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04/02/2026

Check out my latest TRUITT NEWS BLAST newsletter. Lot of good info. Maybe the world's best newsletter. You might even be in it.

Email from Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. MARCH 2026 We Appreciate You Wow, this year is flying by. So much fun stuff is going on. We are growing, we are hiring people, and we are excited about the f

03/12/2026

Check out who is doing some great stuff out there this week!

Excited to pass out some HIGH-FIVES for people doing good work out there: 🤩 HIGH-FIVE: Our friend, Dunn Building Company LLC‘s Tina Whittington, on being named one of the Alabama AGC‘s BuildSouth Women in Construction Women of the Year. Great choice. She’s one of our favorites! 🤩 HIGH-FI...

02/26/2026

Check out who is building stuff across the U.S.
As long as people are building, the country is in good shape!

It is time to go national with the latest version of TRUITT NEWS CONSTRUCTION REPORT. Here is a look at WHO is building WHAT, WHERE across the U.S.: 👷 Wichita’s Jaco General Contractor, Inc. is building the new Glo Best Western in Dodge City, KS. 👷 LRA Constructors, Inc. is busy with two new...

02/26/2026

Check out the latest round of congrats for people doing some great things!
You may be included.

Let’s do some HIGH-FIVES to head into the weekend: 🤩 HIGH-FIVE: Hattie B’s Hot Chicken on signing back up for another 5-year lease term on their Bham Lakeview location. It is right down the street from us and we like it! 🤩 HIGH-FIVE: Jerry Perkins on his promotion to Chief Administration O...

02/13/2026

Back for another HIGH-FIVE FRIDAY! Here is who we are celebrating this week:

🤩 HIGH-FIVE: Mike Rogers and the team at Rogers & Willard, Inc. on the renovation of the almost 200-year old Chighizola House in Mobile. So cool! Can't wait to see it when it is completed.

🤩 HIGH-FIVE: Bill Davis at Rogers & Willard on his recent promotion to Chief Operating Officer.

🤩 HIGH-FIVE: City of Bay Minette and everyone there. What has always been a nice, sleepy little town is really coming alive all at once. A new Big Mike's Steakhouse in downtown is under construction, a new Cobblestone Hotels, LLC location in downtown is under construction, renovation projects on both sides of the Baldwin County Courthouse, a new District Attorney's office is being built across from the courthouse, and the huge new Novelis plant is getting closer to opening by the day. Wow!

🤩 HIGH-FIVE: Retail Strategies' Director of Real Estate, Elliott Cook, on serving as the moderator at the recent Retail Live! event in Denver. Way to represent The 'Ham! Great work.

🤩 HIGH-FIVE: The Black Crowes, one of my favorite bands, for getting their new album, 'A Pound of Feathers', ready to come out March 13th. Hope to catch them at Birmingham's Coca-Cola Amphitheater May 24th!

🤩 HIGH-FIVE: Shepard Ager and Jordan W. with Ironvest Partners on selling the office/warehouse at 3722 3rd Ave South in Birmingham. Hope something cool is going in!

‼️ Check out DoItWithTruitt.Com for more great reports and info.
‼️ My team at Truitt Insurance & Bonding wants to work with you. Call us if we can help. (205)254-3005. Business coverage, home & auto, surety.
‼️ Listen to my TRUITT NEWS RADIO show in the morning on Bham's Talk 99.5. We start at 7am and have "Panini" Pete Blohme (Panini Pete's of Fairhope, Ink, Sunset Pointe at Fly Creek Marina, etc.) and David Feemster (Subcontractors Association of Alabama (SubAla) as our guests.

🛑 Thanks for the read. Enjoy your weekend.

