News
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The Key Tool for Urban Revitalization: Downtown BHM's Business Improvement District
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Get Involved, Potential-Proving, Why BHM
By the time REV took on BID management in 2018, downtown had a new set of needs from its BID. Downtown Birmingham in the ‘90s had a population mainly of 9 to 5 employees. But the downtown of 2018 had a whole new population of residents and visitors throughout the day and night. We had new opportunities to create positive experiences, inviting them into more downtown businesses and public spaces, and to keep them coming back for more.
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Introducing the six businesses that call Nextec home
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Historic Preservation, Potential-Proving, Why BHM
On the corner of 3rd Avenue and 16th Street North, you’ll find Nextec, a redevelopment of the 90-year-old, 65,000-square-foot Edwards Motor Company building (also formerly known as the Sticks ‘N’ Stuff building). With experience in historic renovation, developer Michael Mouron, chairman of Capstone Real Estate Investments, began this civic project in 2021 as a space for business startups to continue their work in the Magic City – a function encouraged by REV Birmingham.
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REV's 2024 resolution (and how you can help the Magic City grow)
Filed Under: Business-Proving, Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Get Involved, Potential-Proving, REV Team, Why BHM, Yaysayers
The new year has arrived, and with it comes the power of a new beginning. All throughout the city of Birmingham, individuals and organizations alike are assessing and reflecting on accomplishments of 2023, while determining what work is still left to be done – and we are no exception.
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Relocation of a growing Switch-born photography business opens up move-in ready office space
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Small Business
Nationally sought-after professional food and travel photographer Stephen DeVries has been growing his business in The Switch since 2016.
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Birmingham Black Techies unites Black tech lovers throughout the city's burgeoning tech scene
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page
Diversity is essential to Birmingham’s fledgling tech scene, especially as recruiting begins to The Switch district—and that’s one of the reasons why Niesha White founded Birmingham Black Techies.
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Take a photo tour of Biso Collective’s new home in The Switch
Filed Under: Developer, Downtown Birmingham, Filling Vacant Spaces, Front Page, Potential-Proving, Yaysayers
You don’t say no to a tour of a 1926 railroad building turned tech company paradise.
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The epicenter for innovation: Birmingham’s innovation district is now The Switch
Filed Under: Downtown Birmingham, Front Page, Yaysayers
A new brand for Birmingham’s innovation district was unveiled at Innovation Depot’s Velocity Accelerator Kick-off: The city’s home for innovation is now “The Switch.”