Village Living

16/07/2025

Grit Land Co. is an exciting new Alabama real estate brokerage focused on hunting tracts, recreational properties and investment land, as well as other residential and commercial properties.
Based in Mountain Brook, the company was founded by B.J. Davis and David Marshall. The experts at Grit Land Co. market, identify and develop real estate investments that are safe, valuable and designed to multiply in both financial return and meaningful impact.
Find out more about Grit Land Co.: https://www.villagelivingonline.com/locations/more-than-land-grit-land-co-builds-a-legacy-through-faith-integrity-and-rural-estate/

15/07/2025

Mountain Brook's Caleb Barnett became the 11th player in school history to be taken in the MLB Draft over the weekend, as the Chicago Cubs selected him in the 19th round.

Mountain Brook High School graduate Caleb Barnett was selected in the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft.

09/07/2025

The countdown to kickoff continues.

Wednesday marks 44 days until the start of the high school football season.

09/07/2025

Homeowners spend lots of hard-earned cash when they’re forced to replace rotten wood in their homes, including pricey doors, windows and columns. But Preservan Birmingham offers a unique, eco-friendly wood repair method that uses epoxy resins to preserve building materials instead of replacing them. Developed by Preservan Franchising in 2016, the method saves homeowners millions of dollars annually by eliminating many wasteful, expensive renovation projects. Find out more about Preservan: https://www.villagelivingonline.com/locations/homeowners-save-money-and-time-with-preservan-wood-rot-repai/

03/07/2025

We are officially 50 days away from kickoff of the high school football season.

02/07/2025

📣 ATTENTION MOUNTAIN BROOK BUSINESSES!

🏈 We’re just 50 days away from the start of football season!

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👀 Be where the community pays attention — and get in before the final slots are filled. Reach out today to reserve your spot!

02/07/2025

Home Instead is a long-established, locally owned business that offers the finest, most compassionate in-home health care services for seniors and their families in the Birmingham area.
Owner Dan Pahos was inspired to open Home Instead by his personal experience – caring for his own aging parents in Minnesota. He quit his job selling industrial supplies and opened the Birmingham franchise of Home Instead – the first in Alabama – in 1997.
His driving purpose in running the business hasn’t changed in 28 years. “Our mission is to enhance the lives of seniors and those who love them,” Pahos said. “We give families a way to allow an aging loved one to age in place, in the comfort of their own home.”
Find out more about Home Instead: https://www.villagelivingonline.com/locations/home-instead-leads-the-way-helping-birmingham-area-seniors-age-in-place-with-dignity-and-care/

01/07/2025

Ty Davis didn’t just want to play college basketball; he wanted to do it at the highest level possible.
The former Mountain Brook High School star had a host of options, including power conference and mid-major offers, but he found a home in Omaha, Nebraska, at Creighton University. Now as a rising sophomore guard, Davis is not only living out his basketball dreams; he’s adjusting to a rapidly evolving world of college athletics.
Like many college athletes, Davis has embraced NIL opportunities. But he acknowledges the need for better structure.
“Getting paid like this is going to set us up for life,” he told Village Living. “We are very thankful and blessed to be getting paid and to play the game that we love …. But I am not blind to the fact that the transfer portal is getting out of hand, and I believe there should be some rules put in place to help police it.”
🏀 Find out how former local prep stars, like Davis, are navigating the new, professionalized world of college sports in real time in "Updating the Playbook": https://www.villagelivingonline.com/sports/updating-the-playbook/

01/07/2025

There's plenty going on around Mountain Brook this month! Check out some of the event happening in and around town this month in our July events guide.
📆 Get more details about each of these events in our full events guide: https://www.villagelivingonline.com/news/mountain-brook-area-events-guide-july-2025/

30/06/2025

According to research on signing day trends, once-powerhouse programs are producing fewer high-major signees and more D2, JUCO and NAIA placements. In other sports — baseball, wrestling, lacrosse, even track — the scholarship slots are already shrinking. If roster caps go into effect, they may vanish altogether.
Whatever happens next — roster limits, direct pay, new NIL rules — the path for high school athletes is narrowing fast.
“I’m excited for the future either way,” Caleb Barnett, a Mountain Brook baseball player who has committed to playing at Alabama, told Village Living about his recruitment process. “I’m blessed to be in such a good position where I’m choosing between professional baseball or an excellent SEC collegiate team.”
⚾️ Check out what else Barnett had to say about changes in the recruiting process: https://www.villagelivingonline.com/sports/the-new-playbook/

P.S.: Stay tuned for our next installment of The New Playbook, coming in July!

30/06/2025

Village Living has been selected as the state's Most Improved newspaper! The award was announced Saturday night at the annual Alabama Press Association convention in Orange Beach.

📍 Read more about the stories from Mountain Brook that received recognition here:

https://www.villagelivingonline.com/news/village-living-alabama-press-association-awards/

27/06/2025

The July edition of Village Living will be hitting mailboxes very soon! Get a sneak peek of what's in our newest issue here.
📰 Read our full July Editor's Note: https://www.villagelivingonline.com/news/get-a-preview-of-village-living-s-july-edition/