News
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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.
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4 questions Birmingham should be asking about the future of city parking
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page
The current Birmingham parking debate should focus on how the City’s parking assets best supports the growth of downtown and the city. To that end, these are the questions REV’s CEO believes we should be asking.
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The Great Receipt Race is back: Play to win free gift cards from your favorite local places
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Get Involved, Small Business, Woodlawn
REV Birmingham’s Great Receipt Race is back this holiday season to incentivize supporting local retailers and restaurants.
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How low-income residents bear the brunt of city parking policy
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Transportation
When we require parking as a prerequisite to development, we require car ownership to access our city. This development pattern effectively locks non-drivers out of large sectors of our society.
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How developers get the gunk off the coolest parts of historic buildings
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page
So, when a switchyard warehouse is ready for a new life as an industrial office, how does its developer/architect/contractor make sure the most unique original architectural details can shine again? Meet the person who makes it happen.
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The hidden price of parking in Birmingham
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Transportation
Parking seems simple right? Pull up in front of your destination and park the car. That is the assumption developers and cities have been working under for a few decades now.
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What we learned from Park(ing) Day 2020 + help us determine what's next for 20th Street
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Potential-Proving
The results are in on Park(ing) Day and they’re overwhelmingly positive.
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Take a photo tour of Biso Collective’s new home in The Switch
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Yaysayers
You don’t say no to a tour of a 1926 railroad building turned tech company paradise.