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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.
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Love Birmingham? Here's how you can help make it more vibrant
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Get Involved, Small Business, Transportation, Woodlawn, Woodlawn Street Market, Yaysayers
If you already give to REV, thank you! You make Birmingham more vibrant! If you’re considering a gift for the first time, please know that every gift, large or small, matters to us.
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Bikes and scooters launching in Birmingham in 2021, a year after Zyp ceased operations
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Transportation
The City of Birmingham has approved the applications for two micromobility vendors to operate shared bikes and scooters from vendors Gotcha and Veo in a wide service area that includes downtown and many neighborhoods that will begin in early 2021.
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REV Birmingham, Main Street leaders on awards + why main streets are essential to thriving communities
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Woodlawn, Yaysayers
REV’s CEO David Fleming and Main Street Alabama’s President Mary Helmer discuss what Awards of Excellence mean to Main Street organizations like REV, and why taking care of main streets is vital to a community.
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The story behind 20th Street's new greenery
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Yaysayers
September’s Park(ing) Day unveiled significant improvements to a quarter block of 20th Street, including a new look for the flower beds. The plants have a story of their own.