It was definitely a much-needed trip home this past weekend. During the course of the next few days we’ll take a glimpse at the trip during the afternoon posts. I figured the best way to get back into this was by posting an image and having you guess where it is:
The answer’s on the other side of the jump…
The idea of taking a vacation, for whatever reason, still does not appeal to me greatly (though the more I’m talking with others, the more…
As promised, some more locally driven content, though much earlier than I anticipated.
A call for volunteers from Artwalk
The first item on the list is the cause of it. Created from an e-mail received from the folks at Artwalk:
I know it’s short notice, but they’d would love to see you… Tonight!! They’re having a gathering at SpeakEasy on 3rd Street North (1920 3rd Avenue North) to sign up volunteers for Artwalk weekend. If you stop by and can find a time that you can commit to help, you can have a drink on Artwalk! Other perks are a free t-shirt and pass to the Artwalk After-Party on Saturday, Sept. 9 on the roof of The Avenues (2316-18 1st Avenue North).
Can’t make it tonight?? They could still use your help. Just contact Robin Spooner at [email protected]. There is something for everyone to do between 8 am Friday Sept. 8 and midnight Saturday, Sept. 9. They need physical labor, outgoing personalities, general gophers… believe me there is something for everyone. So if you’re in town and you are civic-minded, go help out one of the best events in downtown Birmingham!
The meeting starts at 6 p.m., so there’s still time to pass the word along to your friends and pass the link on for others to learn about it. I will not be able to attend because of rehab, but I’m sure I’ll find a way to do something before it’s all over.
Find out more about future plans for Fair Park and the model city officials are looking at after the jump…
Getting a taste for what’s going on in a city has become fairly simple for city dwellers in recent years. They plug in and surf…
The Ramble: Can you really build your way out of a traffic problem?
Published by Andre on August 18, 2006An article in yesterday’s Birmingham News spoke of an engineering plan that will call for a four-lane elevated toll road over U.S. 280. The plan was approved by the Progress 280 group with the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce yesterday, with public hearings to take place at the end of the month. Here’s the links to yesterday’s and today’s stories:
A conversation with a long time resident this morning has me wondering why people would be more willing to pay to drive on a road than pay to have the ability to get additional work done during their commute. I was reminded of the benefits of a transit commute by a recent editorial written by John Saxon to the Birmingham News about his experiences in Budapest. Here’s a cached link to his letter courtesy of Google. Here’s a cached link to a response that the newspaper published. It goes back to the idea of civic pride, but there’s something to be said about always selling yourselves short. Nothing will ever result. This is also where I remind people that we have not always depended on cars in this city; it once boasted the nation’s second largest streetcar system. Read on…