Entries by Kimberly Ballard

Sit Down with Success: Tommy Dothard, Owner of Dirtbusters Cleaning and Restoration

Sitdown with Success is a feature of the Huntsville Business Journal on entrepreneurs and their keys to success. This month’s subject is Tommy Dothard, owner of Dirtbusters Cleaning and Restoration. You have heard the refrain, “It’s a dirty job but somebody has to do it”.  Tommy Dothard, the owner of Huntsville’s Dirtbusters Cleaning and Restoration, […]

Local Automotive Manufacturers Hold Virtual Hiring Event; 4,000 Jobs Available

Come and get ‘em! The North Alabama automotive industry still has some 4,000 jobs available starting at $17 per hour.  The world-class Mazda Toyota Manufacturing facility in Huntsville-Limestone County and more than a dozen local automotive manufacturers and suppliers are holding another North Alabama Virtual Automotive Manufacturing Hiring Event. This third event is Thursday from […]

Cycling Event Bringing Olympian Revenue to City

The 2021 Paralympic Cycling season kicks off in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park the week of April 17-18 with more than 100 Paralympic athletes from around the country competing. The event is expected to have an estimated economic impact of $210,000 on the local economy. “Space, technology and automotive sectors are already centerpieces to the Huntsville […]

Scents, Sights, & Sounds: Town Madison is Coming to Life

MADISON — There is still a lot of roiling red dirt and tractors grinding at the firmament. Not all the landscape has been planted and you will see a spattering of bare spots here and there like missing jigsaw puzzle pieces waiting to be filled in. But over the next few days and weeks – […]

Huntsville International Airport Approved for Drone Research

Huntsville International Airport asked and has received. This week the Federal Aviation Administration announced Huntsville International Airport has been selected as one of the four airports to host the agency’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems research test site program. “We applaud this decision by the FAA and look forward to hosting a test site at our airport,” […]

Huntsville Music Initiative: A Duet in Economy and Song

In 2019, the city of Huntsville played a duet in economy and song. The Huntsville Music Initiative was launched, accompanied by a citywide music audit to celebrate the music industry’s significant impact on the city, with the understanding that impact could be significantly more. One of the initial recommendations coming from the music audit was […]