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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: Jenkins Brick was acquired by the Acme Brick Company of Fort Worth, Texas.
January 22: The first FoodBlogSouth conference was held at Woodrow Hall.
February: Gus Mayer moved from Brookwood Village to the Summit.
February 1: EWTN acquired the National Catholic Register newspaper.
February 2: Pinches Tacos opened at Hallman Hill.
February 2: The new Ona's Music Room opened in the Martin Biscuit Building at Pepper Place.
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.
February 13: David Tuwei, a native of Kenya, set a new course record of 2:19:41 in the Mercedes Marathon.
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 17: [[Unity Breakfast]] at the [[BJCC]]
 * [[January 20]]: The [[Alabama Tourism Department]]'s [[Year of Alabama Music]] kicked off at the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]] at [[Carver Theatre]].
+* [[February 2]]: Groundhog [[Birmingham Bill]] saw his shadow, portending 6 more weeks of winter.
 * [[February 3]]: The [[Hood-McPherson building]] was sold at auction.
 * [[February 5]]: The [[Year of Alabama Music]] kicked off with the "[[Abalalip!]]" concert at the [[Alabama Theatre]].