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Hoover Chamber of Commerce
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Hoover Happenings Old Navy coming to Galleria
June 6: Economic Development Committee Meeting at Chamber Office. 8:30 a.m.
According to news reports, Old Navy has leased a 15,000-square-foot space in the Riverchase Galleria formerly occupied by Forever 21. The clothing retailer could open by Christmas of this year. Allegedly, Forever 21 is relocating to a larger space in the Galleria, taking the 65,000-square-foot space McRae’s used
June 13: Coffee & Contacts at Costco Wholesale. 7:30-9 a.m. 3650 Galleria Circle. Contact 909-1039 or w362mbr@costco.com.
LAH opening Hoover office
June 18: Ribbon Cutting at new Alabama Power Company Credit Union. 11 a.m. Located behind Alabama Five Guys Burgers at 4730 Chase Circle. Contact Caitlin Brothers at cbrothers@apcocu.org or 226-6896 for more. June 19: Ambassador Meeting at Chamber Office. 4:30 p.m. June 20: Hoover Chamber Luncheon at Hoover Country Club. Networking at 11:30 a.m. Luncheon at noon. Make reservations by June 17. June 27: Business after Hours at Creekside Tavern. 5:30-7 p.m. Patton Creek Shopping Center. Call 4027281 or contact margeesly@bellsouth. net for more.
Lawrence Arendall Humphries Real Estate Inc. is slated to open a new branch office in Hoover. The company is Birmingham’s largest locally owned real estate company and specializes in the overthe-mountain real estate market. “The City of Hoover, like many of our suburban cities, is a great example of why people like to live and raise their families in the metro Birmingham area: an excellent school system, the great sense of community and a
to inhabit. Neither public relations officials for the Galleria nor Gap, Inc., the parent company of Old Navy, returned requests for confirmation by deadline. Old Navy currently operates Birmingham in Homewood’s Wildwood shopping center and at The Summit.
beautiful landscape,” Maurice Humphries, president of LAH, said in a press release. Ben Preston, a resident of Pelham, will serve as assistant manager at the new branch, which is LAH’s third branch in Birmingham, joining its Homewood and Mountain Brook locations. Preston has been with the company since 2006. John Holley, a Homewood resident, will move from the Homewood branch to the new Hoover branch as qualifying broker.
Grill to open in Chace Lake By this fall, Chace Lake will be home to a new health-conscious restaurant called Cedar’s Grill. Ghassan “Gus” Dib, who plans to open the restaurant behind the CVS on U.S. 31, said Cedar’s would place an emphasis on fresh ingredients. Its specialties will include fresh seafood and kebabs.
Patrons can also order from a juice bar that is slated to feature more than 50 varieties of “100-percent, fresh-squeezed” juices and cocktails. Dib, owner of International Autoplex in Pelham, said Cedar’s is scheduled to open in September.
Hoover athletic camps upcoming Hoover High Coaches are offering a plethora of sports-related camps this summer. Lady Bucs Coach Tiffany Frederick will lead her Building Champions camp June 24-26 from 8 a.m. to noon each day. Girls and boys, third grade and up, are encouraged to participate in this three-day camp. This camp focuses on the fundamentals of basketball through station work and competition. Campers are divided by skill level to ensure the best experiences for each camper. Fee is $135. To register, call 439-1378 or email tfrederick@hoover.k12.al.us. Coach Josh Niblett’s Football Camp is a three-day camp that will teach the basics of the skill positions to young players (rising kindergarten through sixth grade) as well as refine experienced player’s skills (rising seventh and eighth graders). Camp costs $100 if you register by June 3, $115 if you register by July 8, or $125 thereafter. Camp will be held at the Hoover High School Athletic Fields. For more information, email karonniblett@att.net. Coach Rick Davis will lead the 2013 Young Guns Baseball Camp, to take place at Shades Mountain Park. He has been a head high school baseball coach for 23 years. Coach Davis has amassed over 600 career wins and has seen 79 of his players move on to play college baseball. Bat, glove, cap, cleats and sneakers are required. Wear your practice pants or shorts. Sliding practice will be the last day of camp, so bring a towel that day. Camp fee is $115 per student or $75 per student (multi-family discount). The fee includes a T-shirt for each student. For more information or to register, call 296-8962 or email rdavis@ hoover.k12.al.us. To learn more about summer camps in and around Hoover, visit HooverSun.com.