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Sixteenth Street Baptist Church wins $150,000 national grant to support historic preservation efforts
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page
Thanks to Sixteenth Street Baptist Church supporters’ diligent online voting, the historic church will receive a $150,000 grant to install protective glass on the outside of all the church’s recently-restored stained glass windows as well as make repairs to the cupola and twin bell towers.
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Join Young Pioneers & Back Forty founders for beer, food & Sloss Docks tour
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Events, Small Business, Young Pioneers
Back Forty Beer Co. Founder & CEO Jason Wilson and Back Forty Birmingham Owner & CEO Doug Brown will share their stories and lead a tour of the new brewery on Thursday, November 1 at 5:30 p.m.
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Farm to Brut IPA: Meet the scuppernong farmer behind the Proximity Series brew
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Small Business, Yaysayers
The Proximity Series Scuppernong Brut IPA is on tap now at Cahaba’s taproom and will go to REV Birmingham’s Urban Food Project partner restaurants in October. Meet Jason Powell, the farmer behind this unique brew.
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Lift Every Voice: Vote daily to help 16th Street Baptist win preservation grant
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Get Involved
REV Birmingham nominated Sixteenth Street Baptist Church for this year’s Partners in Preservation competition, and is working with them to win the grant for preservation for the historic church. Birmingham, let’s lift every voice in support of this project by visiting www.16thStreetBaptist.org to vote daily through October 26.
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What’s your vision for downtown Birmingham? Let’s take a BIG SWING with the City Center Master Plan
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Get Involved, Yaysayers
The new vision for the City Center should take big swings and lay out actionable steps that will unite and excite the community about our shared future. Implementing such a plan is at the heart of REV Birmingham’s mission to create vibrant commercial districts.
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Farm to Berliner Weisse: Meet the peach farmer behind the Proximity Series brew
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Small Business
The most recent farm-to-glass beer is a Peach Berliner Weisse, made with peaches from Witt Farms in Hayden.
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REV Birmingham earns 3 Main Street Alabama awards for 2017 projects
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Events, Front Page, Small Business
REV Birmingham received honors for three 2017 projects at the fifth annual Main Street Alabama Awards: Excellence in Placemaking for the Woodlawn Tactical Urbanism project, Excellence in Historic Preservation for the Big Alabama Sign campaign, and Excellence in Business Development for Art Town.
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‘Taque’ to mix tacos and barbecue in REV Birmingham's REVeal Kitchen at The Pizitz
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Small Business
Taque (pronounced tah-kyoo) – a concept in which tacos meet barbecue – will open in the first week of September in the REVeal Kitchen space in the popular downtown food hall.
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Annie Reynolds taps into love of local food with Birmingham Taste Tours
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Small Business
Annie Reynolds is bringing a new flavor of vibrancy to downtown Birmingham as she launches Birmingham Taste Tours in early September.
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Square One Goods Co. bringing its unique mix of products to downtown Birmingham's Founders Station
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Small Business
The card, gift and stationery shop that won 2nd in REV’s 2017 Big Pitch Presented by PNC will make its home in the mixed-use Founders Station development.