🌱 Car Enthusiasts Negotiate With Birmingham + Norwood Shooting Monday

Hello all. It's me, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Birmingham Daily. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 94 Low: 76.

Here are the top three stories today in Birmingham:

1. Car enthusiasts in Birmingham are seeking a safer way to organize meetups. After multiple instances of illegal "slides" and burnouts at meetups, including a recent one at CityWalk, members of the car community are working with city leaders to try and find a safe spot to meet up. Click the link to see footage of the CityWalk event, and learn more about the communications between car enthusiasts and city leaders. (WVTM13 Birmingham)
2. Police are investigating a shooting and car crash that occurred on Monday. According to police, a man was found dead on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds at the 3500 block of Norwood Boulevard. Less than two hours prior to that, a man was found shot to death on Seventh Avenue West, inside a stolen SUV. Police say that 50 to 60 rounds had been fired. (AL.com)
3. 24 infrastructure projects are nearly finished in town. On Tuesday, the city council's budget and finance committee voted to send a $13 million spending package to the full city council for a final vote that will take place next Tuesday. The money will go to projects that include the improvement of rec centers, golf courses, streets, and other areas of the city. (WBRC)

Today in Birmingham:

• Outdoor Pool Lap Swim At Levite Jewish Community Center (5:30 AM)
• Lunch & Learn At Birmingham Botanical Garden (11:30 AM)
• Teen Stop Motion Animation Camp At Homewood Public Library (2:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Birmingham Restaurant Week is quickly approaching — click the link to learn more about new and exciting restaurants for you to try! (SoulGrown • Birmingham via Instagram)
• The Birmingham Police Department made an arrest in the Holli Jo Wilson homicide investigation. (Birmingham Police Department, Alabama via Facebook)
• The Birmingham Botanical Gardens is hosting a free Lunch and Learn webinar. Discover which garlic cultivators grow best in Alabama by tuning in. Birmingham Botanical Gardens via Facebook)

That's it for today. I'll see you soon!

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.