Category Archives: News

Why Don’t you Bike to Work Today!

Posted on May 18, 2007 | 3 comments

Today is National Bike to Work Day, part of National Bike Month . It’s great weather to go out for a bike ride today. It may be too late for you to participate this morning, but if you’re reading this, The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham with the support of the Birmingham Metropolitan Planning Organization , the Birmingham Bicycle Club , GC Cycling , Vulcan Tri and CommuteSmart will be doing just that.

They are planning to lead a convoy through Birmingham’s City Center to tour ongoing, planned, and proposed revitalization and streetscape improvement projects. Continue reading →

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Posted in 35203, 35205, Birmingham, Events, News

Vulcan Park named official visitors center

Posted on May 17, 2007 | Leave a comment

Vulcan Park was introduced as the city’s third official visitor center yesterday. The announcement was made by Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau (GBCVB) president Jim Smither after a luncheon at the renovated park celebrating National Tourism Week .

The center will be located inside the Vulcan Center lobby at Vulcan Park and will offer tourists the opportunity to get information for their stay about restaurants, hotels, transportation providers, and tourist attractions that will make their stay enjoyable. The GBCVB also operates visitors centers in their headquarters’ lobby near the BJCC and at Birmingham International Airport. Continue reading →

New life for News building?

Posted on May 17, 2007 | 2 comments

This week’s issue of Birmingham Weekly should be hitting the street this morning (it’s already online) and it speaks of hope for those wanting to see the historic 1917 building that served as headquarters for The Birmingham News saved.

This news comes as the city prepares to honor preservation in the city. The Birmingham Historical Society presents their 2007 Preservation Awards this evening at the Young & Vann Building on 1^st Avenue North. Continue reading →

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Posted in Citywide, News

No major surprises in mayor’s proposed budget

Posted on May 16, 2007 | Leave a comment

Mayor Kincaid presented his proposed budget for the city of Birmingham during yesterday’s city council meeting. The $329 million budget would be the largest in the city’s history.

The budget is currently available in PDF format from the city’s website. The following links will take you to the general sections of the presentation:

Kincaid also told the council that hard copies of the proposed budget will be available at all Birmingham Public Library locations. Continue reading →

Inclusion resolution passes unanimously

Posted on May 15, 2007 | 2 comments

As mentioned on this site early this morning , Councilor Valerie Abbott resubmitted her inclusion resolution that had been previously defeated.

Councilor Hoyt originally attempted to place the item on the consent agenda, but an objection was logged, causing the item to be voted on during the course of the meeting. When the item was called, it took maybe 30 seconds from the time it was read until the council voted 8-0 to approve the revised measure. A long round of applause followed from those remaining in the gallery of the council chambers.

Click here to view a copy of the revised resolution as it was submitted.

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Posted in City Council, Citywide, News

“Inclusion resolution” to be reintroduced today

Posted on May 15, 2007 | 8 comments

UPDATE: Resolution passes unanimously, click here for details and copy of revised resolution

A quick glance at today’s Birmingham City Council agenda (available on the city’s official website) shows that Councilor Valerie Abbott intends to reintroduce her “inclusion resolution” during the meeting. It’s item 24 on this morning’s council agenda. This would be the second time that Abbott has introduced her resolution for a vote. The first time led to an interesting debate that week and an even more interesting discussion the following week . Continue reading →

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Ambassadors from the Crescent City visiting

Posted on May 14, 2007 | Leave a comment

Fleur-de-lis logo The Magic City will be hosting representatives from The Crescent City for the first part of the week. Our guests will be the Fleur-de-lis Ambassadors from New Orleans beginning this morning. This will be the second visit made by the partnership since its formation (the first was to Boston, MA). They will be in town for two days meeting with our city’s political, business, civic and philanthropic leaders, in addition our local mainstream media outlets. Continue reading →