Of the 254 who respondents who answered, 15 entries were non-responsive and omitted from this list. The most listed “other” projects were: expanded BJCC / domed stadium and entertainment district; better schools / improved education; downtown revitalization (residential, nightlife); and economic development / business recruitment.
What 'other' project should be considered from your ranking above?
1. dome
2. Jobs
3. sports multiplex
4. Education
5. Rationalized (consolidated) local government
6. Convention Center (dome)
7. Economic Development
8. Economic Development
9. Dome Stadium
10. Big nightlife draw (like The
French Quarter or
11. Domed stadium
12. Constitutional Reform
13. Accountability for spending
14. Enhancement of Public Education in
15. education standards raised considerably
16. Quality public education for all
17. Convention Center Expansion
18. Incentives to draw businesses to downtown
19. Speed removal of dilapidated houses
20. Economic Development
21. K-12 Education Reform
22. CommuteSmart
23. Better regional cooperation in economic development issues; i.e., business recruitment, convention facilities expansion, etc.
24. educational excellence
25. stadium/convention center
26. improving our schools
27. Public Interstates expansion
28. A TRUE no child left behind campaign for the youth of our region
29. regional government
30. New Convention Complex (The Dome)
31. Expanded Convention Space/Entertainment District
32.
33. Economic Development strategy
34. Focus Groups
35. Privatize the Schools - let qualified folks run the system
36. adding more greenways, trails and public parks in and around the city
37. Birmingham City Schools
38. Affordable Housing
39. Birmingham City Schools
40. Economic Development /
Implementing Jobs which enable
41. Red Mountain Park
Streetscape improvements in the
42. School improvement
43. water works
44. domed stadium
45. downtown culture, retail, & restaurants
46. Continued revitalization of the
47. Mitigation Plan for Homelessness
48. Downtown housing
49. Indoor Track Facility
50. Emergency Preparedness
51. tax reform/constitution reform/improved public schools
52. free neighborhood adult computer classes
53. homeless issues
54. Restaurants/informal/Diverse & Upscale Shopping Places
55. Dome
56. Develop the Entrepreneurial District and the Theater/Museum Districts in downtown
57. domed stadium
58. Real economic development, not tax breaks for grocery stores!
59. Strategic Planning Neighborhood
Associations/Presented Council
60. Domed Stadium
61. Downtown Rebirth
62. Addressing the regional problem homelessness
63. Two-Day Citizen Summit for Metro area Future
64. Dome stadium and convention center
65. BJCC expansion/renovation
66. A project that will mobilize the youth of the city.
67. A project to enhance academic
options in the City for
68. reaching the mind of people in order to bring their self esteem to a much greater height by teaching them who they really are as creatures of the (Intelligent Design-Creator)
69. More hotels downtown (on the Northside)
70. Adequate retail/amenities to accompany residential projects in the downtown area
71. Stadium Project
72. Improved Education System
73. replacing Boutwell / expansion of museum of art
74. Sincere and effective regional cooperation
75. Increasing diversity
76. Improve educational standards of Birmingham Public Schools
77. Complete the Streets: www.completethestreets.org
78. Lower Crime
79. Improve Five Points
80. Improved higher residential
81. City Master Plan
82. Dome
83. Arts and Culture
84. BJCC Expansion / Dome
85. Commercial Economic Development
86. better zoning laws
87. Downtown recycling program
88.
89. Police Department changes
90. expand civic center/hotels
91. DOMED STADIUM
92. Sloss Furnaces
93. move the airport out of town to protect our downtown neighborhoods
94. Bury the Viaduct between
95. Community Diversity Education
96. Dome Facility
97. Downtown Revitalization
98. Building code commensurate with surrounding municipalities
99. Dome.
100. Get the dome, make the bucks.
101.
Encourage
State to give money to UAB
102. an international airport
103. Our city management is awful. We have good people but poor and ineffective operations. We must first start at the beginning and learn how to manage our current resources - without 'handouts'.
104. Looking for opportunities to make B'ham International.
105. Aggressively marketing downtown to retail.
106. Public transit for suburban dwellers to come to downtown & ease suburban traffic.
107. New Stadium
108.
