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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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Join Young Pioneers for the story behind Birmingham's Dread River Distillery
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Events, Yaysayers, Young Pioneers
Join Young Pioneers in support of REV Birmingham for a panel discussion featuring Dread River Distilling Co. and Williams Blackstock Architects.
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What’s up with Upswing? What to expect from REV’s 3-month pop-up project
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Events, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Small Business, Yaysayers
This fall, the REV team is doing some new REV things, with a demonstration project designed to prove and improve downtown Birmingham’s market for more retail.
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Downtown Birmingham is ready for an ‘Upswing’ in retail
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Yaysayers
I believe that Birmingham is still missing something important—something that inspires people to experience downtown on foot, that can tell the story of our city and its cultures.
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Q&A with Charm on 2nd: Adding one-of-a-kind finds to downtown Birmingham
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Yaysayers
After buying the business in 2018, Rachel Bayerle and her partner Nicole Putman have been able to turn their love of collecting and accessories into an important pillar of Birmingham’s downtown retail scene.
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Big Pitch finalist Ignite Cycle continues to blaze a trail in Birmingham's wellness community
Filed Under: Big Pitch, Business-Proving, Front Page, Small Business, Yaysayers
Martin opened Birmingham’s first and only boutique cycle studio after moving to the city in 2017 and trying to find a place to teach cycling.
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Husband and wife team hopes to fill creative and event space gap with Asthetik Bham
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Small Business, Yaysayers
Jamie and Dontez Heard decided to move their business out of their home to offer more to their clients and other Birmingham creatives.
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What role does food play in creating a more vibrant Birmingham?
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Business-Proving, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Small Business, Yaysayers
Watch our video find out how food brings more than cool restaurants to our neighborhoods.
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Community-focused Modern House Coffee Shop hosting weekend pop-up in downtown Ensley
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Ensley, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Small Business, Yaysayers
Modern House’s mission mirrors the community surrounding it—a neighborhood ripe for resurgence.