Best of Alabama NewsCenter 2020: Business
These were the top business stories on Alabama NewsCenter in 2020. (file)
Go ahead and roll your eyes. You’re thinking “best of” and “2020” do not belong in the same headline. Despite a global pandemic, record hurricanes, economic collapse, fires, floods, civil unrest and even murder hornets, good things still happened in spite of – or even in response to – the calamities. So, as 2020 draws to an end, let’s look back on the “Good News from Home” stories readers clicked on the most on Alabama NewsCenter. The editor’s choices are stories that didn’t get the most clicks but we feel are worth noticing.
In a year when the COVID economy stymied the real economy, business still got done because it needed to. Sure, there were shutdowns and slowdowns, pivots and wholesale changes because businesses can adapt when they need to. Here are the business stories you responded to the most.
From dying to living: How one nonprofit reimagined vacant Jasper Mall space
Raising Arrows employees prepare meals for hundreds of children in Walker County. Meals can now be cooked in a larger space in the Jasper Mall. (Nicole Smith/Daily Mountain Eagle)
Alabama wins the Super Bowl: Birmingham agency has an ad on the big stage
An image of Dale Earnhardt Sr. from BIG Communications’ 30-second Super Bowl ad for the Daytona 500, which embodies a strong sense of history and tradition as well as speed and excitement. (BIG Communications)
Did you know Jack Daniel’s whiskey barrels are made in Alabama?
Alabama distillers fill need for hand sanitizer
Dread River Distilling creating hand sanitizer during coronavirus pandemic from Alabama NewsCenter on Vimeo.
Alabama Farm Center at Clanton expected to draw tourists, dollars
An artist’s rendering depicts the main arena at the Alabama Farm Center to be constructed off Interstate 65 in Clanton. (JMR+H Architecture)
Editor’s choice1: Anniston’s 44-year-old Book Rack saved from closing by new owners
The Book Rack in Anniston, open for 44 years, has new owners and will operate as Jo’s Book Rack. (contributed)
Editor’s choice2: Sweet Grown Alabama launches searchable database for local farm products
Jeremy Calvert, a sixth-generation farmer in Cullman, is excited to be among the featured farms on Sweet Grown Alabama’s new website. Calvert, pictured with his twin daughters, has 40 acres of peaches that he will soon be looking to sell, and is thrilled to partner with Sweet Grown Alabama in marketing efforts to sell this year’s crop. (Jeremy Calvert)