School
improvements and upgrading the quality of the existing teachers
109. Give the business owners in downtown a vote in city elections
110. Lower Sewer Fees
111. education & Economic development
112. domed stadium to replace Legion Field
113. downtown revitalization
114. Sloss Furnaces
115. greater cooperation/coordination between city, county, and neighborhood governments
116. lower taxes
117. A strategy for enticing markets and residential targeted businesses inside the city.
118. Build a new football/ sports stadium for UAB but NOT A DOME
119. Non-Profit Animal Control!!!!! We need to get this contract!!
120. Economic Development
121. help for homeless
122. BJCC Expansion and Entertainment District
123. Education
124. Cultivate a better Minority Business environment
125. Dome Stadium
126. Better support for the city's public school system to help it attract students
127. unification of our Gov'ts
128. cleaner air and water
129. City Schools
130. Improved city schools
131.
Construct
new highway to connect the interstate freeway, Attract outside people to develop
business like
132.
Improve
nightlife in downtown
133.
L
System from B’ham to
134. Updated city infrastructure
135. downtown revitalization
136.
A
Clean
137. Improving city sports image
138. positive stories about us
139. push for parental involvement in public schools
140. Education (teachers, students & parents)
141.
revitalizing
142. Education
143. Arts and Ethics
144. Expanded C.A.P. program into other areas of the city.
145. building downtown into a desirable area to work shop and live
146.
Competitive
schools and crime rates to nearby surrounding cities like
147. Accountability of elected officials for tax dollars spent
148. collectively working to help Black Businesses grow and attain more revenue and a greater share of the market
149.
Continued
enhancement of the
dome stadium and 5 star hotels
150. Downtown Revitalization
151. public park
152. More employment opportunities and resources
153. minority business strategy
154. Restoration of former Cabana Hotel
155. Regional Cooperation in local government
156. black business support--access to capital
157. Improved School System
158. tourism endeavors
159. BJCC expansion
160. red mountain park
161. Elimination of the punitive tax structure for locating businesses in the downtown area
162. Trains blocking emergency vehicles in the Collegeville area
163. Better access to business capital
164. Building the Dome
165. mentoring children
166. small business
167. Total community Inclusion
168. economic development
169. Re-pave Southside streets.
170. BJCC EXPANSION
171. Economic Development
172. HOME RULE
173. Public Transit
174. A DOME Stadium
175. political honesty / mayor + commission
176. general 'clean-up' roads, yards, etc
177. expansion of conf center/dome
178. crime reduction plan
179. neighborhood revitalization strategy
180. Public Education
181. Regional cooperation
182. Economic Development; attract new business
183. Athletic Facility
184. Living Wage Ordinance
185. Domed Stadium (or any stadium/coliseum project)
186. more emphasis on Smart Growth
187. keeping area clean and enforce laws - driving, litter and no fireworks
188. Regional Government
189. BJCC Expansion
190. creation of real family-supporting jobs
191. Attracting/retaining professional jobs in the central business district.
192. Reversing CBD 'brain drain'.
193. FIX OUR SCHOOLS!!!!!!!
194. The Dome
195. Taking care of the homeless
196. get the police on a REAL community policing approach/ find some way to deal - positively - with homelessness/ racial conflict and distrust still need to be dealt with/racism, sexism, etc. all need to
197. Crime Fighting Strategies
198. Improving schools
199. Education
200. Educational Expansion
201. Youth Crime Prevention Strategies
202. Dome
203. grass at legion field
204.
205. County wide, or Region wide public services - trash, public safety, schools
206. Actively supporting education
207. small business advocacy
208. legion field 'real' turf
209. Getting more businesses downtown so more people work downtown who will want to live downtown
210. City not regional campaign
211. A complete re-evaluation of the Birmingham Public School System and the functions of the school Board.
212. business development
213. Diversity and inclusively
214. dome
215. Small Business Development
216. Restore Legion Field like Rickwood, with grass for international soccer
217. Capitalizing on the growing cultural diversity
218. Aggressive Business Growth Initiatives
219. Downtown revitalization
220. Improve the individual neighborhood parks
221.
crime
in
222. public housing revitalization
223. Ability to work together to move our city forward for all people.
224. dome/entertainment district
225. improve school system
226. Education Enhancement, Economic Development
227. strategic partnership with county commission and other city mayors
228. Improvement of Education - K – 12
229. address homelessness
230. education
231. NEW HIGH SCALE SCHOOLS
232. School Integration
233. Education
234. The pooling of resources from city and county schools so that students in all schools systems will have true equality and we will stop seeing these huge gaps between our students
235. Refurbish BJCC and build entertainment area near the complex
236. Downtown SportsPlex w/ Tennis Courts
237. good jobs
238. better B’ham public schools
239. Schools