News
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What's the Shared Space Permit, and how can REV help you get one?
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Small Business, Uncategorized, Woodlawn, Yaysayers
The Birmingham City Council recently approved the Shared Spaces permit aimed at helping bars and restaurants safely welcome customers back for an on-site dining experience while also maintaining social distancing rules. Here’s how REV can help.
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Celebrate Black Business Month by supporting Black entrepreneurs' contribution to Birmingham's vibrancy
Filed Under: Front Page, Small Business, Yaysayers
By Elijah Davis Strategic Growth Manager Urban Impact Birmingham
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Play the Great Receipt Race at Birmingham small businesses starting Saturday, Aug. 1
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Events, Front Page, Get Involved, Small Business, Yaysayers
Introducing the Great Receipt Race presented by Bham Now and sponsored by Verizon—a month-long competition that allows shoppers to win prizes while supporting local businesses.
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Birmingham, let's harness our comeback spirit with the Rebound Bham launch
Filed Under: Front Page, Small Business, Uncategorized, Yaysayers
By Taylor Clark Jacobson REV Birmingham Director of Business Recruitment & Growth
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The state of small business in downtown Birmingham: REV's observations, analysis and recommendations to rebound from COVID-19
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Get Involved, Small Business, Yaysayers
REV has pulled together a report that is intended to communicate qualitative and quantitative data along with business intelligence gathered from boots-on-the-ground conversations between REV team members and downtown stakeholders.
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BIDs give districts an identity, freedom of choice to design themselves
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Yaysayers
Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are a great tool for implementing impactful revitalization in urban areas. They’re sort of like a homeowner’s association for a commercial district.
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What is a BID? And, how one is already helping vibrancy in Birmingham
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Yaysayers
BIDs have been used increasingly in downtowns, main streets and other commercial districts throughout the country as an avenue for public improvement and maintenance.
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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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Naughty But Nice Kettle Corn Co. is putting people over profits through COVID-19 and beyond
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Front Page, Woodlawn, Yaysayers
Naughty But Nice Kettle Corner co-owner Tanesha Sims-Summers is hoping to lead by example through COVID-19 with one simple phrase—People over profits.
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How 4 cities are using tactical urbanism to help restaurants and bars open safely to customers
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Front Page, Small Business, Uncategorized, Yaysayers
Here are some examples of what restaurants in other cities and states are doing to promote social distancing.