The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved a bid for $2.6 million in construction that will help bolster housing in an area of the Pratt community hit by a tornado in 2011.
“This has been a long time coming and we’re excited about the construction that’s been going on in this neighborhood. Five homes have already gone up and there’s been site work done on several more,” said Council President Pro Tem LaTonya Tate, who represents the area. “This means so much to the people who have lived here and for this kind of investment to be made into rebuilding what was lost.”
The bid approved Tuesday is from Gillespie Construction of Jasper for work on the Shadow Brook subdivision, where 52 homes are planned…