Leadership Mountain Brook Entrance Sign Project Moves Forward

MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL - A proposal by Leadership Mountain Brook to add city entrance signs has received backing from the Mountain Brook City Council. The council this week approved $5,000 toward the project.

The proposal was one of several presented to the council a month ago, and Leadership Mountain Brook students Ferris Schwefler and Mary Frances Torbert are working on the project and previously presented two types of signs to the council that could be placed at prominent entryways to the city.

In working with Public Works,the students determined two placements: one on Cahaba Road as you enter English Village from downtown Birmingham, and one where Lakeshore Parkway turns into Mountain Brook Parkway, according to a Village Living report.

The total cost for the project is $10,400, and with the money put forward by the city, as well as money from the Spartan Square account, Schwefler and Torbert will have to raise about $1,400 to complete the signs. Council members and Mayor Stewart Welch suggested working with local garden clubs.