For over 20 years, The AHI Group has been providing fully furnished corporate apartments, rental homes, and other relocation services to thousands of wonderful people around the country. We look forward to assisting you in any way possible. The AHI Corporate Housing Division provides corporate housing, corporate apartments and in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Oklahoma City, Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga, and Louisville and throughout the U.S. Short-term and temporary is our specialty.

The AHI Properties Division provides homes for rent and town homes and condominiums in Birmingham, Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile. Whether you are looking for homes for rent or a property manager for your - call AHI.

Please visit our website for further information www.theahigroup.com.

al.com is the largest website in Alabama with over 2.8 million unique monthly visitors. al.com is the exclusive online home for news and classifieds from The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Mobile’s Press-Register and also features content from Birmingham magazine, Alabama Baby, Lindy’s Sports Journals and hundreds of local bloggers. al.com offers visitors real-time news, on-demand weather, entertainment news and video as well as email and text alerts. al.com is not only the top local media site in Alabama and in its major markets, Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Mobile, but also ranks in the Top 10 nationwide. al.com is proud to support the Birmingham Business Journal Business Growth Expo.

Founded in 1954, the Greater Birmingham Chapter of ASTD (American Society for Training and Development) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. With approximately 75 members, the chapter is dedicated to enhancing workplace learning and performance for its members and their affiliated organizations. The chapter hosts luncheon speakers the 4th Thursday of each month. More information about the chapter is available at www.birminghamastd.org.

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC gives clients access to a team of more than 600 attorneys and public policy advisors representing more than 30 practice areas to serve a wide range of legal needs. Clients receive knowledgeable guidance from experienced, multi-disciplined industry and client service teams, all seamlessly connected across 16 offices in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Washington, D.C. Ranked as the 73rd largest law firm in the U.S., Baker Donelson is recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For."

Brownstone Marketing Solutions provides full service marketing for organizations and companies. We supply the ideas, tools and expertise to help your business grow. Some of the areas we work in are research, strategy development, website design, graphic design, printing, promotional products, exhibitor booths, plus any other marketing item, or concept you can imagine. Please visit our website at www.bmsllc.biz and contact us today at (205) 789-3600 to get started. Brownstone Marketing Solutions wants to be your marketing partner for success, and we are happy to be supporting the Birmingham Business Journal’s Business Growth Expo.

The Jimmie Hale Mission has been helping homeless and hurting men, women and children in Birmingham, Alabama, since 1944. Our mission statement is to minister to the spiritual and physical needs of the poor and hurting in Jesus¹ name.

What started as a storefront chapel has grown to include a shelter for homeless men, substance abuse recovery programs, fundraising thrift stores, three learning centers for education remediation and career readiness, and a shelter for homeless women and children called Jessie¹s Place.

For more information, contact our business office at (205) 323-5878 or visit our website: www.jimmiehalemission.com

Metropolitan Properties, Inc. represents institutional and private capital in the acquisition, disposition, leasing or management of commercial real estate. With over 40 years experience operating in several market areas, Metropolitan Properties, Inc. has transaction values exceeding $500 million and 3,000,000 square feet which include land, shopping centers, office buildings, office service centers, hotels, apartment complexes, and a variety of commercial properties for individual owner users.

The knowledge and experience acquired over the years gives Metropolitan Properties, Inc. the ability to best serve our clients needs in a highly professional and proficient manner.

Ogletree Deakins is a national labor and employment law firm, representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Since 1997, the Birmingham office of Ogletree Deakins has been assisting employers with their labor, employment, and workplace law matters. In addition to handling labor and employment law matters, the firm has thriving practices focused on business immigration, employee benefits, and workplace safety and health law. With more than 550 lawyers located in 40 offices from coast to coast, Ogletree Deakins represents a diverse range of clients, including more than half of the Fortune 50 corporations in the United States. Visit us at www.ogletreedeakins.com.

SGI Delivery Solutions offers excellent time-critical, same day delivery service with quality on-demand, warehousing and order fulfillment capability. We are your trusted logistics specialists. SGI is based in Birmingham, Alabama and currently has delivery points in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle. With a 99% on-time record, SGI is a secure extension of your operations.

