When Scott Erwin and Jennifer Geist approached the Huntsville City Council at a recent meeting to get approval for funds to expand a local homeless advocate center, the sell wasn’t a hard one. Asked about one recent horrific incident at a local camp, where many of the residents live in tents or simply in the […]
This past weekend marks the beginning of summer sports in Huntsville, a season that is expected to make an economic impact of $500,000. While the season doesn’t officially start until the Summer Solstice on June 21, the Rocket City got a jump start with the week-long International Model Power Boat 2022 Nationals that began with […]
The latest project the City has invested into North Huntsville is the planned Legacy Park near the Johnson Legacy Center (JLC), which sits at the old Johnson High School campus on Cecil Fain Drive. The Huntsville City Council approved a $4.6 million contract with Consolidated Construction Services to build what has been called a “unique […]
The buyers market enjoyed by house hunters at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when mortgage interest rates fell to record lows, is no longer. The numbers now favor sellers and will continue to do so in the near future with interest rates rising at a rapid pace. Rates for a 30-year fixed mortgage, which […]
Doster will soon introduce HQ at Upland Park, a unique four-story mixed use building on Enterprise Drive near Cummings Research Park. And near is the key word. No building in the park itself, a haven for engineering firms, has multi-use designation. While HQ at Upland Park will be neighbors to the businesses just west of […]
The city of Kohler in America’s Dairyland – Wisconsin – is known for its cheese and beer. But in the city of Kohler, it’s also home to a well-known name in kitchen and bath products. And golf. Kohler Co., founded in 1873 in its namesake city in the Badger State, is owner/operator of two five-star […]
Longtime city residents will recognize the thundering sounds and the shaking of area structures when NASA’s historic 4670 Test Stand at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is once again ready to play a key role in the country’s space exploration. The 300-foot tall stand, first employed in 1965 to support the Apollo program’s Saturn V […]
DECATUR – Jamie Littlefield has been in his position as a union Business Representative for roughly five months, and he’s already been a part of a major contract agreement affecting an area branch. While recently representing District 75 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), which includes Local 44 of the United […]
During World War II and in the aftermath, Huntsvillle joined Tullahoma in Tennessee in the running to acquire some German ingenuity and labor when Prisoners of War were relocated to the United States and to get coveted engineers. Tullahoma seemingly got the better of it when 11 POW camps were opened there in the Volunteer […]
MADISON – Toyota Field, home of the minor league baseball team Rocket City Trash Pandas, has hosted many events since it opened in 2020. And not all are in the mainstream like baseball games. The venue has been the site for 275 non-baseball related events including Christmas light shows, fairs, weddings and high school proms. […]
