The planned construction of a new urban center on the vacant 13-acre site where the Coca-Cola bottling plant once sat in Downtown Huntsville is still a go, albeit under a different agreement between the city and the developer. Shane Davis, Director of Economic and Urban Development, presented an amendment to an already approved deal between […]
The genesis of Huntsville’s master plan came during Mayor Tommy Battle’s second term in 2014 when the city was the third largest in Alabama. In 2018, the mayor’s office unveiled The BIG Picture master plan at a time when the city had grown into the state’s second largest. Four years later, with Huntsville now the […]
Plans for the revitalization of the vacated Butler Terrace Addition, which sits just west of Lowe Mill ARTS and Entertainment, are moving forward. The Huntsville City Council approved a resolution authorizing Mayor Tommy Battle to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Huntsville Housing Authority (HHA) for the demolition of buildings at the site […]
Shane Davis, Director of Economic and Urban Development for the City, compares recruiting businesses to college basketball’s Big Dance. The tournament stokes office and online pools and water cooler talk about busted brackets. Davis previously used the analogy to explain his job to his daughter, who played high school sports. “Competing for industry, to me, […]
It won’t be Major League Soccer, but don’t call Huntsville’s 2023 entry in the MLS NEXT Pro a minor league team. While that comparison to the pro baseball system is inevitable, and the as-yet-named Huntsville team will be affiliated with MLS’s Nashville Soccer Club, there’s a difference. City Administrator John Hamilton explained the dynamics at […]
MartinFederal Consulting LLC headquarters is relocating to a downtown Huntsville home a few blocks from its previous location. But it’s not like the company, known as MartinFed, is “moving on up” like The Jeffersons (thanks 1970 sitcoms and those catchy intro tunes). However, there is a sense of upgrading from Madison Street to the heart […]
Less than two years ago, as Huntsville’s population began to mushroom, the city didn’t have the structures to handle the business growth that came with it. That’s changed along with the number of residents that continues to rise, making Huntsville the largest city in the state. Recently, the city was named No. 1 as the […]
Joe Davis Stadium will soon have a new look and also a new tenant to add to the city’s burgeoning profile. Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle announced Tuesday what has been expected since the city decided to repurpose the venue, which at the time of its opening in 1985 was home to the Double-A minor league […]
The United States Tennis Association (UTSA) is bringing in 224 young players this week for the 16-Under girls Clay Court Nationals. Those players, and their families, will also bring a financial windfall for the city. According to Joel Lamp of the Huntsville-Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) the tournament from July 10-17 will have […]
Joe Jackson sits on a short retaining wall strumming his guitar and singing softly as passersby go in and out of a local store, a derby-like hat bottom-side up a few yards in front of him gathering donations. He says he’d retired from the military and an engineering job, once toured the U.S. and Europe […]
