January 2023 | Volume 13 | Issue 10
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A LOOK AHEAD AT
2023
Infrastructure and recreation improvements planned for 2023 By LEAH INGRAM EAGLE
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t’s a new year, and with it comes new projects for the city of Mountain Brook. They include infrastructure and recreation improvements, along with drainage, sidewalk and bridge projects. Here is a more in-depth look at each of them:
Library volunteer group honored with award for service
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS According to Mountain Brook City Manager Sam Gaston, there will be plenty of infrastructure improvements in the city in 2023, much like in 2022. “We have a lot of infrastructure projects that we are doing and are looking forward to a lot of them being completed in the next fiscal year of the following year,” Gaston said. Gaston said he hopes by late summer or early fall of 2023 to start the roundabout projects in Mountain Brook Village that have been discussed for a while. This will be a 12- to 16-month project, and the work may be done at night. Jefferson County has two big sewer projects, one in Mountain Brook Village, which is set to take place May through July. The other is on the west side of Crestline and should take place June through November, Gaston said.
By LEAH INGRAM EAGLE
RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS Shanda Williams, parks and recreation superintendent for the city of Mountain Brook, said a renovation was recently completed at the athletic complex at Mountain Brook High School, which was originally built over 30 years ago and
See A LOOK AHEAD | page A30
INSIDE
Ginger Hopper, the intake coordinator for the Friends of the Library group with Mountain Brook’s O’Neal Library, shelves a selection of donated history books in the basement at the library. The Friends of the Library group is the recipient of the 2022 Tynes Award. Photo by Erin Nelson.
The city is partnering with the nonprofit Friends of Jemison Park to help fund projects for Jemison Park including re-routing the concrete trail to higher ground as well as widening it and paving it with asphalt. Photo by Erin Nelson.
Sponsors............................................. A4 City....................................................... A6
Business.............................................. A8 Community........................................ A16
Each year, the O’Neal Library selects an individual or group to recognize for their meaningful and devoted service to the city of Mountain Brook, and especially the library. The Friends of the O’Neal Library will be presented with the Tynes Award for 2023. The award is presented by the O’Neal Library Board and the Mountain Brook Library Foundation. This award was named in honor of William “Bill” Tynes Jr., who served on the Mountain Brook Library Board from 2000 to 2008, as chairman from 2003 to 2008, and on the Mountain Brook City Council from 1988 to 1996. In each position, Tynes strongly advocated for the O’Neal Library and acknowledged the importance of a love of reading and learning.
See AWARD | page A28 Sports................................................. A18 Opinion.............................................. A26 facebook.com/villageliving
All-South Metro Gamble, Yeager earn post season awards.
Get to know some of the faces behind the success of many of the businesses in our area.
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