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The Railroad Park opened in 2010

2010 was the 139th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

March 5: Former Jefferson County Commission president Larry Langford was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for bribery and corruption.
April 5: The Rock Church (Forestdale) held its first service at its permanent home.
April 7: Larry Langford reported to prison at Ashland, Kentucky.
April 9 - May 22: Birmingham Biennial 3 at Bare Hands.
May 27: Bill Blount and Al LaPierre reported to federal prison.
June 2: 2010 primary elections
June 30–July 3: Vulcan Bike Week
July: Eytan Yammer became rabbi of Knesseth Israel Congregation.
July 23: Sloss: Industry to Art premiered at Sloss Furnaces.
July 24: 2010 primary runoffs
August 9: Homewood City Council president Jeff Underwood resigned for health reasons.
September 13: Forever Wild acquired a 553-acre addition to the Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park.
September 18: Downtown's Railroad Park opened to the public.
September 23: The Birmingham Business Alliance unveiled their "Blueprint Birmingham" economic development plan at the Railroad Park.
October 11: Scott Fitzgerald took over from the Steve & Leah Show on WERC-FM and WERC-AM.
October 14: John W. Stewart III was inaugurated president of the University of Montevallo.
November 3: 2010 general election
December 5: Mount Lebanon Baptist Church held its first services at the former Avondale Presbyterian Church building.
December 6: African elephant Bulwagi arrived at the Birmingham Zoo.
December 14: Copper thieves burned down the Christmas tree at Linn Park.
December 15: Cox Media Group replaced the Christmas tree at Linn Park.

Business

January 1: Frost Cummings LLP and the Tidwell Group merged to create the Frost Cummings Tidwell Group.
February 22: Citadel Communications shut down Live 100.5 and launched a news-talk WAPI-FM station in its place.
February 28: The Ruby Tuesday's at Five Points South closed.
March: The Western Tribune weekly folded.
March: Lovelady Thrift Store opened.
March 11: Jesse Chambers succeeded Glenny Brock as editor of the Birmingham Weekly.
March 27: Ona Watson closed the 20th Street South location of his Ona's Music Room in preparation for a move to Pepper Place.
April 1: Grayson Hall succeeded Dowd Ritter as president and CEO of Regions Bank.
April 16: Ground was broken for The Hollywood retail center at 400 Hollywood Boulevard.
April: ActionSportsArt was founded.
June: Urban Cookhouse opened on 18th Street South Homewood.
June 21: D1 Sports Training opened on Independence Drive.
July 1: Mamanoes Grocery Shop opened on 2nd Avenue North.
July 5: Brick & Tin restaurant opened on Birmingham Green.
July 8: Sam George succeeded Jesse Chambers as editor of the Birmingham Weekly.
July 16: Floyd & Beasley Transfer closed.
July 22: Bayou Deli opened on Birmingham Green.
September 1: Sojourns moved to the Eubanks Mercantile building.
September: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama consolidated the offices of its Cahaba Government Benefit Administrators division into the Meadow Brook 500 building at Meadow Brook Corporate Park.
September: Individuality Gallery opened in Mountain Brook Village.
November: Woody Wiginton founded FinerGrind Coffee Roasters in Warrior.
November 15: Pianeta 3 opened at the Mountain Brook Shopping Center.
November 23: Busy Bee Burger opened in Chelsea.
December 1: George Perdue became president of the South Region Minority Suppliers Development Council.
December: MedTown Pharmacy on 20th Street North closed
December 23: Atherotech was acquired by Behrman Capital.
December 30: Bare Hands gallery closed.
December 31: Pepper Place General Store closed.
Bogart's Motorsports in Irondale closed.
Steve Hewett was hired as a senior vice president with The Sanders Trust.
Subway Restaurant moved its 20th Street North store into the former Fifth Avenue Coffee House space around the corner.
EWTN formed a joint news service with the Catholic News Agency.
Changes Salon Spa & Wellness Center in Norwood closed.

Sports

January 2: The Connecticut Huskies defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks 20-7 in the PapaJohns.com Bowl at Legion Field.
January 7: The Alabama Crimson Tide football team defeated the Texas Longhorns to take the BCS National Championship in Pasadena, California.
March 21: The inaugural Bobby Bowden Collegiate Coach of the Year Award was awarded to Nick Saban.
April 9-11: Helio Castroneves won the inaugural Grand Prix of Alabama at the Barber Motorsports Park
June 12-13: 2010 Xterra Southeast Championship at Oak Mountain State Park.
October 30: Alabama State defeated Alabama A&M 31-10 in the Magic City Classic at Legion Field.
November 4: Birmingham reached a tentative agreement with the Birmingham Barons to move the team to a new downtown baseball park.
November 4: BBVA Compass announced it would be the title sponsor of the Birmingham Bowl.
November 26: Auburn won the 2010 Iron Bowl 28-27 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
November 30: Samford Bulldogs athletic director Bob Roller resigned.

