2010 Catalyst Board Member Recruitment

October 27, 09 • By: Patricia Mattison Craft

The time for talk is over. It’s fun to talk about how to make Birmingham a better place to live. It’s thrilling to actually do it. Catalyst is a place to take your dreams and figure out how to turn them into reality with the support of an entire board. Just in the past 2 years, our board members dreamt of having local government be more responsive to our generation’s concerns. So we launched Kids Got the Vote, a peer-to-peer voter registration and education drive. We wished to get inside the heads of female elected officials, and instigated that conversation in the form of 9 Minute... [+] More

Community Farm Table at Little Savannah

August 23, 09 • By: Gail Harper Yeilding

Imagine sitting in a Paris cafe at a long white table decorated with beautiful, fresh produce. Enter devastatingly handsome servers and the best hosts in town with the hottest love affair going. Consider arriving at a table of people from all walks of life after arriving or returning to a new city with unsurpassed charm and enchantment. Now imagine sitting at a table next to the person who grew the vegetables you are eating, passing this food family style with the owners of the restaurant and other new members of the community you may or may not have known otherwise. Sound... [+] More

Birmingham Development needs to take a spin (by Jimmy Stout)

August 3, 09 • By: Crispin Piazza

Suburbs are ceding their market share of the American dream, and it seems folks are moving back to town. In Birmingham, moving back means to downtown and surrounding neighborhoods. Why? Young professionals are taken with the idea of being closer to work. Empty-nesters don't need the mini-ranch anymore. Both are enamored with the increasing array of cultural opportunities that come with city life. More development is in the pipeline also. Multiple private and public building projects such as CityVille Block 121, the hospital district expansions, an indoor rock-climbing gym and the... [+] More

My Green Birmingham.com

March 31, 09 • By: Crispin Piazza

Birmingham's only green living website recently launched to open the city up to everything green! My Green Birmingham.com is the local guide to green living and is dedicated to promoting lifestyles that are sustainable and eco-savvy! Check out My Green Birmingham.com to read the latest articles and news on green living and search the Green Guide to connect with local environmentally friendly businesses. My Green Birmingham.com will also have regularly posted quick tips throughout the website to help you green your life, and will feature a free giveaway every month! Local events can... [+] More

Why should I become a dues paying member of Catalyst?

February 6, 09 • By: Patricia Mattison

5. Our Kids Got the Vote voter participation campaign brought nearly 500 new voters into the system. 4. We helped engaged young people in the Yes We Can! Birmingham campaign to create a new vision for the Birmingham city schools. 3. Green Third Thursdays features cutting edge guest speakers, free food and interesting conversations. Did we mention free food? 2. Our diverse membership. Just look around the room. 1. Because it's hip to be civic.