Shelby Living, May/June 2020

LINDA BARRETT’S POWERFUL POETRY • MEALS FROM ASHLEY MAC’S • KINDNESS IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

LASTING LOVE A LOCAL COUPLE’S COVID-19 WEDDING

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CHANGE OF PLANS Carlie Moore and Hunter Billingsley aren’t letting COVID-19 have the last word in their wedding.

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Acts of kindness have restored hope in our community during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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arts & culture

in every issue

11 A Work of Courage: Linda Barrett’s Book of Poetry

4 Contributors

17 Read This Book: Selections of Powerful Transformation Stories

5 From the Editor

18 Collective Spirit: The SCAC’s Exhibit for Artists and Potters

food & drink

6 #ShelbyLivingMagazine 7 The Guide

19 Serving Comfort: The Story of Ashley Mac’s Gourmet-to-Go Meals

home & style

25 The Dogwood House: Inside the Blake Family’s Custom Home

10 The Simple Life 46 Business Connections 60 Out & About

SL 70 Marketplace

72 My Shelby County

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contributors EDITORIAL

Stephen Dawkins Alec Etheredge Briana H. Wilson Madoline Markham Keith McCoy Scott Mims Emily Sparacino

CONTRIBUTORS Linda Barrett Lindsay Dyess Dawn Harrison Lisa Phillips Jeremy Raines

DESIGN

Angela Caver Jamie Dawkins Kate Sullivan Green Connor Martin-Lively

Lindsay Dyess, Writer Originally from south Alabama, Lindsay Dyess moved to Shelby County in 2008 to finish her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Montevallo.

She began volunteering at the Shelby County Arts Council shortly after college and joined the staff part-time in 2016. She now works full-time with the SCAC as the Education Coordinator. In her spare time she enjoys printmaking, selling art, photography and playing the ukulele.

Dawn Harrison, Photographer Dawn Harrison is a freelance photographer out of Birmingham. She grew up and put down roots off of 280, where she lives with her wonderful husband, five kids, one son-in-law, two grandkids, three dogs, two cats, eight cows and two ducks. When she isn’t taking pictures, you can find her burning up 280 getting to various school and sporting events, or hanging out in carpool lines.

She feels extremely blessed to be a part of the publication and to continue to meet such inspiring members of our community.

MARKETING

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ADMINISTRATION Hailey Dolbare Mary Jo Eskridge Daniel Holmes Stacey Meadows Tim Prince

Lisa Phillips, Writer Lisa has more than 20 years of experience sharing organizational systems and habits that help people find ways to maximize time, space and productivity at home and at the office. She has been writing the Simple Life column in Shelby Living since the magazine was first published. Some of the tips are so simple, yet that’s what’s missing in our brains – the ability to simplify tasks, ideas and problems down to a simple thought or solution. Her husband’s Army assignment in 2000 is what brought them to Shelby County.

Jeremy Raines, Photographer Jeremy grew up in the small community of Cottonwood, just south of Dothan.

He lived in the Wiregrass region his entire life before moving to Shelby County in December 2017. He lives with his wife, Madison, and their spoiled Maltipoo puppy, Zoey, in Helena. Jeremy freelances as a photographer with Shelby Living and a photographer and sports writer for the Shelby County Reporter. Jeremy is a multi-program coordinator for the Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging in Alabaster.

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from the editor

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Andrew and Emily Blake

We are navigating uncharted territory right now. I don’t know what particular circumstances you and your family have dealt with in recent days, but I do know the novel coronavirus has impacted all of us. To our health care workers and first responders, thank you for your relentless work and the personal sacrifices you have made to help others during this pandemic. You are our heroes, and your courage and persistence are extraordinary. YOU are extraordinary. And to the many others carrying out jobs through this, making sure we have access to food and necessities and services, thank you for your work. May we never forget all of your efforts.

Daily life certainly has taken on a new look and feel the last two months. We have learned what it means to socially distance ourselves from each other and rely on phone calls and video chats and emails to keep us connected. We have learned what it means for children to attend school through their computer screens at home. We have learned what it means to abide by shelter-in-place orders and curfews.

We have learned about the people grappling with this disease, and grieved the lives it has claimed. We have hoped for better news to come each day, and maybe we’ve also learned what it means to not take things for granted—things like visiting our extended family members, attending our friends’ wedding ceremonies, eating lunch with our coworkers, and so many more big and small experiences that bring us joy.

My hope is the stories in the following pages remind you that, even in the darkest of times, we still have hope. We have people in Shelby County who will go out of their way to deliver a hot meal, who will drop everything to put out a call for food donations, who will make sure their elderly neighbor has enough supplies to last another week. In the moments of uncertainty and fear, let’s cling to these examples of selflessness and support, and remember we are fortunate to live in this special community.

If you know of other unsung heroes in Shelby County, please don’t hesitate to reach out and let me know. I would love to continue sharing these inspiring stories and celebrating people who are making a difference. And, as always, thank you for reading.

The Blakes and their children have filled their North Shelby County home with meaningful family heirlooms styled with their own flair.

Photo by Jeremy Raines Design by Kate Sullivan Green

emily.sparacino@shelbyliving.com

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THE GUIDE

PARTY ON WHEELS ALABASTER Nine-year-old Kasyn Henderson’s family refused to let the COVID-19 pandemic take away her birthday celebration. On March 24, Kasyn stood at the end of her driveway as more than 20 of her teachers, friends and relatives drove past her house in parade-like fashion, shouting “happy birthday” to her and displaying signs they had decorated. When asked if she enjoyed her birthday, Kasyn said, “It was so good.”

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THE GUIDE

FAITH

Parking lots and prayers First Baptist Church of Helena found a fun way for its congregation members to gather recently without risking anyone’s health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The church held a drive-in service in March, inviting people to park in the church’s parking lot and sit in their cars while listening to senior pastor Jeff Champion deliver his sermon. “The

HELENA

#HopeIsNeverCancelled Twelve-year-old Baileigh Rumage wanted simply to spread positivity in the days of COVID-19 when she set out to make a large sign for her family’s yard that reads “Hope is Never Cancelled.” She asked her parents one night if she could use a drill and some Christmas lights, and not too long after, revealed her brightly lit sign. Baileigh found

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her inspiration from a slogan created by childhood cancer non-profit organization Smile-AMile, where her mother is the development director. Since putting up the sign in late March, several of Baileigh’s friends and neighbors have told her they liked and connected with it.

parking lot was full,” he says. “I thought it would be a better idea to be able to connect with people in a little more intimate way than online.”

THE GUIDE

Find Upcoming Event Listings

Many local events have been canceled since the COVID-19 quarantine started in March. As of sending this magazine issue to press in mid-April, it was

unknown when scheduled events would resume. To give our readers the most up-to-date information, we will be posting event details as they are

confirmed on shelbyliving.com and on our social media @shelbylivingmagazine.

Please check those places for event updates for May and June.

SPORTS

All-Star Athletes Pelham players Philip Duke and Matthew Plummer were named to the squads for the 61st AHSAA North-South All-Star football game set for July 15 at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. Philip and Matthew, who will represent the North team, were also named as honorable mention members of the 2019 All-County football team. While Pelham’s season started slow, the Panthers were able to recover by winning three of their final four games, including three in a row.

ARTS

Taking the Stage South City Theatre earned multiple awards at the 2020 Southeastern Theatre Conference Community Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, in late February. Alabama playwright Audrey Cefaly took home Best in Show for “The Gulf.” Other honors included Outstanding Director (Lisa Ponder), Outstanding Acting (Autumn LaShay Brown and Rachael Pike) and Outstanding Scene Design (Mike Gerrells).

BUSINESS

Taking Advantage of Takeout Corbin Farms Winery in Calera and Burnette Farms Market & Café in Pelham are two of many businesses in Shelby County finding creative ways to stay afloat during COVID-19. Both places are offering to-go meals customers can pick up and take home while social distancing rules are in place. Corbin Farms has prepared chilled meals ready to heat in the oven, along with takeout options from a modified menu and the usual selection of bottled wines. Burnette Farms has discounted its frozen prepared meals such as casseroles, soup, chili and chicken and dressing.

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THE SIMPLE LIFE

Continue to Give When we see a need in our community, manpower, money and prayers are graciously given. An outpouring of love is shown whether we’re dealing with Mother Nature’s rage, a friend’s illness or a church fundraiser to send missionaries overseas. While cash is always welcomed, there are many tangible things we can contribute.

This helps us provide for others and simplify our own lives as well. Every home and office has an excess of usable items, and the key is to know how and where to organize your donations. uStart with a box. Use shopping bags, clear bins or cardboard boxes that can be donated along with the items. Label the container. Put containers in a few different rooms.

This makes purging easier when you Owner of SimpleWorks, Simpleworks.guru have a place to put unwanted items. lisa@simpleworks.guru uAsk hard questions. Do you 205.981.7733 love it, need it or value it? If you said “no” to any of these three questions, then out it goes. Reasons to keep items should not be that you might squeeze back into it one day, it was a good deal or you’ve barely used it. uIs it usable? Some things are beyond donating. Would you want something that’s dirty, stained, broken or missing pieces? If it’s beyond repair, then donating may not be the answer. uHousehold items. One thing that typically causes overcrowding in your closets are sheets for beds you no longer have. Too many towels and linens take up space and are much needed in animal shelters. uBOGO. Coupons, daily deals or store specials may save you money; however, if you don’t have the space to store these deals, then clutter just appeared in order to save a few dollars. Consider donating the extra toilet paper, paper towels or giant dish soap to First Light, Jimmie Hale Mission or King’s Ranch. Go ahead and buy the box of 500 envelopes since the cost is comparable to a small quantity, take out a few that you need and donate the rest. uToiletries: Shampoos, toothbrushes and toothpaste, bath soap and deodorant are easy to pick up while shopping. Blessing bags and homeless shelters need these items year-round.

If you’re involved in meetings, networking groups, Rotary, Kiwanis and Chambers of Commerce: everyone contributes $1 or $5 along with their business card for a drawing. The winner donates the money to the charity/non-profit of their choice. Or tack on $2 to each lunch ticket. While door prizes can be the highlight of a meeting, think of the impact a cash donation would mean to a non-profit or little league team. It’s that simple.

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ARTS

A WORK OF COURAGE

Linda Barrett’s book of poetry touches on the bitter and sweet experiences that shape us all.

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Linda Barrett was reading another woman’s poems three years ago when she realized what she needed to do with her own. Linda’s son had given her a gift of books from one of his dying patients, a self-published author, teacher, missionary and mentor. “The author of those books asked him to give them to me when he told her, ‘My mom also writes poetry, mentors, teaches and has been on several missionary journeys,’” Linda says.

As she read the author’s poems and short stories, one titled “Only the Ice Cream Shows” registered as familiar. Linda realized she had heard the author read the poem nearly 10 years earlier at the Heardmont Senior Center. She tried but was unable to connect with her afterward. “As I realized how extraordinary she was, I regretted not being more persistent,” Linda says.

The unexpected but welcome discoveries and the sense of regret made Linda, 67, think about her

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own poems, most of which were housed only on her computer. What if the words she had penned from her heart never made it further than a folder on her desktop? What potential impact of the verses she had painstakingly crafted would be lost? She needed to preserve them in a more lasting and shareable format, just as the other woman had done. She did not want them to die unread and unpreserved.

That’s when Linda decided to compile her poems into a book. Several friends she had shared her writings with offered to financially support the project, which to Linda spoke volumes of confirmation that she was doing the right thing.

She spent much of 2018 working on what would become Vinaigrette: Because Life is Bitter and Sweet, a self-published collection of poems, reflections and perspectives that, in her words, “presents this bitter/sweet reality in which we

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We face suffering, and we can either deny it or just live fully in it. God is present always, even in sorrow, and in the joy.

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live—our vinaigrette.”

“We live in a bittersweet world. We long for the sweet. We do whatever we can to obtain it and grasp and cling to it when it comes near. However, sorrow, sin, fear, and doubt are also features of our lives,” Linda writes in her book’s foreword. “My prayer is that the honesty of my conflicting emotions in these poems will help you fully embrace the oil and vinegar of your own dazzlingly mysterious life.”

Honesty is, indeed, at the forefront of Linda’s work. She admits in Vinaigrette her distaste for most of the poetry she was first introduced to in the fifth grade. But she gave it another chance in high school, during a Baptist youth retreat, and has clung tightly to it ever since. “After that retreat, poetry became a new friend,” Linda writes. “That began my use of poetry to reflect about life and to process the many conflicting emotions I experience.”

Her Christian faith guides all aspects of her life, including her writing. A quick perusal of Vinaigrette is all the proof you need.

She starts each chapter in the book with a prayer related to the topics therein. The poems come next, followed by groupings of Biblw verses and questions readers can tie back to the content of the poems. Linda designed Vinaigrette to be as versatile and fluid as its readers might need it to be; that is, it can be read simply as a book of poetry, consumed as a 12-week devotional or used as a guide in a small-group discussion with an emphasis on God’s Word in the “Personal Reflections” sections.

The book is the product of Linda’s experiences in different phases, different seasons. She and her husband, Raymond, were married in 1972 and traveled for the next 20 years while he was in the Army. His last tour brought them to Birmingham, close to Linda’s siblings. “It was a blessing to come home to family,” she says.

Their extensive traveling ushered in a variety of career roles for Linda, from school secretary to administrative assistant and more. “I’ve done everything from park cars to drafting for a building company,” she says. Add teaching and fundraising work to the list.

The mother of three has also been active in the Christian ministry for most of her life as a teacher, women’s mentor and speaker. She is working on her graduate certificate in spiritual direction from Richmont Graduate University in Atlanta. “My heart, in general, is to point people to Christ in some way,” she says. “That motivates most of my labor – Christ and his love, his glory and his majesty.”

Linda says some people describe the work of a spiritual mentor as “holy listening,” or listening to someone who is longing for more spiritually. “They need some direction, or maybe they need help in knowing they’re hearing the voice of God,” she says, noting she tries to stay in the background. “It’s more of, ‘I’m with you, let’s pray and seek the Lord together and see what the Lord says to you.’”

Like her career background, Linda’s writing has not been confined to any one medium. About 10 years ago, she started a

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She has had devotion articles featured in two editions of a print publication called The Upper Room, and she and Holly Mackle co-authored a book titled Engaging Motherhood: Heart Preparation for a Holy Calling in 2016. Vinaigrette officially joined the group in January 2019. Linda’s joy was palpable. “I had a book reveal and served everybody dinner and read from the book,” she recalls. “It was a moment that I felt more like myself than I had ever felt in my life, acknowledging that I was God’s poem and He had given me the

privilege about writing about Him. It’s a work of courage.”

And, although pain and suffering aren’t pleasant, Linda hopes her book will encourage people to be more transparent about their trials, even if it’s only to themselves. “We face suffering, and we can either deny it or just live fully in it. God is present always even in sorrow and in the joy,” she says.

Simply put, the poems that fill Vinaigrette are raw and real—they are the good, the bad and the ugly, Linda says, like the experiences that make up life for all of us. They are both bitter and sweet.

In addition to Vinaigrette, Linda Barrett has written articles featured in a print publication called The Upper Room, and she and Holly Mackle co-authored the book Engaging Motherhood: Heart Preparation for a Holy Calling in 2016.

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Transformation Stories Recommendations from

Linda Barrett Published Author

Every novel includes a story of transformation. It’s one of a novel’s key components. The heroes face problems, find mentors, and over the course of the book, they are changed. Every life includes a similar story of transformation—some go toward darkness and others toward light. However, most of us long to be transformed into better people. I picked these novels because of their exquisite writing and their powerful stories. The non-fiction books and allegory have been transformative. I’ve read all selections multiple times.

Hinds’ Feet on High Places

by Hannah Hurnard (an allegory) The Shepherd invites Much-Afraid to journey to the High Places to escape her oppressive Fearing relatives. He gives her two unwelcome companions, Sorrow and Suffering. Frightening and discouraging obstacles dampen her journey, but with each trial, she discovers something about herself and the Shepherd. She matures in the process.

The Chosen

by Chaim Potok In the 1940s, the sons of a Hassidic rabbi and an Orthodox teacher and humanitarian form an unlikely friendship after one son intentionally injures the other. Strained father-son relationships move toward understanding, and friendships, futures and nations transform before your eyes.

