🌱Founders Place Helps People With Memory Loss + New Bham Zoo Exhibits

Hi all. Dashiell Allen here with your fresh copy of the Mountain Brook Patch newsletter, full of everything you need to know about what's happening locally. Including updates on...

• Birmingham's Founders Place serving people with memory loss.
• New exhibits are opening soon at the Birmingham Zoo.
• Local events today.

But first, today's weather: Mostly sunny and very warm. High: 82 Low: 61.

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Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. Birmingham's Founders Place meets twice a week in Mountain Brook's Episcopal Church to provide a space for people with dementia to enjoy company, sing songs, and more in a "welcoming and warm" environment. (WVTM13 Birmingham)
2. Eastern black rhinoceroses are headed to the Daniel Foundation Alabama Rhino Habitat and De Brazza’s monkeys will get to enjoy the Barbara Ingalls Shook Foundation Primate Trek, in two new exhibits that are coming to the Birmingham Zoo on March 25, just in time for spring break! (Over The Mountain Journal)
3. In regional news, a man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in connection to a deadly shooting at Homewood's Motel 6 in 2021. He was convicted on a "reduced charge of manslaughter." (AL.com)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Called Board Meeting / 32 Vine Street — Mountain Brook Schools (7:30 a.m.)
• Mahjong open play — Levite Jewish Community Center (11 a.m.)
• Library Loot Book Club — O'Neal Library (4:30 p.m.)
• Girls Varsity Softball vs Minor — Spartan Field (5 p.m.)
• ASC Presents: Meshell Ndegeocello (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Mountain Brook Fire Department's C-Shifts had a "Know your Flow" class with some participants from the Homewood Fire Department, the Vestavia Hills Fire Department, and Pell City Fire Department. (Mountain Brook Fire Department via Facebook)
• Swim lesson registration at the Mountain Brook YMCA is now open. (Mountain Brook YMCA via Facebook)
• StyleBlueprint has a new guide to Mountain Brook's villages with lots of great dinning recommendations. (StyleBlueprint)

That's it for today! I'll see you soon.

— Dashiell Allen

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