A first-of-its-kind initiative brings innovative, food-based, sustainability science education to nearly 4,000 Birmingham students

Jones Valley Teaching Farm, NY Sun Works, and Birmingham City Schools held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Bush Hills STEAM Academy to celebrate the opening of their new Hydroponic Classroom and celebrate the groundbreaking initiative to bring Hydroponic Farming to eight #Birmingham
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City of Birmingham Awarded $20 Million “Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program” Grant
The City of Birmingham has been awarded a $20 million “Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). The award will go to the city and a coalition of partners committed to workforce investments in the four persistently distressed communities of North Birmingham, Northside, Smithfield, and Pratt.
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