tower 1 has “topped out” in Nashville.
📅 OCT 1: Comedian (& Montgomery native) Aaron Weber will be at The Stardome Comedy Club in Birmingham. He’s really funny – and clean.
✔️ COLLEGE NEWS: Georgia Southern University has announced record-breaking fall attendance of 33,900+ students this fall, their largest student-body ever.
❓DID-YOU-KNOW: There are 2 ATMs in Antarctica. Both are operated by Wells Fargo and located in McMurdo Station, one is used for cash and the other for spare parts.
🏌 SEPT 28: BIRDIES FOR THE BELL CENTER at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail – Oxmoor Valley Golf Course in Bham. Sign up at thebellcenter.org.
🍽️ The new location of acclaimed chef David Bancroft‘s Bow & Arrow recently opened in Auburn at 2298 E. University Drive. Go check it out.
✅ CONGRATS: Kid One Transport continues to do great work and is expanding their services to Clarke, Monroe, Washington & Escambia counties.
📺 Star Trek premiered on NBC today in 1966.
☑️ Try us out at Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. Hit me up if we can be of help – tony@truittinsurance.com – HOME & AUTO – BUSINESS COVERAGE – SURETY BONDS.
👷 APAC-Alabama, Inc. is doing major sitework at the Mobile Airport.
📅 SEPT 14: Opening of the Dolly Parton’s SongTeller Hotel in downtown Nashville. Hate she didn’t make it to see it.
🚀 Evil Knievel tried to jump the Snake River Canyon today in 1974. He didn’t make it. Lucky to escape with minor injuries.
✅ CONGRATS: to Carnesville, GA as they have announced a $1.3b, 1.5m sq ft, Walmart automated fulfillment center is going to be built there, which is expected to create 1,000 permanent jobs.
🏈 Today in 1990, Gene Stallings made his debut as Head Coach at The University of Alabama.
❓ DID-YOU-KNOW: The Goonch Catfish can grow to over 6-feet long and weigh between 100 & 300 pounds?
👷 WAY-TO-GO to B & B Roofing, Inc. on finishing up the re-roofing of the Alabaster, AL ROSS Dress for Less.
☑️ Take your eyeballs over to DoItWithTruitt.com for more great reports & info.
👀 HIRING: Blue Delta Jean Co. is looking for a Graphic Designer over in Tupelo. Cool place to work. Send your resume to info@bluejeangraphics.com.
✅ NEW RECORD: 390 County Road 2015 in Crane Hill, AL recently sold on Smith Lake in the $5m range. That is the most a home has ever sold for on the lake.
📅 OCT 13: Hoover Small Business Alliance Meeting | Hoover Met Complex
✔️ My wife Joanne’s brother, Sam Savage, recently spent a month down in Costa Rica where he had an interesting run-in with an elusive Tolomuco. I had never heard of one. Not sure I want to see one.
🛑 Thanks for the read