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BIRMINGHAM'S TIPPING POINT: Summary

Birmingham, Alabama, faces a critical juncture where its pre-pandemic economy was lagging in growth and innovation, exacerbated by racial inequality. Despite being at a tipping point, the region has key advantages such as human capital, anchor institutions, and ongoing initiatives. The Prosper initiative aims to catalyze transformation by uniting government, private sector, academia, and community organizations to foster inclusive prosperity.

Strategies for Transformation

1. Shared Vision: Prosper establishes a diverse leadership group to define and promote a unified agenda for inclusive economic growth.
2. Focused Priorities: Fourteen goals are tracked across three pillars:
   • Job Creation: Supporting startups and small businesses to generate quality jobs.
   • Job Preparation: Expanding educational and career pathways to better align with employer demand.
   • Job Access: Improving transportation and combating digital poverty to enhance workforce mobility and equity.

Key Objectives

• Short-term Jobs/Fair Share (through 2024): Achieve 557,000 jobs, closing the minority employment gap.
• Long-term Economic Growth (three capitals model): Jobs (output/earnings), Inclusion (poverty/earnings gaps), and specific metrics like venture capital, educational attainment, and neighborhood equity.

Recommendations

• Leverage resources, partnerships, and data-driven goals to achieve transformative growth by 2034, ensuring Birmingham becomes a diverse, competitive, and inclusive regional economy.