🌱 Mtn. Brook City Schools Foundation Anniversary + Good News Podcast

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• 🎉 Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary.
• 📕 The former associate rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Mountain Brook wrote a book about George H.W. and Barbara Bush.
• 🏗 Mountain Brook is one of the Alabama cities with the most potential for more housing development, according to a listing.

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Here are the top four stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. Eddy, a second grader at Mountain Brook Elementary School, was one of the finalists to become a student announcer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham football game against the University of Texas at San Antonio on Saturday at Protective Stadium. (UAB Athletics via Facebook)
2. Mountain Brook is among the top five cities in Alabama with the most potential for housing development, according to a new ranking released by Yellowhammer News. (Yellowhammer News)
3. Rev. Russell Levenson, who was the former associate rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Mountain Brook from 1993-97, according to AL.com has written a book titled "Witness to Dignity: The Life and Faith of George H.W. and Barbara Bush" about the former President and his wife. He was "rector of the former president’s home parish of St. Martin’s in Houston" since 2007. (AL.com)
4. The Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation celebrated its 30th anniversary on Thursday night, featuring talks from Superintendent Dr. Dicky Barlow, President Key Hudson and President-elect Kristin Ritter. The foundation says it has raised $9.3 million for the betterment of the city's schools. (Mountain Brook Magazine via Instagram)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• Hope for the Holidays — Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce (9 a.m.)
• Designing with Native Plants — Birmingham Botanical Gardens (10 a.m.)
• Cotswolds Craft Show — Amberly Park, Mountain Brook (10 a.m.)
• Birmingham's Next Hot Dog Contest (12 p.m.)
• "A League of Their Own": FREE Film Screening — ArtPlay (2 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Check out Mountain Brook Schools' new podcast episode where they share "good news" from throughout the month of October. (Mountain Brook Schools via Facebook)
• Read about the cancer center art therapy group that meets regularly in the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. (Over The Mountain Journal)
• The agenda is online now for an organizational meeting the Mountain Brook City Council is holding on Monday, Nov. 7. (City of Mountain Brook)

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

— Dashiell Allen

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