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
Author: Alabaster Connection
Everybody Act Medium
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
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
Alabaster Selected in Fortune’s 50 Best Places to Live for Families 2024
Fortune launched its third annual Fortune 50 Best Places to Live for Families 2024, showcasing the cities and towns across America that best support the unique needs of multigenerational families. Alabaster was named 34th best city to live chosen from a criteria of 2,000 cities that fit its qualification criteria. Fortune independently evaluated over 2,000 … Read More
Open for Business – July 2024
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
Friends of the Albert L. Scott Library Fundraising Update
Help Us Reach Our Fundraising Goal of $250,000! The Friends of the Albert L. Scott Library need your help as we strive to reach our fundraising goal of $250,000 to help provide first-class amenities for the city’s new library! We are already more than half way to accomplishing this task. The Friends of the Albert … Read More
The Daisies and their Little Free Library
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
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
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
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