Birmingham Rotaract

Please join us for our May 19th luncheon with Michael A. Calvert

The luncheon will begin promptly at noon at The Harbert Center. 

Michael Calvert will speak about downtown revitalization projects as well as quality of life issues.

Michael Calvert Biography

Michael Calvert has served as president of Operation New Birmingham since 1982. During his twenty-four year tenure, ONB has been involved in the vast majority of projects that have revitalized downtown Birmingham, in several cases taking the lead in bringing a project to fruition. These include the restoration of Linn Park, the construction of the McWane Science Center, One Federal Place and the Concord Center office towers, a sixty percent decline in vacant buildings and the recent boom in residential development and associated amenities in the City Center.

Michael is a graduate of Leadership Birmingham and serves on the boards of numerous civic and non-profit organizations. He received his Master of City Planning degree from Ohio State University and is certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).  He and his wife Susan have three children and four grandchildren.

Operation New Birmingham is a non-profit, public private partnership between the City of Birmingham, Jefferson County and the private business community working to make the Birmingham City Center the #1 choice for business, living, healthcare and the arts and entertainment.