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Chamber News
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Issue 9
January 2010
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Happy New Year!
Wishing you Health, Happiness, Peace and Prosperity for 2010!
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Dear Chamber Supporters & Friends,
Hope you had a great holiday! Lots of WINTER bargains and sales coming up! Don't forget to follow our blog for LOTS MORE up-to-the-minute information about our merchants and details on their sales and events! You can also subscribe to our blog and receive timely updates on your phone. And news articles about Mountain Brook and merchants will be archived on our website under the "News" tab, so check here too! Here's what's upcoming!
Tech Seminar - January 14th - 12PM to 1PM
Are
you confused about what kinds of technology your business should be
using? Do you wonder what an effective website should include? Do you
think technology is too expensive or too confusing? READ MORE and REGISTER
Advice about Impact of New Estate Tax Laws - January 22nd
It's
the start of the NEW YEAR and may be time to pay some attention to estate tax
planning. Two chamber members, Liz Hutchins and Kim Lepley, are
providing a luncheon in which they will discuss the options available to you. READ MORE and REGISTER
REGISTER NOW for the Village to Village Run - January 23rd
Don't miss the popular Village to Village Run, this year with an
all-new route, beginning and ending in Mountain Brook Village, and
winding through some of Mountain Brook's most beautiful neighborhoods. READ MORE and REGISTERBooksigning - Bill Thornton signs his first book, Brilliant Disguises - January 24th - 2-3PMSee more info below for Bill Thornton's first booksigning at Emmet O'Neal Library. READ MORE ON OUR BLOG
Winter Sales & Merchant Events!
Check
back frequently for a full listing of Winter Sales & Merchant
Events. Special winter sales and discounts, trunk shows, booksignings,
artist appearances, and in-store events will be featured here. Merchants, please notify us if you'd like for your sale to be listed here. READ MORE and VIEW THE COMPLETE LIST
Annual Chamber Merchants & Members Meeting - January 27th
Merchants
and chamber members are welcome to attend this annual meeting in which
Executive Director, Suzan Doidge, will introduce the new board and pass
out new "Welcome to Mountain Brook" guide. READ MORE and MARK YOUR CALENDARImagine Mountain Brook - February 11thThis planning seminar, by invitation only, hopes to gather the best of Mountain Brook from the memories and vision of the residents, and with that determine both the nature and the future of our community, and develop a plan to work toward these goals. Featuring facilitator, Gayle Lantz, who owns the business WorkMatters, she invites you to join the dialogue by sharing photographs, videos, stories, etc. of your very best memories of Mountain Brook, or your vision of what Mountain Brook should be.  Please renew your membership online!
It's a GREAT TIME TO BE A MEMBER! We will be sending out a separate email soon with your new member log-in in order to renew your dues HERE. Not a member yet? Please click HERE!
In the meantime, we will work hard to continue to add value to chamber membership, while supporting our entire community of merchants in order to provide visitors with shopping information about our unique community. Any ideas? Please pass them on!
Calendar of Merchant EventsSearch Engine at top of our blog Access past newsletters by clicking here! | |
What have you MISSED? Click on the links below!
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Register NOW for the Village to Village Run - January 23rd
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Mark your calendar for the popular Village to Village Run, this year with an all-new route, beginning and ending in Mountain Brook Village, and winding through some of Mountain Brook's most beautiful neighborhoods. Also new this year is a 1 -mile Fun Run! Designed as a 'walker and family friendly' event, prizes will be given in all categories. Start times: 8AM for the 10K, 9:30AM for the Fun Run. More details posted on the website including race information, route maps, cost, and how to pre-register.Not a runner? Then set up your folding chairs along the race course to cheer on the participants. Don't miss it!
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| Following the RUN > Take the Mountain Brook Challenge! |
The Mountain Brook Challenge will be a community-wide event focusing on fun competition to encourage healthy lifestyle choices. We will use the expertise of local health providers and health-related businesses to support teams trying to become healthier. Current chamber events will be incorporated and supported by the Challenge, including the kick-off, which will be at the Village to Village Run in January. Emphasis will be placed on getting kids started off right in making healthy lifestyle choices, as well as supporting those individuals trying to achieve specific health and wellness goals. MORE INFO AND LOGO to come. Stay tuned! Teams Teams will consist of five members and can include family members, friends, co-workers, or anyone else trying to improve their health. The competition will be friendly and will seek to motivate everyone to "win" by achieving THEIR goals." Facilitators Christopher Groom (Owner, Mountain High Outfitters) Brad Hassig, D.C. (Hassig Family Chriopractic Would you like to be a sponsor or know of a company who might be interested? Please contact the chamber!
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Merchants, are you Twittering about your events?
