🌱 Emily Jensen​ Leads Mountain Brook Chamber + World Games Details

Hi all. It's me, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Daily. Keep reading to find out the most important things happening in town these days.

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Here are the top three stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. Emily Jensen became the new director of the Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. A former banker, Jensen sees the role as intersecting perfectly with everything she loved about her job: building connections and giving back to the community. She will overlap for three months with Suzan Doidge, who is retiring from the Chamber in September. (Village Living)
2. The World Games are officially here. The games, celebrated the year following the Summer Olympics, include many sports and events that weren't included last summer in Tokyo. Thousands of visitors and athletes have already descended upon the Birmingham metro area. Here's everything you need to go about the games, which run through July 17 and can be watched on CBS 42 (or in person.) (AL.com)
3. The story of the two young ten-year-old twin boys and their friend from Mountain Brook that saved their father from drowning by performing CPR was featured on The Today Show. They didn't have any CPR training, but they'd watched the classic movie The Sandlot, which taught them all they needed to know. (Today)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• Outdoor Pool open today - Levite Jewish Community Center (all day)
• Community Grief Support's Loss of Adult Child Support Group (1 p.m.)
• Chopped Whirled Food Edition at O'Neal Library (1 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Swedish floorboard world champion players competing in The World Games stopped by the Mountain Brook YMCA for a "relaxing dip" Thursday. (Mountain Brook YMCA via Facebook)
• Market Day in Mountain Brook is Saturday, July 16, at Lane Parke. (Instagram)
• The Ukrainian Ballet Company is holding casting for children aged 5-19 to perform in their upcoming performance of The Nutcracker, at Linda Dobbins Dance on July 13. (Facebook)

Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Friday! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with another update.

— Dashiell Allen

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