Midway Through the Mission: Making Huntsville a Gig City

Huntsville has never been the kind of place to wait around for technology to make its way here. Sure, in many ways, Huntsville is still a traditional Southern city with long, hot, sultry summers and a penchant for football rivalries and ice-cold beer. But make no mistake – Huntsville’s pluck and grit is writ in […]

With New Propst Center, HudsonAlpha’s Mission Continues

Brightly colored beads in clear containers of various sizes and shapes represent more than 5 million learners who have experienced a HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HAIB) educational outreach opportunity. The display covering the past 10 years sits on the second floor of the new Paul Propst Center, which opened in September. The education team, headed […]

Retailers Dreaming of a Black Christmas

For years economists have pushed the idea that “Black Friday” is the first day of the year in which retailers operating all year “in the red” and at a loss, use the Christmas buying season to turn a profit putting them “in the black.” Supposedly on the day after Thanksgiving, shoppers are so full of […]

Onyx Aerospace opens office in Stovehouse

  Athens-based Onyx Aerospace has expanded and opened an office in Stovehouse on Huntsville’s Westside. The announcement was made by Stovehouse Properties and Crunkleton Commercial Real Estate. The aerospace engineering firm will occupy a 2,058-square-foot open-air office space. “Stovehouse is a vibrant destination that has given us the freedom and flexibility we were looking for,” said […]

Trash Pandas launch logo to worldwide acclaim and demand

  MADISON — Admittedly, Ralph Nelson said he didn’t like the nickname of the new baseball team. “To be honest, I hated the name (Trash Pandas),” he said. Now, Nelson, who is the CEO of the Rocket City Trash Pandas, is the biggest fan of the name. On Saturday, the team launched its official logo […]

Record-setting Night for Madison Best in Business Awards

MADISON — It was a record-setting night for the annual Madison Chamber of Commerce Best in Business Awards. This year’s event was held at the Insanity Complex Entertainment Center and, according to Pam Honeycutt, executive director of the Chamber, it was the biggest awards program ever. “We had more than 400 attendees and a record […]

Trash Pandas to Unveil Logos, Team Colors on Saturday

MADISON — Amidst a cavalcade of music, fireworks and unprecedented excitement, the Rocket City Trash Pandas will unveil their team colors and six – yes, 6 – logos at a grand celebration Saturday night in Madison’s Dublin Park. “We are just so grateful for the unprecedented support we’ve received from Madison, Huntsville and throughout North […]

Turner celebrates topping out at Aerojet Rocketdyne plant

Turner Construction recently celebrated the topping-out for Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Huntsville. The facility began construction in March and is set for completion in December. The 136,000-square-foot industrial facility, sitting on 18.25 acres at the corner of Pulaski Pike and Prosperity Drive, will be used to produce subcomponents of the AR1 rocket engines, […]

Delegation from North Alabama meets with international partners in Japan

  A delegation from Huntsville, Madison County and the state is visiting Japan this week to further strengthen the area’s ties with its international partners. The team includes elected officials, Chamber of Commerce leaders and company representatives of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama. On Monday, the team visited Toyota City and met with members of the […]

Sentar awarded $12.1 Billion U.S. Army contract

  Sentar, a Woman-Owned Small Business, was recently awarded a potential, nine-year, $12.1 billion contract from the Army. The Huntsville-based company specializes in advanced cybersecurity and intelligence services and technology. The award is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-3 services, known as ITES-3S. The program  is expected to be the Army’s primary […]