Alabaster by the Numbers

July 31, 2024By Alabaster Connection

The average Alabaster, AL home value is $295,415, up 0.6% over the past year and goes to pending in around 11 days. 137 For sale inventory (June 30, 2024) 55 New listings (June 30, 2024) $335,867 Median list price (June 30, 2024) 32.2% Percent of sales over list price (May 31, 2024) 47.0% Percent of sales under list price (May 31, 2024) … Read More

Everybody Act Medium

July 28, 2024By Alabaster Connection

Michael J. Brooks Pastors and music leaders have had good-natured arguments for years. Musicians insist pastors will be idle in heaven with nothing to do since preaching isn’t on the agenda, whereas music is. And pastors retort that the music program is the source of much church conflict on earth. As radio preacher J. Vernon … Read More

Yoga with Eileen Leslie

July 28, 2024By Alabaster Connection

Eileen Leslie helps unite the mind, body, and soul By Lee Hurley Yoga is perhaps one of the least understood disciplines, according to Eileen Leslie who owns creACTive Wellness Center on Highway 31 in Alabaster.  “Some people think it is a religion or cult, but I don’t take offense to that. We are simply about … Read More

Open for Business – July 2024

July 3, 2024By Alabaster Connection

Signature Style Salon Full-service hair salon offering quality haircuts, styling, and color services at affordable prices. Address: 229 Kent Stone Blvd. Suite 200. 35007 Owner: Yolanda Harrell Email: Signaturestyle27@yahoo.com Phone: 205-249-1467   Chubbfathers Good vibes, GREAT food! Address: 229 Kent Stone Blvd. Suite 100. 35007 Menu: thechubbfather.com Phone: 205-685-0950

The Daisies and their Little Free Library

July 3, 2024By Alabaster Connection

Never underestimate the power of young girls to make Alabaster a better place. Who are the Daisies? The Daisies are a group of Kindergarten and 1st-grade girls in Alabaster Girl Scout Troop 28212. There are about 20 this year, and they are proof that dynamite comes in small packages. Mary Emily Yancey and Katie Sparks-Chirinos … Read More

Come Fly With Us: Alabaster Radio Control Association

July 3, 2024By Alabaster Connection

Alabaster Radio Control Association celebrates nearly 40 years of remote model aviation. By Carmen Shea Brown Bob Anderson keeps a picture that is near and dear to his heart—a reminder of where it all began. It’s a photo of him as a little blond-haired boy when he was about seven years old, living in Columbus, … Read More

Reshad Hudson Makes a Name for Himself in Broadcast News

July 3, 2024By Alabaster Connection

By Barry Smith When Reshad Hudson was growing up in Alabaster in a single-parent family in his grandmother’s house, he never pictured himself as a national political reporter. But life has a funny way of surprising you. Raised with his older brother by his grandmother Shirley Bishop and his mother Darlene, Hudson was a shy … Read More

Behind the “Seams” with American Village

July 2, 2024By Alabaster Connection

For 25 years, the American Village costumes have brought history to life. By Katharine Armbrester Photography by Steven Ross and Courtesy American Village American Village has educated and delighted its many visitors ever since it was founded by now-president emeritus Tom Walker in 1999. The village offers replicas of historic buildings and actors (also called … Read More