Capt. Julie Quigley-Vining 

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Learn about the East Precinct department of the Birmingham Police as it is their job to serve our area. They are located at 600 Red Lane Rd Birmingham Alabama 35206. For non-emergency related issues they can be reached at 205-254-2685. 

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Captain Julie Quigley-Vining leads the precinct. The Chief of Police is Scott Thurmond. Currently there is no Crime Prevention Officer and a number used in the past was (205) 254 - 2684.

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If you need to reach the Vice/Narcotics officers directly you can call (205) 254 - 6414

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If you need to reach the Homicide officers directly you can call (205) 254 - 2764 

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The East Precinct can be found on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Birmingham-Police-Dept-East-Precinct/104822246312518

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To learn more out the Birmingham Police Department as a whole visit their website at: https://police.birminghamal.gov

The City of Birmingham is dedicated to provide excellent customer service for all citizens. Birmingham 311 is the liaison with City departments to handle Citizens' needs. 311 issues service requests with departments and follows up to ensure the request is resolved in a timely manner.

 

See Click Fix is the new 311 application being used by the Birmingham. You can download it on your cellphone or go to https://seeclickfix.com/birmingham 

 

On the website you can open cases as well as view existing cases to see if anyone has opened a case before on the same thing as you. Bring your 311 Request number to the meeting. We want to focus more time on the business of Echo Highlands!

 

Every Tuesday starting at 9:30 am - City Hall 3rd floor- 710 North 20th Street in Birmingham, Alabama

Watch your city council work for you live on Tuesdays starting at 9:30 am every Tuesday. If you don't get a chance to watch it live then watch it later to catch up with what happened during the meeting for the day or you could catch up on old meetings that you didn't know about. It’s all here including the agenda for upcoming meetings.

The meeting are also streamed live from City Council Facebook and that live stream can be found at: Birmingham City Council Facebook Page.
 

Clinton Woods - District 1 Representative

You may not know but your Birmingham City Council not only broadcasts the council meeting but has its own website that is separate from the City of Birmingham itself. On this site you can find valuable information about your city council.

 

Things that range from who represents what district to the committees that each councilor sits on and chairs, to Birmingham Alabama city maps and contact information for people at city hall. Take a few minutes to check it out I'm sure you will find something of interest!

Councilor Woods can be reached at his office via phone at (205) 254-2222 or via email at clinton.woods@birminghamal.gov
 

District 1 Commissioner Lashunda Scales

Residents of the Echo Highlands Neighborhood are represented by the Jefferson County Commission District 1. The Commissioner for District 1 is Lashunda Scales. The Jefferson County Commission is located at 716 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd North Birmingham Alabama 35203. You can reach the office of our District 1 representative at 205-214-5507 and emailed at scalesl@jccal.org
 
On their website Jefferson County Online you can find information related to commission meetings and prior agenda items for meetings, county calendar, information about all the commission members as well as their commission areas of focus, various office locations, and the county manager and his staff departments.
 

District 1 Board Member Sherman Collins

Learn more about your Birmingham City School (BCS) School Board. Find out how you can support our District 1 Schools!

Huffman Academy - http://www.bhamcityschools.org/Domain/45
Huffman High - http://www.bhamcityschools.org/Domain/9
Smith Middle - http://www.bhamcityschools.org/Domain/24
Sun Valley Elementary - http://www.bhamcityschools.org/Domain/56

Now you can watch Birmingham City Schools board meeting and other events live or after they have been uploaded to the internet when recording occurs by going to: https://livestream.com/bcs
 

District 1 Birmingham Public Library

Go See Springville Road Library!!

Find out what your local Birmingham Public Library has to offer! Your local library is located at 1224 Old Springville Road. When you stop by tell them Echo Highlands sent you!
 

East Pinson Valley Recreational Center

Go check out what your Birmingham recreational facility has to offer!
East Pinson Valley Rec serves residents of Bridlewood, Apple Valley, Pine Knoll Vista, Sun Valley & Echo Highland neighborhoods & all others are welcome!
 
Their mission is: To provide the community with a safe environment where they can come and participate in various activities that promote wellness.
 
https://www.facebook.com/eastpinsonvalleyrecreationcenter
 
Phone number: (205) 297-8102
 
***Building hours:
Tuesday - Thursday 7:00 am - 6:45 pm
Friday 7:00 am - 5:45 pm
Saturday 10:00 am - 5:45 pm
 

Via is now available in Eastern Birmingham!

(Via) has expanded into Eastern Birmingham and Echo Highlands. These riders are cheaper than a Lyft© or an Uber© and get cheaper when you have more than one rider. 

 

If we don't use this alternative transportation option we will use it. So for those who need scheduled rides to doctor appointments, to get groceries, or to just run errands when they don't have a car this is perfect for you.

Rides are $1.50. Additional passengers ride for only $0.75 each.  https://city.ridewithvia.com/birmingham

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Easy ways to pay: Credit or debit card only.

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible vehicles are available.

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Service hours:

      City Center

      Monday to Friday 6am - 11pm

      Saturday 10am - 11pm

      Nighttime zone available from 7pm - 11pm


      East Side

      Monday to Friday 6am - 8pm

      Saturday 10am - 8pm

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