The vote on the measure comes as the council approved an amendment to an agreement with the Jefferson County Greenways Foundation for the redevelopment of East Side Park, which will include 10,000 feet of wheelchair accessible trails.
A rendition of the Central Alabama Water logo is installed in the lobby of its administration building.
The board over Central Alabama Water voted Friday to outsource management of its vehicles to Enterprise Fleet Management Inc. in a five-year agreement, saying the move follows an earlier unannounced decision to dissolve the utility’s in-house fleet department.
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Two resolutions on Thursday’s agenda of the Jefferson County Commission brought JeffMet North, the latest industrial park of the Jefferson County Economic and Industrial Development Authority, to the brink of fruition.
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The council also approved a zoning change that would allow for a compressed natural gas fueling site for the BJCTA bus fleet on Forestdale Blvd.
The facility would be at 4400 Seventh Ave. S. During the public hearing, neighborhood leaders spoke in favor of the new business, which would occupy a former industrial site.
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U.S. District Court Judge Anna M. Manasco denied a request to issue a temporary restraining order demanding that a variety of moves be undone, from rehiring fired employees to reinstating the project to shore up Lake Purdy Dam. However, she deferred ruling on the merits of the case.
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This week, 14 people went from living on the street to living in a new Home For All Micro-Shelter Village adjacent to the Faith Chapel Care Center. Several dozen people were on hand Wednesday for a ribbon-cutting and tour of the new facility.
The surplus plan provides $2 million for KultureCity’s redevelopment of the old Powell Steam Plant, an initiative to develop the first-ever technical college in the U.S. built specifically to train, support and place individuals with certain disabilities into meaningful employment.
Nearly two years after receiving a federal grant that targets economic development in four historically underinvested communities, the city of Birmingham’s Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity is reminding residents of its goal while seeking their reactions for Reinvest Birmingham.
The program, called the Eat Your Way to Better Performance Nutrition and Performance Project, is a collaboration between the Birmingham City Schools and the nonprofit Bama Wellness Advocacy, which operates Bama Health Foods.
The Pinson City Council unanimously approved a motion Friday night to cut its 25-year-old ties with the Alabama Butterbean Festival and organize a new event in its place.
The utility announced Friday that it will no longer treat drinking water with fluoride, citing safety, financial and infrastructure concerns.
The local chamber of commerce that has run the Alabama Butterbean Festival for 20 years in the city of Pinson has canceled the event.
But apparently, it didn’t tell the city’s mayor or its council members — or so their side of the story goes. Here's the 411 in advance of Friday's meeting.
The city has hired United Consulting Group Ltd. to assess brownfield properties and help leaders narrow the list for environmental testing at select locations.
The expansion includes a new office tower, parking deck expansion, a new training and event center, and a wellness center.
ICE, Sewell said, must instead be subject to “common sense” reforms to set clearer “guard rails” on its actions.
The commission president said all birthdays are precious, but this one — his 75th — is special because of all the health problems he has had.
Backed by local and state officials, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin repeated the city’s priorities in the state Legislature — neighborhood revitalization, now and in the future. The Legislature has eight meeting days left in its session, which must end by April 20.
A version of a proposed ordinance presented to councilors last week would allow the city to give 48 hours' written notice to people living on public spaces, such as parks and rights of way, before they are removed. It would allow quicker action in priority or emergencies.
After about two years of discussion and debate, Birmingham City Council members on Thursday decided more talk was needed about rules governing short-term rentals, putting off a decision on the issue until May.
After gaining momentum early last year and then falling off the radar, proposed regulations on short-term home rentals in Birmingham will come before city councilors during a March 12 Committee of the Whole meeting. Let's revisit what Olivia McMurrey wrote in December to prepare us for this moment.
Central to this story is the ability to review the board's bylaws. We've published a copy of them as well.
CAW critics say the board holds too tightly to information and leaves some board members and the public out of decision-making.
The lights will be installed along Bush Boulevard under I-20, just west of Arkadelphia Road between mile markers 120 and 121. The council also approved funding for a brownfield study and shared information about upcoming sporting events.
In a moment when Americans are being buffeted by waves of uncertainty and abuses in national politics, positive change can come from the local level, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said during a town hall meeting with Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin at a packed Carver Theatre.
Central Alabama Water has conducted drug screenings and fired employees based on provisions in the new handbook. At Friday’s board meeting, member Jarvis Patton Sr. asked why the utility’s senior managers didn’t bring the new handbook to the board before adopting it.
The measures approved Tuesday will put the three programs under the Reinvest Birmingham initiative. The initiative will use $20 million in federal grant money to support the persistently distressed neighborhoods of North Birmingham, Northside, Pratt and Smithfield.
