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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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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%
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
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