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Birmingham City Council committees endorse $5 million grant for 3,000-seat amphitheater at Railroad Park

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

JOSEPH D. BRYANT

News staff writer

Birmingham City Council members Monday supported a plan to give $5 million to build a 2,500- to 3,000-seat amphitheater at Railroad Park.

Members of both the Budget and Finance Committee and the Parks and Recreation Committee endorsed a resolution promising to give the money once Mayor Larry Langford identifies a source for the funds. The full council must approve the resolution.

The 21-acre park should be complete by Dec. 31.

This matches the public investment with the private sector's investment," said project manager HB Brantley after the meeting. "This allows us to complete our funding equation for the project."

The private, nonprofit Railroad Park Foundation will operate and maintain the park under an agreement with the city.

Brantley works to further his vision

For HB Brantley, image isn't necessarily everything. But he knows that in the business world, image and perception counts for a lot and that's why Brantley realizes the importance of having a vision.

For his company, Brantley Visioneering, the vision is one of controlled, healthy growth.

For his city, it's a vision of projecting a clear image of vitality that will be evident to anyone who is traveling through, or even flying over, Birmingham.

And for Brantley, the two visions are closely intertwined.

In the 10 years since Brantley, who holds a degree in architecture, founded his project management firm, the company has worked on several projects that support the entrepreneur's vision for his company and his city.

Workers dig up the past for new urban park

Moving of cobblestones gets work rolling on Railroad Park
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
JOSEPH D. BRYANT
News staff writer

Birmingham crews are rummaging through the past as work begins to create the city's newest urban park.

Workers Tuesday begin excavating century-old cobblestone at the site of Railroad Park in preparation for construction. The old stones will be reused as pavers at the park, located between downtown Birmingham and UAB.

"This is the first real, tangible construction activity short of demolition of structures," said H.B. Brantley of Brantley Visioneering Inc., project manager for the park.

Construction of the park will begin in June and will last about a year, Brantley said.