🌱 New Manufacturing Facility + Woodfin's Inauguration

Up and at 'em, Birmingham! It's Tuesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in Birmingham today. A Birmingham start-up is opening a manufacturing facility in Lakeview, which will include 54 positions over the next three years. Also in the news, Mayor Randall Woodfin will be inaugurated for his second term today, Find out how you can watch. Read below.

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Here are the top stories today in Birmingham:

1. As I was saying above, Birmingham-based startup Smith & Co. will open a $2.56 million, 7,500-square-foot manufacturing facility in Birmingham’s Lakeview District. (al.com)
2. Here is how to watch the inauguration of Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin Tuesday. (WIAT - CBS42.com)
3. Secretary of State John Merrill Monday announced the newly appointed members of the Board of Registrars' Advisory Council, which includes Jefferson County Board of Registrars Chairman Barry Stephenson. (Birmingham Patch)
4. A 75-year-old sex offender working as Birmingham pastor has been caught after 20 years on the run. (al.com)
5. A homicide investigation underway after a man was found shot to death in east Birmingham Monday afternoon. (WBRC)

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Today in Birmingham:

• Learn the deep history of baseball in Birmingham at Vulcan Museum's Factory to Field exhibit (Details)
• Join the online event Two Step Tuesday brought to you by the Jefferson County Extension Office. (6 p.m.)
• UAB Department of Theatre Presents: Noises Off at the Alys Stephens Center. (7:30 p.m.)
• Check out the awesome tunes of Downtime, live at Zydeco. (8 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• The Hoover Arts Alliance doles out $3,200 in grant money. (Hoover Sun)
• Express yourself—register NOW for Spring 2022 classes with Samford Academy of the Arts. (Bham Now)
• Five Points West Redevelopment Update - We are thankful the Design Review Committee has approved our plans for the redevelopment project for Five Points West on the corner of Ave W and Bessemer Road. (Instagram)
• Toys for Tots 2021 - Drop-off locations near you. (Alabama's News Leader)
• The Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens was delighted to welcome Miss Indian Alabama 2021, Reagan Bonner of the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, for a special storytime at the Gardens earlier this month. (Facebook)

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