Hays Farm: The legacy of one of Huntsville’s foundational families

It’s been some 50 years since the Hays family made the tough decision to move away from the farming industry that the family legacy had been built on since John Hays’ grandfather, Elgie Hays, bought the first plot of what would become Hays Farm in 1906. According to John Hays, the decision was an emotional […]

Huntsville City Council approves 29 business items, accepts $2.7 million donation for John Hunt Park

The Huntsville City Council met at 5:30 p.m. on July 27 for its regular meeting, appointing several positions in advisory councils and boards, approving 29 business items, and accepting a $2.7 million donation for the construction of a skatepark. Resolutions Resolutions appointing NiCarla Friend and Brian Webb to the Huntsville Police Citizens Advisory Council and […]

Sit Down With Success: A Conversation with the Van Valkenburghs

The Sit Down With Success is a monthly series provided by the Huntsville Business Journal that focuses on successful small businesses in the Huntsville/Madison County area and their keys to success. For this month, the Huntsville Business Journal sat down with Richard and Nancy Van Valkenburgh of Van Valkenburgh & Wilkinson Properties, Inc. If you’ve […]

Striving for human resources and payroll efficiency in the workplace

In the present day, managing a large organization or business is really about managing the intricate web of processes necessary to sustain its operation and promote its future growth. This often requires the use of various software applications that rarely communicate or integrate with one another. This is a challenge for modern enterprise as the […]

Real Estate Update: NAR Declares Housing Recession Over

Real estate reports for the month of June have been released, and the expert prognosis is that the worst is behind us.  “The recovery has not taken place, but the housing recession is over,” announced Lawrence Yun, the Chief Economist of the National Association of Realtors. “The presence of multiple offers implies that housing demand […]

Celebrating 25 years of success with Madison City Schools

This year marks the 25 year celebration of Madison City Schools, and the City of Madison is kicking off the semester in style. Madison City Schools (MCS) and the Madison Chamber of Commerce are hosting an inaugural Back to School Breakfast this Wednesday, August 9th from 7:30am-9:00am at Cross Pointe Church in Madison.  The breakfast […]

Uncovering the mystery of Huntsville’s brilliant anti-gravity scientist

  Dr. Ning Li’s son talks about his mom’s career and legacy — and the internet’s long, strange obsession with her so-called “disappearance.” In this line of work, you develop a particular skill that they don’t teach in journalism school and probably couldn’t if they tried: the ability to explain to a total stranger, in […]

Bank Independent Certified as a Most Loved Workplace

Bank Independent has become certified as a Most Loved Workplace®, backed by Best Practice Institute (BPI) research and analysis. Most Loved Workplace® validation provides the most comprehensive look at workplace sentiment for organizations today. This is the second consecutive year that Bank Independent has been awarded this recognition. “The care of our team members has […]

TVA adds natural gas generation to the North Alabama grid

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) reached an exciting milestone as the agency enhances its generation capacity with the commercial operation of three new units at Colbert Combustion Turbine site in North Alabama on July 25, 2023 – months ahead of schedule and under budget. The $500 million Colbert Combustion Turbine Expansion project adds approximately 750 […]

PeopleTec remains a best workplace for millennials

Great Place to Work® and Fortune have named PeopleTec a Best Workplace for Millennials for the fifth consecutive year (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023). PeopleTec landed at 14th for 2023. To produce the Best Workplaces for Millennials, Fortune partnered with Great Place to Work® to evaluate thousands of organizations through employee surveys in America’s largest ongoing […]