Rob Burton IV
James Robert Burton IV (born March 30, 1989 in New York City) is the executive director of SWEET Alabama and board secretary for the Birmingham Land Bank Authority
Burton moved to Birmingham in 2008 and became a charter member of the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham Young Professional organization. He served as executive director of the Magic City Agriculture Project from 2013 to 2017. He has served on the executive committee of the Alabama Sierra Club and co-chaired it's "Beyond Coal" committee.
In 2017 Burton co-founded SWEET Alabama and the Friends of Dynamite Hill. He served on incoming Mayor Randall Woodfin's Social Justice Transition Team and was subsequently appointed to the Land Bank Authority board, whhich he serves as Chair of the Law and Legislation Committee, and Interim Chair for the Special Projects Committee.
Burton was elected to secretary of the Glen Iris Neighborhood Association in 2019 and also serves as secretary of the Southside Community Advisory Committee.
In 2020 Burton was named interim chair of Our Revolution-Birmingham.
References
- West, Ty (August 23, 2018) "Two appointed to Birmingham Land Bank Authority"" Birmingham Business Journal
- Prickett, Sam (October 2, 2018) "Birmingham Council Appoints 2 to Land Bank Authority Board, Pushes It to Become Self-Sustaining" Birmingham Watch
- "Acquiring Land via Birmingham Land Bank with J. Robert Burton" (February 25, 2020) Communal Expression