Opinion: “So What?” – The Singing River Trail’s Impact on North Alabama

“What is the Singing River Trail?” “Why would anyone hire a historian to build a 200+ mile greenway system?” “What do you know about North Alabama . . . you’re not even from here?” “Why is the Huntsville Business Journal covering North Alabama?” These are all valid questions and ones that I’ve had to answer […]

Registration Now Open for Team Redstone’s Advance Planning Briefings to Industry

Team Redstone and the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) announced this week that registration has opened for Team Redstone’s 2022 Center of Excellence Advance Planning Briefings to Industry (APBI), which will be held from March 22-24.  Due to ongoing pandemic restrictions, this year’s event will again be hosted virtually via Microsoft Teams.  The […]

H2L Solutions Cuts the Ribbon on New Office

Huntsville-based information and cybersecurity services firm H2L Solutions celebrated its move to a larger facility within the Brahan Spring Professional Village office complex on Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Mayor Tommy Battle and members of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce. Chief Operating Officer Irene Garcia-Goan explained that the move came about […]

ACCS Opens its New Innovation Center – Enrollment Begins for Rapid Workforce Training

The Alabama Community College System (ACCS) has recently opened its $10 million Innovation Center. Civic leaders, students, and industry partners were all on hand to celebrate the kickoff, an event that carries with it much significance for Alabama’s workforce needs of tomorrow.  According to business and workforce development leaders throughout the state, the need for […]

Huntsville-Based Contracting Consulting Group Moves Downtown

Huntsville’s Redstone Government Consulting, Inc. (Redstone GCI) recently announced the company’s successful relocation to downtown Huntsville at 501 Madison Street.  Redstone GCI is a group of consultants focused on all levels of government contract compliance. The company focuses on dealing with the often confusing laundry list of directions and laws that contractors follow, and helps […]

NASA and Drake State Partner to Provide Free STEM Bootcamps for Underrepresented Students

Thanks to a multi-year grant from NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), middle and high school students can now enroll in free bootcamps at Drake State Community & Technical College. The MUREP grant supports minority-serving institutions working to increase the number of racially or ethnically underrepresented and female students in science and engineering […]

United Real Estate Group Announces Merger with Huntsville’s Leading Edge

In 2013, Danny and Charlene Sullivan founded Huntsville’s Leading Edge Real Estate Group with the goal to “Lead the way, using cutting edge-technology to sell your home quickly and effectively while having fun in the process.” Fast forward to 2022, where earlier this week Danny and Charlene’s success culminated in a merger with United Real […]

Progress Financial Announces One-Time Cash Dividend

At its most recent Board of Directors meeting, Progress Financial Corporation declared a special one-time cash dividend for their shareholders at $0.25 per share. Progress Financial is the parent company of Progress Bank which has 13 total locations in Alabama and Florida with their headquarters residing in Huntsville. Since opening in 2008, Progress Bank has […]

ASmartPlace Announces Updated Website and Branding

Huntsville is booming with strong job creation, capital investment, and population growth, making it the biggest city in Alabama years ahead of projections.  In order to help keep this growth on a rapid upward trajectory, the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber has redesigned its economic development and recruitment websites, putting them both on a single site, the […]

Madison County Housing Market 2021: Nearly 10,000 Homes Sold; Inventory Under $300k drops by 64%

The Huntsville Area Association of REALTORS® (HAAR) recently published its 2021 Annual and 4th Quarter Real Estate Economics reports. For those of you who have been following the regional housing market over the past few years, the numbers may not come as a big surprise. Despite facing down a pandemic for the past two years, […]