Birmingham Receives $10 Million from TIGER Grant Program

Join us tomor­row as the United States Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion announces the details of the $10 mil­lion TIGER grant awarded to the City of Birm­ing­ham. On Fri­day, June 22, Con­gress­woman Terri Sewell will join Birm­ing­ham Mayor William Bell and the Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion to announce a $10 mil­lion that will fund the “Roads to Recov­ery Project” as part of the Red Rock Ridge & Val­ley Trail System.

We are proud to have spear­headed the col­lab­o­ra­tive public-private part­ner­ship that came together to show sup­port and pro­vide local match in sub­mit­ting this pro­posal. This pow­er­ful part­ner­ship is an exam­ple of what can hap­pen when our com­mu­nity comes together to move our city for­ward. We are look­ing for­ward to see­ing the excit­ing devel­op­ments with these projects and fur­ther­ing the work of the Fresh­wa­ter Land Trust and the Red Rock Ridge & Val­ley Trail System.

Because of the Fresh­wa­ter Land Trust’s won­der­ful indi­vid­ual donors and mem­bers, we are able to ini­ti­ate projects like this. We hope you will join us tomor­row to cel­e­brate every­thing this com­mu­nity has accom­plished in receiv­ing this grant fund­ing. Below is more infor­ma­tion about the press conference:

What:
Press Con­fer­ence Announc­ing $10 mil­lion TIGER grant awarded to the City of
Birm­ing­ham 

Who:
Con­gress­woman Terri A. Sewell
Mayor William Bell, City of Birm­ing­ham
Dana Gre­sham, Assis­tant Sec­re­tary for Gov­ern­men­tal
Affairs, U.S. Depart­ment of Transportation

When:
Fri­day, June 22, 2012
11 a.m. CST

Where:
South­east Cor­ner of Hibern­ian St. and Avenue W.
Birm­ing­ham, AL 35214 (Pratt City)
(Directly across the street from library)