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Old 08-05-2021, 06:20 PM
 
Location: Birmingham, AL
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In Rev Birmingham 2021 State of Downtown report, two new green parks are in the works.
One is in the Civil Rights District and the other one is the empty block across from Top Golf and the stadium on 24th st. N.
damn. hope the one across from the stadium / top golf is not a permanent solution. does the city own it? that really needs to be hotel / entertainment / parking. yes a park is better than an empty lot, but i don't see the need with CityWalk BHM just steps away.
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Old 08-05-2021, 09:34 PM
 
Location: Birmingham, AL
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Forever Wild votes to acquire 1,611 acre addition to Oak Mountain State Park
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Old 08-05-2021, 10:00 PM
 
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It is wild how much EBSCO owns. They gotta be the biggest under the radar company in town.
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Old 08-13-2021, 07:15 AM
 
Location: 35203
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Infrastructure bill promotion...

https://birminghamwatch.org/hud-secr...nfrastructure/
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Old 08-16-2021, 09:13 AM
 
Location: 35203
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Old 08-17-2021, 12:02 PM
 
Location: 35203
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Mark Cuban AI bootcamp...

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Old 08-18-2021, 03:56 PM
 
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It is wild how much EBSCO owns. They gotta be the biggest under the radar company in town.

Five years ago they were listed as the 66th richest family in the nation, for what it is worth.
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Old 08-18-2021, 06:17 PM
 
Location: Birmingham, AL
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National Park Service awards $500,000 grant to Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

A historic Birmingham church is receiving grant funding for a renovation project.

National Park Service awarded a $500,000 grant to Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, which the entity will use for restoration of its historic parsonage.
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Old 08-19-2021, 07:43 AM
 
Location: 35203
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Bridge + Root

https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2021...an-experience/
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Old 08-20-2021, 02:11 PM
 
Location: 35203
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https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingh...dditional.html

Additional rail service is one step closer to arriving in Birmingham with a bill currently in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The U.S. Senate recently passed the infrastructure bill, which authorizes $1 trillion in new spending for roads, bridges, broadband, electric, water and rail infrastructure, including $66 billion for passenger rail programs, projects and operations across the nation.

While the bill could still be derailed in the House, the Southern Rail Commission said it anticipates the ultimate passage of the bill.

Knox Ross, Mississippi commissioner for the SRC, said this bill will allow for unprecedented expansion and development of passenger rail services in the South, especially Alabama, which he said has many opportunities for connections through the city of Birmingham.

“I think the future of the Southeast is around Charlotte, Atlanta and Birmingham – tying all of those cities together. I think that’s what the business future looks like,” Ross said. “From a Birmingham-centric standpoint, I would want to marry myself to Atlanta just as fast as I could.”

Amtrak has proposed a plan to increase rail service to 47 of the top 50 metros, including Birmingham, connecting 160 communities throughout the country by building new or improving rail corridors in over 25 states.

The plan includes the potential for one or more additional trains each day between Birmingham and Atlanta on to Charlotte.

“You already have one train a day between Birmingham and Atlanta. We’re saying there needs to be more than one,” said Marc Magliari, an Amtrak spokesperson.

Ross said that could look like laying new tracks, using existing tracks or a combination of both. He said studies by the Federal Railroad Administration show that existing tracks are overrun by freight, and the geography they are located in is not conducive to high speed with a semi-mountainous area and many curves along the route.

“That has always been a little out of reach money-wise, but I think now maybe it’s not,” he said. “I’m not saying this is coming tomorrow, but with the amount of money that’s being proffered, those types of things become more realistic.”

Ross said additional routes have been proposed as well like Birmingham to Mobile and Montgomery, Birmingham to Nashville or Chattanooga or Montgomery to Atlanta.

But he said Birmingham to Atlanta is the obvious – albeit most expensive – connection.

He said connecting the cities, which could be done over the next five to 10 years if this bill passes, will make Birmingham more livable and more attractive to new businesses and new residents.

“I think that moves Birmingham up a notch in its ability to compete,” Ross said. “I think as far as traditional passenger rail goes, Alabama has a lot of opportunities that could come from this bill, and it’s just really the will of people if they want to try and do it or not.”
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