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Birmingham passes South’s first initiative to remove parking space mandates
NEW: Bandido Coffee coming soon to Five Points South
Meet Hoover’s next big thing: 13-year-old actor Blake James
Uptown, the first entertainment district in Birmingham, featured in Forbes
POLL: 7 things in other cities that we need in Birmingham– our audience answers
NEW: Tessa + OPAL redeveloping historic Burger-Phillips Building ground floor
Willie Mays tells Birmingham Black Barons + Rickwood Field stories before his 93rd birthday
Meet Miss Baker—the famous squirrel monkey who made space history
NEW: Hit Different! Barbeque & Grill debuts in Pelham
Hoover High named Green Ribbon School by U.S. Dept. of Education
6 new openings in The Magic City
