ON ALL THREE COMMITTEES JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME. SOME PEOPLE IN BIRMINGHAM ARE GETTING BRAND NEW ROOFS TO STAY DRY. THIS IS ALL PART OF A LARGER EFFORT TO REVITALIZE HISTORIC NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS. WVTM 13 APP MATTIE DAVIS HAS THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA AND THE INVESTMENT MADE TO THE PEOPLE IN NORWOOD. BARBARA THOMAS LIVES IN THIS HOME BEHIND ME. SHE’S BEEN IN IT FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS NOW. TODAY, SHE IS THANKFUL FOR A NEW 45 STANDARD ROOF. THIS ROOF CAN PROTECT HOMES FACING UP TO E.F., TWO LEVEL WINDS AND THEIR ROOFS LIKE THIS. THROUGHOUT NORTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PROTECT GOOD PROGRAM GIVING HOMEOWNERS AS MUCH AS $25,000 TO REPAIR HOMES AND INSTALL STORM RESISTANT ROOFS. FUNDING FOR THIS COMES FROM A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE. THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, AS WELL AS PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPORATION, WHO SAYS THEY WANT TO BE MORE THAN JUST A NAME ON A STADIUM. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT IT WAS GOING TO IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE STADIUM. AND WE WANTED TO HELP THEIR LIVES BE IMPROVED. LEADERS FROM THESE GROUPS VISITING RENOVATED HOMES TODAY. IT’S NOT ABOUT JUST ATTRACTING PEOPLE HERE FOR ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THIS FOOTPRINT, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AND THRIVE AS WELL. BARBARA THOMAS TELLS US THE COMMUNITY IS OCCUPIED BY MOSTLY SENIORS. THEIR HOMES IN NORWOOD IS ALL THAT THEY KNOW. I’M JUST GRATEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF A PROGRAM LIKE THIS EXPRESSED SEEING HER. THANKS FOR IMPACT THAT SHE HAS HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY. IS THIS OUT TO ALL INVOLVED? MATT, THANK YOU. IT’S SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF THESE HOMES AND MAKE THIS A PLACE THAT BRINGS PEOPLE AND KEEPS PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. IN BIRMINGHA