The Greater Shelby County Chamber of Commerce is about building a strong economy by building a strong business climate. We offer service and products designed to promote business, develop relationships and build community leaders. We develop relationships with community organizations committed to planning for and improving Shelby County's future, and we strive to keep our membership informed of current business issues and topics in our county and our state. The Greater Shelby Chamber is building a network of opportunity. Contact us at (205) 663-4542 or www.shelbychamber.org.

Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s fastest, most advanced 4G network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 106.3 million total wireless connections, including 89.7 million retail customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 83,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com.

The Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce is an organization whose purpose is to foster, promote, advance and improve the economic, civic, education and general business conditions of its members and the Vestavia Hills community. The Chamber is an essential part of the community, helping businesses, nonprofit organizations, licensed professionals and residents stay connected to Vestavia Hills.

The Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce will be celebrating 30 years of service this year and has achieved a milestone 1,000 members and is still continuing to grow. To join the Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce or for more information please call (205) 823-5011 or visit www.vestaviahills.org.

Wagnon & Associates is a multi-faceted public relations firm. We provide public relations, media and client development services to specialized companies in advancing professional fields. Our firm is a fast-acting, nimble, and creative extension of our client’s internal capacity. With vast contacts in the business and services community for 25 years and counting, we offer our clients the ideal outsourcing solution to achieve their goals. Our goal is to create a buzz that advances your goals and to drive business your way.

At Zeekee Interactive, our philosophy is that the best marketing campaigns provide the best results. We create a place for you and your company to grow and thrive on the internet. In business since 2003, ZI has grown into a leader in Birmingham in internet marketing with services including : website design, social media, mobile websites, ecommerce, email marketing, application development, and more. Our nation-wide client base includes businesses of all shapes and sizes, from small startups to Fortune 500 companies. Whatever your product or service is, we can assist you in establishing your first website or making your current website more effective. We track the results of our efforts to provide the best return on your investment. Whether you need a complete marketing solution or a quick and easy website, ZI has the resources and talent to create the right solution for you. Check out our portfolio at www.zeekeeinteractive.com!

UAB’s School of Business is an AACSB-accredited business school located in the metropolitan, bustling heart of Alabama’s economic center. With an emphasis on personal attention, the school nurtures academic achievement and cultivates leadership skills to prepare students for global business challenges. The school’s location, easily accessible to businesses and UAB’s world-class medical center, attracts a diverse student body and allows the school to provide one-of-a-kind programs and year-round internship opportunities for applied learning experiences. Our faculty of experienced professionals have worked for some of the world’s leading companies and now engage in cutting edge research while mentoring tomorrow’s business leaders.

EBSCO Creative Concepts is a brand-building marketing company and a premier provider of innovative promotional products and ideas. Our highly experienced creative team specializes in tailoring a marketing strategy guaranteed to bring brand awareness to your clients. In addition to advertising specialty items, we focus on corporate apparel, award programs, corporate gifts, tradeshow giveaways and fulfillment programs. Our goal is to provide 100% satisfaction and consistency to our customers when representing their image. Whether your need is large or small let EBSCO Creative Concepts tailor a promotional campaign especially for you. Visit www.ebscocreativeconcepts.com today to learn more about our services.

The varied divisions of EBSCO Industries work together to make life easier for Birmingham-based businesses. From promotional products and printing services to binders, presentation materials and point of purchase displays, the businesses in the EBSCO family offer custom, creative solutions for your business, marketing and promotional needs. Visit www.EBSCOind.com for more information on EBSCO’s divisions and subsidiaries that serve many Birmingham-based businesses.

The College of Continuing Studies is “touching lives and creating opportunities” around the world. As a college of a major public university, our role is to provide flexible and innovative educational opportunities, technical assistance and applied research that touches lives and creates opportunities in ways that make a difference and improve our world.

The Small Business Council (SBC) is responsible for coordinating seminars that support the growth and development of small business as well as the planning of Small Business Week (SBW) -- a celebration of the creativity and energy of entrepreneurs. Small Business Week creates awareness of the significant contributions that small businesses make to our economy.

SBC meetings are scheduled for the fourth Wednesday of each month at the BBA. Currently, there are 15-20 active members.

Smaller working groups help implement programs, workshops and develop the Small Business Awards programs. Membership is open to those who want to promote small business and entrepreneurship and who are willing to contribute to the success of the council. Members must be BBA investors in good standing.