Individuals

June 30: Wallace Lockett was elected the 57th Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
September 26: MountainTop Community Church founder Bill Elder returned to the pulpit, 9 months after suffering a stroke.
October 31: Al Sutton resigned the pastorate at Sixth Avenue Baptist Church.
November 1: Ken Gulley succeeded Ed May as Mayor of Bessemer.
November 4: Edward Partridge was elected President of the American Cancer Society.
November 9: Phyllis Wyne was elected president of the Birmingham Board of Education.
Scott Roebuck succeeded Annetta Verin as presiding judge in the Bessemer Municipal Court.
William Noble resigned from the Jefferson County Circuit Court.

Deaths

January 1: Gregory Slay, Remy Zero drummer
January 3: Walter Braswell, attorney
January 3: Charles Kleibacker, fashion designer
January 5: Jessie Hale Downs, co-founder of the Jimmie Hale Mission
January 5: Orlandera Johnson, retired Homewood Police Department officer
January 5: Joe Shannon, aviator
January 13: Fred Lamar, Methodist minister and missionary
January 15: Charles Crowder, retired Circuit Court judge
January 21: Bobby Bragan, baseball player, manager and executive
January 26: Paul R. Jones, art collector
February 4: Alexander Lacy, attorney and civic leader
February 5: Buddy Glasgow, former Shelby County Sheriff
February 5: Diane Rivers, educational consultant
February 10: Asa Rountree, attorney and author
February 18: "Scotty D" Daniels, radio personality
February 23: Hannah Stewart, sculptor
February 28: Charles Speir, co-founder of Brookwood Medical Center
March 1: Barry Hannah, author
March 2: Ernest Palmore, retired educator
March 3: Major Bashinsky, attorney and financial planner
March 6: Evan Zeiger, Jr, neurosurgeon
March 8: Melford Espey, University of Alabama administrator and the first Big Al
March 10: Willie Logan, artist
March 14: Jessi, police dog
March 28: William Spencer III, businessman
March 28: Thompson Reynolds, football coach
March 31: Bob McGregor, prosecutor
April 2: Douglas E. Jones, geologist, paleontologist and University of Alabama administrator
April 10: Norman Albright, attorney and business college founder
April 22: Arthur Winograd, former conductor of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
April 23: Toni Tully, fabric artist
April 26: Barbara Maxwell, nurse
April 28: Cordell Wynn, former Stillman College president
May 18: Donnetta Brown, principal of Wilson Elementary School
May 24: Joe Farley, former Alabama Power Company president
June 8: Mae Rosenberger, former CEO of Rosenberger's Birmingham Trunk
June 13: Anthony Mostella, football player
June 14: Elmer Moree, educator and basketball coach
June 18: Charles Ensley, union president
June 27: Bill L. Harbert, construction executive
July 2: Maurice Thomas, Alabama A&M University defensive back
July 7: Mara, giraffe
July 11: Moti, white tiger
August 22: Cecil Whitmire, preservationist
August 24: Kathryn Lacey, educator
September 7: Glenn Shadix, actor
September 7: Cleveland Hammonds, former Birmingham City Schools superintendent
September 15: Irvin Penfield, former Birmingham-Southern College provost
September 16: Pat Courington, Sr, founder of the Sand Mountain Reporter
September 17: Ted Tibbs, organist and Samford University professor
September 18: Herbert Longenecker, biochemist and former Tulane University president
October 7: Dale Benos, UAB physiologist
October 7: Abe Gustin, founder of Applebee's International
October 8: James Foy, former Auburn University dean of students
October 8: Mel Powers, Houston businessman and former murder defendant
October 12: Tommy Wrenn, Civil Rights activist
October 12: Woody Peoples, NFL offensive lineman
October 13: John Friedel, photographer and educator
October 27: Hall Thompson, founder of Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club
November 9: Kathy Kemp, newspaper columnist
November 13: Don Morrison, architect
November 16: Aubrey Edwards, music minister
November 22: Elbert Jemison, golfer and insurance executive
November 24: Louis LeVaughn, former elementary school principal
November 26: Marvin Whiting, archivist and historian
December 3: Al Rosenbaum, retailer
December 3: Marvin Bass, Birmingham Vulcans head coach
December 17: Walt Dropo, 1948 Birmingham Barons star
December 21: James Head, businessman and civic leader
December 30: Elizabeth Garner, science teacher
Venoa Daniels

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2010 and List of homicides in 2010

Works

North Birmingham EcoScape
"Argyle", sculpture by Craig Witherspoon
Center Point Veterans Memorial
Lifted, feature film produced by Hunter Films
"Dream, Child. Hope", orchestral work by Adolphus Hailstork, commissioned by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
"Sloss: Industry to Art" documentary film by Chris Holmes/Alabama Public Television

Books

Buildings

Majestic Cross

See Also

2010s

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