Beautiful fall color last week while on a work trip to Cheaha State Park. This road leads to the Nubbin Creek Trailhead. If you visit the link, you’ll also visit a new website built for a five county region in East Alabama.
New Website for Southwest Alabama
My brother-in-law, Billy Milstead, retired several years ago. Since then, he’s developed a real passion for all things Southwest Alabama. He’s got a real interest in documenting all the historic places in the area–of which there are many, many, many. He worked on the Alabama’s Front Porches project for a year, traveling the roads and taking photos as a AmeriCorps Vista volunteer. After he finished that project, he wanted to do more. I’ve now built him a website (Rural Southwest Alabama) to hold all these photos, maps and descriptions in a way that lets people from the outside world explore what the rural Black Belt has to offer.
Highland Park Neighborhood Website
Just completed a redo of the Highland Park neighborhood website (the neighborhood where I live!).
link to the site: Highland Park Neighborhood, Birmingham, Alabama
Oh, and the coolest thing: I finished redesigning the website (well, it isn’t really finished, but at least it is something…) just before finding out that our neighborhood was recognized by the American Planning Association (APA) as one of the 10 “Great Places” in 2011–for the entire U.S.A.!
Railroad Park in Birmingham
This photo was taken a few months back–before the drought, before the heat and before the deluge of 9 inches of rain we got from Tropical Storm/Hurricane Lee last week. Railroad Park is new park not far from us and even closer to downtown Birmingham. Great park to visit!
Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission Website
Still tweaking some details on this website, but mostly wrapped up. Always nice to work on a project that encompasses the area where I grew up!
East Alabama: Eight County Region
This website is still very much a work in progress, but it is moving along, so thought I’d share it here first. It started out for five counties in East Alabama, but has expanded to eight. The project is to inventory, highlight and promote the resources in the region that make it special. Here’s a snapshot:
