Archive for the ‘Feature Stories’ Category

This year’s Commission Planning Retreat focused entirely on completing the tasks that will open the park. As they continue to move towards the finish line, they took a quick look at just a few of their accomplishments thus far:

2008:

• Hired Executive Director
• First public tours of Red Mountain Park are held; hundreds attend each event
• U.S. Steel donates $1 million to Red Mountain Park

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The Red Mountain Park digital brochure has finally arrived. This first-of-its-kind digital brochure exists as the single most dynamic way to share Birmingham’s newest park. The brochure, available 24 hours a day online, is your virtual guide to all of the wonderful history, breathtaking views and exciting attractions to be offered to families and kids at Red Mountain Park.

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After months of park improvement-type projects, it took us a little by surprise when Troop 97’s Douglas Coghlan came to us with this eagle scout proposal but we sure are glad he did. Douglas used his creative talents and his love for film to create three informative, enjoyable videos for Red Mountain Park and we are excited to share them with you now on the web until they find a permanent home in the visitor’s center at Red Mountain Park one day. (more…)

Birmingham was founded in 1871, and much of the city’s success and growth during its first century of existence can be attributed to the mining of iron ore on Red Mountain—and to the miners and other workers who performed the back-breaking labor on which the city rose to prominence.  A team of Red Mountain Park Staff, UAB Faculty Members, and local photographer, Melissa Springer are getting out into the community to capture the stories that simply cannot be left untold. Read on to learn more about the Red Mountain Park Oral History Project.