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- 13:57, 14 March 2024 List of private schools (hist | edit) [2,621 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This is a '''list of private schools''' in the Birmingham area, with enrollment figures from 2023. ==List== ===Christian schools=== ====Catholic==== * John Carroll Catholic High School, 471 students in grades 9 through 12 * Prince of Peace Catholic School, 481 students in Pre-K through 8th grade * Saint Rose Academy (Birmingham), 210 students in Pre-K through 8th grade * Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School (Homewood), 400 students in Pre-...")
- 12:59, 14 March 2024 Tom Huey (hist | edit) [3,048 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Thomas Edward Huey''' (born May 6, 1950; died February 29, 2024) was a poet and playwright. <!--Tom Huey, 73, playwright and poet, died Thursday as a result of a car accident. An Alabama native, he was the only child of Judge Thomas Huey Jr. and Elizabeth Sessions Huey. Tom discovered passions for athletics and literature as a young man at Birmingham University Preparatory School. For a time, Tom held the state record for sixty-yard low hurdles. As an...")
- 10:02, 14 March 2024 Ruth's Place (hist | edit) [1,222 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Ruth's Place''' was a 120-seat, 7,200 square-foot restaurant, lounge, and entertainment venue at 2404 Derby Way in Birmingham's Liberty Highlands neighborhood. It was a sibling to Ruth's Cafe on 24th Street North in North Birmingham. It was opened in 2018 in the former Sensations nightclub space by members of the Bibb family, including Nett Bibb and Geniece Dancy. The menu featured Southern-style favorites like smothered pork c...")
- 23:48, 13 March 2024 Football players mural (hist | edit) [1,006 bytes] Mark Taylor (talk | contribs) (Created page with "center|thumb|800px|Football players mural in September 1979 This mural depicting stylized football players was executed by Joyce P. Smith and Terry Beckham for the Birmingham Mural Project in 1978. It once occupied three sections of the west wall of a one-story building owned by The Birmingham News on the southeast corner of 22nd Street North and 4th Avenue North, on the site where a new Birming...")
- 16:46, 13 March 2024 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (hist | edit) [2,672 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''American Rescue Plan Act of 2021''', also known as '''ARPA''' or the '''COVID-19 Stimulus Package''' is a federal law passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021 as a key piece of his "Investing in America" policy platform, primarily aimed at boosting the national economy in the wake of the COVID pandemic. The primary purpose of the law was to authorize $1.9 trillion in federal stimulus payments to in...")
- 16:18, 13 March 2024 Bessemer Housing Authority (hist | edit) [1,322 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Housing Authority of the City of Bessemer''' is the public agency responsible for administering federally-funded housing policy in the city of Bessemer, including public housing projects as well as Section 8 vouchers for low-income renters in the city. As of 2024 the authority serves about 3,000 residents. The authority's headquarters office is located at 1515 Fairfax Avenue adjacent to the Thompson Manor public housing community. Its executive direct...")
- 16:05, 13 March 2024 Act of Alabama 2024-20 (hist | edit) [5,872 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Act of Alabama 2024-20''' is an Alabama law, passed during the 2024 legislative session, which indemnifies parties to in vitro fertilization treatment from prosecutions or other legal actions arising from the destruction of human embryos. The bill was quickly drafted in response to the Alabama State Supreme Court's February 16, 2024 ruling that embryos created during in vitro fertilization treatments have the same righ...")
- 13:12, 13 March 2024 Portrait of Elizabeth Gilpin (hist | edit) [4,323 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""'''Portrait of Elizabeth Gilpin'''" is an oil painting produced circa 1814 by Joshua Johnson (sometimes Johnston), a painter from Baltimore, Maryland who is generally thought to be the first professional Black artist in the United States. There is sparse and conflicting evidence regarding Johnson's background, with some sources indicating he was born in 1763 as the son of George Johnson, a white man, and an enslaved Black woman whose name has not survived. He was s...")
- 11:35, 13 March 2024 North Birmingham Mural (hist | edit) [988 bytes] Mark Taylor (talk | contribs) (Created page with "center|thumb|800px|"North Birmingham Mural" in September 1979 The '''North Birmingham Mural''' is a large-scale painted mural executed by Joyce P. Smith, with the help of local youngsters, for the Birmingham Mural Project in 1978. The mural, now badly faded, covers the west wall of the Birmingham Police Department North Precinct building at 2600 31st Avenue North and depicts a giant panorama of the neighb...")
- 21:37, 12 March 2024 Gallery 2 (mural) (hist | edit) [620 bytes] Mark Taylor (talk | contribs) (Created page with "center|thumb|800px|"Gallery 2" in September 1979 '''"Gallery 2"''' was an outdoor mural at 2412 2nd Avenue North in downtown Birmingham. The mural was on the southwest wall (24th Street North side) of the the former Oxford Furniture Galleries building, now the Gallery Lofts. The mural was painted over before 2008. Category:1970s w...")
- 18:12, 11 March 2024 Untitled tree mural (hist | edit) [1,096 bytes] Mark Taylor (talk | contribs) (Created page with " right |thumb|400px|"Untitled" in September 1979 '''"Untitled"''' is an outdoor mural at 1831 1st Avenue North in downtown Birmingham. The now-faded mural appears on the south (rear) wall of the Lincoln Life Building, and therefore is best viewed from Morris Avenue. The mural was painted in 1979 by Terry Beckham as part of the [...")
- 17:11, 11 March 2024 CHOOSE Act (hist | edit) [10,701 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students' Education Act of 2024''', abbreviated as the '''CHOOSE Act''' ('''Act of Alabama 2024-21''' is an Alabama law, passed in 2024, which establishes an income tax credit of up to $7,000 per child for parents who enroll their children in private schools or homeschooling programs. School voucher or school choice programs have been proposed in the past, with a number of relatively small-scale measures being implemented...")
- 15:28, 11 March 2024 Trussville Office Park (hist | edit) [1,717 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Trussville Office Park''' is a 7-building, 49,868 squared-foot business center arranged around a central parking lot at 3504–3536 Vann Road, off of U.S. Highway 11 in Trussville. It was developed by Daniel Buchanan's Trussville Properties Inc. In 2024 the Barber Companies acquired the center from a San Diego, California investor for $6.125 million. {{stub}} ==Tenants== * 3504: * 3510: ** Suite 101: Fox Mortgage Inc. ** Suite 105: [...")
- 11:22, 11 March 2024 Quantalytix (hist | edit) [1,190 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Quantalytix''' is a financial technology company that publishes cloud-based tools for banks and other financial institutions. It was founded in 2016 by former Regions Bank executives Chris Aliotta and Will Bryant. The company began offering a loan portfolio enterprise balance sheet management (EBM) platform for community banks and credit unions in 2022. It launched a larger dashboard marketed to institutions with $1 billion to $30 billion in asset...")
- 09:12, 11 March 2024 Lawler-Jones Real Estate & Development (hist | edit) [720 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Lawler-Jones Real Estate & Development''' is a real estate firm founded in 2023 by Therita Lawler and Michelle Jones. In 2024 it relocated its offices from the Professional Office Building at 242 West Valley Avenue to the Massey Business College building at 2024 3rd Avenue North. ==References== * Parker, Illyshia (March 6, 2024) "Real estate veterans open firm in downtown Birmingham." {{BBJ}} ==External links== * [https://www.lawlerjo...")