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Nearly 200 people filled the Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission meeting at Hoover City Hall on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, many in opposition to a proposal to allow the Islamic Academy of Alabama to relocate from Homewood, Alabama, to Meadow Brook Corporate Park in Hoover, Alabama.
The Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday night voted 7-0 against a proposal to allow the Islamic Academy of Alabama to relocate from Homewood to a vacant office building in Meadow Brook Corporate Park.
However, the zoning board does not have the final say in the matter. The K-12 school has the option to take the request to the Hoover City Council and will weigh that option to decide if it’s worth making the effort, school spokesman Lucas Gambino said…