Google has provided a $50,000 grant to the Rural Local Initiatives Support Corp. to create an Alabama Rural LISC chapter. Known as the Google Alabama Rural Works P3 Cohort, the company said the initiative will seek to identify and train a diverse workforce, focusing on historically underrepresented populations, in the state’s northern counties. “Rural communities […]
Madison County’s unemployment rate is 2.3 percent. Alabama’s unemployment rate is 3.6 percent. When we hear there is a labor shortage and a lot of people without jobs, those numbers don’t leave a lot of people on the unemployment rolls. A percentage of the 2.5 percent don’t meet the needs of employers for some reason […]
Compact Toyota SUV is first vehicle in plant’s production line
Huntsville’s industrial diversity continues with this week’s announcement of Amazon’s plans for a fulfillment center in the Rocket City. The giant Internet retailer is opening a 1 million square-foot center in the fall in the Limestone County portion of Huntsville. It is expected to create some 500 jobs. Amazon joins the likes of Facebook, Toyota, […]
Things are coming up in South Huntsville. And the latest to bloom is news that the Market at Hays Farm is adding four more businesses to its lineup. According to Branch Properties, the Publix Supermarket-anchored shopping center is more than 80% pre-leased since breaking ground last year. “The speed at which our team has leased […]
Firehouse Subs is hiring more than 100 employees for crew member, shift leader and management roles at eight locations in the greater Huntsville area. The company has openings in part- and full-time positions. Applicants can apply in person at the restaurants. Firehouse Subs will reopen its Madison store in early April and will open its […]
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