City of Birmingham 2023 RAISE Grant Application

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The Birmingham Civil Rights Crossroads:

Reconnecting Historic Neighborhoods Through Active Mobility

The Birmingham Civil Rights Crossroads: Reconnecting Historic Neighborhoods Through Active Mobility RAISE project creates a 3.16-mile urban trail that traverses a pivotal landscape in America’s Civil Rights Movement. The project’s footprint is located in an area that was once one of our nation’s most prominent Black commercial centers with a high concentration of Black business ownership. The proposed trail corridor took center stage in a walkable, thriving community, but the area no longer resembles its past. While much of downtown Birmingham has started to revitalize, many low-income and underserved neighborhoods surrounding downtown have not experienced the same level of investment in transportation or public spaces. These neighborhoods actively involved the Civil Rights Movement, including Graymont and Smithfield, are separated from downtown—and therefore from necessary everyday destinations— by unsafe roadways and major highways I-20 and I-65. This project will provide an essential multimodal connection from some of Birmingham’s most underserved and under-invested neighborhoods to essential services downtown.

 

APPLICATION DOCUMENTS

Birmingham Civil Rights Crossroads FY2023 RAISE Grant

BCA Narrative

BCA Calculation

City of Birmingham Council Resolution

Detailed Cost Estimates

Funding Commitment Letters

 

SUPPLEMENTAL PLANS & STUDIES

16th Street APPLE Study

B Active Plan

Birmingham City Center Master Plan

Website

Master Plan

Northwest Downtown Quadrant Plan

Overview

Community Engagement

Public Realm

Placemaking Marketing Strategies

Red Rock Action Plan

Smithfield,  A Choice Neighborhood: Honoring the Past, Envisioning the Future

Choice Website

Executive Summary

Supporting Visuals

The Red Rock Ridge and Valley Trail System

Western Area Framework Plan

 

LETTERS OF SUPPORT

US CONGRESS

Representative Gary Palmer

Representative Terri Sewell

Senator Katie Britt

Senator Tommy Tuberville

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Birmingham City Council

Councilor Carol Clarke

Councilor Darrell O’Quinn

Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority

City of Birmingham Park & Recreation

Fountain Heights Neighborhood Association

Housing Authority of the Birmingham District

Jefferson County Commission

Jefferson County Department of Health

National Park Service

ORGANIZATIONS

16th Street Baptist Church

Birmingham Urban Mountain Pedalers

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Birmingham Business Association

Birmingham Bicycle Club

AARP Alabama

Civil Rights Activist Committee/Foot Soldiers

Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham

Greater Birmingham AMBUCS

Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau

Innovation Deport

Lakeshore Foundation

Lime

Live HealthSmart Alabama

Main Street Alabama

Railroad Park Foundation

Redemptive Cycles

REV Birmingham

Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham

St Paul United Methodist Church