🌱 Red Mountain Expressway Resurfacing In April + AL COVID Cases Rise

Hey, friends! 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 today. In today's issue, we'll touch on...

• 🛣 Red Mountain Expressway's resurfacing is put on pause until April.
• 🖥 Hoover wants to bring more tech businesses to properties along Highway 280.
• 🦠 COVID-19 cases are rising across Alabama.

But first, today's weather:

A passing afternoon shower. High: 72 Low: 53.

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Here are the top three stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. The resurfacing of the Red Mountain Expressway will need to wait until April due to winter temperatures, officials with the Alabama Department of Transportation said. The $16.5 million project began last spring ahead of the World Games but was delayed slightly by early fall rains. (WVTM 13)
2. The City of Hoover is hoping to attract more tech businesses to its Meadow Brook Corporate Park and Inverness Center North, which border Highway 280. "Anything we do to improve and raise property values and create new real property opportunities in the area," according to the city's economic development manager Greg Knighton. (WBRC 6)
3. Alabama saw 300 COVID-19 hospitalizations this week — the highest amount since Oct. 1, as COVID-19 and flu cases continue to rise throughout the state and test positivity rates also climbing. That's still far from the nearly 3,000 COVID-19 patients in Alabama hospitals last winter. (AL.com)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• Girls Varsity Basketball at Hartselle — Hartselle High School (6:00 PM)
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From my notebook:

• Check out these five new properties on the market in the Mountain Brook area. (Mountain Brook Patch)
• Diamonds Direct in Mountain Brook is holding a showroom event tomorrow and through the weekend, with deals on earrings. Check out all the other fun events taking place this weekend, like The Drag and Night Market: Christmas Edition in Birmingham. (Bham Now)
• Registration will open to all on Dec. 12 for the Mountain Brook YMCA's youth and teen programs starting in January. (Mountain Brook YMCA via Facebook)
• The Friend of the O'Neal Library said they will not be accepting book donations this month, as they are preparing for their big sale in February and will resume taking them in January 2023. (The O'Neal Library via Facebook)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Dashiell Allen

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