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One last thing 

By Russell Cunningham 

By now, you may have seen and heard about the IN campaign being by the Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex, Metropolitan Development Board and your chamber, who is working with our corporate sponsor, Davis Architects. Award-winning Big Communications has developed this idea and initiative to guide our efforts in promoting the region. There are two objectives. One is to promote our convention and tourism business, which, by the way, is significant. Second, is to give you a chance to participate in the determination of "What is IN in our hometown?"

This issue of Birmingham is devoted to the theme "We Love This City" or 21 reasons we love this town. Much of this is intellectual as opposed to place. The IN box survey is to identify IN places, although it is apparent that certain places are IN by default because of the location of the IN boxes. We donÕt need to take a survey to include places like Birmingham Museum of Art, BJCC, Five Points South, the Galleria, or UAB Bartow Arena. What we need is your input about the other places.

The deal is this. Red IN boxes are at many of the places you will visit over the next few weeks. Here is your chance to weigh in on your choices for what is IN in the community. When the results have been compiled, a "Zagat-like" reference guide will be produced for your use making the difficult choices of "what do we do tonight/this weekend/etc?" Take, for example, when you are in Colonial Brookwood Mall, Regions-Harbert Plaza, McWane Science Center or the Birmingham Zoo, you will find a large red IN box together with a pad of ballots for your use. I am holding an IN box and a ballot in the picture at the top of this page. Tell us what "My Favorite IN Spot in Birmingham Is" and "Why You Love It." You will also have an opportunity to identify yourself and give us permission to use your input to promote the city (that"s optional). Later this spring, the results of your participation will be known and those IN places will receive appropriate recognition. In addition to the large IN boxes, there are hundreds of smaller red IN boxes located throughout the community in most of the likely places.

You may also vote online at inbirmingham.org. Now is your chance. Take a minute and state your preference. Tell us what's IN.

Russell Cunningham
President of the Birmingham
Regional Chamber of
Commerce
November Birmingham, Alabama

  

 
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