🌱Price Gap Among Metro Area Homes + Birmingham Police Chief Sworn In

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Here are the top three stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. There is a large price discrepancy in home value between Mountain Brook and surrounding cities in the Birmingham metro area – while prices in Mountain Brook have continued to soar to over $800,000, homes in Birmingham proper are dropping slightly to under $150,000. There's a similar trend in the Mobile metro area. (AL.com)
2. A delegation from Mountain Brook attended the swearing in of Scott Thurmond as Birmingham Police Chief on Friday morning. His top priorities are fighting gun violence in the city and community engagement. (WVTM 13)
3. The Alabama Sports Writers Association's preseason high school football rankings puts Mountain Brook at number 2 in Class 6-A. See the full ranking here. (Montgomery Advertiser)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• School picture day, Parking Decal, and School Supply Pick-Up (8 a.m.)
• The Spot (School Supply Store) Open 12-3 (noon)
• Monday Matinees - Levite Jewish Community Center (1:30 p.m.)
• Mountain Brook School Board Work Session - 32 Vine Street (2 p.m.)
• Board of Education - City of Mountain Brook (3:30 p.m.)
• City Council - City of Mountain Brook (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Reminder: today is the last day to register for the August 23 municipal elections. (City Of Mountain Brook)
• The Levite Jewish Community Center is holding its J’la gala on August 18. You can register online now. (Levite JCC Birmingham)
• The Mountain Brook Police Department commemorated the death of Sergeant Freddie Jackson Harp, who was killed in the line of duty 49 years ago on Saturday. (Twitter)
• The first day of school is Wednesday, August 10. (Twitter)

Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Monday. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Dashiell Allen

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