Tag: red mountain park
Nearly $500M in Capital Investment for Jeffco Over Past 18 Months
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Nearly $500 million in capital investment has been announced over the past 18 months in Jefferson County and more projects...
The Birmingham Residents Who Helped Create Historic Red Mountain Park
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Evanne Gibson, president of Birmingham’s West End Community, remembers when her brother, Ervin Batain, carved out the path behind his...
Love at First Hike: T.C. McLemore, Executive Director, Red Mountain Park
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
It was love at first hike.
Red Mountain Park (RMP) Executive Director Thomas Carl McLemore, who prefers “T.C.,” fell in love...
Local Historians on How Miners Helped Shape Birmingham
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Between the latter half of the 1800s and into the 1900s, Black and white families lived in company towns on...