Main Street Alabama hit the road to hand-deliver this year’s Awards of Excellence, and, this week, REV Birmingham received three awards. REV’s Woodlawn Urban Main Community Facilitator Rebekah Fox also received a Main Street Hero Award.
After the COVID-friendly ceremony, REV’s CEO David Fleming and Main Street Alabama’s President Mary Helmer discussed what the awards mean to Main Street organizations like REV. They also talked about why taking care of main streets is vital to a community.
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