Teresa Thorne, Executive Director, City Action Partnership (CAP)
ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.
Today’s guest blogger is Teresa Thorne. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.
We in Birmingham are doing a lot of things right.
If you don’t believe me, jump in your car and drive all over downtown and midtown.
There’s construction everywhere. In fact it’s difficult to get around because orange plastic barrels are blocking lanes, and fences are blocking sidewalks.
This is exciting—and you can see it with your own eyes.
I’m uniquely qualified to write about living in Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills.
I grew up and raised my children in Mountain Brook and about ten years ago my wife and I moved to Vestavia.
People in Birmingham– whether they live in Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills, or in Trussville–want the same thing—to be around family and to have good jobs.
ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.
Today’s guest blogger is Giles Perkins. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.
Editor’s note: Railroad Park transformed Birmingham. Against great odds and overwhelming skepticism, Giles Perkins and a group of committed community volunteers persevered. I asked Giles to write this piece to give insight to those of you who would like to make a difference.
I think it was in 2002 when I made my first visit to the lot that became Railroad Park.
My sons were younger then–their sister was not born yet–but they came with me and brought their bicycles. There was a burnt out railcar in the corner. In the middle of the lot there was an old trailer with someone living in it. A sign on the door said DON’T KNOCK UNLESS YOU ARE THE POLICE OR I WILL SHOOT.
We packed up the bicycles. On the ground I found a rusted railroad spike. I took that spike and put it on my desk as a reminder of the task I had taken on and the distance we needed to travel to have success. Continue reading I challenge our children to make Birmingham great→
ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.
Today’s guest blogger is Merrill Stewart. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.
Birmingham is in the middle of a renaissance—and I want the world to know.
It is rewarding to watch the transformation of the city I call home and then share this energy with friends and neighbors who, quite frankly, never saw it coming.
ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.
Today’s guest blogger is Darin W. White, Ph.D . If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.
Earlier this year it was announced that Birmingham, AL won the bid to host the 2021 World Games. Winning the bid to host the World Games is a tremendous opportunity for our city in so many different ways.
I told AL.com back in January that “It gives us the opportunity to create a positive and lasting legacy for our great city. It will spark dialogue and cooperation among the dozens of communities that make up Birmingham and allow us to build bridges that cut across racial and socioeconomic lines.”Continue reading The event that will change Birmingham forever→
ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.
Today’s guest blogger is Tripp Watson. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.
I have an ominous suggestion for you: The political process in Birmingham might actually be working.
What if our elected officials are doing exactly what they’re supposed to be doing? What if they are looking out for the people that they represent and passing laws that best embody those interests? Continue reading Political process in Birmingham actually working→
