🌱 Mountain Brook's Sidewalks + Homewood Police Chase

Hello all. I'm back with your fresh edition of the Mountain Brook Daily, fresh off the presses. Here's all the community news you need to know right now.

First, today's weather:

Clouds and sun with a t-storm. High: 86 Low: 71.

Here are the top four stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. Mountain Brook resident Charlotte Russ was recently named development and foundation lead at United Ability, formerly known as United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham. The nonprofit serves over 5,000 children and adults with disabilities. (Village Living)
2. Colonial Hills resident Ralph Yeilding has walked every inch of sidewalks in Mountain Brook — all 46 miles of them. His story inspired the local paper, Village Living, to research the history of the city's sidewalk system, a significant amount of which has built within the past 30 years. Sidewalks have been gaining popularity in the past several years, according to several Council Members. (Village Living)
3. A Homewood police officer was transported to a hospital, after he was injured while chasing a murder suspect on the run in a car. The chase took place on Lakeshore Parkway at 9:20 a.m. The suspect, 20-year-old Tyriq McCall, is accused of a murder taking place in 2021, and is set to go on trial in August. (AL.com)
4. Hoover was selected out of a nationwide bidding process to host Move United's 2023 and 2024 national sports competition. Move United is described as, "the national leader in community-based sports and recreation for individuals with disabilities." (Bham Now)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• Outdoor Pool open today - Levite Jewish Community Center (all day)
• Poolside Popsicle at the Mountain Brook YMCA (11 a.m. - noon)
• Tuesday Night Trails with Alabama Outdoors at Red Mountain Park (5:45 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Check out this cool video recap from last week's Mountain Brook summer football camp. (Twitter)
• Here's a round up of real estate on the market in Mountain Brook. (Mountain Brook Patch)
• Mountain Brook is ranked as having the 3rd best performing school district in Alabama, after Madison City and Homewood. (The Alexander City Outlook)

That's it for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Dashiell Allen

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Mountain Brook Daily? Contact me at mountainbrook@patch.com