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Kimberly Ballard

About Kimberly Ballard

Kimberly Ballard is an editorial, PR, and content writer. She has been writing professionally for over 30 years.
Kimberly has a BA in Communications and a minor in World Literature from the University of Alabama.
Kimberly is one of the Huntsville Business Journal’s first writers, moving over from HBJ’s sister publication EVENT Huntsville, after writing and covering events for them for over 10 years.
She started her career selling radio advertising for an FM radio station where she wrote her own radio spots. Since then, she has worked in ad agencies, managed corporate marketing departments, supported sales in a variety of industries, and moonlighted in a variety of writing and editing positions at local TV stations, newspapers, and magazines.
Specializing in creative messaging as well as PR and straight editorial, KimberlyWritesCreative has written and produced TV commercials, marketing videos and PSAs, as well as ghostwriting blogs and small business newsletters.
Kimberly wrote for the Mobile Tech News and Detailers Digest (now Mobile Tech Digest) for 17 years, as well as for publications like the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Guides and Initiatives, the Huntsville Times’ R&D Report, Pulse published by Crestwood Hospital, EVENT Huntsville, and many others.
She also represents the nationally recognized Air Force One Detailing Team at Seattle’s Museum of Flight and the Detail Mafia with Public Relations.
Kimberly is best known for her editorial and copywriting versatility.

Entries by Kimberly Ballard

2021 Polar Express On Main Arrives in Madison with 1st Annual Wassail Fest Sponsored by Downtown Merchants

December 3, 2021/in Lead, Events, Featured, News/by Kimberly Ballard

The 2021 Polar Express Christmas on Main pulled into historic Madison Station in downtown Madison Thursday night with holiday festivities to kick off the Christmas season.  Presented by the City of Madison and the Madison Station Historic Preservation Society, the excitement was palpable as children “oohed” and “ahhed” at the shimmering lights of the Tinsel […]

Space & Rocket Center Unveils New Mannequin Skywalker Exhibit

November 2, 2021/in Lead, Aerospace, Featured, NASA, News/by Kimberly Ballard

The force was with students from the Ardmore Boys & Girls Club as they got the first view of Blue Origin’s unveiling of the Mannequin Skywalker exhibit at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.  In partnership with Blue Origin’s nonprofit, Club for the Future, who recently made a $1 million donation to support Space Camp […]

Chicken Lovers Are Slimthusiastic About New Slim Chickens Now Open at Clift Farm

October 29, 2021/in Featured, Community Development, Food, News/by Kimberly Ballard

If cars wrapped around the building twice at the drive-thru, and people waiting in the parking lot for the dining room to open at 10:30 a.m. isn’t a sign “Slimthusiasm” has taken hold of Madison chicken lovers, then just wait until Slim Chickens opens their second location at Town Madison in December! Alan Renfroe and […]

Ardent Preschool & Daycare Brings Excellence in Childcare to Clift Farm

October 28, 2021/in Lead, Community Development, Construction, Featured, News/by Kimberly Ballard

Schools are crucial to supporting and sustaining economic growth in any growing community and the 550-acre pedestrian-friendly Clift Farm development just got an A+ grade as Ardent Preschool & Daycare broke ground on their fourth Madison County campus on Uncle Frank Boulevard next to the Publix at Clift Farm in Madison. The school is expected […]

Science and Technology Come Alive This Weekend at 2nd Annual STEAMfest 2021

October 27, 2021/in Aerospace, Events, Featured, Lead, NASA, News, Space, Technology/by Kimberly Ballard

Huntsville’s contributions to space, missile defense, cybersecurity, and engineering make it one the world’s most important centers for science and technology. All of it will be on display at the 2nd Annual Huntsville Science Festival’s STEAMfest 2021 this Saturday, October 30 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Admission is free. This year, STEAMfest 2021 is […]

$325 Million Mixed-Use Across From VBC Fits Downtown Huntsville Master Plan

October 25, 2021/in Lead, Community Development, Featured, News/by Kimberly Ballard

It is perhaps the most glaringly empty lot in Downtown Huntsville, but it will not be for long.  The 11-acres on Clinton Avenue directly across the street from the Von Braun Center will soon be transformed into a $325 million mixed-use development featuring a mix of residential, retail, restaurant, bar, and commercial office space. Rocket […]

High Flying Jobs in the Air Travel and Logistics Industries

October 22, 2021/in Lead, Community Development, Events, Featured, News/by Kimberly Ballard

Are you ready to take off on a new career? Land a better job, or take a more direct route to a more exciting future? The Huntsville International Airport at 1000 Glenn Hearn Boulevard is hosting an airline and logistics industrywide Job Fair this coming Tuesday, October 26 outside on Parking Deck Level 2 from […]

Chef Paul Wahlberg Celebrates First Year in Huntsville with Special Visit … and New Anniversary Burger

October 21, 2021/in Lead, Community Development, Featured, Food/dining, News, People/by Kimberly Ballard

So happy to be back among customers after the pandemic curbed his travel, Chef Paul Wahlberg celebrated the first anniversary of his Wahlburgers store on MidCity Drive in Huntsville this week. His visit was in tandem with the 10-year anniversary of the Wahlburgers brand and highlighted by the launch of his new limited-time-only Anniversary Burger. […]

Toyota’s IFORCE Twin Turbo V6 Engine Got Some Motors Running at Toyota Alabama’s Line-Off Ceremony

October 19, 2021/in Lead, Community Development, Featured, Manufacturing, News, Technology/by Kimberly Ballard

To the driving beat of Steppenwolf’s classic Born to be Wild, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama got everyone looking for adventure at the plant’s Line-Off Ceremony when they officially unveiled their new IFORCE Twin Turbo V6 engine, made exclusively at the Huntsville plant, for all 2022 Toyota Tundras made in North America. The shimmering silver apparatus […]

Northrop Grumman Grows Huntsville Jobs and Footprint in Support of National Security

October 18, 2021/in Lead, Community Development, Defense, Engineering, Featured, News, Technology, Workforce Development/by Kimberly Ballard

If Huntsville had at any time in the past 75 years, shied away from very complex programs and solutions, rife with a lot of moving parts requiring a massive effort from a team of brilliant scientists to accomplish – well, we would all still be picking watercress and a gigantic boll of cotton would mark […]

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