Bank Independent Hires Rockhill

Bank Independent recently announced the hiring of Nick Rockhill as a VP Sales Officer in Madison County. Rockhill has over 10 years of experience in the banking industry. He has served on the Retail Banking side for about five years where he served various roles from Customer Sales/Relationship Banking to Management of a Retail Sales Office. After serving […]

UAH Designated as National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by NSA and CISA

HUNTSVILLE, AL  – The College of Business (COB) and the Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education (CCRE) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), have announced the National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have re-designated UAH as a National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD). UAH, a part of The […]

Huntsville City Council Approves Giles as HPD Chief

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Two weeks after a vote was scheduled to take the interim label off of Huntsville Police Department Chief Kirk Giles and make the position permanent, the Huntsville City Council approved the move at its regular meeting Thursday night. Giles was given the permanent title with a 3-0 council vote. Council members David […]

CFD Research Donates $35k to Huntsville Hospital Foundation

HUNTSVILLE, AL – For the past five years, CFD Research has held its annual CFD Research-Liz Hurley Golf Classic to benefit the top technology needs of Huntsville Hospital’s Breast Center through the Huntsville Hospital Foundation and its Liz Hurley Breast Cancer Fund. This year’s event was the most successful yet with the number of participants […]

Buddo Named by DHI to Follow Emerson as President, CEO

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Downtown Huntsville, Inc., has identified the replacement for former President and CEO Chad Emerson. Rob Buddo succeeds Chad Emerson, who resigned after nine successful years at DHI to take over as Managing Director of Business Operations for Huntsville’s NEXT professional soccer team. After what the DHI board and an executive committee called […]

Location for Space Command HQ Coming ‘Shortly’

HUNSVILLE, AL – Back in May, Huntsville received positive news from a U.S. Department of Defense Environmental Report for Space Command’s (SPACECOM) relocation from Colorado Springs, Colorado to the Rocket City. The report concluded that Huntsville was a safe and proper city for relocation, and that “the process Air Force officials used to select Huntsville, […]

Real Estate Update: Local Inventory Increase Mirrors National Trend

Inventory of residential real estate units continues to climb from its nadir of last year, both nationally and here in Huntsville.  Reporting from the University of Alabama’s Center for Real Estate tracks real estate inventory listed for sale in the Huntsville area dating back to October 2012. From a peak of 3,192 in October of […]

Mayor Battle Highlights Growing Path Forward in “State of the City” Address

The excitement in the air was evident at Mayor Tommy Battle’s “State of the City” address on Tuesday. Around 1,400 community and business leaders filled the Von Braun Center (the most ever for a chamber event according to Battle) to hear what the mayor had to say and to celebrate many of Huntsville’s latest achievements.  […]

Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville Raises $1 Million at Giving Tuesday

The holidays were in full swing on Tuesday and those in the charitable spirit gathered at Twickenham Center to celebrate. Twenty four of Huntsville’s community and business leaders announced grants at this year’s Giving Tuesday, organized by the Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville Corporate Giving Network. The grants totaled more than $1 million and will […]

Parkway Place Celebrates 20 Years

HUNTSVILLE, AL – For the past 20 years, Huntsville’s Parkway Place Mall has been the center of attention for many passing by on Memorial Parkway. To celebrate this milestone, Parkway Place is hosting an anniversary event starting at 12:00 on Saturday, December 03. Events include: 12-12:30 p.m.: A professional magic show with Lance Johnson 12:30-3 p.m.: Meet-and-greet […]