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'''Trinity Park''' (also called the '''Trinity Site''' or '''Trinity Steel site''') was a 27-acre brownfield site in [[North Titusville]], formerly the site of [[Ingalls Iron Works]], and later of [[Trinity Steel]]. The property is vacant and owned by the [[Jefferson County Economic and Industrial Development Authority]] (JCEIDA). It is zoned for heavy industry, but master plans for the site completed in [[2008]] recommend mixed manufacturing, office and retail development.

The unused property was sold to the Development Authority, on behalf of [[Jefferson County]] and the [[City of Birmingham]] in [[2005]]. Two vacant office buildings on the site were damaged by an intentionally-set fire on [[April 9]], [[2007]]. The Development Authority cleared the rubble and performed a general clean-up across the site, but was unable to attract a developer.

In July [[2008]] then [[Birmingham]] [[Mayor of Birmingham|Mayor]] [[Larry Langford]] proposed using the site to construct a new pentagon-shaped municipal building to house the [[Birmingham Police Headquarters]], [[Birmingham City Jail]], [[Birmingham Police Academy]], [[Birmingham Department of Public Works]] and other offices. The redevelopment would be the centerpiece of a $65 million revitalization project for the [[Titusville community]]. A later version of Langford's proposal abandoned the pentagonal shape for a series of smaller buildings more adapted to the site's terrain. The Development Authority passed a resolution to pursue a sale of the property to Birmingham.

In [[2010]] Mayor [[William Bell]] proposed redevelopment of the area just east of the Trinity Park site as a pedestrian-friendly entertainment district connecting to the soon-to-open [[Railroad Park]] and surrounding a proposed [[Regions Field|downtown baseball park]] intended to bring the [[Birmingham Barons]] back to the city from [[Hoover]]. The proposal was intended to spur development on the Trinity Park site and revitalization of the Titusville community by upgrading the adjacent areas east of [[I-65]].

In June [[2016]] [[Greater Birmingham Humane Society]] president and CEO [[Allison Black Cornelius]] publicized a proposal for the society to combine its operations onto the site, which would also be developed with a public park connecting to the [[Rotary Trail]] and provide opportunities for veterinary care internships to [[Birmingham City Schools]] students, and training space for the [[Birmingham Police Department]]'s [[Birmingham Police K-9 Unit|K-9 Unit]].

In [[2018]] the city sold the campus to [[DC BLOX]] of Atlanta, Georgia for its planned [[DC BLOX Birmingham Data Center]].

==References==
* Norris, Toraine and Dawn Kent (April 10, 2007) "Fire damages former Ingalls Iron Works site." {{BN}}
* Tomberlin, Michael (November 30, 2008) "Jefferson County's development authority wants to rid itself of former Trinity Steel site near Titusville." {{BN}}
* Bryant, Joseph D. (October 26, 2010) "Mayor Bell pitches bigger plans for Birmingham baseball stadium." {{BN}}
* Hrynkiw, Ivana (June 28, 2016) "Greater Birmingham Humane Society to propose 27-acre complex in Titusville." {{BN}}

==External links==
* [http://www.jeffmet.com/index.php/trinity/trinity-park-pdf-link/5-trinitypark.pdf Trinity Site] (1.7 MB PDF) at jeffmet.com

[[Category:Proposed developments]]
[[Category:North Titusville]]
[[Category:Brownfields]]