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Neighborhood associations are routinely consulted on matters related to zoning changes, liquor licenses, economic development, and city services. Neighborhoods are also granted discretionary funds from the city's budget to use for capital improvements and for non-capital projects and events.
The population inside Birmingham's city limits has fallen over the past few decades, due in large part to "white flight" from the city of Birmingham proper to surrounding suburbs. The city's formerly most populous ethnic group, non-Hispanic white, [ 17 ] has declined from 57.4 percent in 1970 to 21.1 percent in 2010. [ 18 ]
The council was formed in 1963, when the city adopted the Mayor-Council Act of 1955. It replaced the Birmingham City Commission, the city's previous form of government. [3] The council's current president is William Parker; the current president pro tempore is Wardine Alexander. [4]
In 1884 the Georgia Pacific Railway began offering service into the rapidly growing city of Birmingham, about 4 miles to the west. In 1891 the State of Alabama granted a municipal corporation to the "City of Woodlawn," the name chosen by its first citizens to honor the Wood family, who remained active in civic affairs. In 1895 the first City ...
The Woodlawn Historic District in Birmingham, Alabama is a 241 acres (0.98 km 2) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. It included 608 contributing buildings and a contributing site, as well as 89 non-contributing buildings.
The Birmingham metropolitan area, sometimes known as Greater Birmingham, is a metropolitan area in north central Alabama centered on Birmingham, Alabama, United States.. As of 2023, the federal government defines the Birmingham, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area as consisting of seven counties (Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, and Walker) centered on Birmingham. [2]
Presidents of the Birmingham City Commission George B. Ward: November 1913 – 1917 [data missing] Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, 1905–1908 Chose not to re-run Nathaniel Barrett: 1917–1921 [data missing] David E. McClendon: 1921–1925 [data missing] James M. Jones Jr. 1925–1940 [data missing] Cooper Green: 1940–1953 [data missing] James ...
Associated Grocers of the South was founded in 1927 by 13 local grocery store owners from Birmingham, Alabama, in the United States.Led by Larry Grimes, they chose to establish a retailers' cooperative to compete against the emerging chain stores.