BirminghamWatch

06/06/2026

Nostalgia mingled with hope for those assembled to celebrate the new U.S. Coast Guard Training Center on the former Birmingham-Southern College campus.

🔗 - https://birminghamwatch.org/2026/06/06/bsc-alumni-area-residents-excited-about-their-new-neighbor-the-us-coast-guard/

06/06/2026

The ribbon was cut on Friday afternoon at the new U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Birmingham-Southern.

🔗 - https://birminghamwatch.org/2026/06/06/coast-guard-ceremony-heralds-new-day-for-bsc-campus/

06/04/2026

The congressional districts of some voters in eastern Jefferson County will be changed by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing Alabama to use a district map that favors Republicans.

🔗 - https://birminghamwatch.org/2026/06/04/voters-in-eastern-jeffco-affected-by-congressional-map-ruling/

06/04/2026

Some neighborhoods want to organize community events or fund improvements, but find it difficult with only $2,000 a year in city funding. They would like to see their allocation return to the $10,000 they received in previous years.

🔗 - https://birminghamwatch.org/2026/06/03/birmingham-residents-push-for-more-neighborhood-association-funding-during-budget-hearing/

06/03/2026

The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday voted to place an administrative fee of $3 on parking tickets more than 30 days past due. However, it rejected a suggestion by the mayor and city transportation officials to increase parking fines by $10.

🔗 - https://birminghamwatch.org/2026/06/03/birmingham-city-council-rejects-parking-fine-increase-approves-new-fee-for-overdue-tickets/

Councilors said the city needs to focus on enforcement before raising fines.

06/03/2026

The request was to change the zoning for the property at 3849 Clairmont Ave. from a residential designation to Qualified Mixed-Use Low District.

🔗 - https://birminghamwatch.org/2026/06/03/birmingham-council-rejects-rezoning-request-for-clairmont-avenue-antique-store/

The denial followed neighbors' concerns about how the property could be used in the future.

05/29/2026

Jefferson County Development Services Director Josh Johnson provided an update last Thursday on efforts to develop criteria for large data centers in the county's unincorporated areas, following up on a request from the Commission late last year.

🔗 - https://birminghamwatch.org/2026/05/21/jefferson-county-reviews-criteria-for-new-data-centers/

05/29/2026

Legal pressure against the city of Birmingham and Nebius grows as lawsuits against them progress, with a recent filing alleging that the two are engaged in a civil conspiracy to acquire, assemble and develop the 300-megawatt hyperscale data center in Oxmoor known as BHM01.

🔗 - https://birminghamwatch.org/2026/05/28/new-legal-filing-suggests-birmingham-helped-developers-evade-data-center-moratorium/

This recent filing, submitted May 25, is an amendment to a class action initiated May 13 by two Oxmoor residents, seeking to add three companies involved in buying and selling the property, which is off Lakeshore Parkway at the Oxmoor Corporate Park. It alleges that in a series of quick sales, the value of the land was inflated from $20 million to about $90 million, making Nebius’ financial exposure appear more severe.

05/27/2026

Temperatures at BCRI are now near normal operating levels, and we will reopen to the public at Noon today.

This brief delayed opening will allow staff and vendors time to complete final preparations for safe public access to the building.

Thank you again for your patience, support, and understanding throughout this process. We look forward to welcoming visitors back today!

05/26/2026

Here's the latest from our colleagues at Alabama Reflector.

The court ruled that the purpose of the map "was to distribute Black voters across districts to dilute their votes."