🌱 Mountain Brook Discusses Flooding + Meet City Council Candidates

Hey, everybody! It's me, Dashiell Allen, your host of the Daily. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in town today.

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Times of clouds and sun. High: 91 Low: 74.

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Here are the top three stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. At a recent Mountain Brook City Council meeting, council members discussed how to best address flooding as the deadline for the 2023 fiscal year budget draws closer. Council President Virginia Smith stressed, however, that the situation is not nearly as severe as in neighboring Birmingham. Separately, the council also learned that US 280 will be extended from four to six lanes from Hollywood Boulevard to Interstate 459. (Village Living)
2. With the August 23 Mountain Brook municipal elections just around the corner, here's how you can learn about some of the candidates running. For instance Christopher Powanda, a first-time candidate, is running for Position 1. In his profile he describes himself as an advocate for the small business community and for improving school curriculums. Here's where you can learn about candidates for Position 1, Place 3, and Place 5. (Bama Politics)
3. A mother believes that her two-year-old autistic son was punished unfairly by the Hoover First United Methodist Day School, which, as CBS 42 first reported, had used hot sauce as a form of discipline against children. Now she's seeking accountability. (CBS 42)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Community Grief Support's Loss of Adult Child Support Group (1 p.m)
• Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella - Red Mountain Theater Arts (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Here's five homes on the market in and around Mountain Brook. (Mountain Brook Patch)
• The Mountain Brook Fire Department joined the Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services for some realistic training exercises on Wednesday. (Mountain Brook Fire Department via Facebook)
• Check out the latest construction updates from Mountain Brook Junior High School in this video. (Twitter)

You're all caught up for today! See you all tomorrow for another update.

— Dashiell Allen

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