News
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How Birmingham is rethinking ways to use city streets
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Events, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Yaysayers
It’s a good time for some out-of-the-box thinking when it comes to outdoor spaces.
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Colorful, versatile flex lanes coming soon to Birmingham’s 20th Street North
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Yaysayers
Stay tuned to @revbham on Facebook and Instagram for photos of the colorful paint meeting the pavement!
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Relocation of a growing Switch-born photography business opens up move-in ready office space
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Small Business
Nationally sought-after professional food and travel photographer Stephen DeVries has been growing his business in The Switch since 2016.
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20th Street's dormant plants poised for a stunning comeback this spring
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Yaysayers
It’s winter and we must confess the obvious: The plant beds aren’t lush right now—but that’s all by design.
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Use Birmingham Coworking Collective's passport to try 7 different Birmingham work experiences
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Woodlawn
Are you tired of working from home? The Birmingham Coworking Collective has the answer if you’re looking for a change of scenery.
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What do you mean there's no dumpster? 5 adaptive reuse issues you might not think about—but architects do
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page
Birmingham is a city practically made for adaptive reuse projects—and Poole and Company Architects is right in the middle of the fray.
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Ballast now leasing innovative office space in Birmingham’s Switch district
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page
The future of the former Hibbett building at 1318 1st Avenue North is set to be the future of office space.
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Birmingham Black Techies unites Black tech lovers throughout the city's burgeoning tech scene
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page
Diversity is essential to Birmingham’s fledgling tech scene, especially as recruiting begins to The Switch district—and that’s one of the reasons why Niesha White founded Birmingham Black Techies.
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Streetscape investments generate big returns for cities
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Yaysayers
Investment in Birmingham’s 20th Street North will help the city put its best foot forward. Here’s how other cities have done it.
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Workforce return recap: Notes from the State of Downtown community conversation
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page
Restaurant and retail businesses are grappling with their own sustainability in the face of economic downtown and dismal foot traffic. Meanwhile, property owners are forced to be equally strategic and accommodating as they find creative ways to keep buildings occupied and financial obligations met. We have yet to see the full impacts on our downtown.