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2011 is the 140th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Bromberg's held a closeout sale of merchandise from its closed Riverchase Galleria location at its former flagship store in downtown Birmingham.
Muzik & More relocated to the Crown Plaza Shopping Center.
Brownell Travel relocated to The Summit.
January: Southern Cal Transport was bought by Transport America of Eagan, Minnesota.
January: Mix bakery and café opened in One Federal Place.
January: EWTN News launched a Spanish-language version, called EWTN Noticias.
January 22: The first FoodBlogSouth conference was held at Woodrow Hall.
February 1: EWTN acquired the National Catholic Register newspaper.
March 1: Law firms Feld Hyde and Dominick, Fletcher, Yeilding, Wood & Lloyd merged to form the new firm of Dominick Feld Hyde.
April: Frio en La Paz, a second location of La Paz Mexican restaurant, opened at Vestavia Hills City Center.

January 8: The first BBVA Compass Bowl saw the Pitt Panthers take on the Kentucky Wildcats.
January 10: The 2010 Auburn Tigers football team defeated the Oregon Ducks in the BCS National Championship game in Glendale, Arizona.
January 14–January 16: Alabama defeats Auburn 3 games to 0 to win the inaugural Iron Cup at the Pelham Civic Complex.
January 22: Gerald Swindle won his first Bassmasters tournament.
May 2–8: The Regions Tradition golf tournament was held at the Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club.

Henry Parsley retired as Episcopal Bishop of Alabama.
Butch Wilson retired as Chief of the Vestavia Hills Police Department.
After concluding his term as Representative for the 7th District of Alabama, Artur Davis joined the law firm SNR Denton in Washington D.C.

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 2011 and List of homicides in 2011

Glover, Staci Simon (2011) Coal Mining in Jefferson County. Images of America Series. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738582177
Fleming, David B. and Mary Allison Haynie (2011) Ensley and Tuxedo Junction. Images of America Series. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738586809

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 * January: [[Mix]] bakery and café opened in [[One Federal Place]].
 * January: [[EWTN|EWTN News]] launched a Spanish-language version, called [[EWTN|EWTN Noticias]].
+* [[January 22]]: The first [[FoodBlogSouth]] conference was held at [[Woodrow Hall]].
 * [[February 1]]: [[EWTN]] acquired the ''[[National Catholic Register]]'' newspaper.
 * [[March 1]]: Law firms [[Feld Hyde]] and [[Dominick, Fletcher, Yeilding, Wood & Lloyd]] merged to form the new firm of [[Dominick Feld Hyde]].