Prize2theFuture

12/11/2012

Positive developments on Lot D, otherwise known as the Prize site, focus of so many great ideas.

03/22/2012

Prize site, here we come! The Community Foundation is now actively marketing the city-owned site to developers through Operation New Birmingham, as part of a continuing partnership with the City of Birmingham. Stay tuned for updates as the Requests go out to developers who want to be part of the next phase and build on the great ideas from Prize2theFuture idea contest.

06/23/2011

We sent a note out today to all participants about the Idea Library, which is live on the main website. Registration is simple and the reward is great -- a chance to see the results of so much hard work and creative passion from everyone. Once again, thank you to everyone.

Welcome to the Idea Library. Thanks to more than 1,100 individuals and teams for entering ideas in the inaugural Prize2theFuture contest. This tremendous response shows how much our community cares about contributing to a great future and to a more vibrant downtown by offering ideas about what could

05/19/2011

Check out today's interview by a business reporter for The Birmingham News with first-place winner Colin Coyne, who talks about his own professional work and about the key questions in the idea phase of the Prize2theFuture process.

'Informed, intelligent risk-taking (is) suddenly starting to rear its head.'

05/17/2011

The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham is moving ahead in planning the design phase of Prize2theFuture AND as the philanthropic partner for BAMA RISING, a benefit concert for statewide tornado recovery. We know the creativity, talent and love that went into the Prize ideas, and we invite you to join us on this effort too, because we all need each other to be the best we can be.

05/12/2011

Top winners all get praise from News editorial, as we move forward together into the next phase of the competition.

Ideas came from Albania. Kuwait. Polynesia. Singapore. In all, people from at least 38 countries, 20 U.S. states and 78 Alabama cities and towns offered their vision of the Prize2thefuture, the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham's idea contest. But in the end, the best ideas for transforming

05/12/2011

05/09/2011

Thanks to Andre Natta for sharing Anil Rathi's thoughts about Prize2theFuture. Good to hear the perspective of someone who has been part of on-line prize competitions around the world.

Anil Rathi is the founder and CEO of Idea Crossing - a company that helps organize online competitions. I talked to him about the impact that Birmingham's Pr...

05/06/2011

We've got more faces to share from the Prize2theFuture process, including judges and Community Catalyst Fund donors and city officials, all who were part of making Prize2theFuture possible.

05/06/2011

Just before the news about the 10 finalists went public April 26, Community Catalyst Fund donors, Prize2theFuture judges and City of Birmingham officials got a preview.

05/06/2011

Here's a link to more pictures from the Prize2theFuture event on May 5. All those 10 winning teams and individuals look great on stage!

Prize2theFuture winners were announced at the Alabama Theater in Birmingham, Ala., on May 5, 2011. All the Prize2theFuture finalists walked onto the stage before the films of the three top winners were shown. ( Beverly Taylor / The Birmingham News )

05/05/2011

Yes, it's true. One Birmingham Place is the top winner, The Stockyard is second and Magic City Station is third. And all the top finalists were honored on stage at the Alabama Theatre. Stay tuned!