🌱Mountain Brook's New Athletics Director + High School Sports Updates

Hey, friends. It's Wednesday in Mountain Brook and I'm back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening in the community, including updates on:

• Mountain Brook schools' new athletics director.
• High school sports.
• Freezing property taxes for seniors.

But first, today's weather: Partly sunny and comfortable. High: 84 Low: 52.

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Here are the top three stories today in Mountain Brook:

1. Andy Urban, Homewood's current director of athletics, is set to become Mountain Brook school's new director. He's spent 25 years in education. “When you talk to people about Mountain Brook, you don’t say, ‘They win.’ You say, ‘They’re successful and they have a certain way of doing that," he said. (Over the Mountain Journal)
2. Here's the latest in Mountain Brook sports. The high school baseball team earned a win over Homewood last Tuesday, and a 9-0 win against Spring Garden on Friday. Meanwhile, Reagan Riley won a one-mile race in 4:53 minutes at the Mountain Brook track & field invitational over the weekend. (Village Living)
3. Seniors in Jefferson County have the option to freeze their property taxes by filing a form with a deadline on April 30 but long lines at the Jefferson County Revenue satellite office in Hoover have been difficult for some to manage. (WVTM 13)

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Today in Mountain Brook:

• Medicare Made Clear — O'Neal Library (10 a.m.)
• Jewish Culture and Conversation — Levite Jewish Community Center (12 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Check out this round up of real estate in Mountain Brook. (Mountain Brook Patch)
• The Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce provided lunch to the city's Public Works team this week. "From keeping our city looking amazing to supporting the chamber's many annual events, Public Works consistently goes above and beyond." (Mountain Brook Chamber via Instagram)
• The Birmingham metropolitan area has the lowest unemployment rate at 2.2 percent of major cities with a population over $1 million, according to census data, tied with Miami, Florida. (Bham Now)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Wednesday! See you tomorrow morning for another update.

— Dashiell Allen

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