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Art Allen, president and chief professional officer for the AG Gaston Boys & Girls Club, has resigned to pursue other interests. The nonprofit's board of directors has named Rose M. Walker the interim chief professional officer until a permanent

By Jeremy Gray -- The Birmingham News BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The Birmingham Board of Education tonight voted down plans to send students from AG Gaston Middle School to Wylam K-8. The 5-4 vote means the Gaston students will now go to Jones Valley K-8,

Partners thus far include Robins & Morton contractors, AG Gaston Design, and Trinity Contractors, he said. Denney said much of the redevelopment will be staggered over the next 18 months, but many aspects could be years in the making as they negotiate

It's a trend that hit Birmingham in the early 1990s when Atlanta-based Cox Radio acquired WENN-FM and WAGG-AM, two stations that the late AG Gaston owned before giving to his workers through an employee stock ownership program.

He is a past president of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) Birmingham Chapter and active with the AG Gaston Boys & Girls Club, where he spent much of his time as a youth. Porter is a 2011 graduate of Leadership Birmingham,