
Saturday August 25 saw approximately 250 people turn out at the Birmingham Museum of Art to learn about the progress made in the city’s comprehensive plan process. Yes, this thing’s just gotten real…

Folks heading northbound on I-65 in recent months have seen a new, larger recreation center rise in Birmingham’s Fountain Heights neighborhood. At least you now know that’s what you’re looking at (and you can see the 861 pages of construction documents too).
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The Birmingham Sister City Commission has been staying pretty busy so far this year. Earlier this week, they were honored for their hard work and dedication by Sister Cities International as a 2011 Best Overall Program Award winner.
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The City of Birmingham now has a second website to help residents keep track of what’s going on downtown on the third floor of City Hall. It’s also helped usher in a new set of social network accounts to follow if you need that “as it happens” – or close to it – type feed of city-based content.
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Birmingham, AL’s first comprehensive planning process since 1951 is moving forward. Open houses are currently being held throughout the city. Yesterday’s stop was downtown at the main branch of the public library. Tomorrow’s is on the city’s east side.
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It’s time to help Birmingham, AL be called “The South’s Tastiest Town” – and a chance to say thank you to those who’ve supported this site for so long.
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