GREAT PLACES ARE GREAT FOR PEOPLE.
Communities need space to gather, space to connect, space to collaborate. REV believes that, in order to create vibrant commercial districts, communities have to design alongside the business and property owners, their customers and visitors, and the nearby residents who will use the space. When they want what’s best for the community, we call them yaysayers.
There’s a big difference between doing something for a community, and doing something with a community. The REV team believes that community stakeholder must lead their own revitalization. REV is there to feed them: feed them strategic planning, feed them proven strategies, feed them resources and information. This approach looks different in every community where we work, because our neighborhoods are unique and their strategies for growth should be too.
CITY CENTER
Through a relationship with the City Center District Management Corporation, REV carries out revitalization services in downtown Birmingham with the support of downtown property owners. REV conducts regular formal and informal engagement with property owners, their tenants, employees and customers to design and implement improvement projects.
WOODLAWN
Years of community-led planning has produced a plan for the revitalization of Woodlawn’s business district through a lens of equitable entrepreneurship. Community volunteers are working alongside REV and partner groups like Woodlawn Foundation, Woodlawn Business Association and neighborhood associations to identify and grow Woodlawn entrepreneurs in the district.
News
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How to navigate your commercial lease in a crisis: 6 tips plus a webinar video
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Small Business, Workshops
If you’re a small business owner wondering what to do about your upcoming rent, you’re not alone. Here are 6 tips from the REV Biz Team…
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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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REV's Business Growth team is here for you during the COVID-19 outbreak
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Small Business
As your business coaches, we encourage you to use this time wisely, to analyze your business model, to diversify your revenue streams, to solidify your financial foundation—and check out the resources available to you.
HOW CAN REV HELP YOUR COMMUNITY?
REV works in places where it can develop three key ingredients for success. We call them the Three P’s: Place, People, Payers. We work in historic commercial districts (place) where our model is proven effective, we partner with local stakeholders (people) who want to lead their community’s growth, and we look for stable sources of funds (payers) to make real results possible.
While we can’t work in every district, we’re always up for a chat! Drop us a note and we’ll talk about big dreams and realistic plans for progress.
WANT TO WORK WITH REV IN OTHER WAYS?
We love those kinds of Yaysayers too!