The Divine Conspiracy

by Dallas Willard Jesus preached, “the Kingdom of God” is at hand. Willard’s insight into what Jesus taught has transformed many minds and hearts since this book was written 22 years ago. The kingdom isn’t just heaven. Christ means for us to begin an “eternal-kind-of-life” now. Christianity isn’t just social justice or sin management; it’s following Jesus.

The Gift of Being Yourself

by David Benner Over the years, we create a false self we present to the world so we feel safe, important or special. It’s a façade. The best gift we can bring to the world is the real “I” behind the disguise. That part has gifts, quirks and personality—it’s perfectly accepted, made in the image of God, and waiting to be awakened and unleashed as a blessing to the world

by God’s mercy, grace and love.

The Invention of Wings

by Sue Monk Kidd In the 1840s South, two young girls (both with cultural obstacles) become friends when one is given to the other as a birthday gift. Social impediments make the friendship challenging. However, both women stand against injustice in their spheres. As they do, they are altered and find freedom. (This is a fictionalized account about abolitionist Sarah Grimke.)

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ARTS COUNCIL CORNER

COLLECTIVE SPIRIT

The Artist Member and Pottery Collective exhibit will kick off the Shelby County Arts Council’s summer programming.

STORY AND PHOTO

BY LINDSAY DYESS The Shelby County Arts Council is gearing up for a summer of creative fun starting in May. Get inspired this summer with something the whole family will enjoy.

Join us in the EBSCO Fine Art Gallery at the Shelby County Arts Center on Sunday, May 17, for the Artist Member and Pottery Collective Art Exhibit. The exhibit highlights the talents of the SCAC community of artists and the Pottery Collective Guild.

The Pottery Collective is group of pottery artists who originally started as students at the Shelby County Arts Council. The group works together to support and inspire one another in their own unique style. Their work ranges from beautiful, functional bowls and mugs, to artwork to be admired.

The Artist Members bring their original photographs, sculptures, paintings and much more to the exhibit celebrating our local talent. The opening gallery reception and pottery sale will be held May 17 from 1-4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Summer at the SCAC also means the return of summer camps. June brings back the Missoula Children’s Theatre Camp. This year, the play will be The Emperor’s New Clothes. In this play, the Emperor will learn the meaning of true friendship and how to dress for success. Campers will put on a full-scale play in just one week in this camp. The play is complete with scenery, songs, costumes and more.

Not only does this camp teach public speaking skills, it reinforces memorization with music and repetition and teaches kids how to work together.

Campers will also participate in arts and crafts activities. The cost is $100 per student and is designed for kids entering first grade through 12th grade. Space is limited. The camp will take place at Shelby County High School, located at 101 Washington St. in Columbiana, from June 15-20 with the performance on Saturday, June 20.

There is always something fun happening at the Shelby County Arts Council. For more information on all summer camps and for registration, visit Shelbycountyartscouncil.com. For the latest news and updates find the SCAC on Facebook, and follow along on Instagram @shelby_county_arts.

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FOOD

SERVING COMFORT Ashley Mac’s gourmet-to-go meals are as convenient and delicious as ever—especially in the days of COVID-19.

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As the COVID-19 quarantine started to affect restaurants, Ashley McMakin knew she couldn’t necessarily change the wider circumstances, but she and her team at Ashley Mac’s could help deliver comfort to the dinner table. “I think food naturally brings people together so most people have good memories of a meal around the table and the particular comfort food brings,” she says. “Being able to still have a good meal reminds you that life is going to be okay and bring some normalcy to things when everything feels like it’s going to spin out of

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control.”

And so even as their dining rooms closed, the Ashley Mac’s team offered up all of their gourmet to-go items that almost seem like they were designed for a time like this, with frozen casseroles, soups, sides and desserts, plus their refrigerator case with items like chicken salad and broccoli slaw. They brought their takeout model curbside, kept six feet between their employees and started offering a delivery option.

When Ashley saw their surplus of produce from

all their previously scheduled catering orders, the restaurant started selling produce boxes that quickly sold out. One night at 2 a.m. she was thinking about how her kids can’t see their grandparents even though they are in town and added a fun pack of kidfriendly foods grandparents could send to their grandkids, plus a Sweets for Your Sanity pack with moms in mind—all in an effort to get creative with delivering their menu to what people were wanting as they spent time at home.

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Ashley Mac’s founder Ashley McMakin with her husband, Andy, and their three children at one of their restaurant locations.

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something to look forward to at the end of the day—especially when working from home and/or home schooling kids as is many of her neighbors’ reality this spring. “It is something comforting whether it’s baking your old childhood recipe or ordering take-out from a local business,” she says.

In all of this, Ashley was no stranger to rapidly adapting a business to demand. For her the past 15 years in the food business have gone by in the blink of an eye.

Back when she and her husband were living in a condo complex in 2005 as newlyweds, Ashley was cooking and catering out of her tiny kitchen when they met their new downstairs neighbor. “Do you need a job?” Ashley’s husband, Andy, asked the neighbor. And with that, they had their first employee. The neighbor would walk upstairs to meet Ashley, and they’d drive to Sam’s Club to buy their supplies and get to work on catering parties of up to 50. In that era Ashley used family recipes for sour cream biscuits, strawberry cake and casseroles and added her own concoctions to the mix by trial and error with inspiration from travel, eating out and magazines.

From there, Ashley and the neighbor would commute to a new kitchen space in Bluff Park. When catering customers started asking for small portions of casseroles, she’d portion them and leave them in a small refrigerator. As demand grew, she opened a little room in the bottom of her grandmother’s antique store in Cahaba Heights to be a pickup spot.

Eventually Ashley Mac’s found a storefront in Cahaba Heights that had a kitchen and seating in the front. Ashley’s plan was never to open a restaurant, just to cater. But Andy, an accountant, thought something needed to be done with the extra space, so he convinced his wife to open a café. When it first opened, the menu was written on a scratch piece of paper with signature items you can still order at Ashley Mac’s today: Baby Blue Salad, Chicken Salad, Turkey & Spinach Aioli and Apple Havarti sandwiches and the Salad Trio.

As the McMakin family grew from one child to two to three, they expanded their café to Inverness right off Valleydale Road in January 2013, and later they opened Riverchase and finally Homewood locations.

Those first five years Ashley was cooking 10 hours a day and so exhausted by the end that she’d just bring home an Ashley Mac’s dish or get takeout for dinner. Later when her kids were babies she took a step back from the business and cooked more at home, experimenting with recipes that would later make it to the Ashley Mac’s menu. These days with kids in elementary school and a full schedule of after-school activities, she finds herself picking up Ashley Mac’s frozen meals and soups for dinner again.

It’s part of why she started offering a set of family meals— poppy seed chicken, lemon rosemary chicken or steak—you can call an hour ahead to order hot too, for those nights when a family needs dinner fast, and not the kind that requires

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defrosting. “As a busy mom I can relate to that,” she says. “Everyone has a lot going on. We are really focused on convenience for people but also not sacrificing great ingredients and food.”

Before the pandemic, Ashley had never thought of putting a barbecue chicken pizza she makes at home on the menu, but the longer families were at home, the more she thought about different offerings for customers and decided to try it, along with a four cheese flavor her kids prefer. “I felt complimented when they said it was better than Little Caesar’s,” she says.

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looking for her food business to fill needs. A few years ago when she got involved in a mentorship program at Cahaba Park Church called Jobs for Life, she started thinking about how to employ people with difficult pasts. Before long they began to partner with Changed Lives halfway house to give jobs to men who lived there, and today many of their staff members have come out of that program.

“That’s become close to our hearts over the years,” Ashley says. And now those men are a part of another mission closer to Ashley’s heart: sharing comforting, fresh food to help families through busy weeknights and weeks of quarantine alike.

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THE DOGWOOD HOUSE The Blake family built the home of their dreams, and filled it with family heirlooms.

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Emily and Andrew Blake love how the openconcept layout they chose for the North Shelby home they built in 2019 gives them the breathing room their family of five needs and the space they want when they entertain guests. They love the casual yet sophisticated, farmhouse-inspired décor, and the different tones of gray that set a relaxed tone for most of the rooms. But, perhaps more than anything else, they love the sweet reminders of their family roots planted in nearly every space—the photographs and the furniture that have been passed down to them from the people who shaped their lives before they met each other.

For Emily, these roots trace all the way over to England, her late parents’ native country and the birth place of her three siblings. “I’m the youngest of four and was the only one to be born in the States,” she says. “My parents and siblings moved to the States in 1978, and I was born a few years later.”

A Birmingham native, Andrew’s mother is Lebanese, and his father is American. He and

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Emily met as students at the University of Alabama and married nine years ago. They moved into the Ballantrae development in 2010. But when Emily’s mother passed away in August 2014, a new project seemed like a good salve in the midst of her grief. “I needed an outlet, so I began searching for new homes and land in the Indian Springs area,” she says. “After many visits to various lots, we found this location and fell in love with the 2 acres.”

Tragedy struck again when Emily’s father passed away in November 2017. It was enough to nudge Emily and Andrew into action with their home plans. “We felt it was time to put our dreams into reality, and purchased the land in March 2018. After months of planning, we were able to start working on and creating our dream layout with Home by Mae Beth. Then, Carlisle Creek Construction broke ground in May 2019. Just six months later, we moved into our new home.”

They refer to it as the Dogwood House, a nod to a dogwood tree Andrew planted in the front yard to grow and blossom alongside their family.

Dining Room One piece Emily inherited from her parents is the china cabinet, which she refreshed with chalk paint and placed in the dining room.

Entryway The pièce de rÊsistance of the foyer is the nearly 70-year-old Metzler piano, passed down to Emily from her parents.

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Living Room Emily says her varied tastes in interior style made it difficult to commit to just one. “This house has many features of the houses I grew up in Alpharetta, Georgia, and North Andover, Massachusetts,” she says. “I wanted to honor my parents the best way I could with this build. I would say it’s a farmhouse with craftsman flare, and a traditional twist on the interior.”

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Kitchen The Blakes gravitate to their spacious kitchen every day for cooking and entertaining around the large granite island.

Andrew chose the large window above the sink that gives them an unobstructed view of the backyard.

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Guest Bathroom Emily’s favorite room in the house is the guest bathroom, a small but vibrant space doused in SherwinWilliams’ Lucky Green. “I wanted it to have a funky flare, and it’s filled with old pictures of our families, making you feel like you’re in a swanky restroom in a French or English restaurant,” she says. One of the photos is of Emily’s grandmother meeting the Queen of England.

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Master Bedroom The master bedroom features several of Emily’s parents’ furniture pieces she inherited and refinished, including a pair of their chairs.

Office The same shade of green in the guest bathroom upstairs makes an appearance in the office, which she converted into a makeshift school room for the kids when the novel coronavirus pandemic prompted school closures. “We had this table, and I wanted a space for the kids to be able to work,” she says.

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Girl’s Room The couple’s only daughter, Ella, has her own room, a cheery space with a chandelier and bright curtains Emily made for her.

Boys’ Rooms The couple’s sons, Charlie and Dexter, have their own rooms, but often end up sleeping in the bunk beds in Dexter’s room.

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CHANGE OF PLANS CARLIE MOORE AND HUNTER BILLINGSLEY AREN’T LETTING COVID-19 HAVE THE LAST WORD IN THEIR WEDDING.

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Hopefully, it will feel like the wedding day I still always wanted, but we’ll already be married.

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They could not believe months of meticulous planning had come to this.

Neither could their families and friends.

Then again, neither could the many other couples like them, they were sure. Couples who grappled with the same difficult realization when the novel coronavirus pandemic took hold in the United States: Their wedding plans would have to change.

Shelby County native Carlie Moore and her fiancé, Hunter Billingsley, are reluctant members of this group, not as much by choice as sheer necessity in light of the rapid spread and growing threat of COVID-19. In the parade of large and small decisions preceding a wedding, they never imagined they would need to decide whether to postpone their celebration. But as the virus picked up steam here in early March, that’s exactly what happened.

As they shifted their focus to new plans, Carlie opened up about her experiences with wedding planning round two in the days of COVID-19—and, more importantly, the love story that gave greater purpose to the moments of disappointment she and Hunter faced.

shortly before nursing school graduation, after which Carlie moved back to the Birmingham area.

Hunter moved here in January 2016, but despite geography being on their side again, the couple broke up and stayed apart for more than a year. “It probably was good for both of us to do our own thing,” Carlie says. “After that I randomly reached out to him and asked him to go to lunch.” That lunch led to another lunch, and then another, until Carlie and Hunter were asking themselves—and each other—why they weren’t together. They fixed that in August 2017 and became a couple again.

Two years later, on a hot September morning, Hunter pulled an engagement ring out of a backpack and proposed to Carlie during a rock climbing outing at Cherokee Rock Village. “It was the best day,” she says.

Carlie jumped into wedding planning immediately, firming up the big details like venue and photographer first, and then gradually checking off the smaller ones. She and Hunter set their wedding date for April 11, 2020. A spring wedding sounded lovely.

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Carlie first saw Hunter from across the room in one of their nursing school classes at Southern Union State Community College. “I thought he was cute,” she says. But that was as far as it went until, in their final semester of nursing school, several of Carlie’s and Hunter’s friends took it upon themselves to orchestrate an outing so they could officially meet each other. They started dating

As February faded into March and Carlie worked on her final wedding checklist, she started hearing more about the novel coronavirus at work. As a nurse in Grandview Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit, Carlie and her coworkers were receiving updates about COVID-19 daily. When she learned that travel restrictions were being put in place, her mind went straight to hers and Hunter’s

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Carlie and Hunter enjoy traveling and have been to many different places together. This is one of their favorite snapshots from a road trip to Reno, Nevada, in 2018.

honeymoon plans in Hawaii. “My first thought was our honeymoon might get canceled,” she says, “but it had never crossed my mind that the wedding might have to be postponed.”

When Carlie heard about another couple’s wedding being postponed, panic overcame her. “It was like a whirlwind,” she recalls. “All of a sudden, Hunter and I were having to make that decision. It just all happened so suddenly.”

After talking to their parents and weighing their options, Carlie and Hunter came up with alternate plans in a roughly 48-hour timeframe. They opted to reschedule the full ceremony and reception with guests for October 3, but to still have a small ceremony with only immediate family members in Carlie’s grandparents’ front yard on April 11. Carlie’s grandfather was set to officiate the intimate ceremony.

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Several of the vendors the couple had originally booked were unavailable for October 3, and they were worried about guests having the same issue.

But Carlie says most people have eagerly accepted the new date.

Her wedding dress presented another dilemma for her. “That was also something I was having a hard time dealing with. Was I going to have that walking-down-the-aisle moment? Other than marrying Hunter, I was most excited about wearing the dress.”

She decided to wear a different dress for the April 11 ceremony and save her real dress for October 3, when she can have her grand moment, complete with a first look before the ceremony. “Hopefully, it will feel like the wedding day I still always wanted, but we’ll already be married,” Carlie says. “And we

won’t have such high expectations because we didn’t worry about all the details. I’m trying to stay positive.”

LOOKING FORWARD Carlie and Hunter are in the process of renovating a house they bought in Chelsea about six months ago. Outside of wedding plans and work, the house has absorbed much of their spare time, and Hunter has done the majority of the labor himself.

The house sits on three-and-a-half-acres of land, which they want to fill with goats, chickens and other animals they might acquire. “That’s our goal,” Carlie says. “I feel like we’re in the home stretch.

We’re finishing painting and about to lay down new floors.”

Although they had to cancel their honeymoon trip to Hawaii, they plan to reschedule it for later this year or sometime next year, maybe as a oneyear anniversary trip. Regardless, Carlie says she and Hunter are looking forward to taking a breather from what’s been a stressful few months and enjoy being married to each other. “At the end of this, it’s all going to come out better,” she says. “God has a bigger plan. We’re just trying to make the best of it.”

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SOMEBODY TO LEAN ON ACTS OF KINDNESS HAVE RESTORED HOPE IN OUR COMMUNITY DURING COVID-19.

BY EMILY SPARACINO | PHOTOS BY KEITH MCCOY AND CONTRIBUTED The far-reaching impact of the novel coronavirus was for a while difficult to grasp, and perhaps it still is for many as we heed orders to shelter in place and keep to ourselves. School campuses sit eerily quiet, shop doors remain locked and delivery vehicles shuttling food orders from restaurants to residences populate the roads. For some people, COVID-19 has cost them their health, their jobs, their businesses. For most, it has taken normalcy and replaced it with uncertainty, maybe even fear.

