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Five Points West’s businesses are getting organized

May 9th, 2008 · Comments Off · 35208, Community

The hopes and dreams for Birmingham’s western area have been front and center in recent months, including plans to revitalize the Five Points West commercial district with the proposed redevelopment of Fair Park and the opening of new businesses nearby (e.g., the city’s newest Applebee’s restaurant).
The Five Points West Business Association has been reactivated by [...]

Langford’s Fair Park plan awaits Council approval Tuesday

April 4th, 2008 · View Comments · 35208, City Council

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford this morning laid out his plans to City Council members to completely revitalize Fair Park, a $125 – $150 million project that would be funded using portions of the recent sales and business tax increases, and could be completed in three years.All Langford needs now is the Council’s approval of the [...]

Birmingham’s police has its new wheels

March 29th, 2008 · Comments Off · 35208, Crime, Random Shots

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Birmingham’s Police Department appears to have settled on a new decal package for their vehicles. It was one of the early initiatives announced when Larry Langford was elected mayor late last year by himself and chief A.C. Roper.
Here’s a picture of one of them on patrol in the Five Points West area close to [...]

The First 100: Mayor Langford hosts crime summit tomorrow

February 7th, 2008 · View Comments · 35208, Crime, The First 100

Mayor Langford is inviting all African American males in Birmingham, Alabama to attend a crime summit tomorrow evening beginning at 6 p.m. at Fair Park Arena. Two inmates from the St. Clair Correctional Facility will be on hand as well as a presentation of Plan 10/30 Why Am I Dying?/Do You Care?, an effort to [...]

Random Shots: Soon we’ll be eating good in the neighborhood

December 27th, 2007 · View Comments · 35208, Business, Random Shots, Restaurants/Bars

The Applebee’s restaurant that has long been promised in Birmingham’s Five Points West community nears completion. It will be the seventh metro Birmingham location and only the second location west of I-65 and first in the city limits.
The restaurant is already poised to do great business, especially with the potential of an upgraded Birmingham International [...]

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Travelogue: Nashville sees Birmingham Int’l Raceway commitment as hope

December 26th, 2007 · Comments Off · 35208, Entertainment, Sports

Save Nashville Speedway posted earlier today about a meeting on December 20 between management of the Birmingham International Raceway, currently located on the Alabama State Fairgrounds in Birmingham’s Five Points West community, and Mayor Larry Langford.
The post, which sites a release posted on the front page of the raceway’s website, states that Mayor Langford was [...]

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Schaeffer Eye Center Grand Opening & Trunk Show

October 11th, 2007 · Comments Off · 35208, Birmingham, Business, Events, Timetable

It may not be a crawfish boil, but Terminal readers are invited to celebrate the grand opening of Schaeffer Eye Center’s newest office in Five Points West, 2100 Bessemer Road. Frame vendors will hold trunk shows for Prada, Ferragamo and Cazal-Caviar beginning at 1 p.m. Or arrive later for door prizes and refreshments from 5:30-8:30 [...]

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