Welcome to Mountain Brook Alabama where chess is played outside city hall, where personal service is sill the norm, , with historic residential neighborhoods, where you can walk to neighborhood restaurants, with kid-friendly neighborhood events, where sidewalk sales and parades are a part of life, with unique one-of-a-kind shopping, with varied dining opportunities and where education is always highly ranked. Life in Mountain Brook cebters around it’s original 3 charming villages, each with it’s own distinct personality:
MOUNTAIN BROOK VILLAGE
Welcome to tradition. Named for the community and home to its heart, Mountain Brook Village presents visitors with a complete range of shopping and dining options. Tucked into classic European architecture with blocks of walking charm, it's a piece of history perfect for finding something simple or simply amazing.
ENGLISH VILLAGE
Welcome to unique. With its quirky mix of French bistros, stylish salons and game day favorites, English Village puts an eclectic twist on quaint Old World charm. High atop Red Mountain, its sidewalk cafés and smiling statues offer an English country town in the heart of the deep South
CRESTLINE VILLAGE
Welcome to family. No place else offers as much variety for everyone. A fun and friendly walkable downtown area and tot-lots near the Emmet O'Neal Library prove that around here, kids are king, while the one of a kind boutiques and jaw-dropping restaurants give Mom and Dad plenty of reasons to keep coming back.
Holiday Shopping
Homewood businesses kick off the holidays with the annual Holiday Open House. The popular event has grown each year and features complementary appetizers and beverages, trolley rides, live music, and the opportunity to preview the season’s best gift ideas in a fun and festive environment.
Christmas in Homewood
Celebrate the holidays in Homewood with the festive annual Homewood Christmas Parade. The parade starts at the Homewood Public Library, travels east on Oxmoor Road to 18th Street, around to 28th Street and Central Avenue with the parade ending at Homewood Central Park. The parade features a variety of civic groups, churches, clubs, organizations, school groups, businesses, and individuals. Awards are given for “Best Float,” “Best Performance,” and “Best of Show.” The parade’s traditional finale is the arrival of Santa Claus riding atop the Homewood Fire Department’s ladder truck. Following the parade, Santa is available for photos on the 18th Street plaza.
Easter Egg Hunt
Homewood Central Park is home to Homewood’s annual Easter Egg Hunt. The hunt is for toddlers to 12-year-olds. Children hunt for eggs by age groups, and there is a section for children with special needs. There are also Moon Walks, train rides, and a Merry-Go-Round.
Exceptional Foundation Chili Cook-Off
Each year, dozens of chili cooking aficionados turn out to see whose recipe will reign supreme at the Exceptional Foundation Chili Cook-Off. Held in the Exceptional Foundation parking lot, which is shared with Homewood Central Park on Oxmoor Road, the cook-off has become a highly anticipated event and the Foundation’s biggest fundraiser. A panel of judges chooses the grand-prize winner and first and second runners-up, as well as the winners of the fundraising and spirit awards. Event patrons vote on the People’s Choice Award. Festivalgoers sample chili and enjoy live music. Kids activities include face painting, a moonwalk, and a magician.
Friday Night Flicks
Each Friday night during the summer, Homewood Central Park becomes an outdoor movie theater, with family friendly movies shown on a huge outdoor screen. There are also food and beverage vendors, inflatables, and other kid-friendly activities. Bring lawn chairs and a picnic basket for loads of family fun.
Downtown Homewood Farmer's Market
Homewood’s first Farmers Market kicked off on May 22 and will continue each Saturday through August. The Farmers Market is a partnership between Urban Cook House, a new Homewood eatery featuring locally grown foods, and the Homewood Chamber of Commerce. Located at the corner of 18th Street S. and 29th Avenue, the market features local farmers selling their fresh-from-the-field produce.
Homewood Chamber Golf Tournament
Held at Oxmoor Valley, a 54-hole Robert Trent Jones-designed
facility, the Homewood Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic puts
the fun in fundraiser. After a shotgun start, golf teams compete
for bragging rights and prizes for first-, second-, and third-place
finishes. There is also a putting contest, and each golfer receives
an official tournament golf shirt or cap and many other valuable
prizes in their gift bag. The “after the tournament party”
features great food and
live music. There are
drawings for incredible
door prizes donated by
Homewood businesses,
which are always a fan
favorite. The 2010 event
features a hole-in-one
competition with a
prize of a Toyota from
Limbaugh Toyota and
gifts of golf balls from
State Farm Insurance.