An essential service: Montgomery City and County seek to increase broadband internet access to residents

By Joseph Bryant MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA – Residents across Montgomery County are closer to gaining access to reliable and affordable internet connectivity. City and county leaders through the Montgomery Thrive initiative seek to level the playing field where communities of all sizes in the River Region have access to high-speed internet access. The broadband initiative involves … Read more

Stopping the tragedy: Montgomery city and county leaders join forces to form a hospital-based violence intervention network

By: Joseph Bryant MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA – A Montgomery hospital could soon become the starting point for community healing with opportunities to break vicious cycles of violence that plague the River Region and much of the country. Montgomery City and County officials dedicated $2 million of the Montgomery Thrive initiative to launch a three-year Hospital-based Violence … Read more