Flourish: An Entrepreneurial Venture on the Front Line of Marketing and Public Relations

Businesses tend to equate marketing with “koozies, pens and assorted trade show swag.” “I can’t tell you how many companies we’ve worked with who believe that the only role of a marketing department is to order t-shirts and set up the next tradeshow booth,” said Megan Nivens-Tannett, founder and CEO of Flourish, a marketing and […]

Brown Hired as VP for Southern States Bank

Brooks Brown has been named vice president and commercial banking officer for Southern States Bank’s Huntsville office.  He will be responsible for growing and originating deposit and commercial loan relationships, primarily in the Madison County market. With more than 20 years of banking experience in commercial lending and business banking, Brown joins Southern States Bank […]

Huntsville-Madison County Chamber Announces Best Places to Work Contenders

And the nominees are … The Huntsville-Madison County Chamber has announced the contenders for the 2020 Best Places to Work Award. The award recognizes businesses that create an excellent workplace culture through employee engagement, strong leadership and excellent communication. The winners will be announced at the annual awards luncheon April 15 in the Von Braun […]

Sitdown with Success: Louis Breland: An Old-School Developer Leading New-school Developments

This month’s installment of the Huntsville Business Journal’s series “Sitdown with Success” features developer Louis Breland. “Sitdown with Success” spotlights local entrepreneurs who describe their successes and failures. Tell us about your very first touch with Town Madison and how you got involved. We had developed a lot of property on Madison Boulevard that we […]

Construction on Schedule for North Huntsville Library and Berachah Park

The site is shaping up on Sparkman Drive for the new North Huntsville Library and Berachah Park. Contractors are on schedule for a fall completion of the joint $10.8 million project – a partnership between the City of Huntsville and the Huntsville/Madison County Public Library. “The city is proud to make this investment in North […]

From Government Contracting to Broadcast TV: ProjectXYZ Has Always Been About Diversifying

It was just sitting there. Huntsville businessman Larry Lewis created a business entity called ProjectXYZ, but he had a government contracting job that kept him busy. So, ProjectXYZ just sat on the sidelines waiting for someone to define it. In 2002, Lewis was dating Kim Caudle. Looking for a way to make extra money to […]

Finley: State of Madison is Strong; Outback, Panera, Marriott, Hub Coming to Town Madison

City to purchase Three Springs facility

February 2020