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Chamber News
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Issue 13
May 2010
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Dear Chamber Supporters & Friends,MAY EVENTS:SOME BIG HAPPENINGS THIS MONTH with three all in the same week! Legends of Motorsports and Mountain Brook Elementary's Anniversary are both THURSDAY, May 20th. We hope that participants in the Anniversary celebration will walk to the village afterwards to see the vintage racing cars. Should be a fantastic evening! The following Saturday is the Spring festival in English Village, Spring a Ling a Ding Dong - with events planned to make it even more fun than last year! Please mark your calendars!
- LEGENDS OF MOTORSPORTS
- MOUNTAIN BROOK ELEMENTARY'S 80TH ANNIVERSARY
- SPRING A LING A DING DONG
 Don't forget to buy VILLAGE GOLD for teacher's gifts, coach's gifts, and graduation presents! It's easy to redeem the certificates dollar for dollar in your favorite stores in Mountain Brook and functions just like a gift card. Happy graduation to all our graduating students (and their parents)! LIST OF MERCHANTS WHO ACCEPT IT HERE: Follow us on Twitter! Follow us on Facebook! Lots of great info and you do not
have to join to follow...But if you ARE a fan, it's great way to pass on Mountain Brook information to your friends and family!  Happy Mother's Day on May 9th! Celebrate mothers everywhere by participating in the Ovarian Cancer Walk on May 8th. Join a team or create your own to walk on Saturday May 8, 2010 beginning in Crestline. Celebrate the women in
your life or walk in memory of those you miss. Participate in this year's walk and 5k to fundraise in celebration of the woman for
whom you are running/walking. To register online, please click here. To set up a team or learn more about this event email lori@nlovca.org or call 205.401.5784. We'll miss you, Toni... |
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Legends of Motorsports Road Rally COMING MAY 20TH to Mountain Brook Village! |
"Legends of Motorsports races are the equivalent of Carnegie
Hall performances.....at speed"
Hope everyone is aware by now of the Legends event on May 20th! This will be one of the most exciting events ever to come to Mountain Brook. We are thrilled that they have chosen Mountain Brook Village as the site for this inaugural road rally event and as a contributing part of the lifestyle racing weekend. Please be aware that streets will be closed from noon to 9PM and the cars will arrive approximately 5PM! Click HERE for a list of park and walk, and shuttle locations. Buy tickets to the races or read more about the Legends of Motorsports HERE! Visit the chamber website for additional details. Plan to buy your tickets IN ADVANCE to see the vintage cars race at Barber Motorsports Park. Not sure what this kind of high end event is like? View two videos and hear the founders of the event discuss what to expect by clicking HERE. We're expecting a big crowd of high-end car collectors, and some beautiful cars! You won't want to miss this!
Want to be part of the lifestyle experience but don't have a vintage car? Dress the part! We'll recognize dapper dressers with Village Gold certificates! More details and photos will be posted soon on the blog...
A Scavenger Hunt is planned to engage entire families. So come prepared to find out LOTS about these remarkable vehicles! Ticket giveaways and contests are in planning stages now!
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Mountain Brook Elementary's 80th Anniversary Celebration MAY 20TH!
| Mountain Brook Elementary celebrates its 80th year! All graduates are invited to a special event to celebrate MBE's birthday.
In 1979, the school celebrated its 50th year with a reunion celebration that involved the entire school! Improvements and additions have continued over the years as enrollment at MBE has steadily climbed. The last construction project in 2006 included eight new classrooms, a special education suite and a renovated auditorium. MBE currently has enrollment of more than 582 students in grades kindergarten through sixth.
MBE would like to invite all graduates of the school
to come for an open house
on Thursday, May 20th from 3:15 until 4:15 to celebrate its 80th year.
