PARCA Annual Forum 2025 – State of Mind: Navigating Alabama’s Mental Health Dilemma
Join us for the 2025 PARCA Annual Forum! March 7, 2025 at The Harbert Center in Birmingham – 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Mental health is more than a personal challenge—it’s a community concern with profound impacts on education, workforce productivity, and Alabama’s future. The 2025 PARCA Annual Forum will convene policymakers, business leaders, nonprofit […]
Revisiting PARCA’s Annual Forum
Housing inventory continues to fall, and prices continue to rise. Pressures on the housing market ripple across the economy but may have the most significant impact on middle-income workers – those earning between 80% and 120% of the median income. As housing prices increase, middle-income workers often struggle to live where they work. The shortage […]
Alabama’s Third Century
Alabama spent 2019 looking back at its first 200 years of statehood. In 2020, it seems appropriate to look forward to the next 100. PARCA’s annual meeting, held Friday at Birmingham’s Harbert Center, was inspired by that theme: Taking lessons from the past in order to chart the way to a better future. Along with […]
PARCA Annual Meeting Additional Materials
PARCA’s Annual Meeting was held in Birmingham on Friday, February 5. Its focus was Alabama’s process for formulating budgets. PARCA’s description of current budget issues can be accessed here. The presentation made by William Glasgall of the Volcker Alliance describing budget issues in a national context can be found here. If you want to look […]
Governor Pledges Bold Action on the Budget at PARCA Annual Meeting
Speaking before a sell-out crowd of more than 400 at the Harbert Center on Friday, Feb. 13, Gov. Robert Bentley said he will propose bold solutions in the face of a steep budget shortfall. In his luncheon address, Bentley said that during his first term he had held the line on spending, shrunk the state […]