Tag: Birmingham City Council

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times The City Council today authorized the city to enter into an agreement with the Birmingham Business Resource Center to administer...

By Cody Owens Birminghamal.gov Since stepping into office, Councilor Crystal Smitherman has been an advocate for increasing economic opportunities for people in District 6. On Wednesday, March...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  Birmingham City Council President Pro-Tempore Wardine Alexander will get to keep her District 7 seat. On Tuesday, Alexander received 869 votes,...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times A steady rain didn’t dampen the excitement surrounding the opening of the Birmingham Central Market on Wednesday. The market opened at...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  Clinton Woods, District 1 Birmingham City Councilor, easily won his race; Crystal Smitherman, narrowly avoided a runoff election in a...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  On Tuesday, the Birmingham City Council unanimously voted to invest $250,000 to launch a new on-demand shared ride service that...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  The City Council voted Tuesday on an agreement with the Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA) to use federal grant...

By Erica Wight The Birmingham Times The Birmingham Promise Initiative, launched this summer to build pathways into quality jobs for Birmingham City School (BCS) students, came...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  Birmingham city leaders on Tuesday asked for continued prayers for a 4-year-old shot in the Marks Village housing community, and...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times  More than two months after Mayor Randall Woodfin presented his fiscal 2020 budget and three weeks after the fiscal year...