On Friday, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell was joined by Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and state and local officials to announce $3 million in federal funding for the North Birmingham Community Development Rehabilitation Project.
Sewell secured the funding in the Fiscal Year 2022 Government Funding Package for the City of Birmingham. It will be used to redevelop the former North Birmingham Elementary School and address long-standing environmental concerns.
“Today, government is working on behalf of the people of North Birmingham!” said Rep. Sewell. “This community has suffered from environmental injustice for far too long, and the people of North Birmingham know just how critical it is that we invest in clean-up and revitalization. This $3 million in federal funding will make a big difference for this community by helping to redevelop the former North Birmingham Elementary School and address long-standing environmental concerns. I fought hard to secure this critical federal assistance in this year’s government funding package, and I’m so excited to see it come to our community. I’ll continue working to make our communities cleaner, healthier, and more vibrant here in the 7th Congressional District!”
“This is a great day for the people of North Birmingham,” said Mayor Woodfin. “North Birmingham has suffered from environmental injustice for over a century. These resources will help in righting some of the wrongs from decades of neglect. As a child of North Birmingham, I am particularly grateful. I lived here, went to school here, and know that justice is long overdue. Today says that we have not been forgotten. Thank you, Congresswoman Terri Sewell, for always supporting the people of Birmingham.”
Sewell’s office said that the funding to redevelop the former North Birmingham Elementary School is part of the over $8 million that Sewell secured in the FY2022 government funding package for community projects in Alabama’s Seventh Congressional District.
Sewell is a native of Selma and an attorney who resides in the Hoover-Birmingham metro area. She is serving her sixth term in Congress and is running for a seventh. She faces Republican Beatrice Nichols and Libertarian Gavin Goodman in the November 8 general election following redistricting by the Alabama Legislature that made the Seventh Congressional District more diverse and potentially more competitive.
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