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Chamber News
June, 2009
New Marketing Campaign for Villages Approved!

The Chamber is pleased to announce that Mountain Brook City Council has approved an exciting new marketing campaign presented by Big Communications to include new branding, as as well as television, print, and internet marketing.  For more information on Big Communications, please visit their website:
BIG Communications   or  Read the article in the Birmingham News
And please mark your calendars for a cocktails and hors d'oevres at one of 4 informational meetings
from 6PM to 7:30PM
June 16 - Taziki's
June 18th - Emmet O'Neal Library
June 23rd - Bryant Bank
June 25th - Park Lane
Flyers will be available with more information in all the villages
Dear Chamber Members and Mountain Brook residents,

We are busy working on an exciting new marketing campaign to support our merchants and businesses!  Please help us get the word out and get people to sign up for our newsletter, read our blog, and visit our website.  Things will be happening fast and we want you to be the first to know about it!  If you happened to miss the article in the Birmingham News, please click here

We welcome your ideas or suggestions.  Please also contact us if you'd like your event to be included on our blog, on twitter, or you have a newsworthy item to report!  We want everyone to know what a great community this is!

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Mark your calendars for MARKET DAYS on July 18th!  More info to come!

Tell us what's going on so we can keep our community informed and help grow our businesses!  And thanks for supporting your Chamber of Commerce!
 
Calling All Artists!
Crestline ArtWalk
 Are you feeling CREATIVE this summer?

All artists are invited to be a part of an ARTWALK event in Crestline at CRESTLINE SEAFOOD in the "HAPPYMESS Gallery - so called because it was once home to Klumpie's ice cream" as well as in Laura Kathryn Collection next door throughout the summer.

Please submit to Allison Adams at  at least two weeks prior to each show a photo of one painting that you would like to have displayed at the ARTWALK Event.  Please note that it will be placed on consignment for the month following the event as well. Include ARTWALK SUBMISSION in the subject line. Space is limited so please get your submissions in early!
June 18TH theme will be FATHERS AND FREEDOM
July 16TH theme will be SUMMERTIME
August 20TH theme will be PEOPLE AND PLACES
Not an artist? Please support your fellow artists and come out for ARTWALK on the Third THURSDAY of June, July, and August.  Need more info?   Email Allison Adams or visit her website.
Algebra and Your Child's Future!
 
TUESDAY, JUNE 9TH - COMMUNITY MATHEMATICS NIGHT
MOUNTAIN BROOK ELEMENTARY

Mountain Brook is a partner in the Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership (GBMP), a $9.96 million National Science Foundation Grant to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics in the greater Birmingham area. One of the components of GBMP is Community Mathematics Nights (CMN) for parents and the public, usually held during the school year.
A special CMN titled "Algebra and Your Child's Future" is being held especially for Mountain Brook parents of rising 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students at Mountain Brook Elementary School on Tuesday, June 9th.

Need More Info?  Email Faye Clark, Project Co-Director  Don't Miss it!
The Fitness Center Summer Special
Summer Special



It's a HOT Deal...But it ENDS July 15th.  Check out the personal training and weight loss summer pricing  with three ways to save. 

Come by our Crestline location to get more information! 
The Fitness Center
3900 Montclair Road, Suite 210
Mountain Brook, AL 35213


Table Matters Hosting Artist
Table Matters will be hosting
Botanical Artist and Illustrator Lauren Lachance
June 11, 12, 13 (Th, Fr, Sat) 

She will have many new botanical pressings of exotic orchids, ferns and oversize leaves.  Lauren will lecture on Saturday about Wabi-Sabi, the Asian based philosophy that beauty is imperfect, impermanent and incomplete.  It has always been  an intrinsic part of Lauren's work.  Other leading designers in the USA and Europe are adopting Wabi-Sabi philosophy - moving interior design closer to being green and helping to heal planet earth one home at a time.

Bring your Designer!
Register to win a pair of framed botanical herb pressings!

Please visit our website for more information
Finally, don't forget to SAVE THE DATE  of July 18th for MARKET DAYS - Mountain Brook's largest annual garage sale with merchant tents and a sidewalk sale with some items up to 75% off!

Thanks for helping us help you!
 
Sincerely,


Suzan Doidge

Suzan Doidge
Director, Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce

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Welcome New Member, Kim Lepley, Financial Advisor for Morgan Stanley


Kim says,
"In today's market, it's essential to have a Financial Advisor who can provide insight and guidance based on an understanding of your unique situation.  As a Financial Advisor, my goal is to provide a high level of personal service to help clients meet their financial goals, along with the breadth of services and expertise that Morgan Stanley Smith Barney offers." 

With over 27 years of business experience, Kim credits Suzan Doidge for convincing her to join the chamber.  "I was impressed with Suzan's enthusiasm for what the Chamber has to offer."  

Parents of two Mountain Brook High school graduates and one current Cherokee Bend Elementary student, Kim and her husband, Bob, have been actively involved in the community since moving to Mountain Brook in 1995.  Email Kim

Kim will be hosting a free seminar this fall specifically aimed at providing pertinent
financial advice for

women in our community.  More information to come...
Special Offer for Members Only!

Vitalesafe protects your vital data with online storage.  Special offer for chamber members of discounted storage space from new member, Don Moore, President of Vitalesafe. 
Contact Don Moore at Vitalesafe for more information
Time for that Bathing Suit?
Fitness Center
Check out our member special at the Fitness Center on Montclair Road
 
SAVE THE DATE!
JULY 18th
Market Days!

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Don't Forget!

Informational Meetings on New Marketing Campaign
6:00 to 7:30 PM
Cocktails & Hor d'oevres


June 16th  - Taziki's
June 18th  - Emmet O'Neal
June 23rd  - Bryant Bank
June 25th  - Park Lane