Coming Soon to Huntsville: Scooter’s Drive-Thru Coffee

For those of you who like to grab and go with your morning cup o’ Joe, mark your calendars. In April 2022, Scooter’s Coffee will open its very first Huntsville location. The Nebraska-based drive-thru coffee franchise promises an enticing assortment of high-quality coffee drinks, smoothies, teas, and breakfast items. Over the past couple of decades, […]

HudsonAlpha’s Aims for Collaboration, Increasing Workforce Diversity, and Reducing Fertilizer Use

There’s nothing quite like a pandemic to shake up the best laid research plans. In late 2018, researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, in collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) were awarded a $3.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study nitrogen efficiency in sorghum.  Sorghum is a grain with […]

Renovated HSV West Runway Reopens in Time For Holiday Air Traffic

The second longest runway in the southeastern U.S. known as HSV West, or 18R/36L, has reopened to passenger and cargo air traffic at Huntsville International Airport, just in time for busy holiday traffic.  If any good came out of the slowdown in air travel over the past 20 months due to the pandemic, the opportunity […]

North Alabama Entrepreneurs Hone Your Dorsal Fin For Singing River Trail Launch Tank

The sharks are circling in North Alabama as the Singing River Trail announces the inaugural Singing River Trail Launch Tank business competition, presented by the regional Land Use Committee of Launch 2035. Targeting entrepreneurs from across eight counties in North Alabama, the Singing River Trail Launch Tank is modeled after the popular Shark Tank reality […]

Drake State and University of North Alabama Sign Learning Agreement

Drake State Community and Technical College graduates now have new educational options thanks to a partnership agreement signed with the University of North Alabama on Dec. 13.  Effective immediately, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the two schools will benefit all Drake State graduates seeking to complete their bachelor’s degrees at UNA by enabling […]

Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment: A Huntsville Landmark Provides Lessons in Growth and Adaptation

Some of Huntsville’s most recognizable landmarks include its towering Saturn V rocket and the Neo-Formalist architecture of First Baptist Church, designed in homage to the Space Age with a soaring bell tower modeled after the von Braun team’s creation.  The city landscape of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries included similarly-shaped spires, created for […]

WEDC Foundation: Great Things Happen When Women Help Women

By advocating the collective power of encouragement, diversity, equity, and inclusion, women can literally move mountains. As November came to an end, the WEDC Foundation celebrated its 20th Anniversary through its annual fundraising event, Women Honoring Women. Women Honoring Women recognizes prominent women in the community who have created a legacy by overcoming obstacles and […]

Deloitte’s New Stovehouse Office An Indication Of Its Commitment to Huntsville

On Dec. 7, Deloitte formally opened a new office in the Stovehouse campus at 3414 Governors Drive SW in Huntsville, further strengthening its commitment to the Huntsville region.  The ribbon cutting ceremony was held with Mayor Tommy Battle alongside other city representatives that were present at the event. Deloitte, a multinational professional services network, provides […]

Hays Farms Continues to Take Shape With The Liam Groundbreaking

The Hays Farm development in South Huntsville continued its progress and growth recently as ground was broken for a new upscale multifamily community called Liam at Hays Farm. Neither the cold nor the strong gusts of wind could deter anyone’s excitement for the new project headed by Houston-based Bomasada Group.  Mayor Tommy Battle kicked off […]

Publix Celebrates its 14th Madison County Location at Hays Farm

Dozens of South Huntsville shoppers braved the cold on Tuesday so that they could be the first to experience the brand new Publix store located in The Market at Hays Farms on Memorial Parkway S.W. At 7:00 am, the ribbon was cut on Madison County’s 14th Publix location and the 48,000-suare-foot grocery store was open […]