🌱 Central Business District Designated + Hoover Voting Precinct

Good day, neighbors! It's me again, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Hoover Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and very warm. High: 93 Low: 72.

Here are the top three stories today in Hoover:

1. This week, seven players with Alabama roots will be attending the 28th annual NFLPA Rookie Premiere in Los Angeles. Among the 42 players on the roster is George Pickens from Hoover High School. At the Rookie Premiere, hosted by the NFL Players Association through its marketing and licensing arm NFL Players Inc., and presented by Panini America, the rookies will be photographed in their new NFL uniforms and collect autographs and memorabilia for inclusion in its football-card sets. (AL.com)
2. On Monday night, the Hoover City Council designated a six-mile-wide area as the city’s central business district for economic redevelopment purposes. The district was recommended by the city’s new Downtown Redevelopment Authority and is limited by state law to six miles in diameter. The designated area stretches from Ross Bridge and the new Everlee development to roughly along I-65, as well as from the former site of Tip Top Grill in Bluff Park to around the Pelham city limits. (Hoover Sun)
3. With the Alabama primary elections only one week away, Hoover residents should note that some voting precincts have changed. While many previously voted at either the Hoover Met or Finley Center, they will now vote at the Hunter Street Baptist Church. According to Chair of the Jefferson County Democratic Party Wayne Rogers, voters should plan to get to the precinct at a reasonable time. (WIAT - CBS42.com)

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Today in Hoover:

• Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, At AccuRX Infusion Center (4:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• The splash pad at the Explore Playground officially opened on Tuesday. It is located at the Hoover Met Complex behind the RV park, at 1060 RV Trace. (Facebook)
• The Hoover Police Department is hiring. Fill out your application online here. (Facebook)
• If you're in the market for a new home, you won't want to miss this week's real estate round-up for the Hoover area. (Hoover Patch)

You're officially in the loop for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— 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.