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What do customers want to hear right now? A strategist explains how to instill confidence as businesses start to reopen
Filed Under: Get Involved, Small Business, Yaysayers
The brands placing communities first will be remembered long after the COVID-19 pandemic is over, explained Ally Clokey, Senior Strategist of Big Communications during our Communicating Reopen to Instill Customer Confidence.
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Why you should buy local food + drink as you quarantine
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Front Page, Get Involved, Small Business
It’s more important than ever to support our local restaurants as quarantine continues. And, it’s absolutely safe to do so.
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In the face of challenges, let’s choose to say YAY
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Front Page, Get Involved, Small Business, Yaysayers
Yaysayers see a challenge as an opportunity to do something transformative.
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A fairy godmother in the conference room? Opera Birmingham finds a unique way to make use of SocialVenture's meeting space
Filed Under: Front Page, Get Involved, Woodlawn
After trying out a church basement, college music rooms and even a storage closet, it seems that Opera Birmingham may have found the proverbial shoe that fits when it comes to rehearsal space for its production of Massenet’s “Cinderella.”
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Meet the Woodlawn facilitators: Alycia Levels-Moore wants to help her neighbors pursue their entrepreneurial dreams
Filed Under: Front Page, Get Involved, Small Business, Woodlawn
As she’s gotten to meet more neighbors in Woodlawn, she’s been inspired by their unique creative talents.
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Mark your calendars: Woodlawn Street Market announces 2020 season, calls for vendor applications
Filed Under: Front Page, Get Involved, Potential-Proving, Small Business, Woodlawn Street Market
The schedule is set and vendor applications are open for Woodlawn Street Market, returning in 2020 to the heart of the historic Birmingham neighborhood for its seventh season.
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Great Bear Wax, Hide & Hunter create a relaxing and inspiring Upswing shopping experience
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Get Involved, Potential-Proving, Small Business, Yaysayers
Hide & Hunter along with Great Bear Wax Co. hope to create a great smelling oasis amidst the hustle and bustle in their retail space on the corner of 2nd Avenue and 19th Street North.
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Lifelong friends, designers eye Birmingham's future while honoring its past through Upswing shop
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Get Involved, Potential-Proving, Small Business, Yaysayers
Percy Jones and Ty King have known each other forever—they’re high school classmates, college mates and fraternity brothers.
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Domestique Coffee to introduce itself to downtown through Upswing
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Get Involved, Potential-Proving, Small Business, Yaysayers
This weekend, Domestique Coffee will open its first outpost as a part of Upswing.
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Mia's hot takes on Birmingham's street clutter & how CAP helps get rid of it
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Events, Front Page, Get Involved
You should totally register for Epic City Rush—part scavenger hunt, part competition, part community clean-up day. But first, a rant.