Tag: City of Birmingham
School Attendance Incentives for Birmingham Students Showing Signs of Success
By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times
Birmingham’s Every Day Counts program, an effort to combat truancy, is gaining momentum.
The initiative incentivizes Housing Authority...
Save These Contacts for Birmingham City Councilors As A New Year...
The Birmingham Times
Here are the Birmingham City Council Committees through the 2025 term with chair of each and members. Darrell O’Quinn is president of...
Birmingham Celebrates ‘Guaranteed Income’ Program for Single Mothers
By Sym Posey
The Birmingham Times
When Birmingham’s Korlesha Holt applied for the city’s Embrace Mothers Guaranteed Income Pilot program last year she was disabled, didn’t...
How Birmingham United to Secure a Historic $50 Million Federal Grant
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Dontrelle Young-Foster, President and CEO of the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD) got an email in midsummer that...
Listing of Birmingham’s $13M in Capital Project Funds
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved more than $13 million in capital project funding at locations both new (City Walk) and...
MAX transit announces changes as The World Games 2022 nears
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
For the first time in 40 years, every transit route covered by the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA) will get...
Residents Encouraged to Connect with Local Government by June 14
birminghamal.gov
The Academy of Civic Engagement (ACE) is a citywide initiative that connects residents by getting them involved with their local government. The City of...
One more step before Birmingham workers can get $5K premium pay
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved Mayor Randall Woodfin’s proposal to award full-time employees a one-time $5,000 premium payment...
Celebrating 150: Birmingham, Ala., June 1, 1871-June 1, 2021
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham has evolved over the past 150 years.
The downtown area that once served as a backdrop for violent reactions to...
Birmingham Promise tuition program to receive $8M from these area corporations
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Promise, which provides funds for tuition and work experience for city students, will receive $8 million in donations from...