02/04/2026

Tuesdays keep coming and so do the tidbits, kudos and congrats! Here is this week's effort:
✅ CONGRATS: Birmingham's Southern Museum of Flight on 60 years of exhibits, displays and celebrations! Great museum.
📅 MAR 3: 2025 "Rising Women on The Row" Breakfast at the JW Marriott Nashville.
🎙️Thanks to jason grimmett ( Development) and Jeri Anne Huffstutler (Southern Natural LLC) for being our guests on Truitt News Radio this past weekend (1/31/26). Give it a listen at truittnewsradio.com.
📅 Today in 1959, the plane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper & Ritchie Valens crashed near Clear Lake, IA. Forever known as "The Day The Music Died".
👀 HIRING: Auburn University Athletics is hiring a Development Coordinator to support the Tigers Unlimited team.
👷 GET A JOB: The University of Alabama's Technology & Engineering Career Fair (10th); Auburn University's BSCI Career Fair (18th); University of Alabama at Birmingham's Engineering Career Fair (18th).
✅ CONGRATS: Loving the announcement of 3 new flavors coming from Milo's Tea Company, Inc., Fruit Punch, Zero Sugar Lemonade, and Limited Edition Blackberry Sweet Tea.
🎬 FEB 20: Excited to see "I Can Only Imagine 2" when it hits theaters
📅 FEB 27: City of Gardendale Mayor's (show alum Stan Hogeland) Prayer Breakfast featuring show alum Rick Karle as the events speaker. Tickets are $10.
🎵 Fast-rising country star and Bham native, Myles Morgan Music, playing at Soul Kitchen in Mobile. Catch him now!
🏃 FEB 28 - MAR 1: WAR EAGLE RUN WEEKEND in Auburn: 1/2 Marathon, 5K & Fun Run
👀 Comedy open mic nights are back at Bham's Dread River Distilling Company every Thursday.
✅ CONGRATS: Ellington Jones on being crowned the Miss Jacksonville State University 2026!
🏈 Jacksonville State University will be building the Ken & Jenney Howell Football Indoor Practice Facility, including an 84,282 sq ft indoor practice facility and an 11,424 sq ft performance/training center, after the couple's latest gift to the university was announced earlier today. Congrats to everyone involved.
📅 ARPIL 17 - 18: Montgomery native Aaron Weber appearing at Zanies Comedy Club during the Nashville Comedy Festival.
✅ CONGRATS: Michael Giardina, Tina Savas and everyone involved in the Italian American Heritage Society of Birmingham, Alabama "That's Amore" Valentine Dinner on selling out the event coming up Feb 13th.
☑️ Catch up with all the latest reports & info at DoItWithTruitt.com.
☑️ Call me Truitt Insurance & Bonding Inc. for home & auto insurance, business coverage & surety bonds! (205)254-3005.
✅ CONGRATS: Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors on adding the Centre At Riverchase in Hoover, AL to their management portfolio.
🎵 FEB 22: Andrea Bocelli at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC). Going to be a fantastic night (and a rare one for Bham). Be part of it.
🛑 Thanks for the read.

01/31/2026

I can't wait to see how this one turns out.
Congrats to Bradford Building Company, Piggly Wiggly Homewood and the Verciglio Family.
Should be ready to shop by year-end.

01/28/2026

Good people building good stuff around the state!

Excited to showcase our home-base of Alabama, once again, with my latest TRUITT NEWS CONSTRUCTION REPORT. Here is WHO is building WHAT, WHERE: 👷 Huntsville’s CONSOLIDATED CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF ALABAMA is working on the new Recreation Center for the City of New Market. 👷 Robins & Morton has...

01/28/2026

Loving this! Great work by Edible Memories in Steele, AL.

One of my favorite days of each month is our monthly cake delivery to the Ronald McDonald House in Birmingham 🎂❤️ Our hope is it spreads some smiles to the families staying there and makes them feel at home while they are in town with us 😊🏠 If you need a good charity to get […]

01/28/2026

Check out the latest tidbits & info if you have a minute.

The last Tuesday tidbits of January. Here we go: ✅ Congrats to Davis South Barnette & Patrick Advertising – Digital & Public Relations on putting on a heck of a good ground-breaking event for the new Loxley Logistics Center. Game changing project on 210 acres right at Highway 59 & I-10 in fast g...

01/15/2026

More construction news!

Time to check out WHO is building WHAT, WHERE across Kentucky, Ohio & Indiana with today’s TRUITT NEWS CONSTRUCTION REPORT: 👷 Wi******er, KY’s Codell Construction Company is well underway on a new elementary school off Greendale Road in Lexington. 👷 Moraine, OH’s Shook Construction has r...

01/15/2026

Check out this week's info if you have a minute.

Let’s go with this week’s TUESDAYS with TONY: 📅 JAN 26 – 28: The Economic Development Association of Alabama‘s Winter Conference, Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center. Great event featuring Governor Kay Ivey speaking. 🎙️ We appreciate Mark Berte (Executive Dire...