The Birmingham Business Journal reported that the Business Journal "On Numbers" said that Helena Alabama (for it size) has the worst (longest) commute. Also to rank poorly in the study was Alabaster, Pleasant Grove, Center Point, Moody, Pelham, Trussville, Hueytown and Fairfield all ranked in the bottom 10 in Alabama".
The original article said their numbers were based on the "2009 American Community Survey, which was conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau". In case you are wondering which is the best city ...Altus Okla. I goggled Altus to find out why it has the shortest commute. "Altus is home to Altus Air Force Base and world class companies including Bar-S Foods Co., and Altus Athletic Manufacturing". Which means all their jobs are within 15 minutes of their homes (Unless you live on base then it is closer).
So it looks like most of us drive a decent distance to work. It would be nice to work in Helena instead of driving to Jefferson County. You could have lunch with your children or just run home to watch tv...sigh.
Here is the info from their website:
| Place | State | Commuting index | Group
rank |
Population (2009 estimate) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helena | Alabama | -18.885 | 2,901 | 15,713 |
| Place | Helena |
| Type | city |
| State | Alabama |
| Commuting index | -18.885 |
| Group rank | 2,901 |
| Population (2009 estimate) | 15,713 |
| Commuting time of 14 minutes or less | 13.73% |
| Commuting time of 15-29 minutes | 23.84% |
| Commuting time of 30-44 minutes | 36.77% |
| Commuting time of 45 minutes or more 25.66% |
PS Roads
Update: While I was sleeping I was thinking of possible short cuts in Helena if I could afford to build roads. I know we have that long term plan for the bypass but how about this one at 33.299556,-86.833691 on google maps . I wonder how hard it would be to connect those roads and would it make things better or worst? I bet Pelham would be against it just like Hoover is probably against the connecting of Co. Rd 269 (Elvira) and Stadium Trace Pkwy: Map
HES
I stopped by City Hall to see if there was anything going on (was curious if there was a second buyer for Incahoots). The only bit of news is that Helena Elementary will be rebricked on the old part soon. Also HES is the oldest school building in Shelby County and part of it was built in 1925.
Update:LC emailed me and found Incahoots on Craigslist of all places. It was posted 12/31/11. Here is the link: http://bham.craigslist.org/bfs/2777408880.html
Team Trent
April Riley's 16 year old nephew was in a car accident and received spinal cord injury. You can read the full story here. They will be having a prayer walk for him on January 7, 2012 at 9:00 a.m.-12:00a.m at Veterans Park off of 119 in Alating baster. You can Pre-order Team Trent-shirts ($8.00) by calling April @ 205-230-3271
New Crafty Me
Adding a new blog to the Helena Blog roll. Tara has the www.TheNewCraftyMe.com
Congrats to Local photographer Jenny Taylor who won the Brookwood Camera December Photo Competition with “Visions of Sugar Plums”. She also has a photography website: http://taylor2photography.com. Way to Go!
Saving ChristmasSpeaking of Christmas stories, the story of everyone in Helena pulling together to help Shirley Garner was in the Shelby County Reporter. Laura Brookhart was there helping as well as reporting. You don't hear about people getting together and doing that nowadays (like Its a Wonderful Life). Updated: I forgot to add the link. The photo was taken by Laura Brookhart. Here's the full article.
Local Search Terms
I goggled the top search terms for our areas again and was surprised to seeing the rising terms that everyone is googling:
1. let it snow Breakout
2. 2012 calendar +110%
3. heisman +100%
4. kindle fire +90%
5. otterbox +60%
6. regions online +60%
7. chick fil a +50%
8. angry birds +40%
9. bbva compass +40%
10. birmingham craigslist +40%
I typed in "Let it Snow" on google and it is an easter egg from goggle that causes snowflakes to appear. The otterbox is a protector for a iphone (I thought it would be bad so I put all my filters up at first) and the rest are pretty straight forward.
1 comments:
Hopefully the results of the commute study will encourage local leaders to prioritize improving the traffic infrastructure. I love Helena but the commute is just as bad as when I lived on the East end of Hwy 280 for 5 years and had to drive to Hoover.
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