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Get out and explore 12 prime places to meet in Birmingham
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Small Business, Woodlawn, Yaysayers
Need a change of scenery? Whether you are back in the office, working from home, or just looking for a fun hangout spot, we curated a list of 12 awesome meeting spots in the city with a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces fit for any party large or small!
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What Does the Future of Outdoor Dining Look Like in Birmingham?
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Get Involved, Potential-Proving
At REV, we also love seeing the added vibrancy on the street as patrons enjoy outdoor dining in our beautiful city. As indoor dining reopens, cities across the country are realizing that ending expanded outdoor dining could mean leaving money on the table.
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12 pieces of history preserved at Birmingham's Greyhound station turned office space
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Yaysayers
Although the Greyhound Bus Terminal was renovated in the ’70s, many original elements of the building remained and have now been become historic highlights in the present-day adaptive reuse project. Join us on a photo tour of the historic space!
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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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How the Woodlawn Business Association is supporting business owners and strengthening community
Filed Under: Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Get Involved, Small Business, Woodlawn, Yaysayers
Woodlawn Business Association is much more than a membership for business owners who open in Woodlawn—it’s a network, a resource, and a big team of community cheerleaders.
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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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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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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.