News
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Birmingham Lights inspire St. Petersburg arts project
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Yaysayers
Don’t you think the world could use a few more rainbows? Lucky for St. Petersburg, neighborhood revitalization agency Deuces Live has created an artistic LED lighting installation inspired in part by REV’s Birmingham Lights project on 14th, 18th, 19th and 20th streets downtown.
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2018 Alabama Historic Tax Credit list proves strong demand for investment
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Small Business
Last week, The Alabama Historical Rehabilitation Tax Credit Evaluating Committee approved requests for funds to be allocated to three historic renovation projects in Birmingham. These projects, as well as those projects that were approved for the wait list for 2019 allocation, prove the demand for historic rehabilitation is strong in Birmingham and Alabama.
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Top o' the parade: Spend St. Pat's with Young Pioneers on Zydeco patio
Filed Under: Birmingham Food & Drink, Downtown Birmingham, Events, Small Business, Yaysayers, Young Pioneers
Looking for a prime spot to view the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Five Points South? Join Young Pioneers at their patio party!
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Council-approved: Complete Streets to create a safer Birmingham
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Transportation
A policy designed to transform Birmingham’s infrastructure by creating safer, more accessible streets is now officially in effect.The Birmingham Complete Streets Ordinance was approved unanimously by City Council on Tuesday, March 6.
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Celebrate all things Irish at Five Points South's St. Patrick's festivities
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Events, Small Business
Get your green ready to go! The Five Points Alliance invites you to join the historic community this weekend for the Five Point South St. Patrick’s Celebration, Birmingham’s biggest celebration of the Irish holiday.
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UrbanMain team's mission: Equitable entrepreneurship in Woodlawn
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Events, Small Business, Workshops
In a city like Birmingham, where multiple commercial districts must coexist, each historical district’s revitalization strategies may look quite different. Each community needs to find its own niche, its own voice and its own identity – in ways that feel right for all the different people who are invested in it. That’s exactly what UrbanMain is intended to do!
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3rd Street Market making progress on corner store improvements in Enon Ridge
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Small Business
We are beginning to see the fruits of Rodriguez and Brianna Cowans’s labor of love in Enon Ridge. Improvements to their corner store are well underway, as they transition from convenience store to full grocery store.
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UAB honors students visit Woodlawn for lesson in community development
Filed Under: Events, Front Page, Woodlawn, Yaysayers
Students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Global and Community Leadership Honors program visited Woodlawn this week to learn about community and economic development. REV Birmingham was glad to welcome the incomparable professor Anthony Hood and his class as we talked about inclusive revitalization in Woodlawn and other urban commercial districts.
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Community Leaders Work to Strengthen Grant-Writing Skills
Filed Under: Events, Small Business, Workshops, Yaysayers
Community leaders and REV Birmingham are working together this spring to strengthen our collective grant-writing skills, taking advantage of an opportunity to learn best practices from the experts right here in our city. Because, yes, grants equal money – but in the non-profit world money equals IMPACT.
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Community Spotlight: Steve Alexander of the Five Points Alliance
Filed Under: Yaysayers
Steve Alexander has always been passionate about the growth and vibrancy of the Five Points South community. As chairman of the Five Points Alliance Board, which recently rounded out its first year, Alexander is actively engaged in the redesign and revitalization of the community that is home to both his business and himself.