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WHO WE ARE

Magic City Blight Busters is a new program developed by Birmingham United Neighborhoods (BUN) to inspire and motivate residents to get more involved in reducing neighborhood blight and trash.  It is a fun way to engage residents to restore the historic beauty of Birmingham’s urban neighborhoods through four separate projects.

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VOLUNTEERING PROJECTS

We are asking neighborhood residents to work WITH Magic City Blight Busters:

  • Volunteer to compete on a team for Trashy Dayz.
  • “Like” and “Follow” Magic City Blight Busters on social media and play an active part in the on-line Community.
  • Recruit others in your neighborhood to participate in activities and be part of the social media Community.
  • Support financial buy-in from your Neighborhood Association. We are asking each NA for $3,000 out of a total project budget for Year 1 of $116,000.

Magic City Blight Busters activities will begin in the spring.

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Participate In

VOLUNTEERING PROJECTS

We are asking neighborhood residents to work WITH Magic City Blight Busters:

  • Volunteer to compete on a team for Trashy Dayz.
  • “Like” and “Follow” Magic City Blight Busters on social media and play an active part in the on-line Community.
  • Recruit others in your neighborhood to participate in activities and be part of the social media Community.
  • Support financial buy-in from your Neighborhood Association. We are asking each NA for $3,000 out of a total project budget for Year 1 of $116,000.

Magic City Blight Busters activities will begin in the spring.

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OUR PROJECTS

Project 1

MAGIC CITY BLIGHT MOBILE

The Magic City Blight Mobile is a cargo van and trailer designed for a small volunteer crew to quickly clear vacant lots and decorate abandoned houses with colorful canvas window and door covers and paint highlights in selected places on the front of each house. The Blight Mobile carries all the clean-up materials, including necessary equipment to clean each lot. The crew will place colorful yard signs after they finish.  

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Project 2

Trashy Dayz

Trashy Dayz is an educational, fun competition between teams made up of students and residents from each of the 8 BUN neighborhoods.  One day every third month each team collects trash and litter while learning about the many impacts of litter and trash on a community using the Trashy Dayz game app.®  Team members receive a Trashy Dayz kit with a t-shirt, trash bags, gloves, water and snacks.  Teams will earn points for the amount of trash and litter they collect and how well they do playing the Trashy Dayz game.  The winning team receives a trophy for the school, a school gift certificate, and movie passes for each team member.

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Project 3

Magic City Blight Busters Community

A variety of social, print, and broadcast media will widely recognize participants for their civic engagement to improve and renew their neighborhoods.

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Project 4

Magic City Blight Busters Toolbox

The Magic City Blight Busters Toolbox will provide best practices, templates, list of materials, budget information, and access to the Blight Mobile for use in other neighborhoods.  

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Birmingham United Neighborhoods

Birmingham United Neighborhoods (BUN) is a coalition of 8 neighborhoods working together since 2018 to improve neighborhood health through collaborative partnerships and projects. The 8 neighborhoods are: Belview Heights, Druid Hills, Fountain Heights, Riley-Travellick, Rising-West Princeton, South Titusville, North Titusville, and West Goldwire.