The SBC is chaired by Clement Ebio of RCM Medical Billing LLC. and the Vice-Chair is Ron Perkins.

Service is what the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce is all about: service to its members; service to the business community; and service to Hoover and the metropolitan area as a whole. By providing networking and training opportunities, the Chamber has become a cohesive organization of some of the most prominent and successful business leaders in the area. The Hoover Area Chamber encourages its members to conduct business with other members, and constantly strives to promote its members to the public, Hoover-area communities, residents, visitors, other businesses and government agencies.

Education Corporation of America (ECA) is a leader in the post-secondary career school market with current enrollment of over 19,000 students. Holdings include Virginia College, founded in 1983, with programs in Healthcare, Business, Information Technology, Interior Design, Computer Design, Cosmetology, and Culinary Arts, at 20 locations in nine states, including Birmingham, AL. Also among the company’s schools are Virginia College online programs with facilities in Birmingham and Tampa; Culinard, the Culinary Institute of Virginia College, Golf Academy of America with locations in San Diego, Dallas, Phoenix, Myrtle Beach, and Orlando, and Ecotech Institute in Denver, Colo. ECA schools are accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). For more info visit www.ecacolleges.com.

Red Diamond was founded in 1906, and more than a century later, what began as a local provisions company has expanded into a corporation offering coffee, tea, coffee service, and foodservice to customers throughout the nation. Six million cups of Red Diamond coffee and tea are served every day in the United States. Fine restaurants, hotels, offices, hospitals and homes across the country serve more than 6,000 Red Diamond food and beverage products. Red Diamond was named after a rare jewel of unmatched quality, and through four generations of leadership the family company has maintained its fierce dedication to quality in products and services. Visit reddiamond.com

In 1991, the United Way of Central Alabama, the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, and the Junior League of Birmingham identified a need to support those battling adult illiteracy in Central Alabama. Together, they formed The Literacy Council. There are more than 92,000 adults in Central Alabama who are functionally illiterate. Illiteracy is both a personal tragedy and a public problem affecting the entire community. Our vision is community in which each person achieves his or her maximum literacy potential. Our mission is to develop, strengthen and support Basic Literacy and English for Speakers of Other Languages services in Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, and Walker Counties.

News Radio 105.5 WERC is Birmingham’s leading news radio station with over 75,000 listeners per week. WERC-FM reaches consumers, delivering award winning and world-class news and entertainment, when they want it and how they want it through our radio broadcasts, online websites and mobile devices. Featuring superstars Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, and Birmingham Morning News with Scott Fitzgerald, we create Integrated Media Solutions for our clients utilizing all of our assets. Clear Channel is the largest U.S. media and entertainment company. We have national reach and local activation, reaching over 200 million consumers each month through multiple platforms.

America’s First Federal Credit Union is a community-chartered credit union open to all persons who live, work, worship or attend school in Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker and Calhoun counties, as well as parts of Mobile and Talladega counties. Founded in 1936, the credit union boasts over $1 Billion in assets and serves a membership of over 110,000 through 18 branch locations.

In 1982, D. Bruce Irwin, M.D. opened the first American Family Care Medical Clinic in Hoover, Alabama. Today, there are 29 clinics with several additional clinics under development. By the end of 2012, we expect to have 35 clinics. The company's model of "putting the patient first" has made it an overwhelming success. The clinics are designed, equipped and staffed to provide comprehensive family care, urgent care, minor emergency treatment, and occupational medicine. AFC uses electronic medical records and has a high-tech, high touch, digital x-ray system and on-site lab. All clinics are staffed with caring and compassionate healthcare professionals. Most clinics are open seven days a week from 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. - "No Appointment Necessary". AFC has clinics throughout the state of Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. In addition to family care/urgent care, AFC offers a Specialty Clinic (General Surgery), NexStep Physical Therapy, and WeightToLive (Weight Loss Program). In addition, U-Save Pharmacy provides convenient access to prescription medications, on-site, at many of our clinics. For more information about AFC please visit our website www.americanfamilycare.com

Bright House Networks makes it easy for you to connect, manage, and grow your business. We deliver incredibly fast internet access, business phone, remote back-up, email, and more. We understand how businesses use broadband services to drive success and our local professionals provide customized solutions designed to your specific needs. Fiber Optic Dedicated Internet Access and Metro Ethernet. Bright House Networks owns and maintains an extensive network of fiber optics in Birmingham, and we can provide a dedicated fiber optic path, exclusive to your enterprise that connects you to a wide area network or to the world wide internet with fully customized and guaranteed bandwidth from 2Mbps to 1Gbps. Call 1-866-662-8039 to learn more.

