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.
• Main Street Inc. acquired Check Printers Inc. of Dallas, Texas.

Establishments

• January 4: Farm Bowl & Juice Co. opened at 1920 29th Avenue South
• January 14: Stephen Gregory: A Men's Concept barber shop opened at Pickwick Plaza
• January: Freddy's Wine Bar in the Highland Towers apartments
• January 26: Wild Things at 2815B 18th Street South Homewood
• February: Lucky Cat Rolled Creams opened at 2908 18th Street South Homewood
• June: BrickTop's restaurant

Disestablishments

• January: Alabama's last K Mart location, in Albertville, Marshall County, closed.
• January: Dorm Decor was acquired by Magnussen Home of New Hamburg, Ontario.
• January: Rowe's Service Station closed.
• January: Schaeffer Eye Center was acquired by My Eye Doctor of Vienna, Virginia.
• January 26: The Sam's Club at 3900 Grants Mill Road closed.

Government

• January 3: Doug Jones was sworn into the U. S. Senate.
• January 9: The 2018 Alabama legislative session began.
• January 15: Mayor Randall Woodfin delivered his first "State of the Community " address.

Sports

• January 8: The 2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football team beat the Georgia Bulldogs 26-23 in overtime of the College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Individuals

Births

• January 22: Les and Wize, Hingeback tortoises

Retirements

• Al Denson retired as president and CEO of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
• January 16: Glenn Murdock resigned from the Alabama Supreme Court.

Deaths

• January 2: Rick Hall, record producer
• January 4: Bill Bolen, news anchor
• January 13: Brad Watkins, architectural salvage dealer
• January 13: Maurice Branscomb, Episcopal priest
• January 16: George Bandy, State Representative District 83
• January 23: Wyatt Walker, Civil Rights Movement leader

See also, List of homicides in 2018.

Works

Books

• The Infamous Birmingham Ax Murders by Jeremy Gray

Buildings

• BrickTop's restaurant at 2800 U.S. Highway 280
• Grandview Cancer Center
• Kiwanis Centennial Park at Vulcan Park and the head of Vulcan Trail
• Thompson High School

Demolitions

• W. C. Davis School, for Lakeview Green
• Salvation Army Social Services Center on 11th Avenue South, for BJCC expansion

Context

Notable deaths in 2018 included those of actor Jerry Van Dyke, author Ursula K. Le Guin, sportscaster Keith Jackson, and musicians Hugh Masekela and Dolores O'Riordan.

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