But in the shadow of the virus, we have seen light. We have seen neighbors helping neighbors and strangers helping strangers, people putting the resources they have toward helping another family with basic needs. We have seen the emergence of help exchange pages on social media, and heard of unsung heroes calling to check on elderly residents who can’t leave their homes. It’s these acts of kindness and gestures of support in our community we cling to for hope in this challenging time.

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Chubbfathers owner Will Cholewinski helps to pack free food bags at his restaurant to distribute to residents in need.

BEING BUDDIES As the virus ramped up and prompted the closure of all public schools in mid-March, Vineyard Family Services jumped into action. VFS provides local students with nutritious food they can take home on the weekends and long holiday breaks, filling the gaps when children don’t have access to their schools’ free and reduced meal programs.

But the organization knew students wouldn’t be the only ones affected by food insecurity. “We have families with lots of children, and everybody is not being able to work,” Program Director Stephanie Grissom says. Along with the buddy bags, VFS focused on assembling more of their family emergency food boxes and hygiene bags. Volunteers have helped load and unload bags and boxes for deliveries, and donors have ensured VFS’s ability to purchase needed supplies doesn’t falter.

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recently and, in lieu of birthday presents, asked for food and financial donations for BackPack Buddies.

“You put a smile on our faces,” reads a post on the VFS Facebook page.

FEEDING THE PEOPLE Knowing his slogan is “feed the people,” we weren’t surprised when Chubbfathers restaurant owner Will Cholewinski’s name came up in conversations about who was mobilizing resources for families in need during the pandemic. Will turned his Alabaster and Clanton restaurants into drop zones for food donations to distribute immediately to families trying to make ends meet and keep food on the table.

Will issued a call for donations, urging people not only to give what they can but to let anyone in need know that help is nearby. “We’re just trying to do whatever we can do,” Will says. “We’re going to get through this together.”

Volunteers with Vineyard Family Services’ BackPack Buddies program unload food boxes to distribute to families in need while schools are closed.

Kylie Anderson picks up baked goods to deliver to workers at busy stores that are dealing with unusual hours because of COVID-19.

LIFTING SPIRITS Pelham resident Kylie Anderson took it upon herself to buy and organize supplies to hand out at different locations in the area—and to deliver right to people’s doorsteps, if necessary. “I’ve driven to a lot of people’s homes and dropped off supplies at their doors,” she says. Her mind goes to people battling cancer, elderly people, single moms—people who can’t leave their homes.

Kylie has distributed everything from toilet paper to water to snacks to soap, checking multiple stores in the area to find certain items that sell out quickly. And as she made her supply runs, Kylie noticed the struggles store employees are facing while trying to do their jobs. “I’ve seen the way some of these retail employees have been treated, and it’s really hurting my heart,” she says. “I’ve heard people cussing at them and calling them names, and I just really wanted to lift them up.” So she bought treats from a local business and delivered them to these people, thinking she could

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lift their spirits and remind them that what they’re doing is appreciated.

SPECIAL DELIVERIES City of Columbiana employee Dale Lucas wanted to help elderly and immunocompromised residents somehow during COVID-19. What better way than through food? Dale and a group of volunteers collected more than $1,000 in donations to purchase Boston butts from Piggly Wiggly, and then stayed up all night one night cooking them before delivering them to people’s houses the next afternoon. Hearing how grateful they were for the free, home-cooked and hand-delivered meat, however, was worth missing some sleep. “We’re just a group of people trying to help out,” Dale says.

“It went really well.”

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KEEPING THEM COVERED A shortage of medical masks for health care workers prompted locals to put their ingenuity and resources to work. Deedra George, owner of By George screen printing, embroidery and alterations shop in Helena, rounded up her materials and staff and launched a mask-making operation. “Things change on a daily basis, so we’re just trying to be flexible and take care of as many people as we can,” she says. “It’s a good distraction for me, to not dwell on the bad stuff and try to do something positive.”

Similar efforts took off in Montevallo, too, when a group of University of Montevallo employees partnered to combat the national shortage of personal protective equipment, including face masks. After reading about people using 3D printers to create PPEs to donate to health care facilities, Michael Price, the Digital Media and Emerging Technologies Librarian at UM’s Carmichael Library, reached out to Shelby Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster, which said it would be happy to accept the 3D printed face masks.

Michael then contacted his colleague Kyle Moore, assistant professor of theatre at UM, who also had access to a 3D printer.

The duo received support from Dr. David Callaghan, chair of UM’s Department of Theatre, Carmichael Library Director Dr. Charlotte Ford and UM Associate Professor of Theatre Emily Gill, who helped to secure material to use for straps on the face masks. The group set a goal to print and deliver 50 ready-to-use face masks to the hospital.

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The Shelby County Chamber BUSINESS CONNECTIONS

Over the past few weeks weeks, our favorite restaurants, hotels, shops, salons, theaters, markets and other Shelby County businesses have seen a decline in visitors.

There are, however, many constructive and responsible ways in which we can continue to support our local businesses: ushop online with Shelby County

businesses uordering food to go uusing available curbside service for our groceries & other purchases ubuying gift cards or certificates – to use TODAY, or for a later date.

Gift cards & certificates = immediate cash flow…& cash flow is the lifeblood for our Shelby County businesses uwhere appropriate, tip as gen-

erously as you can Business-2-Business Resources: uHot Deals Hot Deals are a unique way to offer fellow Chamber Investors exclusive savings. Participation is free, and the program allows businesses to drive customers to purchasing their products & services. Hot deals can be found on the home page at

shelbychamber.org. uWho’s Who of Shelby County Businesses (business.shelbychamber.org/list/) When posting on social media use the hashtag #ShopShelbyCounty so that others can see what our Shelby County business community has to offer during this unique time.

State of Our Communities Luncheon Chamber investors and community members heard a worthwhile presentation from all of the Shelby County Mayors at the “State of Our Communities” Community Luncheon. There are great things going on throughout Shelby County Alabama and we are proud of each of these individuals, their councils and staff for all that they do on a daily basis. Thank you all for taking the time to give a short update on things happening in your cities and towns. Also, thank you to our presenting sponsor, APG Local, and co-sponsors, SouthWest Water Company and Sain Associates.

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COVID-19 Business Toolkit The Shelby County Chamber and its collaborative partner 58, INC. have established a COVID-19 Business Toolkit that is available today on the Chamber’s website (www.

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The Chamber’s staff will be working with several agencies and 58, INC. to update the Business Toolkit to add additional resources which

Shelby County businesses can access over the next several weeks. As additional resources are added, the Chamber and 58, INC. will keep the business community updated.

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Annual Montgomery Drive-In On March 11th, the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce, Montevallo Chamber of Commerce and The Shelby County Chamber partnered on the 7th Annual Montgomery Drive- In. This program is great way for business leaders to hear first hand updates from various agencies and state leaders. This yearís program was presented by Alabama Power and co-sponsored by SouthWest Water Company. Thank you to our luncheon speaker, Jo Bonner, Chief of Staff, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s office. Also, thank you to our program speakers: Mike Hill, Superintendent, Alabama State Banking Department, Kenneth Boswell, Director, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Development Affairs, Jeana Ross, Secretary, Alabama Department

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of Early Childhood Education, Nick Moore, Policy Advisor and Coordinator, Governor’s Office of Education and Workforce Transformation, Kathy Hall, Deputy Director, Alabama Medicaid Agency.

Stroke: Act F.A.S.T. BE FAST Swimming, biking and running are just three of the many sports in which the winner has the fastest time. In other sports such as football, basketball or volleyball, the winners are determined after a set period of time. When it comes to having a stroke, the person who seeks treatment in the fastest time possible can be a winner in the game of life. That’s because the faster blood flow is restored to the brain, the lower the risk of disability or death.

A stroke, also known as a brain attack, occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted or blocked. When this happens, brain cells in the immediate area start to die because they do not get the oxygen and nutrients they need to function properly. Disabilities that can result from a stroke include paralysis, cognitive deficits, speech and emotional problems, pain and numbness. Approximately 87 percent of strokes are ischemic1, which means they occur when a clot blocks a blood vessel or artery in the brain. The remaining percentage of strokes is hemorrhagic. These strokes are caused by a blood vessel that breaks and bleeds into the brain.

Symptoms of a stroke are easy to spot because they happen quickly. It is important to act F.A.S.T. in these situations because the most effective treatments for stroke are available only within the first three hours after symptoms start.

Look for the following signs of a stroke: uBalance – Loss of balance or coordination, dizziness uEyes - Blurry, double or loss of vision in one eye uFace – Does one side of the person’s face droop when you ask them to smile? uArms – Does one arm drift down-

ward when you ask the person to raise both arms? uSpeech – Does the person slur speech when asked to repeat a simple phrase? uTime – Call 9-1-1 immediately if you see any of these signs.

If you or someone you know is having a stroke, be prepared to act promptly if there is sudden: uNumbness in the arm, leg or face, especially if it is on one side of the body. uConfusion, difficulty talking or problems understanding speech. uTrouble seeing out of one or both eyes. u Difficulty walking, dizziness, or loss of balance or coordination. uIntense headache for no known reason.

It is important not to wait for symptoms to go away or worsen. Ischemic strokes can be treated with a clot-busting drug called tissue plasminogen activator, or t-PA. However, for the treatment to be effective, the stroke patient must get to a hospital within one hour, and be evaluated and receive the drug within three hours of the onset of stroke symptoms. A study by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke found that some patients receiving t-PA within the three-hour window were at least 30 percent more likely to recover from a stroke after 90 days.

Risk factors that can increase the chances of having a stroke include high blood pressure, heart disease, smoking, diabetes, sedentary lifestyle and elevated cholesterol. For more information about treating strokes, talk with your doctor or visit the National Stroke Association website at www.stroke.org.

Your Chamber at work March 14 - April 10, 2020

Facebook: 37 “new likes”, 634 “views”, 11,814 “post reaches” and 3,704 “total likes”.

Twitter: 36 “tweets”, 6,827 “tweet impressions”, 117 “profile visits”, 7 “mentions” 3,099 “followers”, Instagram: 1,231 “posts”, 1,127 “followers”.

LinkedIn: 446 “followers” Responded to 58 requests for business & community information.

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TSCC Officers and Board of Directors OFFICERS Chamber Chair Ms. Kathy Copeland White Rock Quarries– Vincent Hills Chair-Elect Mr. Chris Grace Barge Design Solutions, Inc. Vice Chair, Business Development & Support Dr. Jay Crisman 280 Animal Medical Center Vice Chair, Communications & Marketing Ms. Carol Bruser University of Montevallo Vice Chair, Community & Career Development Mr. Daniel Listi Shelby Baptist Medical Center Vice Chair, Finance & Administration Mr. Bill Keller Renasant Bank Vice Chair, Governmental Affairs Mr. Brian Massey Ascension - St. Vincent’s Vice Chair, Investor Relations Ms. Alison Howell Steineker Alabama Power Company

Vice Chair, Tourism & Recreation Mr. Alex Dudchock

Ms. Brittani Morris State Farm Insurance Brittani Morris Agency

Immediate Past Chair Mr. Bill Connor America’s First Federal Credit Union

Mr. Casey Morris McLeod Software

DIRECTORS Mr. John Collier Regions Bank Mr. Lee Dorrill Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Ms. Kelly Thrasher Fox Hand Arendall, Harrison, Sale LLC Mr. Kevin Morris America’s First Federal Credit Union

Mr. Fred Smith Vulcan Termite & Pest Control Mr. Rux Bentley Rux Carter Insurance Mr. Keith Brown Jefferson State Community College Ms. Laura Clarke Synovus Bank Mr. Jeff Purvis A. C. Legg, Inc.

Mr. Tim Benefield Buffalo Rock Company

Ms. Bridgette Jordan Smith City of Vincent

Ms. April Harry Warren, Averett, LLC

Mr. Craig Sorensen SouthWest Water Company

Keith Richards Taziki’s Mediterranean Café’

Mr. Daniel Holmes Shelby County Newspapers, Inc.

Mike Swinson Spire Alabama, Inc.

Ms. Khiari McAlpin Vinehouse Nursery

Ms. Mechelle Wilder ARC Realty

Ms. Diane Thomas PostNet of Chelsea

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ACCOUNTING Access Accounting, Inc. (205) 516-4644 accessaccounting.net Aprio, LLP (205) 991-5560 aprio.com

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Barfield, Murphy, Shank & Smith, LLC (205) 982-5500 bmss.com Chappell CPA (205) 978-8858 chappellcpa.com Cooke, Cameron, Travis & Company, PC (205) 988-8810 Creative Accounting & Tax (205) 624-4600 creativeacct.com Deloach, Barber & Caspers CPA (205) 822-6350 dbccpas.com Essential Solutions, LLC. (205) 663-8686 essential-solutions.biz

Due to the unique circumstances that we are facing, the May/June Who’s Who Directory includes all chamber investors through March 23, 2020.

Block listings = ShelbyOne Next Level Up Investors

Video Visions Media Marketing (205) 902-8035 videovisionsmm.com ADVERTISING SPECIALTIES Crown Trophy of Pelham (205) 621-7393 crowntrophy.com AGRICULTURE & FARMING SUPPLIES

Mallory Jackson and Associates, PC (205) 939-1978 mahco.com

Western Sales and Services, Inc. (205) 787-8674 westernsalesandservices.com

Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC (205) 445-2880 mjcpa.com

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By George (205) 663-7004 alterationsbygeorge.com ANTIQUES & INTERIORS THE LIV-N-ROOM (205) 356-5320 facebook.com/thelivnroom APARTMENTS & LEASING SERVICES Arlington Properties/Terrace 31 Apartments (205) 988-0960 terrace31apt.com

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Central Shelby, Ltd. (205) 668-2020

Alsana Eating Disorder Clinic (205) 910-8423 alsana.com

Grand Reserve at Pelham (205) 685-4111 grandreservepelham.com

Cumberland Computer Services, LLC (205) 467-4055 cumberlandcomputerservices.com

Meadow Wood Apartments (205) 663-1101 sealyrealty.com

Qualified Staffing (205) 564-2179 q-staffing.com ADVERTISING & MARKETING SERVICES Angels Advertising, LLC (205) 968-1544 angelsadvertising.net APG Local (256) 442-6620 apglocal.com Bell Media, LLC (205) 721-8660 gobellmedia.com BLR Further LLC (205) 324-8005 blrfurther.com

Meridian Graphics (205) 746-1188 myhelenacitynews.com

Pinspiration Birmingham (205) 874-6193 pinspiration.com/locations/ birmingham/ South City Theatre (205) 621-2128 southcitytheatre.com The Crafters House (205) 520-8428 Thecraftershouse.com

Woodlot Artisans LLC (205) 420-8989 woodlotartisans.com

Affordable Heating & Air, LLC (256) 245-2870

Vulcan Heating & Air Conditioning Service (205) 444-9671 vulcanac.com

Yancey & Associates, PC, CPA (205) 669-2300

Hammer & Stain Birmingham (260) 242-0376 hammerandstainbham.com

AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING

Kassouf & Co. (205) 443-2500 kassouf.com

Warren Averett LLC (205) 979-4100 warrenaverett.com

Chris Cuz Designs (954) 608-7220 chriscruzdesigns.com

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Mountain Heating & Cooling, Inc. (205) 663-0293

The Highlands Accounting Group, Inc. (205) 795-0240 thaginc.com

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Helena Hardware A True Value (205) 605-0600

Mid State Co-Op (205) 669-7082

I.H. McNeill, III, PC (205) 982-2664 ihmcneill.com

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Turner Promotions (205) 983-2167 anindooradvantage.com

Carden Heating & Cooling (205) 669-2459 cardenhvac.com

CityVision, Inc. (205) 595-0809

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Sender, LLC (205) 789-3975 senderllc.net

Graham and Associates, CPA (205) 663-6673 grahamandassociates.net

SAS Tax & Accounting, LLC (205) 621-0388 sastaxandaccounting.com

Through their voluntary investment, these organizations support the Chamber’s program of work designed to make Shelby County an even better place to live and do business. The Chamber considers these organizations to be the most community-minded and successful businesses in Shelby County and strongly encourages you to do business with them.

