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.
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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.
City previews transportation plans in town hall Tuesday
Birmingham’s Multimodal Transportation Plan, a year in the making, will be unveiled during a Transportation Town Hall at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Boutwell Auditorium.
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.
County considers incentives for development to address food desert in Kimberly area
The retail development would include a Publix Supermarket.
Birmingham council approves tax abatement for $82M Railroad Park-area hotel
It also made an agreement with REV to study improvements to the Rainbow Viaduct.
First Ave N at 35th Street bridge closed temporarily
MAX has shifted a stop nearby and will pick up about a block away.
2027 JeffCo budget includes money for City Walk, commissioners’ discretionary funds
The $997.3 million budget is slightly less than this year’s.
Birmingham City Council approves $1.1 million affordable housing deal at former Hill School
Houston-based Park Street Homes will construct 31 houses on Third Street North. The council also set a hearing on the Southern Area Framework Plan for Oct. 20 and approved repairs to the elevators of the Birmingham Central Library.