About Us Publisher’s Note By Dan Starnes

As you look ahead to February, you will likely think of Valentine’s Day and what it has come to mean for most of us: I need to do or buy something for my significant other.

If that’s the case for you, I’d encourage you to do your shopping and plan your experiences here in Mountain Brook. There are plenty of great options for dining and shopping that we are fortunate to have all around us.

Thanks to Lane Parke, we have several new restaurants and retailers from which to choose in addition to the many tried and true businesses we know and love throughout the city. I think a great place to start your research is to look to the right-hand side of this page and search through our community partners responsible for delivering this paper to your mailbox each month.

While the local business landscape here has changed over the years, as all things do, it has remained an incredibly important part of the city and it has continued to improve as it has evolved.

Many of the businesses here are owned by residents of Mountain Brook while others are not. Either way, within each of these businesses you will find some fantastic people who make the community a better place for all of us.

And if you are someone who is working in our local business community, we want to help you promote your business.

We have a section of free business announcements called Business

Happenings that runs each month in print and online.

These are here as a service to both our businesses and our readers. We’d like to be plugged in as much as possible and promote what is new in the business community. Turn to page A8 to see this month’s announcements and learn how you can submit your own.

If you’d like to talk with me about how we can better inform our readers of happenings in our local business community, I’m always up for that conversation. Feel free to email me at dan@starnesmedia.com or shoot me a text at 205-622-1557.

Thanks for reading and have a great month.