🌱 Hoover Makes List For Most Black-Owned Businesses + Church Shooting

Hello again, neighbors! I'm back with your fresh copy of the Hoover Daily, fresh off the presses. Come along to find out everything you need to know about what's going on around town.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 93 Low: 67.

Here are the top three stories in Hoover today:

1. If you're looking for property in the Hoover area, take a look at these five new homes for sale. Patch and Redfin have teamed up to bring you a list of newly available homes in the area. Click the link to find your dream home in the Hoover area. (Hoover Patch)
2. Birmingham-Hoover has made the list of cities with the most Black-Owned businesses. Coming in at No. 20 on the list, 3.5 percent (693) of firms in the area are owned by Black residents, according to the list which uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau. In addition, the Black population share is 30.1 percent (327,271) and the median household income is $40,535 (vs. $59,185 for all races). (24/7 Wall St.)
3. An 84-year-old Hoover woman was one of three victims who died from a shooting at an Alabama church on Thursday. The victim was wounded in the shooting at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in the nearby Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills and died on Friday at an area hospital. In a statement released by police on Friday, the woman's family has asked for her name not to be released. The other two victims were Walter Rainey, an 84-year-old man from Irondale, and Sarah Yeager, a 75-year-old woman from Pelham. (CBS News)

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Today in Hoover:

• TomFoolery, At Mt Laurel Public Library (2:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Visit North Alabama has got some fun ways to keep cool in the summer heat! Click the link to hear all about water parks in north Alabama. Don't forget the sunscreen! (Visit North Alabama via Instagram)
• Last week, four new Conex boxes were added to the Hoover Fire Training Center, located at station 6. These four boxes are in addition to the five that are already in place at the multi-use training facility. These boxes are used for live fire training, hose advancement, search and rescue, ground ladders, technical rescue training, and rapid intervention training. (Hoover Fire Department via Facebook)
• Birmingham-Hoover took the No. 22 spot on a list of the US cities becoming more unaffordable for low-income Americans. (24/7 Wall St.)

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— 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.