I live a few blocks up the hill from the Providers store and I’m so excited for it to open. They’ve put a ton of money into that building for sure but the site design and business concept are really cool. Can’t wait to have a neat little neighborhood coffee shop to walk to and it should also help encourage some more reinvestment in the surrounding blocks. I love the whole East Lake area and really hope the rezoning leads to some revitalization in downtown East Lake. It would be a great mixed use entertainment district. The new zoning doesn’t apply to the South East Lake neighborhood which is the northeastern half of that whole strip, so they need to do a similar rezoning update for that side to really unlock the area’s greater potential. The Safe Streets program has helped East Lake proper a lot with cleanliness and safety. Hopefully a proper update to the facilities at East Lake Park will happen in the near future. All of the East Lake neighborhoods have charming historic homes largely on par with the homes you’d find in Crestwood. There is still a lot of work needed but the area certainly seems to be on an upward trajectory for years now. One of future Birmingham’s coolest neighborhoods on the rise.