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 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 […]
“Sophie,” a 26-year-old civil engineer, is on the verge of joining ‘The Great Resignation.’ After nearly two years of working from home, she reports being depressed, anxious, lonely, and in fear for her mental and physical health. It doesn’t help that she’s single and living alone far from home, working out of an office space […]
While economists have called the recent trend of employees leaving their jobs “The Great Resignation,” questions have come into play about renaming the movement a migration. While there is little question job openings, which have reached record levels, are unfilled there is evidence it is because workers are leaving former positions for more lucrative ones. […]
It’s been almost three years since HATCH co-founders Garret Coyne and Beth Boyer first talked about the idea for a hospitality workforce program that would empower its participants to lead self-sufficient lives. Their vision of HATCH is now a reality. Students from the program’s first and second cohort have seen their lives dramatically change after […]
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 […]
One local restaurant manager has his pulse on the workforce situation this country faces is in a pandemic environment. It’s not a comforting picture. The manager, who like many who were contacted for this story asked for his store or his name not to be used, said his chain restaurant was bracing against the same […]
As the pandemic and its variants linger, companies are under increasing pressure to mandate vaccines. Employers and employees alike are beginning to question the legal ramifications of mandates in Madison County, as well as seeking clarifications about their potential culpability in enforcing them. Both parties have a flurry of questions ranging from ‘Can a business […]
Huntsville’s growth is known far and wide, and last Thursday, September 09, Mayor Tommy Battle introduced the City of Huntsville’s FY 2022 General Fund Budget to keep up with the City’s growth. “Now that the 2020 census has deemed us the largest city in the state, we will continue our goal to be the best,” […]
The news was a mixed bag at the weekly press briefing of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Huntsville City Council chambers Wednesday. Jeff Samz, CEO of the Huntsville Hospital System, said the two facilities in the city and Madison have seen about a 10 percent drop in COVID-19 patients over the last two weeks. […]
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