Metro Birmingham’s Growth Hotspots

| February 29, 2016 

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The Birmingham metro area has seen steady, albeit modest population growth since the great recession. However, that growth though isn’t even with some communities seeing growth rates far higher. We talk about this week’s Magic City Marketplace.

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