“It’s rainy outside but we have sunny news today.” And, with those words, Joe Newberry, past chair of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber, began Monday’s economic announcement. BAE Systems announced a $45.5 million project to expand its operations in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park. The expansion will bring hundreds of jobs and the new building is expected […]
Just a year ago, the Rocket City was not on the top of the mind of the owner of the Southeast’s top climbing facility. But, after some gentle persuasion by a top city official, that facility is coming to MidCity Huntsville. “Huntsville was not on our radar until a year ago,” said Johnny O’Brien, co-owner […]
Jamie Koshofer, former director of sales and marketing at the Westin Huntsville, has been named vice president of conventions by the Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau. The CVB also made a pair of other hires. Beth Ridgeway is the social media specialist and Mark McCarter was named convention sales manager. Koshofer will oversee the […]
Huntsville’s latest retail/dining/entertainment complex is hoping to snare a major market player. RCP Cos., the developers of MidCity Huntsville – the 100-acre mixed-use community on the site of the former Madison Square Mall on University Drive – has launched a Facebook campaign urging people to contact Trader Joe’s (www.traderjoes.com) to bring the store here. Last […]
The announcements of big-time companies opening bring thousands of jobs. And those thousands of people will be getting back and forth to those thousands of jobs on highways that weren’t built to handle the extra capacity.
For several weeks, motorists along I-565 and area residents have noticed a building going up along the freeway across the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and adjacent to Calhoun Community College. Inquiring minds wanted to know. Well, the answer is it is a Drury Inn & Suites and is slated to open in a few […]
A local eatery will soon bring the sights, sounds, and flavors of Cuba to the Madison/Huntsville area. The Cuban Café is slated to open in August at Madison’s Promenade Point shopping center, near the Walmart and Target on U.S. 72.
Life’s good in Huntsville – literally and figuratively. LG Electronics, a long-time player in Huntsville has business announced plans for a $28 million solar panel assembly plant. The plant will create 160 jobs and workers will assemble LG’s “Neon 2” series 60-cell modules. The high-performance solar panels will generate more than 17 percent more power […]
Huntsville has undergone several identities over the past century: From cotton capital to the Rocket City to the Silicon Valley of the South.
Now, there’s a new addition to the city’s monikers – The New Wave of Nuclear.
Redstone Federal Credit Union has been named Credit Union of the Year by the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU). RFCU President/CEO Joe Newberry received the award during at the annual NAFCU Conference and Solutions Expo in Seattle, Wash. “To be recognized by NAFCU as the Credit Union of the Year is such an […]
