LAUNCH celebrates 10 years, unveils strategic plan for North Alabama

Marking a decade of service to North Alabama, LAUNCH Regional Partnership gathered elected officials, community and business leaders, and residents for a “State of the Region” address on Thursday, August 14 at Cook Museum of Natural Science in Decatur. The all-volunteer organization was created to encourage collaboration among the state’s 10 northernmost counties. LAUNCH Chair […]

Gener8tor’s Summer 2025 Showcase Puts Local Startups in the Spotlight

Entrepreneurs, investors, and community leaders gathered Wednesday evening at The Camp in MidCity for the gener8tor Huntsville Summer 2025 Showcase, celebrating a new cohort of local startups and highlighting the city’s growing innovation ecosystem. Sierra Peña, program director for Spark and gBETA in Huntsville, kicked off the event. “Our mission is to invest in communities’ […]

Huntsville Lands Alabama’s First IKEA, Opening 2026

IKEA plans to open its first Alabama store in Huntsville in early 2026, the company announced on Tuesday. The Swedish home furnishings giant will take over space at the University Place Shopping Center, at 6125 University Place Drive, in the city’s bustling retail corridor. The location, just off Research Park Boulevard and accessible via Interstate […]

Golden Dome and SPACECOM in limbo as Huntsville waits on Washington

They threw a three-part party near the end of the second day of the Space & Missile Defense Symposium on Wednesday at the Von Braun Center. First up was a combined Salute to the Warfighter and Oath of Enlisted Ceremony, complete with a champagne toast shared by the families of new enlistees and Army, Air […]

Huntsville Architecture Firm Fuqua & Partners Joins McMillan Pazdan Smith

McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture (MPS) has announced that Fuqua & Partners Architects (FPA), a progressive community-based architecture, interiors, and planning firm operating in Huntsville, Alabama since 1983, has joined McMillan Pazdan Smith. The acquisition represents a strategic growth investment in Alabama and southern Tennessee with a tenth studio office for Southeast-focused MPS. “With its welcoming […]

A Conversation with Laurel Bailey of Industrial Properties of the South

Industrial Properties of the South (IPS) has been a key player in shaping Huntsville’s industrial real estate landscape since 1982. IPS founders Dr. Jerry and Charlene Graham moved to Huntsville in the 1960s to work on the Apollo space program. The Grahams began developing commercial real estate in the late 1970s, starting with warehouses, then […]

Why Food Manufacturers Are Looking to Huntsville

Huntsville has secured the No. 3 spot in the nation for food manufacturing in the newly released 2025 Best Places for Food Manufacturing Insights Report by Global Location Strategies (GLS), a top global site selection and location strategy firm. The report ranked 387 metro areas across the U.S., combining more than 100 factors related to […]

Tearful Rep. Strong is “100 percent sure” Space Command is Coming to HSV

On July 30, 2025, at the Von Braun Center, Rep. Dale Strong tearfully declared he is “100 percent sure” that U.S. Space Command will relocate to Redstone Arsenal. He also hailed the recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) as a safeguard for 90,000 Alabama jobs, particularly in defense and aerospace sectors critical to Huntsville. But […]

AgTech Gets the Red Carpet Treatment in Huntsville

Land wealth transfer, carbon technology for craft breweries, farm managing shellfish and seaweed, reducing waste and maximizing animal carcass value.  These were themes at the Founders Red Carpet Premiere, the title of Monday night’s HudsonAlpha AgTech Accelerator Showcase, powered by gener8tor, that marked the end of the fifth and final cohort and second fund. After […]

Gen Z veterans help drive nearly 19% increase in VA loan usage

Veterans in Huntsville are purchasing homes at a pace not seen in recent years, and a new report from Veterans United Home Loans puts the city on the national radar. Huntsville ranks No. 7 in the country for growth in VA home purchase loan usage, according to midyear 2025 data, with an 18.8 percent increase […]