 Join fellow alumni to tour the school and note how much we have grown as well as how much we have stayed the same through the years. Escorts will be available to guide graduates on a tour and refreshments will be provided. Parking around the school will be available. If you would like to follow this celebration by attending the Legends event, we encourage you to remain parked at the school, and walk to Mountain Brook Village, as streets in the village will be closed from noon to 9PM. Please refer to the chamber website for detailed maps.
For more information or to RSVP for the event, please contact Michelle Latimer at 870-3976 or michellelatimer@mac.com.
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Road Closings and Park/Walk or Shuttle Locations on May 20th
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LEGEND EVENT - MAY 20TH
Click on map images here for links to downloadable pdf file of the
event map on left or for an interactive Google map with park/walk and shuttle locations like the map on right.
NOTE: Road closings will begin at noon until 9PM in the village. Parking areas will be roped off the evening before in order to allow room for vintage cars and service vehicles to park. Employees will be notified of specific parking areas for the day of the event. Thank you for your cooperation!
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LOTS GOING ON! What have you MISSED? Click on the links below!
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All this and more is added to our chamber blog as soon as we're notified of events! Bookmark this page, and check it frequently for what's coming up, special sales, trunk shows, and pictures, so you won't miss a thing! Or use our search engine at the top of the page to see what's been posted about your favorite store!
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2nd Annual Spring a Ling a Ding Dong
|  English Village and Continental Bakery are throwing another
Spring a Ling a Ding Dong!
Saturday, May 22nd from 10am until 4 pm
"Our Second Annual Spring a Ling a Ding Dong! is a giant street party, a village carnival, an outdoor celebration of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Come help the merchants of English Village usher out the old, and dance in the new. Join us as we banish austerity and open our arms to joy. Help us say Au revoir! to winter and Oui oui oui to Spring! We want to have a party!" "Come witness the beheading of Marie Antoinette, and her miraculous transformation from a cold-hearted ruler of winter to a warm- hearted May Queen. March in the Spring Parade as local marching bands lead 12 foot giant puppets through the Village. Marvel at the beauty of the May Queen's Spring maidens and join their wild dance around the Maypole. Enjoy the dizzying gyrations of the Hula Hoop contest. Test your strength in the bread toss. Sample life at its fullest in the bustling open air street market. Dazzle your friends in the costume contest. And thrill your children with the oodles upon oodles of children's activities. Low on cash? Fear not, all it will cost you is a smile.Still not convinced? Call 870-5584 and bring your wildest dreams to life. Come as you are, or as you please!" - Carole Griffin, Continental Bakery |
Chamber members, we will continue to update our chamber list and provide additional benefits to our chamber members only. Please drop by and pick up the new "Welcome to Mountain Brook - Guidebook". 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.
Visit our online shop! It's a great way to support your community and your chamber!  
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 want to provide a great merchant event calendar for the Legends of Motorsports Road Rally and the following weekend. If you have something to include, we want to know! If you have something to add, please contact us as soon as possible.
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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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Lane Parke Development
| We will continue to provide updates on the Lane Parke Development as they become available. Currently, plans are being revised, and there should be new information about revised plans soon.
Birmingham News articles regarding the project 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 the most current information regarding public hearings by clicking HERE.
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Only8 Frozen Yogurt!
| Welcome new member, Mountain Brook Creamery!
| If you're worried about that new swimsuit but like us, addicted to ice cream, DON'T MISS Mountain  Brook Creamery's Only8 soft serve chocolate and vanilla frozen yogurt! Delicious and absolutely GUILT-FREE with only 32 calories per serving! Drop by Mountain Brook Creamery in Mountain Brook Village and Enjoy!
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Mail Mountain Brook
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Shipping UPS or FedEx? Ordering online but want Mountain Brook to receive sales tax revenue benefit? Then make sure you specify Mountain Brook - not Birmingham - as your address. The Post Office for Mountain Brook zip codes is listed as Crestline Heights and refers to the post office on Montclair Road. This assures that Mountain Brook will receive the appropriate percentage of sales tax revenue. THANKS!
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