Developers looking to add garden homes to the Jefferson County real estate landscape have often faced a road to futility. Perhaps change is on the way as the Development Services Department and others look to revamp rules and guidelines for such rezonings. Read more.
The Jefferson County Commission awarded a $21 million contract to build a new GBHS complex with an animal care and control facility, hospital and adoption center. Read more.
The Jefferson County Commission on Thursday approved an agreement with Shelby County and the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham to produce a regional connectivity study. Read more.
The end is near. Well, the end of Jefferson County’s ARPA funds, at least. Read more.
Jefferson County and Helena officials are talking about raising the speed limit on Morgan Road between Helena and Bessemer to 55. The JeffCo Commission votes Thursday. Read more.
The benevolence of a neighboring county will likely result in greater safety for Jefferson County residents when dangerous weather is moving in. Read more.
Fortune telling and palmistry found their way into the discussion of the Jefferson County Commission’s committee meeting Tuesday via a request to give commercial zoning to a property in Oak Grove. Read more.
A disgruntled Commissioner Sheila Tyson left the Jefferson County Commission chamber Wednesday, saying, “the fix was in” after her nominee for the Board of Equalization failed to get the support of her fellow commissioners. Read more.
In an effort to keep a longtime business in the county, the Jefferson County Commission agreed to reimburse Red Mountain Distributing for 60% of the 1-cent sales tax the company pays to the county. Red Mountain, which does business as Ashley Furniture, has outgrown its warehouse in Bessemer. That warehouse serves four stores in the northern half of Alabama. Read more.
County Manager Cal Markert gave credit Tuesday to Jefferson County Commission President Jimmie Stephens in helping county employees get a better deal on investment funds. Read more.
