2019

2019 is the 148th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Business

• January 1: Barfield, Murphy, Shank & Smith accountants merged with Albright Garrison & Barnes of Huntsville to form BMSS LLC.
• January: Burr & Forman acquired 7 McNair Law Firm offices in North and South Carolina.
• January: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings opened an office in Dallas, Texas.
• January: The Chelsea General Store relocated to Columbiana as "Masters General Store".

Establishments

• January 7: Filter Coffee Parlor opened in the Munger Building at Five Points South.
• January 9: Bullet Coffee Co. opened at 5299 U.S. Highway 280
• January: Mile End Deli opened in LIV Parkside across from Railroad Park.
• 1st Quarter: Altitude Trampoline Park in Pelham.

Disestablishments

• January 2: Emergency & Specialty Animal Medical Center closed.
• January 4: Western Supermarkets announced its closure.
• January: Swamp Monster BBQ in Hoover closed.
• January 31: Jefferson Title Corp. closed.
• 2nd Quarter: National Bank of Commerce was acquired by CenterState Bank of Davenport, Florida.

Individuals

• Javier Soler succeeded Onur Genç as CEO of BBVA Compass.

Deaths

Larry Langford

• January 8: Larry Langford , former Mayor of Birmingham and Jefferson County Commission president

Works

Buildings

• Asian Passage at the Birmingham Zoo
• Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs in Homewood
• Christ Health Behavioral Health Center in Woodlawn
• Enterprise South-Central Regional Headquarters
• Firehouse Shelter
• Hollywood Boulevard pedestrian bridge
• Iron Age Project on 20th Street North
• Lakeshore Foundation addition
• Lakeshore Pavilion shopping center in Oxmoor
• One Pratt Park
• UAB Gardendale Clinic
• UAB Proton Therapy Center on 20th Street South
• Veterinary Surgery of Birmingham at 146 Resource Center Parkway

Context

2010s

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