Author: Virginia Martin
Spacious Seating, VIP Treatment to Greet Visitors and Entertainers at New Downtown Venue
BJCC and Live Nation execs gave media a sneak peek of the new Coca-Cola Amphitheater downtown, which is opening in June.
Convention and Visitors Bureau Gets $60,000 From JeffCo
Two commissioners donated money from their discretionary funds to the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Birmingham Council OKs Offer to Buy Water Works as AG Says BWWB Has No Power to Sell
The attorney general says the Birmingham Water Works Board was abolished Wednesday before it voted to accept the city’s purchase offer.
Federal Arts Funding Cuts Hamper Birmingham-Area Events, Programs
At least two Birmingham-area nonprofits have lost funding with cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts, a third’s grant is under review and arts community leaders expect a trickle-down effect that could reach a host of programs and events.
Birmingham Water Works Board Agrees to Accept City’s $1 Purchase Offer
The offer to buy the utility is an attempt to block a new law the governor signed Wednesday that would restructure that board and lessen Birmingham’s influence over it.
Governor Signs Bill to Restructure the BWWB
The new law restructures the Birmingham Water Works Board as a regional board and reduces the city of Birmingham’s influence.
City Makes Last-Minute Moves to Stop Water Board Revamp
The city of Birmingham is asking a federal judge to stop the state from changing membership on the Birmingham Water Works Board and reducing the city’s influence over the utility.
Birmingham Homicides Down 43%, Mayor Tells Council
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said Tuesday that the city continues to make significant progress in its goals to reduce violence,
You Can Ring My Bell: Commission President Completes Cancer Treatment
Jimmie Stephens opened Tuesday’s County Commission meeting by saying he had finished his last radiation treatment for carcinoma that had spread to his lymph nodes.