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Retreat at Greystone Apartments (205) 983-7833 retreatatgreystone.com The Abbey at Inverness (205) 991-9060 Turtle Lake Apartment Homes (205) 991-3719 turtlelakeapts.info Wellington Manor Apartments (205) 621-0811 wellingtonmanorapts.com ARCHITECTS Barry Davis Architects, PC (205) 444-1112 BarryDavisArchitects.com Goodwyn Mills and Cawood, Inc. (205) 879-4462 gmcnetwork.com Lathan Associates Architects, PC (205) 988-9112 lathanassociates.com TRO Jung/Brannen, Inc. (205) 324-6744 trojb.com

Owen Arts Studio / Owen Gallery (205) 669-9700 owenartsstudio.com

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES Premier Healthcare (205) 948-7216 assistedcarefacilities.net/facilities/ alabama/columbiana/premier-healthcare.htm The Bluffs at Greystone (205) 379-0322 phoenixsrliving.com ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS Alabama Association of Nonprofits (205) 879-4712 alabamanonprofits.org Aldridge Gardens (205) 682-8019 aldridgegardens.com Angel Warriors Foundation (205) 960-2175 angelwarriorsfoundation.org Better Business Bureau (205) 558-2222 http://www.bbb.org/csal Birmingham Automobile Dealers Association (205) 980-0540 carsbirmingham.com CHELSEA BUSINESS ALLIANCE Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders (205) 912-7000 birminghambuilder.com ATTORNEYS Alabama Law Services, LLC (205) 419-4414 alabamalawservices.com Boardman, Carr, Petelos, Watkins & Ogle, PC (205) 678-8000 boardmancarr.com Bradford & Holliman, LLC (205) 663-0281 bradfordholliman.com Ellis, Head, Owens & Justice (205) 669-6783 wallaceellis.com Fulmer, May & Stuckey, LLC (205) 255-1833 fmslawfirm.com Gina H. McDonald & Associates, LLC (205) 982-3325 ginamcdonaldlaw.com Gregory Law Firm, P.C. (205) 314-4874 gregorylawfirm.us/ Hand Arendall Harrison Sale LLC (205) 324-4400 handarendall.com Paul J. DeMarco, Attorney at Law (205) 326-6600 pljpc.com

Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers - Helena (205) 942-8957 expressoil.com

RichardsonClement PC (205) 572-4100 richardsonclement.com

Greystone Tire and Automotive (205) 980-5113 greystonetireandauto.com/

B’Lovely Salon (205) 704-1729

Beaute Nail Spa LLC (205) 621-0095 beautenailsspaalabaster.com

Roland Milling Law, LLC (205) 620-1278 elizabethroland.com

Hoover Automotive (205) 587-4888 hoover-automotive.com

European Wax Center (205) 408-1882 waxcenter.com

Sirote & Permutt, PC (205) 930-5100 sirote.com

Howard Tire & Automotive Service (205) 669-4509 howardtowing.com

Mary Kay - Shanna Brannon (205) 281-0101 marykay.com/snowling-brannon

Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC (205) 870-0555 wallacejordan.com AUCTION

Joe Hudson Collision Center Champion Blvd (205) 453-7489 jhcc.com

Granger, Thagard & Associates, Inc. (205) 410-6751 gtauctions.com

Lynn Johnson Collision Repair, Inc. (205) 678-3784 lynnjohnsoncollision.net

AUDIO/VIDEO EXPERIENCE FOR BUSINESS

Melton Automotive (205) 663-8088 meltonautomotive.com

ENG AV, Inc. (205) 618-8324 engav.com Lighting & Lamp (205) 271-1423 lightingandlamp.com AUTOMOBILE CAR WASH Marc-1 Express Car Wash (205) 380-7404 marc1carwash.com

Mobile Fleet Specialists of Birmingham, Inc. (205) 564-8660 mobilefleetspecialists.com Quick Lane Tire & Auto Care (205) 668-4244 Southern Truck Center, Inc. (205) 226-0880 southerntruckcenter.com/

AUTOMOBILE CUSTOMIZATION

Texaco Xpress Lube (205) 678-5050

Elite Offroad And Performance (205) 677-2080 eliteoffroadandperformance.com

Tires & Engine Performance (205) 620-3311 tiresperformance.com

Platinum Hoods, LLC (205) 337-6608

Tuffy Tire & Auto Service (205) 624-2190 tuffypelham.com

AUTOMOBILE DEALERS DonohooAuto, LLC (205) 444-9333 donohooauto.com

Valley Drive Auto Service (205) 942-0049 AUTOMOTIVE RETAIL

Edwards Chevrolet - 280 Inc. (205) 980-3325 chevyman.com

Burton Campers, Inc. (205) 668-0075 burtoncampers.com

Enterprise Car Sales (205) 621-1343 enterprisecarsales.com

O’Reilly Auto Parts Helena (205) 378-5660 oreillyauto.com

Ernest McCarty Ford, Inc. (205) 663-3831 emccartyford.com

BAKERY

Med Center Mazda (205) 226-0929 medcentermazda.com NEXTRAN Truck Centers (205) 901-4404 nextranusa.com RV Roadway & Roadway Collision Center Inc. (205) 663-0046 rvroadway.com Southtown Motors (205) 663-4590 southtownmotors.com Susan Schein Automotive Group (205) 664-1491 susanschein.com AUTOMOBILE REPAIR Cahaba Tire (205) 663-0433 cahabatire.com Cassady & Self Glass Company (205) 252-4284 cassadyandselfglass.com Chelsea Tire Service (205) 678-4944 Empire Autohaus (205) 664-5757 empireautohaus.com Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers (205) 945-1771 expressoil.com

Beignets & Lattes (205) 358-7828 beignets-lattes.business.site Donut Joe’s (205) 663-6006 donutjoes.net

BEAUTY SALONS

Tee’s Cakes & Pastries (205) 678-8049 teescakesandpastries.com BARTER EXCHANGE Trade Partner Exchange (205) 991-7050 tradepartnerexchange.com

Columbiana United Methodist Church (205) 669-7164

BUSINESS FURNISHINGS

DAYSPRING Church (334) 478-0037 dayspringCLGI.org

Business Interiors (205) 939-1008 businteriors.com

Birmingham South Campground (205) 664-8832 birminghamsouthcampground.com

First Baptist Church of Vincent (205) 672-2512 fbcvincent.org/

Sharkey’s Cuts for Kids (205) 580-9494 sharkeyscutsforkids.com/locations/ alabama-birmingham/

Cherokee Campground (205) 428-8339 cherokeecampground.info

CLOTHING RETAIL & ACCESSORIES

T. Fox SALONSPA 2054038369 tfoxsalon.com BEVERAGE Buck Creek Coffee (205) 624-3733 buckcreekcoffee.com Ground Up Coffee & Smoothies located inside Snider’s Pharmacy (205) 678-3899 Hard Times Brewing Company (205) 913-4235 Old Towne Vapes & Coffee (205) 624-4425 oldtownevapes.com The Healthy Hangout (205) 834-0322 BEVERAGE - DISTRIBUTOR Buffalo Rock Company (205) 940-9799 buffalorock.com

CATERING SERVICES

America’s Thrift Store (205) 856-1234 americasthrift.com

Bellinis Ristorante & Bar (205) 981-5380 ourbellinis.com

Shabby Chik/Kidz (205) 928-9609 facebook.com/shabbykidz

Bertolone Italian Cafe - Clanton (205) 755-5533 bertolones.com

Southern Roots (205) 602-8085

Chelsea Coffee House (205) 678-4444

The Farm Company (205) 671-5477 the-farm-company.mycloveronline.com

Chevron Food Mart of Columbiana (205) 669-5507

COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL JUNK REMOVAL

Joe’s Italian Pizza Pasta & Cafe (205) 663-4111 joesitalianonline.com

JDog Junk Removal & Hauling (205) 223-0612 JDogjunkremoval.com

Kathy G. & Company (205) 942-4210 kathyg.com La Paz Restaurant & Catering (205) 803-6262 eatatlapaz.com

COMMERCIAL CLEANING SERVICES Charles Dixon Industries, Inc. (205) 981-2171 cdibirmingham.com COMMUNICATIONS - WIRE & CABLE INSTALLATION

The Happy Catering Co. (205) 251-8925 happycatering.net

Spectrum Enterprise (205) 824-5558 business.spectrum.com

CELLULAR EQUIPMENT & SERVICE

COMMUNICATIONS - WIRELESS

Brokerage Firm

Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless (205) 822-2526 cellularsales.com/aboutus

SouthernLINC Wireless (205) 992-6166 southernlinc.com/index.asp

Sunbelt Business Brokers (205) 903-3564 sunbeltbirmingham.com

Sprint by Absolute Wireless (205) 390-2431 absolutewireless.net

COMMUNITY/SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

BUILDERS

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Eagle Construction Products (205) 669-2333 builtbyeagle.com

Montevallo Chamber of Commerce (205) 665-1519 montevallocc.com

BUSINESS & PERSONAL TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

The Shelby County Chamber (205) 663-4542 shelbychamber.org

BOWLING ALLEY Oak Mountain Lanes (205) 403-7466 oakmountainlanes.com

Mark Teachman Coaching (630) 408-6275 JohnMaxwellGroup.com/ markteachman

Nothing Bundt Cakes - Hoover (205) 538-7602 nothingbundtcakes.com/bakery/al/ hoover

CHURCHES

April Minton - Keep IT Simple (205) 492-2146

Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio @ Inverness Plaza (205) 995-2442

Edgar’s Bakery, Inc. @ Pelham (205) 987-0790 edgarsbakery.com/

Lil Bit O’ Flour (205) 408-9825 lilbitoflour.com

BUSINESS CONSULTING

First Baptist Church of Columbiana (205) 669-3128 fbccol.net/

12 Stones Staffing & Consulting (205) 832-0612 12StonesStaffing.com

K&J’s Elegant Pastries (205) 663-4827 kjselegantpastries.com

Roderick White Chiropractic (205) 664-8881 roderickwhitechiropractic.com

CAMPGROUND

Edgar’s Bakery, Inc. @ Cadence Place (205) 987-0790 edgarsbakery.com

Edgar’s Bakery, Inc. @ the Colonnade (205) 987-0790 edgarsbakery.com/

The Neutral Solution (205) 202-6608 theneutralsolution.com

The Seven Four Group/Richard Mobley (855) 473-8364 sevenfourgroup.com BUSINESS & PERSONAL TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT Michael Smith - Entrepreneur in Residence (205) 568-2526 linkedin.com/in/MichaelTSmithUSA Renaissance Enterprises (205) 663-9982 BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IDShield/LegalShield & Youngevity Communications Services (205) 503-3829 basult.wearelegalshield.com Business & Professional Services The Carter Group (205) 314-9810

CHEMICAL John W. Day -- State Chemical Solutions (205) 223-9343 stateindustrial.com CHILDCARE CCS Greystone (423) 593-3980 ccslion.com

AARP (866) 542-8167 states.aarp.org/region/alabama/ Adaptive Aquatics (205) 807-7519 adaptiveaquatics.org Alabama Family Rights Association (205) 626-9458 alfra.org Alabama Forest Owners’ Association, Inc. (205) 987-8811 afoa.org Alabaster Arts Council (205) 664-9273 alabastercityfestonline.com Alabaster-Pelham Rotary Club (205) 408-7620

Heritage Preschool of Pelham (205) 620-2626 heritagepreschool.com

American Red Cross - Shelby Svs Ctr (205) 987-2793 alredcross.org

Ready, Set, Grow (205) 678-7123 childcarecenter.us/provider_detail/ readyset_grow_cdc_chelsea_al

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham - Shelby County Office (205) 378-4050 bbbsbhm.org

Vinehouse Nursery (205) 564-8564 vinehousenursery.com

Boy Scouts of America - Greater Alabama Council (205) 969-4244 1bsa.org

CHIROPRACTIC CARE Greystone Chiropractic (205) 981-8090 greystonechiropractor.com Precision Chiropractic (205) 988-9848 precisionchiro-al.com

Cahaba River Society (205) 322-5326 cahabariversociety.org/ Columbiana Housing Authority (205) 669-6921 Columbiana Main Street (205) 209-2417

ShelbyLiving.com

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Phillip Bahakel & Accociates Attorneys at Law (205) 987-8787 phillipbahakellaw.com

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Compact2020 (205) 605-1824 compact2020.com Developing Alabama Youth Foundation (205) 664-1600 thedayprogram.com Easter Seals of the Birmingham Area (205) 942-6277 eastersealsbham.org eCO Credit Union Foundation (205) 226-3907 ecocufoundation.org Exchange Club of Shelby County (205) 901-8000 Governor’s Commission on Physical Fitness & Sports (205) 607-0504 physicalfitness.alabama.gov Grace Klein Community (205) 390-2211 gracekleincommunity.org IGA Nephropathy Foundation of America (732) 770-7377 igan.org Junior Achievement of Alabama, Inc. (205) 290-9365 juniorachievement.org/web/jabirmingham/ King’s Home (205) 678-8331 kingshome.com Leadership Shelby County (205) 665-6007 leadershipshelbycounty.com/ LifeSouth Community Blood Centers (205) 943-6000 lifesouth.org MannaMarket (205) 663-2533

Two by Two Animal Rescue (205) 470-3933

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SALES AND SERVICE

United Way of Central Alabama (205) 251-5131 uwca.org

Thompson Tractor Company, Inc. (205) 664-4833 thompsontractor.com

Vineyard Family Services (205) 533-7852 vfsdads.com

CONSULTING

COMPUTER Scott Howard Consulting (844) 396-7301 scotthowardconsulting.com COMPUTER SERVICES & SOLUTIONS Cahaba Valley Computer Services, LLC (205) 980-9903 cvcsllc.com Personal Computer Consulting (205) 621-9304 WayCool Software, Inc. (888) 734-6753 waycoolsw.com COMPUTER SOFTWARE Ackee Design (205) 999-1060 ackeedesign.com Doozer Software, Inc. (205) 413-8302 doozer.com McLeod Software (205) 823-5100 mcleodsoftware.com COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS & SERVICES Net-Fit Solutions Inc (205) 386-3236 net-fitsolutions.com CONSTRUCTION

My Sister’s Place, Inc. (205) 434-0701 mysistersplaceal.com/

Adams Homes, LLC (205) 620-1173 adamshomes.com

Novella Club of Columbiana (205) 669-0395

Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (205) 328-4000 brasfieldgorrie.com

Owens House, The Shelby County Children’s Advocacy Center, Inc. (205) 669-3333 owenshousecac.org SafeHouse of Shelby County, Inc. (205) 669-1877 safehouse.org Sav-A-Life Shelby, Inc. (205) 664-1667 savalifeshelby.org SBA - Alabama District Office (205) 290-7101 sba.gov/al SCORE (205) 264-8425 score.org/index.html Shelby County Arts Council (205) 669-0044 shelbycountyartscouncil.com Shelby County Community Corrections (205) 669-8965 Shelby County Community Services (205) 669-3740 shelbyal.com Shelby County Humane Society (205) 669-3916 shelbyhumane.org Shelby County Republican Party (205) 994-6497 shelbyalgop.com Shelby Emergency Assistance (205) 665-1942 shelbyemergencyassistance.com/ Still Serving Veterans (205) 670-1955 ssv.org The Arc of Shelby County (205) 664-9313 thearcofshelby.org The Jimmie Hale Mission (205) 323-5878 jimmiehalemission.com

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Champion Technologies, LLC (205) 663-6116 Con-Site Services Inc. (205) 663-0051 DeAngelis Diamond (205) 977-7798 deangelisdiamond.com Dunn Construction Company, Inc. (205) 592-3866 dunnconstruction.com/

Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, LLC (573) 953-0717 COSMETOLOGY Merle Norman Cosmetics / Hair Salon @ Chelsea (205) 678-5944 COUNSELING SERVICES AEB Counseling Services (205) 538-3028 aeb-counseling.com LaForty Counseling Services (205) 664-8787 lafortycounseling.com CREDIT CARD & ELECTRONIC FUND SERVICES Financial Resource Group (205) 802-7910 CUSTOM STAINED GLASS Buck Creek Stained Glass (205) 541-3322 buckcreekglass.com DELIVERY SERVICE KATs Delivery (205) 624-0777 katsdelivery.com Raughley Logistics (205) 365-5125 DENTAL Acton Family Dentistry (205) 823-2258 alabamafamilydentistry.com Albritton & Ardovino Family Dentistry (205) 664-7610 aaFamilyDental.com Buck Creek Family Dental (205) 624-4570 heartlanddental.com Calera Dental Center, P.C. (205) 620-3312 caleradentalcenter.com Calera Orthodontics (205) 620-4611 caleraortho.com Chelsea Family Dentistry (205) 678-2096

