2019

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

Events

• January 21-March 2020: The I-59/20 downtown viaduct was closed for replacement of the bridge spans.

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.
• February: A second location of The Three Earred Rabbit opened in Leeds.
• 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: Influence Health (formerly Medseek) was acquired by Healthgrades of Denver, Colorado.
• January: Dominion Partners sold its Somerby Senior Living Co. to the Bridge Investment Group of Salt Lake City, Utah.
• January 31: Jefferson Title Corp. closed.
• 2nd Quarter: National Bank of Commerce was acquired by CenterState Bank of Davenport, Florida.

Education

• UAB celebrated their 50th anniversary as an independent university.

Individuals

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

Retirements

• January 11: Randy Christian, chief deputy for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

Deaths

Larry Langford

• January 8: Larry Langford , former Mayor of Birmingham and Jefferson County Commission president
• January 13: Wytasha Carter, a Birmingham Police sergeant killed in the line of duty.

Works

Buildings

• January 13: The UAB Gardendale Clinic opened.
• 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 Proton Therapy Center on 20th Street South
• Veterinary Surgery of Birmingham at 146 Resource Center Parkway

Context

Notable deaths in 2019 included those of actor Carol Channing.

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