City appoints new parks/recreation superintendent

Mountain Brook will have a new parks/recreation superintendent come Oct. 1.

Shanda Williams will replace Lyman Tidwell, who served in the role for the past 25 years.

Williams has served as the horticulture maintenance supervisor for the City of Center Point since 2006. From 1999 to 2006, she worked as a gardener with the City of Birmingham’s Horticulture Division.

She holds a degree in horticulture from Auburn University and was the recipient of the first annual Center Point Employee of the Year Award in 2010.

Williams currently serves as the president of the Birmingham Area Municipal Administrators Association.