🌱 Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation + $5 Million To World Games

Hello again, neighbors! I'm back with your new copy of the Mountain Brook Daily. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in town.

You can check the full results to Mountain Brook's municipal elections yesterday at this link.

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A shower and thunderstorm. High: 81 Low: 71.

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Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. Mountain Brook's schools are getting a $500,000 donation from the Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation. That's the largest donation in the foundation's 30-year history. It will be used for "technology, library enhancement, and professional development." (Twitter)
2. Pet owners arrived at Mountain Brook's latest City Council meeting, upset by the prospect that they could be banned from walking their dogs in city fields and certain sidewalks. Some suggested that a penalty should only be put on the owners that don't clean up after their dogs' waste. (Village Living)
3. The Birmingham City Council voted to pay the committee that held the World Games $5 million, after they informed the city of a $14 million deficit in revenue. The shortfall was reportedly due to a vendor pulling out and a spike in COVID-19 cases during the games. (CBS 42)
4. Mountain Brook Magazine spoke with Jorg Wesche, the general manager for Habitat Feed & Social, the elegant restaurant inside the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Mountain Brook. The hotel and restaurant, which opened in 2015, "is bathed in European, floral elements with bold colors and oversized chairs, custom designed carpets and lighting that reflects neighboring Birmingham Botanical Gardens’ vibrant grounds." (Mountain Brook Magazine)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Vinyasa Yoga in the Gardens - Birmingham Botanical Gardens (8:30 a.m.)
• Lunch & Learn: Cultivating Citrus in Alabama (11:30 a.m.)
• Member Mingle! - Levite Jewish Community Center (5 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Mountain Brook Police Department has a few safety tips: "🚗 Lock your doors and help us keep #MBSafe. A large majority of vehicles burglarized are UNLOCKED. ✔️ Phone 📱 ✔️ Wallet / Purse 👜 ✔️ Keys 🔑 ✔️ Firearms 🔫 ✔️ Money 💰 ✔️ Credit Cards 💳 ✔️ Jewelry 💍." (Mountain Brook Police Department via Facebook)
• Elizabeth Adams with ExVoto Vintage was recently inducted into the Marquis Who's Who In America Biographical Registry. Congratulations! (Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce via Facebook)
• The Hoover Police Department is looking for two people for illegally using and possessing a credit card. (CBS 42)

Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. I'll be in your inbox tomorrow with another update!

— Dashiell Allen

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