M.J. Harris Construction Services, LLC (205) 380-6800 mjharris.com

Chelsea Orthodontics (205) 678-2770 chelseabraces.com

Roy Martin Companies (205) 621-6333

Columbiana Family Denistry (205) 669-6778

Smith Douglas Homes (205) 263-4550 smithdouglas.com

Elite Denistry (205) 678-2525 elitedentistryal.com

South East Concrete, LLC (205) 995-9888 seccompany.com

Greystone Smile Design (205) 981-7775 greystonesmiledesign.com

Specialty Finish & Design LLC (205) 948-4018

Kari Bartlett DMD, Family and Cosmetic Dentistry (205) 663-6545

Springer Equipment Company, Inc. (205) 951-3675 springerequipment.com Thornton, Inc. (205) 870-5498 thorntonconstruction.com Tim James, Inc. (334) 324-3386 timjamesinc.com Waste Corporation of Alabama -WCA (256) 378-6878 wcawaste.com/ Wright Brothers Construction Company, Inc (423) 336-2261 wbcci.com

Lee Branch Dental Studio (205) 678-0871 leebranchstudio.com Pelham Dental Care (205) 663-6246 pelhamdentalcare.com Pelham Parkway Dentistry (205) 620-9220 pelhamdentistry.com Premier Family Dentistry (205) 621-5304 pfdofa.com Shelby Pediatric Dentistry (205) 419-7444 shelbypediatric.com

StoneCreek Dental Care (205) 663-1280 stonecreekdentalcare.com

American Village (205) 665-3535 americanvillage.org

Thomas E. Dudney, DMD, PC (205) 663-6545 thomasdudney.com

McWane Science Center (205) 714-8372 mcwane.org

Valley Ridge Family Dentistry (205) 739-2175 vrfamilydentistry.com

EDUCATION - SCHOOLS

DEVELOPERS Clayton Management, LLC (205) 621-0809 Creed, Incorporated (205) 621-0809 Enviro-Systems (205) 437-3779 enviro-systemsllc.com/services DISTRIBUTORS American Wholesale Distributors (205) 620-3971 americanwholesaledistributors.com Avanti Polar Lipids (205) 663-2494 avantilipids.com Bama Budweiser of Shelby County (256) 249-8578 bamabud.com BTC Wholesale Distributors, Inc. (205) 324-2581 btcwholesale.com Hibbett Distribution Center (205) 942-8398 hibbett.com MACC Solutions & Distribution, LLC (205) 678-2921 maccdistribution.com Morrow Water Technologies, Inc. (205) 991-7222 morrowwater.com T & D Hyde Hauling (205) 965-8823 tanddhydehaulingandexcavation.com

Alabaster City Board of Education (205) 663-8400 Calera High School (205) 682-6100 Calera Middle School (205) 682-6140 Career Technical Educational Center (205) 682-6650 Central Alabama Community College (256) 378-5576 Chelsea High School (205) 682-7290 Coosa Valley Academy (205) 672-7326 Cornerstone Christian School (205) 669-7777 Faulkner University (205) 879-5588 Helena High School (205) 682-3650 Indian Springs School (205) 988-3350 Inverness Elementary School (205) 682-5240 Jefferson State Community College (205) 520-5900 Montevallo High School (205) 682-6400 Oak Mountain Elementary School (205) 682-5230 Pelham City Schools (205) 624-3700

The Salon Center (205) 940-1140 thesaloncenter.com

Piedmont International University Birmingham (205) 970-9213

DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES

School for Amazing Kids (205) 620-1725

Gone for Good Secure Document Destruction (205) 943-5252 ucpgoneforgood.com

Shelby County Board of Education (205) 682-7000

DRY CLEANING SERVICES Champion Cleaners of Calera (205) 668-4727 championcleaners.com Champion Cleaners of Hoover (205) 408-2797 championcleaners.com EARTH MOVING A & S Hauling (205) 283-8431 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION 58 INC. (205) 620-6658 58inc.org Alabama Works madeinalabama.com Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (205) 943-4700 edpa.org/ Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (205) 251-8139 rpcgb.org EDUCATION - RECREATION/ ENRICHMENT Alabama 4H Center (205) 669-4241 alabama4hcenter.org Alabama Wildlife Center (205) 663-7930 awrc.org

Shelby County High School (205) 682-6600 Shelby County Instructional Services Center (205) 682-5910 Shelby County Schools Education Foundation (205) 682-5255 The Learning Tree Inc. (334) 991-0614 learning-tree.org Thompson High School (205) 685-6700 University of Alabama in Huntsville (205) 910-5543 online.uah.edu/CourtneyW University of Montevallo (205) 665-6230 montevallo.edu Vincent Middle/High School (205) 682-7300 EDUCATION-TRAINING AND TUTORING d!scover ITT (205) 989-4944 discoveritt.com Grade Power Learning (205) 620-2373 gradepowerlearning.com ELECTRICAL SERVICES Alabaster Electric Supply (205) 663-1143 alabasterelectric.com

EVENT & MEETING SPACE

Inline Electric & Lighting Showroom (205) 982-7511 inlinelighting.com

Camelot Manor (205) 222-1329

Johns Electric Inc (205) 426-0583 Johnselectricservice.com OnTime Service (205) 942-1405 ontime59.com EMPLOYEE BENEFIT Colonial Life (205) 283-0316 coloniallife.com The SafeBridge Group (205) 907-9767

Living River: A Retreat on the Cahaba (205) 208-0035 livingriver.org Oak Island Mansion, LLC (205) 837-1974 oakislandmansion.com Pelham Civic Complex and Ice Arena (205) 620-6448 pelhamciviccomplex.com Venue31 (205) 419-7226 venue31.com EVENT PLANNING

EMPLOYMENT - AGENCIES & SERVICES

Blackberry Lane Farm (205) 966-6213

AccuStaff / e-staff (205) 823-2517 accustaff-tempforce-estaff.com

EXCAVATION

Alabama Career Center System of Alabaster (205) 663-2542 joblink.alabama.gov/ada/ Core Focus Personnel, LLC (205) 475-7120 cfpersonnel.com Express Employment Professionals (205) 981-1141 expresspros.com/sbirminghamal/ ENGINEERS AECOM Transportation (205) 970-0744 aecom.com Barge Design Solutions, Inc. (205) 298-6074 https://www.bargedesign.com/ Carr & Associates Engineers, Inc. (205) 664-8498 carrengineers.com Engineers of the South, LLC (205) 327-9140 engineersofthesouth.com Garver USA (205) 443-3080 GarverUSA.com Gonzalez-Strength & Associates, Inc. (205) 942-2486 gonzalez-strength.com Hargrove Engineers + Constructors (205) 484-0227 hargrove-epc.com Sain Associates, Inc. (205) 940-6420 sain.com/ ENTERTAINMENT Altitude Trampoline Park (205) 874-9040 AltitudeTrampolinePark.com ENVIRONMENTAL - WASTE MANAGEMENT Amwaste LLC (205) 313-0423

B & B Hauling, LLC (205) 425-1026 EXTENDED STAY AHI Corporate Housing (205) 987-7797 http://www.theahigroup.com/ map-birmingham-alabama-furnishedapartments.php Homewood Suites Birmingham Riverchase (205) 637-2900 http://homewoodsuites3.hilton.com/ en/hotels/alabama/homewood-suitesby-hilton-birmingham-sw-riverchasegalleria-BHMHMHW/index.html Homewood Suites Inverness (205) 995-9823 http://www.birmingham. homewoodsuites.com EYE CARE Alabaster Eye Care (205) 624-3088 alabastereyecare.com Day Eye Center (205) 987-2308 dayeyecenter.com/ Dr. Kye L. Mansfield, Optometrist (205) 663-3937 drkyemansfield.com/ Inverness Eye Care (205) 991-0020 invernesseyecare.com Pelham Ridge Eye Care (205) 624-2015 pelhamridgeeyecare.com Schaeffer Eye Center of Greystone (205) 979-2020 schaeffereyecenter.com Schaeffer Eye Center of Inverness (205) 995-2020 schaeffereyecenter.com Schaeffer Eye Center of Mountain Brook (205) 802-2020 schaeffereyecenter.com

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Schaeffer Eye Center of the Colonnade (205) 967-2020 schaeffereyecenter.com

Corblu Ecology Group, LLC (205) 677-0322 corblu.com

Schaeffer Eye Center of Vestavia Hills (205) 979-2020 schaeffereyecenter.com

Equipment Leasing & Financing Services Columbiana Tractor (205) 670-0054

UAB Callahan Eye Hospital & Clinics (205) 325-8620 uabmedicine.org/eye

EQUIPMENT RENTAL

Vision Source - Dr. Michael Blackburn, Optometrist (205) 980-5152 VisionSource-Blackburn.com

Rental Men (205) 983-6485 therentalmen.com Trigreen Equipment (205) 605-0412 trigreenequipment.com

VisionFirst Eye Center (205) 663-4932 visionfirsteyecenter.com

FINANCIAL COACHING & CONSULTING Designed Income Advisory, LLC (205) 444-1803 diaincome.com Everett Advisory Partners (205) 876-5882 everettadvisory.com MassMutual, The Piedmont Group (205) 244-8689 advisors.massmutual.com/calvin-kelly Trustway Marketing (205) 451-1945 trustway.marketing FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Alabama Credit Union (205) 777-0938 alabamacu.com America’s First Federal Credit Union (800) 633-8431 amfirst.org America’s First Federal Credit Union of Inverness (205) 995-0001 amfirst.org America’s First Federal Credit Union of Pelham (205) 663-1945 amfirst.org

iBERIABANK (205) 414-3660 iberiabank.com

Wells Fargo at Oak Mountain (205) 403-4115 wellsfargo.com

Legacy Community Federal Credit Union (205) 933-9933 legacycreditunion.com

Wells Fargo at The Summit (205) 948-1000 wellsfargo.com

Legacy Community Federal Credit Union (205) 930-5000 legacycreditunion.com Legacy Community Federal Credit Union (205) 930-5000 legacycreditunion.com Mutual Savings Credit Union of Pelham (205) 682-6345 mutualsavings.org Mutual Savings Credit Union of Riverchase (205) 682-1167 mutualsavings.org National Bank of Commerce (205) 313-2100 nationalbankofcommerce.com/ NobleBank & Trust (205) 588-7060 noblebank.com PNC Bank of Meadowbrook (205) 991-5832 pnc.com

Avadian Credit Union Corporate (205) 985-2828 avadiancu.com/

Regions Financial NA (205) 264-4993 regions.com

Avadian Credit Union Greystone (205) 437-3696 avadiancu.com

Regions Financial of Columbiana (205) 669-4061 regions.com

Avadian Credit Union of Chelsea (205) 678-7797 avadiancu.com

Regions Financial of Greystone (205) 980-4400 regions.com

Avadian Credit Union of Helena (205) 621-4262 avadiancu.com

Regions Financial of Helena (205) 685-1680 regions.com

Avadian Credit Union of Pelham (205) 620-2332 avadiancu.com

Regions Financial of Inverness (205) 408-1301 regions.com

BancorpSouth Bank (205) 408-1954 bancorpsouth.com

Regions Financial of Pelham (205) 663-0723 regions.com

BB&T of Meadow Brook (205) 510-7499 bbt.com

Regions of Montevallo (205) 665-4708 regions.com

BBVA (205) 297-1986 bbvausa.com

Renasant Bank at Park Place (205) 716-3475 renasantbank.com

Bryant Bank @ Hwy 280 (205) 408-6401 bryantbank.com

Renasant Bank of Chelsea (205) 678-2265 renasant.com

CB&S Bank (205) 408-5560 cbsbank.com

Renasant Bank of Columbiana (205) 669-3161

Central State Bank (205) 605-0350 centralstatebank.com Central State Bank of Calera (205) 624-6260 Coosa Pines Federal Credit Union of Chelsea (205) 678-3600 coosapinesfcu.org Coosa Pines Federal Credit Union of Vincent (205) 672-7169 eCO Credit Union of Alabaster (205) 226-3912 ecocu.org First US Bank (205) 582-1074 firstusbank.com First US Bank of Calera (205) 668-0425 firstusbank.com

EVENT

First US Bank of Columbiana (205) 669-3550 firstusbank.com/index.htm

ESPN/Birmingham Bowl (205) 733-3776 birminghambowl.com

First US of Harpersville (205) 672-8752 firstusbank.com

Renasant Bank of Pelham (205) 663-3834 renasantbank.com SouthPoint Bank (205) 503-5055 southpoint.bank Southern States Bank (205) 877-0195 southernstatesbank.net Synovus (205) 868-4896 synovus.com/ Synovus Pelham (205) 803-4593 synovus.com Trustmark National Bank (205) 665-2591 trustmark.com

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (205) 254-5931 wellsfargo.com Wells Fargo of Alabaster (205) 620-1009 wellsfargo.com Wells Fargo of Hoover (205) 354-1020 wellsfargo.com Wells Fargo of Inverness (205) 980-2460 wellsfargo.com Wells Fargo of Riverchase (205) 403-4100 wellsfargo.com FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS Bluestein-Eggers Wealth Management Merrill Lynch (205) 326-9570 Donald Real Estate And Insurance Co. Inc. (205) 669-9010 Edward Jones Investments - Kyle Mims (205) 669-8529 Edward Jones Investments - Lellwyn Griffin (205) 871-8899 edwardjones.com/lellwyn-griffin JPMorgan Chase (205) 321-7810 chase.com Net Profit Inc. (205) 937-1792 npinc.com FINANCIAL PRODUCTS & SERVICES First Liberty Financial Mortgage (205) 332-8002 firstlibertymortgage-birmingham.com Magnolia Wealth Strategies, a MassMutual firm (205) 440-4622 magnoliawealthstrategies.com OneAscent (205) 847-1343 oneascent.com Penn Mutual Alabama Agency (205) 776-6651 pennmutual.com State Farm Insurance, Joseph Chambers Agency (205) 663-3276 josephchambers.net Strauss Financial Group Inc. (205) 967-9595 straussfinancial.com Travis M. Sherman, Retirement Income Consulting, LLC (205) 417-0940 retirement-income.guru FIRE & WATER RESTORATION 1-800 Water Damage of South Birmingham, AL (205) 225-6494 1800waterdamage.com/southbirmingham-al ServPro of Birmingham (205) 664-6770 servpro.com/franchise.asp?id=2710 FIRE PROTECTION

Valley (205) 408-2000 valley.com

North Shelby Fire and EMS District (205) 991-6439 northshelbyfire.com

Wells Fargo at Brook Highland (205) 948-1400 wellsfargo.com

FLOORING, CARPET, HARDWOOD

Wells Fargo at North Shelby (205) 620-3130 wellsfargo.com

Hill’s Carpet (205) 358-7879 hillscarpetstore.com

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Iron City Floors (205) 624-2018 ironcityfloors.com Issis & Sons Carpet (205) 663-2310 issisandsons.com/

GOVERNMENT - CITY Alabaster Water Board (205) 663-6155 alabasterwater.com

FLORISTS

City of Alabaster (205) 664-6800 cityofalabaster.com

Bella Blooms and Designs (205) 624-2217 bellabloomsanddesigns.com

City of Birmingham (205) 254-2283 birminghamal.gov

FOOD

City of Calera (205) 668-3500 cityofcalera.org

Food Outlet Vincent (205) 642-9440 shopfoodoutlet.com/stores/viewstore.1620460.html Food - Full Line Services Smiley Brothers Specialty Foods (205) 406-8421 smileybrothersfoods.com FOOD - FULL LINE SERVICES SYSCO Food Services of Central Alabama, Incorporated (205) 668-0001 sysco.com FOOD - SEASONINGS A.C. Legg, Incorporated (205) 324-3451 aclegg.com

City of Chelsea (205) 678-7260 cityofchelsea.com City of Columbiana (205) 669-5800 cityofcolumbiana.com City of Helena (205) 663-2161 cityofhelena.org City of Hoover (205) 444-7500 hooveral.org City of Leeds (205) 699-2585 leedsalabama.com

FOOD WHOLESALE

City of Montevallo (205) 665-2555 cityofmontevallo.com

Spoon & Ladle Soup Co. (205) 999-3002 Spoonandladle.com

City of Pelham (205) 620-6400 pelhamalabama.gov

Teshua Farms (205) 208-9259 teshuafarms.com

City of Vestavia Hills (205) 978-0100 vestaviahills.net

FORESTRY

City of Vincent (205) 672-2261 townofvincent.com

Gordon Timberlands (205) 669-6837 FOUNDATION REPAIR AFS Foundation & Waterproofing Specialists (877) 340-8479 afsrepair.com FUNDRAISING Funding Solutions (512) 382-7270 funsol.com SunBurst Fruit Fundraising (205) 586-1252 sunburstplus.com FUNERAL HOMES Bolton Funeral Home (205) 669-3179 Southern Heritage Funeral Home and Cemetery (205) 988-3511 southernheritagefunerals.com GENERAL CONTRACTOR RADERMcCARY, INC (205) 778-7750 radermccary.com

