Trussville-area Business Happenings

Now Open

1. Ace Hardware opened its store at 307 Main St. with a soft opening in February. The store currently has limited hours and plans to have a grand opening soon. 205-494-0012, acehardware.com/store-details/17780

Coming Soon

2. La Farre Markt will be opening at 418 Main St. in April, the store said in a Facebook post. “La Farre is a Luxurious interior marketplace offering a wide variety of wine, gifts and flavorful fresh and ready-made gourmet foods,” the store said. 205-508-3978, facebook.com/LaFarreMarkt

News and Accomplishments

3. Meals By Misty, 108 Watterson Parkway, is opening a second location in Homewood and will share a space with Rolls Homewood. Meals By Misty specializes in homemade meals ready for the oven along with sides, salads, dips and desserts. 205-508-5993, mealsbymisty.com

4. Blalock Building Company, 7309 Gadsden Highway, was recently awarded the construction contract for the new Fultondale High School. The new 182,000-square-foot facility will consist of state-of-the-art classrooms, computer labs, biology and chemistry labs, media center, career tech classrooms and labs, along with a practice field and a fine art facility. 205-661-3040, blalockbc.com

Personnel Moves

5. Abbas Merchant has joined Regions as chief marketing officer, replacing Michele Elrod, who retired in January after a 37-year career with the bank. Merchant comes to Regions after serving at M&T Bank as group vice president of consumer and business marketing and customer analytics and sciences. There, he developed the company’s marketing and communications vision and strategy. Regions has local branches at 193 Main St. and 429 Main St. regions.com