🌱 What's Open/Closed On New Year's? + Crestline Heights Development

Happy New Year's Eve, Mountain Brook!

I will be taking a few days off this holiday weekend, so expect a new newsletter in your inbox on Wednesday morning.

In today's update:

• What's open and closed on New Year's?
• Crestline Heights and other developments coming to Mountain Brook in 2023.
• The Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce promotes shopping local.

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A t-storm around in the a.m.. High: 65 Low: 51.

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Here are the top three stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. The Post Office is open today but closed on Sunday and Monday. Here's what grocery stores and other businesses will be open and closed this New Year's Eve weekend in Alabama. (AL.com)
2. Lots of new development is coming to the Jefferson County region in the new year, including close to Mountain Brook at Crestline Heights, a "$200M multi-use development located the former Trinity Medical Center site," which will include "a corporate campus, single-tenant buildings and a luxury condominium space." Portions of the development are expected to open this Spring. (Bham Now)
3. According to the Mountain Brook Chamber, "Out of every $100 spent with a Mountain Brook retailer, $68 stays in our local economy." The Chamber is thanking residents for shopping locally this holiday season. (Mountain Brook Chamber via Instagram)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• NYE Celebratory Four-Course Dinner at Vino (4 p.m.)
• Celebrate 2023 With Bocca Ristorante (5 p.m.)

Bham Now has a list of "8 New Year’s Eve events in Birmingham for an unforgettable night"

From my notebook:

• Faith leaders from across Jefferson County gathered to call for an end to gun violence looking in 2023 on Friday, describing the issue as a "public health crisis." (WBRC 6)
• Here's a look back at some memorable moments this year from the O'Neal Library. (O'Neal Library via Instagram)

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— Dashiell Allen

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