Indian Springs Village (205) 987-2581 indianspringsvillage.org

Shelby County Commission, District 5 (205) 988-4483 Shelby County Commission, District 6 (205) 988-0658 Shelby County Commission, District 7 (205) 985-7179 Shelby County Commission, District 8 (205) 982-8717 Shelby County Commission, District 9 (205) 678-2020 Shelby County Coroner (205) 669-3846 Shelby County Department of Development Services (205) 620-6650 shelbyal.com Shelby County Director of Public Works (205) 669-3869 Shelby County District Attorney (205) 669-3750 Shelby County Emergency Management Agency (205) 669-3999 shelbyal.com/index.aspx?nid=252 Shelby County Engineer (205) 669-3880 Shelby County Facilities & General Services Department (205) 670-6461 http://www.shelbyal.com

Skin Wellness Center of Alabama (205) 871-7332 skinwellnessal.com

U.S. Postal Service - Harpersville, AL (205) 672-8456 U. S. Representative Gary Palmer - 6th Congressional District (205) 968-1290 palmer.house.gov U. S. Senator Doug Jones Office (205) 731-1500 jones.senate.gov U. S. Senator Richard Shelby’s Office (205) 731-1384 http://www.shelby.senate.gov GRAPHIC DESIGN FedEx Office Inside Alabaster Walmart 205-564-3238 ext 9 local.fedex.com/al/alabaster/ office-2578/

Shelby County Planning Commission (205) 960-7220 shelbyal.com/ Shelby County Probate Judge (205) 669-3713

Hudd’s Food Center (205) 669-6060 huddsfoods.com/contact.html

The Fresh Market - Inverness (205) 991-0294 thefreshmarket.com GYMNASTICS & CHEERLEADING INSTRUCTION Sara Beth’s Gymnasts (205) 910-3668 sarabethgymnasts.com

Aesthetic Dermatology (205) 588-7000 dermatologistsofbirmingham.com

Town of Westover (205) 678-3375 westoveralabama.org

GOVERNMENT - STATE

Shelby Dermatology (205) 621-9500 shelbydermatology.com

GOVERNMENT - COUNTY Circuit and District Court (205) 669-8588 Emergency Management/ Environmental Director Judge Al Crowson

Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging (205) 670-5770 http://www.m4a-alabama.org/

Greystone YMCA (205) 981-0144 ymcabham.org/greystone

Summer Classics (205) 358-9200 summerclassics.com Urban Home Market (205) 980-4663 urbanhomemarket.com HOME HEALTH CARE Comfort Care Home Health and Hospice (205) 685-0421 comfortcarehomehealth.com HOME HEALTH CARE - NONMEDICAL ActiKare of Birmingham (205) 317-9872 birmingham.actikare.com Comfort Keepers (205) 981-1800 comfortkeepers.com HOME IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTION & REMODELING

Simply Slim Alabama (205) 515-3556 simplyslimalabama.com

Bath Fitter (205) 876-1760 bathfitter.com

Shelby County Legislative Office (205) 620-6610 http://www.shelbylegislators.com/

YMCA - Alabaster Branch (205) 663-6504 ymcabham.org/alabaster

Brown Lumber & Building Supply (205) 669-6715 brownlumber.com/

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Coleman Construction, Inc. (205) 383-5472 colemanconstruction.net

Judge Ron Jackson

State Representative Arnold Mooney

GOLF

Shelby County (205) 670-6550 shelbyal.com

State Representative Corley Ellis (334) 242-7600

Ballantrae Golf Club (205) 620-GOLF (4653) ballantraegolf.com/

Shelby County Circuit Clerk (205) 669-3760 18jc.alacourt.gov

Heatherwood Hills Country Club (205) 502-4441 heatherwoodhills.com

Shelby County Commission, District 1 (205) 669-6743

Shelby County Commission, District 4 (205) 663-7334

Anytime Fitness of Chelsea (205) 678-8820

Encore Resales Inc. (205) 358-7690 encoreresales.com

Senator J.T. Waggoner (205) 978-7405

Cahaba Glass Company (205) 621-7355 cahabaglassco.com

Shelby County Commission, District 3 (205) 665-9573

HEALTH & FITNESS

HOME FURNISHINGS & ACCESSORIES

3 Sons Cabinets (205) 317-9301 3sonscabinets.com

State Representative Allen Farley (334) 242-7767

Shelby County Commission, District 2 (205) 427-4289

HEALTH & BEAUTY

VIVA Health Cafe’ (205) 978-4911 vivahealth.com

Gym Time (205) 624-4040 gymtime.fitness

Representative April Weaver (205) 541-6424 http://www.aprilweaver.com

Judge Oliver Head

Judge Michael Joiner

Summit Pediatrics (205) 678-0861 summitpediatricschelsea.com

USHealth Advisors Southeast (205) 281-3562 ushagent.com/sampeeples

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office (205) 669-4181 shelbyso.com

Alabama Senate (205) 620-0116

Southern Family Health (205) 669-4884

Brian’s Barn Produce (205) 296-0665

Town of Mt Laurel (205) 408-8696 mtlaurel.com

Town of Wilton (205) 665-2021 wiltonalabama.com

Mending Hearts LLC (205) 725-1544 mendingheartsllc.com

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama (205) 220-2100 bcbsal.org/web/index.html

Shelby County Property Tax Commission (205) 670-6900

Alabama Army National Guard Pelham Armory (205) 663-6976 al.ngb.army.mil

Birmingham Direct Primary Care (205) 582-3322 birminghamdpc.com

HEALTH INSURANCE

Town of Harpersville (205) 672-9961 townofharpersville.com

Town of Wilsonville (205) 669-6180 wilsonvilleal.com

HEALTH CARE

A & R Super Markets, Inc. (205) 668-2315 savmorcalera.com

Piggly Wiggly of Dunnavant Valley (205) 918-7120 thepigbham.com

Shelby County Juvenile Services (205) 669-3831

TherapySouth of Helena (205) 624-4708 therapysouth.com

GROCERS

Shelby County Health Department (205) 620-1650

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State Senator Slade Blackwell (205) 324-7676

Piggly Wiggly Grocery of Columbiana (205) 669-4278

Judge Hub Harrington

Timberline Golf Club (205) 668-7888 timberlinegc.com

Profile by Sanford (205) 390-8980 profileplan.net

Shelby County Finance Manager (205) 669-3943

Vulcan Solar Power, LLC (205) 679-8666 vulcansolarpower.com

Inverness Country Club (205) 991-8608 iccalabama.com/

State Senator Jim McClendon (205) 467-2656 http://www.jimmcclendon.org/

State Representative Dickie Drake (205) 699-7392 State Representative Jack Williams (205) 862-5041 State Representative Jim Carns (334) 242-7600

American Family Care of Calera (205) 319-8000 afcurgentcare.com ARCpoint Labs of Birmingham (205) 968-1090 birmingham-al-greystone.arcpointlabs. com/ Elise Hearn, Shaklee Independent Distributor (205) 821-2270 elise.myshaklee.com

State Representative Matt Fridy (205) 280-0260

It’s About Time Urgent Care (205) 657-1719 itsabouttimeuc.com

State Senator Cam Ward (205) 566-6746 camward.com

Juice Plus + (205) 332-5255 vickieverett.juiceplus.com

Russell Building Supply (205) 672-2224 Vinyl Designs, LLC (205) 222-2230 Home Services Comfort Caregivers, LLC (205) 730-2358 comfortcaregivers.net US Department of HUD (205) 731-2630 HOSPITAL Children’s Health System (205) 638-9100 childrensal.org/

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Shelby County (205) 216-7600 shelbycountyrehab.com Grandview Medical Center (205) 971-1000 grandviewhealth.com Shelby Baptist Medical Center (205) 620-8100 brookwoodbaptisthealth.com/ our-locations/shelby-baptist-medicalcenter-location St. Vincent’s Health System (205) 930-2134 stvhs.com

Farmers Insurance - Joseph Buff Agency (205) 701-4924 agents.farmers.com/al/chelsea/ joseph-buff

LAWN CARE SERVICES

Farmers Insurance - Kevin Powell (205) 987-5442 agents.farmers.com/al/hoover/kevinpowell

The Grass Guys (205) 523-4897 birminghamgrass.com

Hairston Brown Financial & Insurance Services (205) 685-1333 hairstonbrown.com Karen Miller Agency (205) 620-1120 agents.allstate.com/karen-ross-millerhelena-al2.html

HUMAN RESOURCE OUTSOURCING

Neil Bailey Insurance & Investments (205) 985-4517

Staffmark (205) 682-9495 staffmark.com

Rux Carter Insurance (205) 669-3158 ruxcarterinsurance.com

HVAC

Standifer Insurance Group (205) 664-3200 standiferinsurancegroup.com

Arrow Air Systems, LLC (205) 406-5705 arrowhvac205.com TemperaturePro Birmingham (205) 675-0745 temperatureprobirmingham.com INDIVIDUAL Bonnie Atchison David Nolen Jack Bridges, Ph.D. (205) 669-1165 The Honorable Chris Curry (205) 908-7222 The Honorable Theoangelo Perkins (205) 669-6317 Industrial Products Sales White Rock Quarries-Vincent Hills (205) 505-9225 INDUSTRY Altec, Inc. (205) 991-7733 altec.com EBSCO Industries, Inc. (205) 991-6600 ebscoind.com Lhoist North America (205) 621-3331 lhoist.com Plant Power & Control Systems, LLC (205) 663-4433 plantpower.com SEPCO, Sealing Equipment Products Company (205) 403-7500 sepcousa.com Vulcan Information Packaging (205) 672-2241 vulcan-online.com

State Farm Insurance, Berryman Agency (205) 663-6310 anthonyberryman.com/ State Farm Insurance, Blake Guy Agency (205) 988-4525 blakeguyinsurance.com State Farm Insurance, Brittani Morris Agency (205) 988-4526 statefarm.com/agent/US/AL/Alabaster/ Brittani-Braden-BJMH4724VGE State Farm Insurance, Chester Lewis (205) 678-0200

The Harris Firm, LLC (205) 564-2165 theharrisfirmllc.com/alabasterbankruptcy-lawyer/

TMH Lift Trucks, Inc. (205) 672-7272 tmhlifts.com

LIBRARIES Albert L. Scott Public Library (205) 664-6822 shelbycounty-al.org Harrison Regional Library (205) 669-3910 shelbycounty-al.org North Shelby Library (205) 439-5500 northshelbylibrary.org LIGHTING LED Solutions, LLC (205) 624-4840 ledsolution.net LOCKSMITH

LockCorp Inc (205) 565-7339 lockcorpinc.com LODGING

Candlewood Suites of Alabaster (205) 620-0188 candlewoodsuites.com/alabasteral

MAIL SERVICE Pitney Bowes (205) 246-4294 pitneybowes.com The UPS Store Chelsea (205) 677-2160 theupsstore.com MANUFACTURER Alabama Glas Tek, Inc. (205) 592-4527 Cheney Lime & Cement Company (205) 625-3031 cheneylime.com Johnson & Sons Steel, Inc. (334) 265-7841 johnsonandsonssteel.com Manufacturing Technology, LLC (205) 637-1202 mtechse.com Saginaw Pipe Company, Incorporated (205) 664-3670 saginawpipe.com Surface One Inc (205) 621-1125 http://surface1.com Vulcan Steel Products (205) 620-5100 http://www.vulc.com MARKETING Brownstone Marketing Solutions (205) 789-3600 bmsllc.biz

Hampton Inn & Suites 280 at Eagle Point (205) 981-0024 birmingham280easteaglepointsuites. hamptoninn.com

Nick the Marketer, LLC (205) 610-9550 nickthemarketer.com

American Tree Maintenance, Inc. (205) 669-1925 callatm.com

Hampton Inn & Suites of Pelham (205) 313-9500 hamptoninn.com/en/hp/hotels/index. jhtml?ctyhocn=BHMCVHX

ABC 33/40 (205) 982-3942 abc3340.com

Grow V Landscapes (205) 767-2553 growvlandscapes.com/index.html

Hampton Inn of Calera (205) 668-6565 calera.hamptoninn.com

JUNK REMOVAL

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Alabaster (205) 624-6488 ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/ en/alabaster/bhmbs/hoteldetail?cm_ mmc=YextLoc

Weygand Insurance Agency (205) 678-4410 hometownagent.net IRRIGATION

Fresh Managed IT (205) 545-5062 freshmanagedit.com

Landscape Services, Inc. (205) 991-9584

Direct Auto Insurance (205) 623-1231 directauto.com

Snag Equipment & Lubrication (205) 296-0436 snagequipment.com

Fairfield Inn & Suites Pelham (205) 987-9879 marriott.com/bhmfp

Valent Group (205) 262-2636 valentgroup.com

Land Management

Cousins Insurance Agency (205) 678-3337

Sonesta ES Suites Birmingham (205) 991-8686 sonesta.com/birmingham

Jim Pino & Associates, P.C. (205) 663-1581 jimpinoandassociates.com

Birmingham Marriott Hotel (205) 968-3775 marriott.com/bhmmc

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Byars Wright, Inc. (205) 221-8677 Byarswright.com

Sleep Inn (205) 982-9800 choicehotels.com

LEGAL SERVICES

The Ivey Agency (205) 656-4839 agents.allstate.com/christopher-iveypelham-al.html The Rinehart Agency, LLC (205) 671-5555 therinehartagency.com

Quality Inn of Pelham (205) 444-9200 qualityinn.com/hotel-pelham-alabamaAL065#listpos1

MACHINE & EQUIPMENT SALES, SERVICE & INSTALLATION

Best Western Plus Birmingham Inn (205) 995-8586 bwbirmingham.com

Junk King of Birmingham (205) 753-9313 junk-king.com/birmingham

INSURANCE

Turf Masters Lawn Care (205) 777-7856 turfmasterslawncare.com

The Clint Neville Agency (205) 664-1944 farmersagent.com/cneville

Vulcan Materials Company (205) 663-0749 vulcanmaterials.com

Sawyer Solutions, LLC (844) 448-7767 sawyersolutionsllc.com

Dirtworks and Bobcat Service, Inc. (205) 620-1818 dirtworksandbobcatservice.com

NatureScape, Inc. (205) 664-7774 naturescape.com SpyGrass Innovations, LLC (205) 848-8282 spygrassinnovations.com Strickland Lawn Care Services (256) 207-9454 StricklandLawnCareServices.com SuperiorScape, Inc. (205) 678-2425 superiorscape.net

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Birmingham-Inverness (205) 776-6370 ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/ en/birmingham/bhmtb/hoteldetail Holiday Inn Express & Suites Pelham (205) 987-8888 ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/ en/pelham/pelex/hoteldetail Hyatt Regency Birmingham - The Wynfrey Hotel (205) 705-1234 wynfrey.regency.hyatt.com/en/hotel/ home.html Oak Mountain Lodge of Riverchase/ Pelham (205) 985-9117 oakmountainlodge.com

MEDIA

Birmingham Business Journal (205) 322-0000 bizjournals.com/birmingham/ CBS WIAT 42 (205) 322-4200 wiat.com FOX6 WBRC-TV (205) 322-6666 myfoxal.com Shelby County Newspapers, Inc. (205) 669-3131 shelbycountyreporter.com WBHM (205) 934-2606 wbhm.org WVTM 13 (205) 933-1313 alabamas13.com MEDICAL - GENERAL American Family Care (205) 403-8902 americanfamilycare.com American Esoteric Laboratories (205) 624-2040 ael.com

