Tickets on sale now for annual Chamber Luncheon

Tickets are now on sale for the annual Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce Luncheon set for Jan. 14 at the Grand Bohemian Hotel.

Chamber of Commerce Director Suzan Doidge said tickets are still available, but they are limited. The last day to purchase tickets will be Thursday, Jan. 7. 

Alabama State Rep. David Faulkner will emcee the event, set to begin at 11 a.m. The event will run until approximately 1 p.m., said Chamber of Commerce Director Suzan Doidge, and is expected to once again be a sold-out event.

The Chamber will award its sixth Jemison Visionary Award to Miller Gorrie, founder of Brasfield and Gorrie. Past Jemison award winners include Bob and Rebecca Moody (2011), Mr. George Ladd (2012), Mr. Rele Evans (2013), Mrs. Katherine McTyeire (2014), and Mr. Wilmer Poyner (2015). The award is named after Mountain Brook’s planning visionary, Robert Jemison.

Emmet O’Neal Library will recognize Larry Faulkner, Rep. Faulkner’s father, with the Tynes Award for his work with the Mountain Brook Library Foundation.

Incoming Chamber President Dan Bundy will be introduced at the event. Hatton Smith, President of Royal Cup Coffee, will be the event’s featured speaker.

Tickets to the luncheon can be purchased online at www.welcometomountainbrook.com for $100 each. Entire tables can also be purchased for $1,000 each.