Our focus areas
REV Birmingham is on a mission to activate people, places, and investment to drive growth and vitality in downtown Birmingham and Woodlawn, a neighborhood commercial district about 4 miles east of downtown.
Our work — from economic development to place management and activation to storytelling — strengthens downtown Birmingham and Woodlawn as places that people want to live, work and play.
Woodlawn
The Vision
By working closely with community facilitators, business and property owners, plus volunteer groups, REV is empowering and supporting engaged stakeholders on projects like facade improvements and landscaping projects in the Woodlawn business district that reduce blight and improve design. Although there is no BID in Woodlawn, grants and generous giving support our Main Street-style work in this neighborhood business district. Keep up with what’s going on in Woodlawn!
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Oh — and REV has an office in the heart of downtown Woodlawn too; come see us at SocialVenture!
Downtown Birmingham
The Vision
A leading downtown that drives regional economic growth and serves to lift up all the people of Birmingham
Downtown Birmingham Economic Vitality Report
REV tracks the health of downtown and analyzes trends, captured in our Downtown Birmingham Economic Vitality Reports twice a year and applied to our many initiatives across downtown.
Downtown BHM Business Improvement District (BID)
At the request of property owners, City Council created Birmingham’s Business Improvement District in 1995, in the City Center district of downtown Birmingham. Since 2017, the BID has contracted with REV to manage the BID, which we helped expand to Five Points South and The Switch in 2024. Birmingham’s BID funds the CAP Clean & Safe program, our downtown team doing projects small and large that improve places, and the creation and management of the Downtown BHM brand and website. Click the buttons below to see what we’re doing in Downtown BHM!
REV’s downtown office is always caffeinated, nestled right beside Cala Coffee at 1826 3rd Avenue North, Suite 102.
WHY THESE PLACES?
To leverage our team’s unique skillsets and create the highest impact, we strategically focus our work in places within the city of Birmingham that have:
- A historic commercial fabric with a spark to build around;
- Willing community partners who are ready to work with us to move their district forward;
- Resources to sustain the work – whether government partners, foundation grant funding or property owners banding together to form a business improvement district (BID).