The City of Birmingham to host Brownfields Community Meeting in North Birmingham

From the City of Birmingham

Birmingham, AL — The City of Birmingham is inviting North Birmingham residents to help shape the future of underused and abandoned properties through a new brownfields program focused on identifying redevelopment opportunities and supporting neighborhood revitalization . The City will host a brownfields community meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the North Birmingham Library, 2501–31st Ave. North. Residents can learn about the program, meet the project team, ask questions, and share their priorities for the future of North Birmingham. 

Brownfields are blighted, abandoned, or underused properties that may be contaminated or present opportunities for reuse and redevelopment. Potential sites can include abandoned homes and shopping centers, former dry cleaners, gas stations and auto repair shops, closed schools and churches, and former industrial or mining sites. 

Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the City’s Brownfields Program will help identify environmental concerns that may stand in the way of redevelopment for housing, community services, retail, recreation and job creation. Assessments can help determine a property’s potential, support reuse planning, analyze economic opportunities and attract investment. 

The City’s initial priority sites include the former U.S. Pipe and Foundry site and North Birmingham Elementary. Additional sites may be identified through public input, previously identified properties, and recommendations from the Brownfields Advisory Committee. 

Community input is central to the process. Residents are encouraged to identify properties they believe should be investigated and share ideas for transforming neglected or underused sites into assets for the community. For more information, contact Timothy.Gambrel@birminghamal.gov or Donald.Wilborn@birminghamal.gov.