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The Chamber wants to create a network of chamber members and Mountain Brook merchants who are twittering about local events. We have posted an online tutorial to get you started on the bottom of our blog. We have also posted a list of merchants and chamber members who are already on Twitter. Add them to your list as friends! Find out what your fellow merchants and members are doing! Not convinced? READ THIS ARTICLE!Are you on Twitter but not on this list? Send us a tweet to @shopmtnbrook and we'll add you! Or add this hashtage #mtnbrk with any tweet and we can find you that way as well.
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Broadway Across America Discounts to Chamber Members!
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Broadway Across America is excited to offer all Chamber Members a special discount on Broadway Across America Birmingham tickets! Contact the Chamber for details on receiving your discount or refer to the emails that were sent to members only.
All Chamber Members:
- Will now be able to access to tickets long before the general public
- Receive discounts on select shows
- Enjoy significant savings on service fees - no $10 fees added on at the end
- Be able to choose seats and purchase tickets online
(Coming in January: The 101 Dalmations Musical, and in March: The Wizard of Oz!)
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Lane Parke Development
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Want
to keep in touch with what's going on with the 27-acre Lane Parke
Development in the heart of Mountain Brook? View the plans and
renderings in the storefront next to Little Hardware (formerly Jonathon
Benton) or visit the developer's website HERE. Opposition to the Lane Parke Development, called
"The Friends of Mountain Brook", have posted information, visual aids,
letters, and comments in response to the developers on their new website
HERE
Birmingham News articles are posted on the chamber website by clicking HERE.
Another
public hearing may be scheduled this month. Follow the brand new blog
at City Hall with agendas and more current information by clicking HERE.
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| Bill Thornton - covering the Mountain Brook beat for the Birmingham News |
Mark your calendars -
Sunday, Jan 24, 2-3PM
Emmet O'Neal Library
Bham News, Bill Thornton, signing new book!
Bill Thornton, a journalist who often covers events in Mountain Brook
for The Birmingham News, is having a book signing at Emmet O'Neal
Library on January 24th, 2-3PM. His new book, "Brilliant Disguises",
has been in the works for 3 years and was conceived from a memorable
Kurt Vonnegut quote, "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be
careful about what we pretend to be." Read more about it HERE and mark your calendars!
Excerpted here: ...Cameron Leon, our narrator, is not a Christian. How do all of the
situations that the evangelical knows - prayer, church, volunteering,
counseling - appear to an outsider? Indeed, an outsider who wants to
remain so, even as he is inside? A mimic, who can't even live his life
without relying on the quotations of famous people and thoughts of
others? Is his life his own? Is anyone's life truly their own? Who
really knows you?
I invite you to find out, though the life of an invented man, and the lives he invents for himself.
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Chamber members, we will continue to update our chamber list and provide additional benefits to our chamber members only. We will be distributing our new "Welcome to Mountain Brook - Guidebook" at our annual meeting in January. I hope you plan to come and meet our new board. Welcome mats are still available for $45 and are a great way to advertise your support of
your community as well as extend a hearty welcome to all your customers. Please email the chamber for details.
We now have a member log-in on the membership directory and will be adding benefits and additional information here. You will receive your log-in and password information soon.
Visit our new online shop! It's a great way to support your community and your chamber! And we will be adding new products and designs frequently. Have an idea? Let us know! We'd love to hear from you! Products are produced and ship directly from the manufacturer - it's quick and convenient. Try it!
Thanks for helping us help you!
Sincerely,
Suzan Doidge
Suzan Doidge
Director, Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce
P.S. Missed a past issue? They are now archived on the News page of our new website. You can continue to forward them if there is an article of particular interest with live links up to 90 days past the publish date.
We will continue to maintain a calendar of all upcoming merchant sales through the winter season so that merchants can coordinate dates and shoppers know what's coming up. If you have something to add, please contact us as soon as possible.
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Please urge your friends and neighbors to join our mailing list to receive our monthly email newsletter. And thanks for forwarding this information using the links below.
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V2V Committee
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Thank you to the Village to Village Run Committee for organizing this upcoming event! (left to right: Steven Hydinger - BREC Development, Becky Ingalls - Burch Corporation, Beth Nigri - The Fitness Center. Not pictured: Hannon Davidson)
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Neighborhood Crime Watch Information
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Mountain Brook and other Over the Mountain communities continue to report higher than average burglaries at both homes and businesses. Please remain alert through the holidays and contact the police immediately if you see any suspicious activity.
Please don't leave valuable items in
unlocked vehicles. Put any items of value in the trunk. If your
vehicle is locked, don't leave anything of value where it can be seen.
Thanks, please keep watching out for your neighbors and remember "when in doubt" call.
You can now go to a website and get information on activity in Mountain Brook as well as other cities. Please refer to this website if you're concerned about crime in your area.
Lieutenant Jim Cole
Detective Division
Mountain Brook Police Department
100 Tibbett Street
Mountain Brook, AL 35213
colej@mtnbrook.org
(205) 879-0486 Main
(205) 802-3856 Direct
(205) 870-5355 FAX
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