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Is Birmingham fragmented? Does fragmentation matter? What options do we have?

Is Birmingham fragmented? Does fragmentation matter? What options do we have?. Birmingham is Fragmented. Birmingham is Fragmented. 0.5 governments per 10,000, #4 in southeast 1950: Birmingham 34 th largest city 2017: Birmingham 104 th largest city. Fragmentation Matters.

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Is Birmingham fragmented? Does fragmentation matter? What options do we have?

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  1. Is Birmingham fragmented? Does fragmentation matter? What options do we have?

  2. Birmingham is Fragmented

  3. Birmingham is Fragmented 0.5 governments per 10,000, #4 in southeast 1950: Birmingham 34thlargest city 2017: Birmingham 104thlargest city

  4. Fragmentation Matters

  5. Addressing Fragmentation Political Consolidation Functional Consolidation Modernization of County Government Regional Structures

  6. Response

  7. Response?

  8. Center of the Public Dialouge Issue in several mayoral and council races Discussed in civic and and business circles and events New attention to regional problems

  9. Outcomes

  10. New Mayors = New Opportunities Jefferson County Mayors Association From high degree of suspicion and mistrust To a gradual warming of relations

  11. The Good Neighbor Agreement A pledge not to incentive a business to relocate from a neighboring municipality.

  12. The Good Neighbor Agreement A pledge not to incentivize a business to relocate from a neighboring municipality.

  13. The Good Neighbor Agreement 8largest cities agreed

  14. The Good Neighbor Agreement “This is a historic achievement. Our conversations leading up to this moment are already having an impact on the way business is being done in Jefferson County….this pact will lay a better foundation for the future of our county, each of our cities, and our children and grandchildren.” Center Point Mayor Tom Henderson, president of the JCMA

  15. Biggest Obstacle?

  16. P.O. BOX 293931 800 LAKESHORE DRIVE 219 BROOKS HALL BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35229 205-726-2482 PARCALABAMA.ORG Facebook: PARCA.AL Twitter: PARCAlabama

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