2018

2018 is the 147th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Business

• January 2: HealthSouth changed its name to Encompass Health.
• Avadian Credit Union acquired EBSCO Federal Credit Union.
• McLeod Software moved to Building 100 at the Meadow Brook Corporate Park.

Disestablishments

• January: Alabama's last K Mart location, in Albertville, Marshall County, closed.

Individuals

Retirements

• Al Denson retired as president and CEO of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.

Deaths

• January 2: Rick Hall, record producer

See also, List of homicides in 2018.

Works

Books

• The Infamous Birmingham Ax Murders by Jeremy Gray

Buildings

• Grandview Cancer Center
• Kiwanis Centennial Park at Vulcan Park and the head of Vulcan Trail
• Thompson High School

Demolitions

• Davis School (for Lakeview Green)

Context

2010s

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