🌱 Public Hearing On City Council Districts + Protective Stadium

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First, today's weather:

Cloudy with a touch of rain. High: 66 Low: 56.

Here are the top three stories in Birmingham today:

1. On Mar. 29, the Birmingham City Council will host a public hearing to discuss proposed changes to the city’s council districts based on 2020 census data. The council hired Crimcard Consulting Services last month to lead the redistricting process, which is required each decade by city law. Crimcard presented proposed districts to the council on Feb. 14. after several individual meetings with councilors. (birminghamwatch.org)
2. On Monday night, a Birmingham man was shot and killed in north Birmingham. The incident occurred just after 7 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 1700 block of 33rd Street North. 26-year-old Joshua Isaiah Carpenter was found dead at the residence after reports of gunfire were received at the North Precinct, according to Officer Truman Fitzgerald of the Birmingham Police Department. (Birmingham Patch)
3. Birmingham's Protective Stadium has been nominated to become the 2021 Stadium of the Year. The stadium opened in the fall and is among 23 stadiums throughout the world up for the honor. The Public Award is given out in an online vote, which is free for everyone but is limited to one vote per person (one per device). (Birmingham Patch)

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Today in Birmingham:

• Pickleball Clinics At Levite Jewish Community Center (9:00 AM)
• Homeschool STEAM Week At Birmingham Public Library (9:30 AM)
• Cultural Awareness Building Blocks At University of Alabama at Birmingham (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Birmingham City Schools announced that the Ramsay Rams Boys Basketball Team is on to the Final Four at the BJCC after they defeated Guntersville yesterday. Congrats to the Rams! (Facebook)
• Birmingham City Schools' Child Nutrition Program will be holding pop-up hiring fairs at Huffman High today, Feb. 23, and Jackson-Olin High on Feb. 24. Each hiring fair is from 2 to 4 p.m. Apply here. (Facebook)
• In honor of Tropic Falls OWA opening May 2022, SoulGrown Birmingham is giving away a hotel and park ticket prize package to one lucky family of four. Want to be one of the first to experience this new indoor water park? Check out the Instagram post to learn how to enter. (Instagram)

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— Kayla Harrison

About me: Kayla Harrison is a Writing Arts professor, as well as a freelance writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners. In her free time, you can find her listening to podcasts, writing poetry, and visiting local coffee shops.