Students Hack, Debate, Battle and Reimagine Birmingham at Expanded Penny Games
The Penny Games bring a more intellectual kind of college showdown to the city.
Virginia Martin
North Birmingham residents want regular updates on brownfields progress
The city is assessing old contaminated industrial sites to request federal funds to help with cleanup and redevelopment.
Birmingham leaders, youth weigh in on multimodal transportation vision
The GoBHM plan, designed to give people more ways to move around the city, could go before the council in December.
Birmingham invests $700K to develop plans for 8 walkable ‘urban villages’
The City Council approved consulting agreements with three firms to engage with the community and draft designs for the villages.
BW contributors recognized in national communications contest
Olivia McMurrey and Solomon Crenshaw Jr. won multiple awards in the National Federation of Press Women competition.
WBHM, other outlets deal with pointless law on Gulf name
Just remember, if you hear a local reporter say ‘the Gulf’ after Thursday, they probably mean the one nearby.
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City leaders, educators unite behind “radical collaboration” for Birmingham’s kids
New Cradle-to-Career Coalition created from the Birmingham Children and Youth Commission report released Thursday.
JeffCo approves incentive package for Kimberly retail development
The development would bring a Publix to what now is a food desert.
Birmingham Council approves deal for repairs to Valley Creek pedestrian bridge
The council also OK’d the Pratt-Ensley rezoning plan and a proposal for a sculpture in the roundabout near the zoo.