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From vacant to vibrant: How Birmingham is using old office space to create new housing
In an act befitting the Magic City, Birmingham developers are making over 1,500 apartments appear in the years to come without constructing any new buildings. While most magicians never reveal their secrets, there are two words that reveal how this feat is possible- adaptive reuse. This is the ongoing trend of transforming vacant spaces previously built for things like office work or retail into apartments or mixed-use living areas.
CRU Lounge attorney speaks out following Birmingham’s lawsuit against bar
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Dangerous exhibition driving, lewd behavior, loitering and excessive noise violations are among the reasons cited for why the city of Birmingham has taken legal action against downtown nightclub CRU Lounge. “Our thing is to make sure that we’re actually heard on the facts and on the merits and I think once […]
Birmingham Water Works spends $69,000 for ‘image improvement plan’ survey
The Birmingham Water Works has a full in-house public relations department, two outside PR consulting firms, two lobbyists, and years of failing marks on customer service surveys. And board members Wednesday voted to spend $69,000 on another survey to better understand how the public feels about them and to create...
These were Alabama’s 10 fastest-shrinking cities in 2023
Most of the fastest-shrinking Alabama cities in 2023 were in the Birmingham metro area – continuing the trend of a declining population around what was long the state’s largest city. But the Jefferson County cities aren’t losing population as fast as Selma, the Black Belt’s iconic civil rights...
Pelham's Trash Collection Schedule Adjusted for Memorial Day Week
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