Change is inevitable, and in the IT world it happens daily. Since 1985 ByteSize has been the change agent for small to medium size businesses helping to manage the day to day challenges of networks, servers, desktops, and printers. ByteSize Managed Workplace (BMW) is our response to requests for a better managed services model. At the BBJ Business Growth Expo we will unveil the InFocus Mondopad.  You can present, annotate and collaborate on a giant 55” touch screen tablet with meeting participants in the room and around the world.  Seeing is believing.  Join us at the conference, or contact us at (205) 879-2983 or http://bytesizeinc.com/ 

TalentQuest specializes in delivering consulting and software solutions to help organizations authentically integrate and align its people strategies to its business strategy. Our proprietary SaaS based software includes personality and trait-based assessments, competency management, goal management performance reviews, 360 surveys, organizational surveys, compensation management, succession management, and developmental resources and coaching tips. Our consulting expertise includes the design of HR strategies processes, competency modeling, targeted assessment methodologies for selection and development, organizational consultation, performance management, customized management training and leadership development, executive coaching, succession planning, and Board reviews. 

Renasant Corporation is the parent of Renasant Bank and Renasant Insurance, Inc. A 107-year old financial institution, Renasant has assets of approximately $4.3 billion and operates over 75 banking, mortgage, financial services, wealth management and insurance offices in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. Building relationships, helping individuals, families and businesses reach their financial dreams and supporting the communities Renasant serves has always been the company’s calling. In Birmingham, experience community banking they way it should be at any of our locations in the Park Place Tower downtown, Crestline Village or Greystone. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.

ACRE, housed within the UA's Culverhouse College of Commerce, collects, maintains and analyzes the state’s real estate statistics, and is a trusted resource for Alabama real estate research, forecasting, and professional development that includes hosting our annual Alabama Commercial Real Estate Conference & Expo on Friday, January 27, 2012 in Birmingham, AL at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center. For more information, visit www.acreconference.ua.edu.

Sheraton Birmingham Hotel is Alabama’s largest hotel, with 757 rooms in two towers located in downtown Birmingham. In 2010, Sheraton Birmingham completed $19 million in renovations, making the hotel all new. Complete with banquet and ballroom space, meeting rooms, hospitality suites and more, Sheraton is the partner hotel for the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, which serves approximately 2 million visitors annually. The Sheraton is connected to the BJCC exhibition halls and event venues by covered skywalks, making it the ideal hotel location for meetings of any size. Sheraton Birmingham is also a hub for business events in Birmingham and has hosted VIPs including several state governors and former U.S. Presidents.

The Harbert Center serves as Birmingham’s premiere downtown location for many corporate, civic and social events. With its distinguished character and charm, The Harbert Center offers the perfect setting for any occasion. The Harbert Center’s unique design and multi-purpose rooms allow for most any set-up that you may require. Whether you are hosting an event for 10 or 500, one of our rooms is sure to suite your needs. The elegant surroundings, fine foods and attention to detail make The Harbert Center the perfect place to host your event.

AlphaGraphics is your partner in profitability. We team with you to plan, develop and produce effective business and marketing communications. We've been a trusted extension of your business for years. Our people, processes and expertise ensure superior speed, quality and service. We combine experience and creativity to develop and deliver print and digital communications designed to achieve your goals.

With AlphaGraphics as a knowledgeable, reliable extension of your team, you can feel confident that your print, marketing or communications spend is working as effectively and efficiently as possible. You get the results you need while having more time to focus on other important responsibilities.

Boys & Girls Club of Central Alabama is celebrating 110 years of service to the children of the Greater Birmingham area. The Club was organized in 1901, by a group of women whose goal was to give under-privileged boys living on the streets a better chance in life. Presently, the Clubs encompasses nine facilities and serves more than 13,000 children annually through daily club and school outreach programs.

Our Mission is to provide programs, facilities and leadership that enable all youth to develop and achieve their maximum potential in accordance with Judeo-Christian principles.