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The Vitality Index: How does Birmingham compare to other Downtown Districts?
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Potential-Proving
The IDA defines the Vitality Index as a benchmarking tool to see how the vitality of various downtown areas across the country compare to one another. Let’s take a closer look at where Birmingham stands!
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In town for the Birmingham Bowl? Here's a guide to everything you need to see while you're here!
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Yaysayers
In town for the Birmingham Bowl (or just for fun)? Here’s a guide to everything – and we mean EVERYTHING – that you need to see while you’re here! We promise, you’ll have no time left to be bored!
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Let's Talk Walk Scores!
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Yaysayers
We recently released our Value of Downtown report and one of the areas we excelled in was our walk score. Need a crash course on what a walk score is? Well lucky for you our City Center District Manager, Rob Buddo, is here to tell you all about it!
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10 Downtown Birmingham spots to get your caffeine fix
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Small Business
There’s nothing like a nice hot cup of coffee to warm you up (and wake you up) in this chilly weather! Check out these 10 coffee spots in Downtown Birmingham next time you need to cure your caffeine craving.
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Future proofing by learning from the past
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Get Involved, Potential-Proving, Yaysayers
The take from PNC, presenting sponsor of the Value of Downtown Birmingham report: Downtown is key to Birmingham’s post-pandemic economic recovery.
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How to scoot from your office to park/dinner/drinks
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Transportation, Uncategorized, Yaysayers
As we return to in person work in downtown Birmingham you may notice a new addition to the streetscape. The Regions green Zyp bikes have been replaced by a wide array of new bikes and scooters. These new devices are a fun and easy way to break up your work day, explore, and take advantage of all the great things Downtown Birmingham has to offer!
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What the Value of Downtown report has taught us about the Magic City
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Get Involved, Potential-Proving, Small Business, Transportation, Yaysayers
The report—The Value of Downtown Birmingham, presented by PNC Bank—establishes a baseline from which city leaders, corporate leaders and organizations like REV can track growth and identify priorities for downtown improvements.
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Understanding the importance of downtown data with Rob Buddo
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Yaysayers
We will be releasing our Value of Downtown report very soon (keep an eye out for it!) and our City Center District Manager, Rob Buddo, is here to explain just how important this data is and how it will help us make improvements to our downtown area in the near future.
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Beyond the beauty of Downtown Birmingham's Churches
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Yaysayers
Downtown Birmingham is full of beautiful buildings, both new and old! A good portion of those buildings consist of churches, and while many of them are beautiful to look at, they also have a rich history that often gets overlooked.
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What owning a brick and mortar has taught Bridge + Root's Aisha Taylor
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Small Business
Aisha Taylor, owner of Bridge + Root, shares eight of the most valuable lessons she has learned since opening her brick and mortar store this summer!