The Birmingham Zoo will soon undergo a $15 million renovation.
The Birmingham City Council this week approved a resolution to raise $7.5 million in bonds toward the zoo's $15 million Capital Campaign project.
The funds will be used to transform the front entrance of the 59-year-old facility, create an entrance plaza complete with a state-of-the-art classroom and build a new Asian Forest exhibit to house tigers, orangutans and siamang monkeys.
Zoo President and CEO William Foster said the other half of the needed funds will be raised through private donations.