Birmingham city leaders unveiled new plans aimed at revitalizing the western area of the city, by redeveloping what was once the South’s most productive steel plant.
The plant also includes facility improvements at the city’s 105-year old port.
Using a $2 million grant from the state of Alabama’s SEEDS program, designed to help prepare large sites for economic development, the city will “focus on creating a master plan and conducting environmental studies for approximately 500 acres at the former U.S. Steel Ensley Works site, as well as improving the Birmingport facility,” according to a news release…