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COMMUNITY VISIONING SURVEY RESULTS

Birmingham City Center Master Plan

1,118 Responses as of December 14, 2018

PRIORITY RANKING

1. Address Safety and Crime2. Address Homelessness3. Expand Housing Options4. Enhance Infrastructure5. Rehabilitate Buildings6. Quality Redevelopment7. Enhance Streetscapes8. Modernize Parking

What topics need to be addressed to ensure a vibrant future for the Birmingham City Center?

14%14%

9%

14%15%

14%

12%

10%

0

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200

300

400

500

600

700

SURVEY QUESTIONS

24%

21%

20%

18%

11%

6%

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Safety and security

Lack of housing variety and prices

Lack of pedestrian and bicycle connections

Vacancy rates

General cleanliness

Other

What are the top two challenges that downtown Birmingham is currently facing?

What are the top 2 attractions bringing people to downtown Birmingham?

37%

34%

15%

9%

5%

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Food, brewery and bar scene

Railroad Park Regions

Concerts and events

Museums (i.e. McWane Center, Civil Rights Institute, Museum of Art, etc.)

Festivals and farmers markets

What are the top 2 strengths of downtown Birmingham?

34%

22%

18%

17%

8%

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

Revitalization of vacant and underutilized buildings

Demographic diversity

Ease of access and walkability

Employment opportunities

Transportation links (i.e. interstate access, Amtrak, Zyp Bikeshare,greenways)

What types of new development or additional businesses would you like to see more of in downtown Birmingham?

33%

24%

20%

14%

9%

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Retail and shopping

Grocery/ specialty grocery store option

Housing (i.e. condos, lofts, live/work units)

Full service sit down restaurants

Nightlife / bars

METROQUEST MAP COMMENTS

3,166MAP

MARKERS

1,934COMMENTS

ALL COMMENTS

1,387MAP

MARKERS

723COMMENTS

ASSETS

735MAP

MARKERS

285COMMENTS

ISSUES

364MAP

MARKERS

348COMMENTS

YOUR IDEAS

89MAP

MARKERS

66COMMENTS

PARKING ISSUES

DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS

46%

28%

11%

11%

5%

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Resident

Employee

Property Business Owner

Visitor

Other

Resident Employee Property Business Owner Visitor Other

Relationship to this Area

Age Group

7%

37%

28%

20%

18%

8%

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

18 to 24

25 to 34

35 to 44

45 to 54

55 to 64

65

Occupation

10%

17%

45%

28%

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

NA

NonProfit

Private Sector

Public Sector