🌱 Intercity Forum On Domestic Violence + City Rivalry Game Preview

Hi all. It's me, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Hoover Daily — here to impart all the most important things happening locally.

First, today's weather:

Humid; a stray p.m. thunderstorm. High: 87 Low: 73.

Here are the top three stories in Hoover today:

1. At an intercity forum, Over The Mountain Mayors will speak about domestic and intimate partner violence. The group of mayors from towns including Homewood, Vestavia Hills, Hoover, and Mountain Brook will introduce a new initiative called Amend Together. The event is slated to take place on Oct. 18 at the Vestavia Hills Civic Center at 6:00 p.m. (280 Living)
2. Tonight's Hoover-Spain Park high school football game will be the first city rivalry game for both coaches. Who will prevail? Coach Vakakes, now at Spain Park, was coaching for Jackson-Olin in 2013 when he faced Hoover in his first season as a head coach. He returns to face Wade Waldrop's Bucs in tonight's matchup at 7:00 p.m. Read AL.com's full game preview at the link. (AL.com)
3. Birmingham-Hoover landed at number six in the nation for most home inventory. After a long period of hot housing markets, it looks like things may be cooling down. According to the study, released by Stessa, there are 48.9 listings per 10,000 existing homes in the metro, with a median sale price of $277,144. Click the link to see where the rest of Alabama is on the list. (The Bama Buzz)

Today in Hoover:

• Summer Reading Program at Hoover Public Library (All Day)
• Happy Hour at Front Porch (3:00 PM)
• Happy Hour at Brixx Wood Fired Pizza (3:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Hoover Parks & Recreation celebrated National Eat Outside day on Wednesday. Click the link to see photos from the lunch. (Hoover, Alabama - Parks & Recreation via Facebook)
• American Red Cross of Alabama invites you to the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Blood Drive. Swing by the Franklin Primary Health Center in Mobile from 8:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sep. 10 to donate. (American Red Cross of Alabama via Facebook)
• Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce wants to wish you a happy Labor Day! Offices will be closed on Monday, Sep. 5 in observance of the holiday. (Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Friday. 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.