American Family Care of Greystone (205) 201-7290 americanfamilycare.com American Family Care of Pelham (205) 621-6411 americanfamilycare.com Columbiana Clinic (205) 669-3138 Grandview Medical Clinic of Chelsea (205) 678-7779 Grandview Medical Clinic of Columbiana (205) 670-9691 KidsStreet Urgent Care (205) 644-8289 KidsStreetUrgentCare.com Therachem Research Medilab LLC (205) 427-0419 MEDICAL - SPECIALIZED Alabama Ear, Nose & Throat Associates, Incorporated (205) 985-7393 alabamaentassociates.com Alabama Psychiatry (205) 540-7477 alpsychiatry.com Birmingham Allergy & Asthma Specialists, P.C. (205) 943-1197 birminghamallergy.com Cahaba Dermatology & Skin Health Center, LLC (205) 214-7546 (Skin) cahabaderm.com Chilton Shelby Mental Health Center (205) 663-1252 chiltonshelby.org Columbiana Health and Rehab (205) 669-1712 Heart South Cardiovascular Group, PC (205) 663-5775 http://www.heartsouthpc.com Inverness Dermatology (205) 995-5575 http://www.invernessderm.com Lemak Sports Medicine, LLC (205) 329-7500 National TeleTherapy Resources (NTR) (205) 245-3068 ntrlink.com Psychiatry South, Inc. (205) 987-0724 psychiatrysouth.com Shelby Podiatry, P.C. (205) 663-3224 shelbypodiatry.com Southeast Gastro (205) 663-1023 http://www.gastrodocs.info Village Dermatology (205) 877-9773 http://villagedermatology.net METAL FABRICATOR Central Alabama Fabricators, Inc. (205) 669-6120 MILITARY SERVICE Birmingham Air National Guard (205) 714-2287 MORTGAGE Classic Home Mortgage, Inc. (205) 444-5866 fundinghomedreams.com InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC (205) 795-3833 interlincalabama.com/cgapen MortgageBanc (205) 986-4236 mortgagebancllc.com MOVING & STORAGE Armstrong Relocation & Companies (205) 942-1625 armstrongrelocation.com

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Changing Spaces Moving, Inc. (205) 972-0744 changingspacesmoving.com Motivated Movers (205) 995-7585 motivatedmoversbham.com Space Cadets (205) 326-7025 spacecadetsorganizing.com MUSEUM & ARCHIVES Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum (205) 668-3435 hodrrm.org Karl C. Harrison Museum of George Washington (205) 669-8767 washingtonmuseum.com KCH Museum of George Washington (205) 669-8767 washingtonmuseum.com/ Shelby County Historical Society, Incorporated (205) 669-3912 schsociety.org Shelby County Museum & Archives (205) 669-3912 rootsweb.ancestry.com/~alshelby/ schs.html Shelby Iron Works (205) 669-2465 The National Center for Fire and Life Safety 205-983-HERO (4376) ncfls.org

Chelsea Citizen Observer Patrol (205) 678-8455 CIS Home Loans (205) 443-7290 Sarah’s Auto Sales, LLC (205) 620-3346

The Local Kitchen & Ale (205) 671-5082 thelocalkitchenandale.com PAINTING COMMERCIAL AND/OR RESIDENTIAL Along Those Lines (205) 215-7963 PARAMEDICS Regional Paramedical Services (205) 664-1036 rpsems.com PAVING - ASPHALT

OFFICE EQUIPMENT - SALES & LEASING Xerox Business Solutions (205) 969-3000 stewartal.com OFFICE FURNITURE OFCworkscapes, Inc. (205) 730-1190 ofcworkscapes.com OFFICE SUPPLIES & SERVICES Office Depot (205) 945-2650 business.officedepot.com ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center (205) 939-3699 andrewssportsmedicine.com OTHER Auto-Chlor System (205) 337-1689 acs-llc.net

BancCard (615) 719-1677 Bryant Bank of Columbiana (205) 670-9735 bryantbank.com

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PRINTING SERVICES EBSCO Media (205) 226-8516 ebscomedia.com Minuteman Press (205) 621-2722 alabaster.minutemanpress.com PostNet of Chelsea (205) 678-0123 postnet.com/al106 The Awards & Engraving Place (205) 823-7676 alabamaawards.com

RealtySouth, Joe Bryant Agency (205) 478-7779 Signature Homes (205) 989-5588 e-signaturehomes.com The Madonias - Keller Williams (205) 915-5644 themadonias.com REAL ESTATE - COMMERCIAL Cushman & Wakefield/EGS Commercial Real Estate (205) 939-4440 egsinc.com

Ad Specialty Plus (205) 403-0018 adspecplusinc.com

REAL ESTATE - RENTAL

Paychex Inc. (205) 991-3990 paychex.com

Junior Davis & Associates - Laney Yarchak (205) 937-9038 juniordavis.com

REAL ESTATE - RESIDENTIAL

PEST CONTROL & SERVICES

Mr. Bugg’s Pest Patrol, Inc. (205) 663-1919 mrbuggs.com

Southern Off Road (205) 685-1911 southernoffroad.com

Pump It Up (205) 900-8123 pumpitupparty.com/pelham-al

PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS

Non-Profit Organization

OFF ROAD VEHICLES

Peter Northcott, Realtor / LAH Hoover (205) 440-3093 lahrealestate.com/agents/peter_ northcott/

AdvaPay Systems (205) 588-2618 advapaysystems.com

Cook’s Pest Control, Inc. (205) 290-0890 cookspest.com

Second Shift (205) 201-0464 secondshiftalabama.org

The Neighborhood Plumber (205) 663-0612 theneighborhoodplumber.com

PAYROLL SERVICES

Selective Management Services (205) 624-3586 http://www.selectivemgmt.com

Hatching Hope (205) 624-2424 HatchingHopeCares.org

Pelham Racquet Club (205) 621-3380 pelhamracquetclub.com/

The UPS Store Caldwell Mill at Valleydale in Hoover (205) 980-8180 hoover-al-2389.theupsstorelocal.com/

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT

Community Action Partnership of Middle Alabama (205) 669-3836 capmal.org

Melissa Wise/RealtySouth Agency (205) 520-3878 melissawise.realtysouth.com

Glenn Contracting & Paving Co, Inc. (205) 991-0194 glennpaving.com

Cook’s Pest Control - South District Office (205) 980-0920 cookspest.com

Alabama Childhood Food Solutions (205) 451-2358 alabamachildhoodfood.com

Roto-Rooter Services Co. (205) 518-7072 http://www.rotorooter.com

Vulcan Termite & Pest Control, Inc. (205) 663-4200 vulcantermite.com

PROPANE Ferrellgas (800) 344-1939 ferrellgas.com

Keller Williams Realty - Chad Hester (205) 369-6227 chadhester.kwrealty.com

Shoals Mills Village & Development (205) 235-6880

Leane Randle, REALTOR (205) 531-4245 LeaneRandle.com

PUBLICATIONS

Myers Enterprises LLC - Keller Williams (205) 616-1445 myersenterprisesllc.kwrealty. com

Greystone Living (205) 902-7177

Blair Pharmacy (205) 358-3470 blair-pharmacy.com Davis Drug (205) 669-6713 mygnp.com/pharmacies/davis-drugcompany-columbiana-al-35051/ Medshop Pharmacy Inc. (205) 621-8407 PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES Fotowerks, LLC (205) 669-9970 PHYSICAL THERAPY Therapy South of Chelsea (205) 678-7272 TherapySouth of Pelham (205) 664-8404 therapysouth.com PLUMBING & GAS FITTERS Plumb-Tech, Inc. (205) 664-5324

Birmingham Association of Realtors (205) 871-1911 birminghamrealtors.com

Sealy Management Co. Inc (205) 391-6000 sealyrealty.com

PET GROOMING SERVICES

PHARMACIES

ARC Realty - Cindy Edmunds, Agent (205) 229-2774 arcrealtyco.com

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Birmingham Christian Family Magazine (205) 408-7150 birminghamchristian.com

Shaggy Chic Grooming (205) 212-4059 myshaggychic.com

H. Monroe Properties

Down South Realty (205) 966-8684

Wayne’s Environmental Services, Inc. (205) 985-7009 callwaynes.com

Helena Dog House (205) 624-3425 helenadoghouse.com

Southeast Commercial (205) 623-3202 southeastcommercial.net

JBMC Media (205) 617-9609 jbmcmedia.com Starnes Media (205) 313-1780 starnes.media Women’s Exchange (205) 967-0085 womens-exchange.com Greystone Neighbors (205) 777-8334 bestversionmedia.com Macaroni Kid South Birmingham (404) 558-2837 sbirmingham.macaronikid.com/

Shelby Baptist Association (205) 669-7858 shelbybaptist.org Recreation Equipment & Retail The Yak Shak (205) 767-3201 theyakshak.com RESIDENTIAL CLEANING SERVICES The Maids (205) 871-9338 maids.com/83 RESTAURANTS 5 Amigos Mexican Restaurant (205) 980-8266 5-amigos.business.site Applebee’s Bar + Grill of Chelsea (205) 678-8800 qrcllc.net Arby’s - Alabaster (205) 664-1797 arbys.com Bay Leaf Authentic Indian Cuisine (205) 518-0208 bayleafindiancuisines.com

Birds & Burgers (214) 886-8050 birdsandburgers.com

Rudulph Real Estate (205) 879-4691 rudulphrents.com

Bonefish Grill (205) 985-9545 bonefishgrill.com

Simon Kalba, Realtor (205) 245-7070 realtysouth.com

Bohemia Bar & Grill (205) 624-3003

RECREATION

Knowles Realty (205) 618-9898 knowlesrealty.net

RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION

RealtySouth - Pelham (205) 663-3895 realtysouth.com

ARC Realty (205) 969-8910 arcrealtyco.com

Cahaba Valley Plumbing (205) 578-9883 cahabavalleyplumbing.net

Kidz Town LLC (205) 690-8616 kidztown35040.com

Bertolone’s Italian - Calera (205) 690-7325 bertolones.com

Xtra Living Real Estate (205) 223-1044 x-traliving.com

PLUMBING SERVICES

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

RealtySouth - Inverness (205) 991-6565 realtysouth.com

AHI Properties (205) 682-9106 theahigroup.com

Farris Management Company, Inc. (205) 663-0572

Shiloh Clays (205) 368-2776 shilohclays.com

Beef O Bradys of Helena (205) 624-2333 facebook.com/beefobradyshelena

REAL ESTATE

EXIT Magic City Realty (205) 506-0714 exitmagiccityrealty.com

Shelby County Park and Recreation Authority (205) 991-2015

RE/MAX First Choice (205) 663-4402 firstchoiceal.com

Team Lehman, Keller Williams Metro South (205) 542-4011 team-lehman.com

Brenda Rayburn - Keller Williams (205) 799-4515 rayburnassociates.com

Regions Tradition (205) 967-4745 brunoeventteam.com

Alabaster Senior Center (205) 663-1307 cityofalabaster.com/facilities/facility/ details/seniorcenter-16 Birmingham Barons Baseball (205) 988-3200 barons.com Blue Water Park LLC (205) 663-7428 http://www.bluewaterparkal.com Helena Hollow (205) 541-8150 helenahollow.com Oak Mountain State Park (205) 620-2520 alapark.com/OakMountain

Brook Highland Bar & Grill (205) 991-8388 Cajun Boys & Our Poboys - Chelsea (205) 678-2256 cajunboysandourpoboys.com Cajun Boys & Our Poboys - Valleydale Location (205) 678-9481 cajunboysandourpoboys.com Champy’s Famous Fried Chicken (205) 621-3991 champyschicken.com Chick-Fil-A at Greystone (205) 995-8333 Chick-Fil-A at Inverness (205) 995-9925 chick-fil-a.com/inverness Coffee Shoppe (205) 672-2278 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (205) 987-1555 crackerbarrel.com

Customs Cafe’ (205) 987-0176 customscafe.com Dreamland BBQ -- Highway 280 (205) 820-7427 dreamlandbbq.com Fat Johnny’s Comfort & Soul (205) 671-5331 Full Moon Bar-B-Que of Pelham (205) 517-6966 fullmoonbbq.com

Whataburger @ Alabaster (205) 620-4188 whataburger.com Whataburger @ Inverness (205) 980-9314 locations.whataburger.com/al/ birmingham/111-resource-center-pkwy. html Whataburger @ Pelham (205) 987-2779 whataburger.com Zapopan Mexican Resaurant (205) 668-4008 zapopancalera.com RETAIL

Golden Corral Corporation (205) 682-0150 goldencorral.net

Aaron’s of Pelham (205) 620-2513 aarons.com

Golden Rule Bar-B-Q of Pelham (205) 621-4461 goldenrulebbq52.com

Bailey Brothers Music Company (205) 271-7827 baileybrothers.com

Hardee’s (205) 757-7332

Coosa Valley Milling & Hardware (205) 669-6605 coosavalleymilling.com

Jim ‘N Nick’s Community Bar-B-Q at Greystone (205) 991-1306 JimnNicks.com

DSLD Land Management AquaScapes (205) 437-1012 dsldland.com

SKILLED NURSING FACILITY

THRIFT STORE

Ahava Healthcare of Alabaster (205) 663-3859 alabasterctr.com

The Foundry Ministries (205) 424-4673 foundryministries.com

Rehab Select at Shelby Ridge (205) 620-8500 rehabselect.net

Tire Wholesaler

SPECIALTY GIFTS Preppy Pinkies LLC (941) 201-9435 preppypinkies.com SPORTS CLUB Alabama Soccer Association (205) 991-9779 alsoccer.org Birmingham Bulls Hockey Club, LLC (256) 620-6870 bullshockey.net Birmingham Legion FC (205) 600-4720 bhmlegion.com Flip Side Watersports (205) 423-5457 flipsideal.com SPORTS EQUIPMENT

Jimmy John’s (205) 564-8228 jimmyjohns.com/

Ensley-Fairfield Mattress Company (205) 663-9733 efmattress.com

Tandems, Ltd. (205) 991-5519 tandemsltd.com

Johnny Ray’s @ Chelsea (205) 678-8418 johnnyraysbbq.com/chelsea/

Magnolia’s (205) 618-9800 magnoliasgiftshop.com

STEEL FABRICATORS

Maya Mexican Restaurant Alabaster (205) 624-4477 mayamxrestaurant.com

Marvin’s Building Materials of Calera (205) 668-2608

McAlister’s Deli of Pelham (205) 985-9797 mcalistersdeli.com/ Mikey’s at Fox Valley (205) 624-3641 Outback Steakhouse 280 (205) 991-4418

The Cottage of Serendipity (205) 419-3390 http://thecottageofserendipity.com RETAIL - ENTERTAINMENT Phobia Factory (205) 246-7789 phobiafactory.com RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

Panera Bread of Alabaster (205) 664-4525 panerabread.com

Danberry At Inverness (205) 443-9500 danberryatinverness.com

Paradise Point Marina & RV Resort (205) 669-1515 paradisepointmarina.com

Yellowhammer Roofing, Inc (205) 988-3337 yellowhammerroofing.com

Pelham Diner (205) 733-3756

RUBBER PRODUCTS

Pita Mediterranean Street Food (205) 671-5155 pitastreetfood.com Salvatore’s Pizza & Pasta (205) 991-2881 inverness.salvatorespizzeria. com Subways of Chelsea (205) 678-9601 subway.com Taco Mama (205) 705-3333 tacomamaonline.com Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe (205) 380-4344 tazikiscafe.com Texas Roadhouse (205) 985-7427 texasroadhouse.com/restaurantlocations/alabama/pelham The Anvil Pub & Grill (205) 637-7100 theanvilpub.com The Craft Burger (205) 995-0003 thecraftburgers.com The HoneyBaked Ham Company (205) 620-9899 myhoneybakedstore.com/alabaster/808 Tin Top Bar B Que 2 (205) 670-0583 Walk - On’s Bistreaux & Bar (337) 412-0503 wobham.com

Specification Rubber Products (205) 663-2521 specrubber.com SECURITY SERVICES Five Star Security, Inc. (205) 230-3551 5-starsecurity.com Security Systems ADT Security Services (205) 403-3164 adt.com SENIOR SERVICES Nourish With Freedom LLC dba Assisted Living Locators (205) 420-8046 assistedlivinglocators.com/birmingham SHIPPING The UPS Store Calera (205) 668-4822 theupsstore/6068.com The UPS Store of Pelham (205) 664-2258 http://theupsstorelocal.com/1183 SIGNS FASTSIGNS (205) 823-4045 fastsigns.com/198 Reliable Sign Services, Inc. (205) 664-0955 reliablesigns.com

