By Sam Prickett Feb. 14’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was the eighth recorded school shooting of 2018 and, with 17 casualties, among the deadliest high school shootings in American history. It was also the deadliest school shooting overall since 2012’s Sandy Hook elementary massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which killed 28 … [Read more...]
Downtown Homewood Planners Hone in on Issues Raised in Surveys
By Sarah KuperSince September, representatives from the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham have been working with the city of Homewood on a master plan for developing the downtown area.After a series of open houses, vision surveys and online mapping exercises, principal planner Lindsay Puckett said she is excited to see results of the latest survey going … [Read more...]
1 Percent: Homewood Mayor McBrayer Focuses on Making Everything Just a Little Bit Better
By Emily Williams In his annual State of the City address, Homewood Mayor Scott McBrayer took to the podium and presented not only the successes of the past year, but the progress he expects those successes to build and how they fit into his bigger picture for the city. “My message to you this afternoon is designed to talk about the past year,” “How did we do? But the message … [Read more...]
‘Hitting on All Cylinders’: Mountain Brook Mayor Welch Lays Out His Plans for 2018
By Sam Prickett Stewart Welch doesn’t like talking about the past. The Mountain Brook mayor, now in his second year in office, demurs when asked about his proudest accomplishments so far. “Let me take a little bit of a different angle,” he says after a pause. “My brain is all wired forward, so whatever’s in the past is in the past.”Instead, Welch lays out his plans … [Read more...]
Event Plus Mayoral Proclamations Bring Awareness to Human Trafficking Crisis
By Sarah KuperNo one likes to think something as tragic and ugly as human trafficking could happen in an Over the Mountain community.But Julia Meyers, Junior League chairwoman of the anti-human trafficking committee, said the problem is more prevalent than many would like to think.“These people truly are victims. They don’t have opportunities. Most of these … [Read more...]