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February 2013
Village Living Volume 3 | Issue 11 | February 2013
Southerner on the set Jann Robinson a contestant on CBS’s The Job
neighborly news & entertainment for Mountain Brook
Tree City USA Mountain Brook’s national distinction, and point of pride, is celebrated on Arbor Day
Jann Robinson. Photo courtesy of Beau Gustafson.
By MADOLINE MARKHAM For Jann Robinson, competing on national TV for a position at a decades-old New York restaurant didn’t feel that different from another day at the office. Robinson’s six kids grew up in her restaurant, Dave’s Deli, just like the kids of the family behind Palm Restaurant Group did. The fine-dining steakhouse has been owned and operated by members of the Bozzi and Ganzi families for 87 years and has 25 locations across the continental United States, as well as international outposts in Mexico City and London. “It was almost like having a Southern experience with the family community restaurant dynamic,” she said. Robinson will represent Mountain Brook as one of five contestants on new CBS show The Job as she vies for an assistant manager position with Palm. The episode will air Friday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. The show, hosted by Emmy Award nominee Lisa Ling, has candidates participate in several rounds of elimination challenges before a panel of executives from Palm. In addition to the episode’s featured company, representatives from three guest food companies in New York will have the opportunity to make an on-thespot offer to one of the candidates who must
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Tree Commission members David Price, Bill Warren (Chairman), Ruth Mears and Troy Rhone at a seedling giveaway. Photo courtesy of Don Cafaro.
By JEFF THOMPSON When Bill Warren looks out across his yard, his eyes often rest on a memory. The sapling his daughter planted as a child is now a tree, and, while she’s grown and away at college, she’s left a piece of her that will always remain at home. In Mountain Brook, almostevery tree has a story, and many of those began at the annual
Arbor Day Tree Giveaway. It’s where Warren’s daughter received her tree, and this year’s event is certain to provide thousands of new memories like theirs. Much has gone into putting this year’s giveaway together – about 19 years’ worth of work. In 1993, Mountain Brook achieved all the goals required to become a Tree City USA, a designation awarded by the Arbor Day Foundation that the city shares with more than
3,400 communities across the nation. Four things are required of a community to become a Tree City: the creation of a tree board or department, an ordinance giving the commission authority to create an annual forestry work plan, an annual forestry budget of approximately $2 per
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Cherokee, 280 update Based on public comments received, the Alabama Department of Transportation has released alterations to its November 2012 proposal to improve intersections on U.S. 280. The City of Mountain Brook will host a workshop open to the public on Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. at Mountain Brook Junior High School. ALDOT will be present.
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