Dunn Building Company, LLC (205) 510-0243 dunnbuildingcompany.com Cutstone Company LLC (205) 624-3538 cutstoneco.com STORAGE Attic Plus Storage (205) 969-1860 atticplus.com Cedars Self-Storage (205) 669-7638 Columbiana Mini Storage (205) 669-3308 Metro Companies (205) 985-5074 STORAGE - FACILITIES American Self Storage, LLC (205) 624-2336 amss4al.com Greystone Self Storage, LLC (205) 206-7882 greystoneselfstorage.com/ SWIMMING POOLS Swimming Pool Services, LLC (205) 601-3385 swimmingpoolservices.net Tax & Financial Services Cornerstone Certified Public Accounting, LLC (205) 678-8033 cornerstonecpanow.com TELECOMMUNICATIONS AT&T - Alabama (205) 714-0523 att.com CE Workforce- d.b.a T-Mobile (205) 620-6190 Cricket Mobile (205) 282-0573 cricketwireless.com

Tire Engineers @ Hwy 280 (205) 408-2720 tireengineers.com/ TRAINING Alabama Technology Network (205) 856-8000 atn.org Sandler Training in Birmingham (205) 306-8164 ksainc.sandler.com TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR HOMELESS Sanctuary Trust for Shelby County (205) 283-2680 TRANSPORTATION Apex Valet & Rare Transportation (205) 991-0532 apexvalet.com Double O Carriers (205) 471-3177 TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT & SOLUTIONS Transportation South, Inc. (205) 663-2287 transportationsouth.com TRAVEL AGENCY Alabama World Travel - Emily Trione (334) 399-1449 awtinc.com Cruise Planners (205) 517-7070 mytripstogo.com Expedia CruiseShipCenters (205) 437-3354 cruiseshipcenters.com/GreystoneAL International Expeditions (205) 428-1700 ietravel.com

Shelbiana Animal Clinic (205) 669-7717 Valleydale Animal Clinic (205) 991-5416 valleydaleanimalclinic.com Veterinary Specialists Of Birmingham (205) 967-9107 vsbham.com VIDEOGRAPHY Hope Finley Photography & Videography (205) 281-1908 Videography Pitts Media (205) 365-3523 pittsmedia.com WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES Bin There Dump That (205) 406-5850 dumpsterrentalsbirmingham.com WASTE MANAGEMENT & RECYCLING Moore Coal Company, Inc. (205) 424-2705 moorecoal.com WEB DESIGN & SERVICES Great New Day Internet Solutions, LLC (205) 939-3565 greatnewday.com WEDDING VENUE Belle Farm LLC (205) 907-7344 Bellefarmevents.com Douglas Manor (205) 369-8714 WEIGHT LOSS Medical Weight Loss by Healthogenics (205) 991-9370 mdwls.com WINDOW TREATMENTS

PDPH Travel - Pixie Dust & Pirate Hooks/Savvy Travel Group (407) 205-9078 pixiedustandpiratehooks. com

Van Gogh Window Fashions (205) 602-0456 vangoghwindowfashions.com

Vacation Concierge (205) 601-4355 vacationconcierge.org

Corbin Farms Winery (205) 685-0655 corbinfarmswinery.com

UTILITY COMPANIES

Lewis Lakes Vineyards (205) 531-8678 lewislakesvineyards.com

Alabama Gas Corporation (800) 292-4008 spireenergy.com UTILITY COMPANIES Alabama Power Company (205) 226-1720 alabamapower.com Gaston Steam Plant (205) 669-8007 SouthWest Water Company (205) 987-8352 CleanerCahaba.info Sterrett - Vandiver Water System, Inc. (205) 672-3396 svwatersystem.com Xpert Drilling (205) 937-6382 VETERINARIAN

Low Latency Communications, LLC (205) 745-3970 lowlatencycomm.com

280 Animal Medical Center (205) 678-8253 280amc.com

TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES

Airport Veterinary Hospital, P.C. (205) 621-0500 airportveterinaryhospitalofcalera.com/

Business Telephones Incorporated (205) 988-8297 http://www.bticonnect.com

Oak View Animal Hospital (205) 988-3559 oakviewah.com

WINERY

WORKERS COMP Alabama Self Insured Worker’s Compensation Fund (205) 868-6900 ASIWCF.org The Argos Group Inc. (205) 980-7800 argosins.com WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Central Alabama Partnership for Training & Employment (205) 325-4880 Central Six Alabama Works!

(205) 719-3227 CentralSix.org The Onin Group (205) 298-7233 http://oningroup.com

Helena Veterinary Clinic (205) 236-0500 helenavetclinic.com

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The Third Annual Barks and Brews fundraiser was held at Oversoul Brewing in Helena on March 7. The event benefitted Shelby Emergency Assistance.

1. Kenley Bledsoe, Braylee Clack, Emily Hester, Gracie Bynum and Hayley Roberts 2. Rick Sasnett and Puck 3. Austin Beard of Bro. Beard’s Backyard BBQ 4. Grant Hollingsworth and Nanuk 5. Karen Furlow and Sheila Montgomery 6. Mary Jane Anderlik with Steel City CBD 7. Love Rat 8. Meagan Sharp, Lillie Sharp and Peanut 9. Paige Stephens and Camille Barth 10. Bob Wangel and Houdini 11. Casey Alday and Sadie Bell

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Leadership Shelby County held a “Nacho Average Social” alumni event on Jan. 23 at Margarita Grill in Pelham.

The group enjoyed chips and salsa, cheese dip, quesadillas, Cuban sandwiches, margaritas and drinks while socializing. Several drawings for door prizes were also held.

1. Esther Holloway, Reginald Holloway and Craig Sorensen 2. Bobby Joe Seales and Diane Seales 3. Dr. Doug Clark and Jeff Brown 4. Ellen and Tony Staner 5. Krista Chick and Ashley Crumpton 6. Glenn Fogel and Calvin Gunn 7. Melinda McCreight and Jessica McCreight with Brooks McCreight 8. Scott Goggins, Leslie Greenwood, Kelli Holmes and Bridgett Jordan Smith 9. Terry Gray, Alan Miller and Chris Grace 10. Carol Hill, Julie Godfrey, Alice Lobell and Peg Hill 11. Allison Boyd, Edna Felton, Judy Tramble and Jason Bookout

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A surprise retirement luncheon was held Jan. 31 for Principal Deberah Miller of Pelham Oaks Elementary School. The event was hiking-themed due to Miller’s love of hiking.

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The Shelby County Chamber held Network 280 on March 3 at Dreamland BBQ in Inverness. Attendees enjoyed networking, food samples, door prizes and more.

1. John Santamour, Cari Heiberger and Cindy Edmunds 2. Christy Fleming and Michelle Harrell 3. Kirstin Ahearn, Christin Lynn and Andy Entrekin

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A retirement reception was held honoring Debra Payne at Regions Bank’s Montevallo branch on Feb. 6.

Payne worked at the branch for 28 years and held various positions, retiring as a team lead.

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2. Mary Hall, Jalon Lucas and Durene Herron 3. Rebekah Pegusky and Kelli Peek 4. Debra Payne and Joyce Sherrer 5. Margie Payne with Brooklynn Hamm, Darlene Faucett, Andrea Garzarek, Ashlynn Hamm and Bralynn Hamm 6. Regions Bank staff Rakeya Jones, Yolanda Robles, Stephanie Gottier, Team Lead Debra Payne, Victoria Wilkins, Kathy Yancy, Venetria Ledlow and Branch Manager Ken Jones

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The Westover Business Alliance held a luncheon on Jan. 23, at ServPro. 1. Susan Vicens and Susan Lane 2. Michele Edwards, Larry Riggins and Kathy Copeland 3. Michele Edwards, Jeremy Franklin, Paula Baylark, Susan Lane, Jay Crisman, Hub Harvey and Chris Fielding

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The 14th annual Riverchase Loves Art show was held on Saturday, Feb. 1, at Riverchase Country Club and featured more than 40 exhibiting artists.

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MARKETPLACE MARKETPLACE

Marketplace Homewod Life •• 205.669.3131 205.669.3131 Shelby Living

Need appliance or air conditioner parts?

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We have it all at A-1 Appliance Parts! Call 1-800-841-0312 www.A1Appliance.com Mechanic needed.

Must have own tools and five years experience. Apply in person: 1105 7th St N, Clanton. Or call for appointment 205-7554570 HIRING EXPERIENCED FULL CASE ORDER SELECTORS $18.58 per hour plus production $$$ incentives. Grocery order selection using electric pallet jacks & voice activated headsets. Great benefits including Blue Cross health & dental insurance & matching 401k. Pre-employment drug test required.

Apply Online: WWW. AGSOUTH.COM Automation Personnel Services Hiring IMMEDIATELY For: Automotive Assembly, General Labor, Production, Clerical, Machine Operator, Quality, Carpentry, Welder, Foundry.

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Walk-in applications accepted. Clanton (205)280-0002. Pelham (205)444-9774.

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Avanti Polar Lipids is looking for full and part time employees.

Submit resume to jobs@avantilipids. com •Highly proficient math skills required.

•High school diploma required.

Bama Concrete Now Hiring: Diesel Mechanic 4 Years Minimum Experience. CDL Preferred. Competitive Pay. Great Benefits.

Apply in person: 2180 Hwy 87 Alabaster, 35007 Bent Creek Apartments.

Affordable 1 and 2 Bedroom. On-site Manager. On-site Maintenance. 3001 7th Street. North Clanton, AL 35045. TDD#s: 800548-2547(V) 800-5482546(T/A) bentcreek@ morrowapts.com Office Hours: MonFri, 8am-4pm. Equal Opportunity Provider/ Employer Immediate need for LPN’s. Full time LPN Position with sign on bonus. BMC Nursing Home. Responsible for patient care and supervision of CNA staff. Will also provide treatment and meds for residents.

Apply online or call Human Resources at 205-926-3363 bibbmedicalcenter.com

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Boise Cascade Now Hiring for Utility Positions. Starting pay $13.66/hour.

Must be able to pass background screen.

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Core Focus Personnel 205-826-3088 • Now Hiring Production Mill Worker, Jemison. 12hrs (days/nights), ability to pass drug test, background check, physical. Positions working in outside temperature conditions.

Previous manufacturing experience required. $11.75/hr to start.

ETS RESTORATIONS •Retaining Walls •Concrete Work •Demolition •Landscaping •Construction •Tree Removal •Tree Trimming •Bobcat Work •Hardscapes •Hauling Residential & Commercial FREE ESTIMATES!!! CALL NOW (205)209-7787 $2000 SIGN ON BONUS NEW PAY SCALE TO QUALIFYING DRIVERS EVERGREEN TRANSPORT, is accepting applications for local drivers in the Calera and Leeds, AL, area. Must have Class A CDL, good driving record, 1 yr verifiable tractor trailer experience. Good pay and benefits. Apply in person at 8278 Hwy 25 South, Calera, AL, or call for info 205-6683316.

Now Hiring Heavy Equipment Operators and CDL Drivers Competitive pay and benefits.

Pre-employment drug test required Equal Employment Opportunity Employer Call: 205-298-6799 or email us at: jtate@ forestryenv.com

Industrial Coatings Group, Inc. is hiring experienced -Sandblasters -Industrial Painters - Helpers.

Must be able to pass drug test and e-verify check. Must be willing to travel. Professional references required.

Please send resume to: icgsecretary@hotmail. com or call (205)6889004 Owner Operators Wanting Dedicated Year Round Anniston, AL www.pull4klb.com Lancaster Place Apartments. Location, community & quality living in Calera, AL. 1, 2, & 3 bedroom apartments available.

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Equal Opportunity Provider/Employer Are you a motivated professional? Are you looking for a dynamic career? Are you ready to control your own level of success? See why McKinnons’ is an exciting place to work and grow. Now accepting applications for Sales, Service, and Detail Shop. Apply with the receptionist. 205755-3430 MedHelp Clinics Now Hiring •Front Desk Receptionists with billing experience •Certified Medical Assistants with at least 2yrs of experience We are looking to fill full-time & part-time positions at our Pelham and Birmingham locations. We’re always looking to hire qualified personnel Open 7 days a week 8am-8pm Monday-Friday 8am6pm Saturdays 1pm6pm Sunday Qualified Applicants should apply at: www.medhelpclinics. com Shake up your career!!! Are you looking for something new and FUN? Milo’s is always looking for great managers

MARKETPLACE to come join our growing and dynamic team. Apply online at miloshamburgers.com Oxford Healthcare in Montgomery currently hiring certified CNA’s and/or Home Health aides in the Clanton, Marbury and Maplesville areas.

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Oxfordhealthcare.com Specializing in all your hair care needs SERENITY SALON Barber/Stylist Chairs Available for Rent 2 Convenient Locations •2005 Valleydale Rd. •Pelham •3000 Meadow Lake Dr. Suite 107 Call Nichole 205240-5428 Nursing assistant to care for high functioning quadriplegic home health patient in Jemison. Must have valid drivers license.

Part-time. Call Mr. Wilbanks 205-908-3333 CLOCK REPAIR SVS. * Setup * Repair * Maintenance. I can fix your Mother’s clock.

Alabaster/Pelham. Call Stephen (205)663-2822 Electrician - FT Supreme Electric, local-based company in Pelham. Must be willing to learn & work hard. Go to: supremeelectric-al. com Print employment application under Contact Us. Mail to: Supreme Electric 231 Commerce Pkwy Pelham, AL 35124 or call 205-453-9327.

Wilton Water and Gas Board HIRING WATER TECHNICIAN •Fulltime position available •We offer BCBS health insurance & state retirement •Starting pay $12/hr depending on exp. Duties include but not limited to: •Reading Meters •Repair Leaks •Installing Water Lines •Repair & Replace Flush Plugs •Replace Gas/Water Meters •General Maintenance of Gas System •Cutting Grass •Maintain Town Properties and Main Buildings •Generally Available to Respond Within 30/min to Emergency Call-Outs, at Anytime of Day/ Night Year Round •Skilled Operation of Backhoe & Variety of Hand Tools Requirements: •Valid AL DL •HS Diploma/GED Apply In Person or Contact Melissa with questions:205-665-2021 Email resumes: melissa@wilton-al.org Become a Dental Assistant in ONLY 8 WEEKS! Please visit our website capstonedental assisting.com or call (205)561-8118 and get your career started!

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Must be experienced and dependable. Job is five days a week.

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Must have remodeling experience. Call Adam 205-863-9059 Pop & Sons Demolition & Junk Removal (205)948-8494 junkguys2014@gmail. com •Junk Removal Services •Demolition•More!!

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Lenette Walls, Owner 205-405-6991 The Harvest Place Christian Church Join us for worship every SUNDAY The Harvest Place Christian Church 14 Westside Ln, Columbiana, AL 35051 Bishop Wales Williams, Jr Chief Apostle •Morning Worship Sunday 11am •Life Enrichment Classes Sunday 10:15am •Join Us Every Tuesday Night at JOYFEST •Midweek WorshipBegins at 6:30pm www. getyourharvest.org Western International Gas & Cylinders, Inc Sign-On-Bonus! Hiring SOLO & TEAM CDL Drivers •2yrs Exp•Pass D.O.T Physical/ Background Check •Hazmat Endorsement Apply Online: www. drive4western.com EOE Experienced Termite Technician or someone experienced in routeservice work and wants to learn new profession.

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MY SHELBY COUNTY

JAMIA ALEXANDER-WILLIAMS Alabaster BOE Member + Angel Warriors Foundation Founder

Friday Night Lights

There is nothing like football in the South.

Larry Simmons Stadium will always be one of my favorite places in Alabaster. I loved watching Jabari play football with his friends and Tori perform with her dance team in middle school at the old THS stadium.

Shopping Local

Frou Frou’s and The Sassy Shopper have the cutest things for everyone, and they support my mission for Angel Warriors Foundation. I also love Glitz & Gowns, and when I want to wear bling on my shirts, I go to BeDazzle Me More. I use Alabaster Trophy Company for my plaques or medals, and Monograms N More and Belle of the Ball for monogramming.

A+ Schools

I love the new Thompson High School and stadium. I enjoy walking the halls, seeing my girls and all the students excited about the new opportunities that came with our new school. Our leaders are so engaged and determined to help make sure each student is successful. Thank you, ACS!

Home in Alabaster

I love the city I live, work, worship and play in. We are big, but we are small. We love and take care of one another. When one person or family hurts, we all hurt. There is no place I would rather raise my family in.

Getting Outside

Alabaster has the best parks. I love the fact that our kids take pictures at Veterans Park and Buck Creek for homecoming and prom. But most importantly, we have walking trails.

Angel Warriors Foundation is currently installing a sensory trail at Buck Creek Park on the walking trail where everyone, especially our special needs families, can go and enjoy not only the trail but also the activities that are designed to stimulate their sensory awareness.

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