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Mountain Brook, Hoover, Homewood, Vestavia Hills show leadership

Stewart Welch, Mayor of Mountain Brook
Stewart Welch, Mayor of Mountain Brook

I’m almost shell shocked.

I was flipping through the pages of the Over the Mountain Journal, when I saw the headline, “Hitting on all cylinders—Mountain Brook Mayor Welch Lays Out His Plans for 2018.”

The mayor of Mountain Brook, as you might expect, discussed his efforts to help Mountain Brook merchants and restaurants.

But then Mayor Welch, a longtime financial executive, went off in a completely and unexpected direction. Continue reading Mountain Brook, Hoover, Homewood, Vestavia Hills show leadership

Can courageous Mountain Brook man transform our neighborhoods?

Stewart Welch, Founder Welch Group
Stewart Welch, Founder Welch Group
Jay Craig
Jay Craig

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest blogger is Stewart Welch.  If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

I describe Jay Craig as a Mountain Brook man—but that’s neither fair nor accurate.

Yes, Jay and I both attended Mountain Brook High School, but when he graduated, he left Mountain Brook never to return.

He currently resides in Sherman Heights near Ensley and lives a humble life congruent with his neighbors. Continue reading Can courageous Mountain Brook man transform our neighborhoods?