Chairman Dale Strong Presents $250,000 Check for Space Exploration Memorial

HUNTSVILLE, AL – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC) is hosting a news conference for a check presentation from Madison County Chairman Dale Strong to the NASA/Marshall Retirees Association (MRA) Thursday, Nov. 3, at 10 a.m., at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration. The Madison County Commission grant of $250,000 will support the MRA’s […]

Support Local Business and SHOP LOCAL-OPOLY This Holiday Season

HUNTSVILLE, AL – The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber is excited to announce the start of a new ‘shop local’ campaign called SHOP LOCAL-OPOLY. This campaign will offer participants the opportunity to be put in a drawing to win up to $650 worth of gift cards from our local businesses! The campaign is designed after the popular […]

AMIIC to Offer Free Additive Manufacturing Workflow Course

HUNTSVILLE, AL – As part of its efforts to support Army modernization and Alabama’s need for 500,000 skilled workers by 2025, the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center (AMIIC) has opened registration for a three-day course to introduce Additive Manufacturing (AM) Workflow.  The Intro to AM Workflow course will be held from Tuesday, November 15 […]

Don’t Believe the Hype, Quiet Quitting is Nothing New and There Is a Solution

Early in my career I worked at a very large corporation where it felt like we spent a considerable amount of time listening to conference calls. This was a multinational organization where the conference calls would have hundreds of participants, often with several people from the same location on the call. Sometimes the calls were […]

CAPSTONE Completes Successful Maneuver, Teeing Up Moon Orbit

The CAPSTONE spacecraft successfully completed a trajectory correction maneuver on Thursday, Oct. 27, teeing up the spacecraft’s arrival to lunar orbit on Nov. 13. CAPSTONE is no longer in safe mode following an issue in early September that caused the spacecraft to spin. The team identified the most likely cause as a valve-related issue in one […]

Department of Defense Contract Review: October 17-28

This series from the Huntsville Business Journal covers Department of Defense (DoD) contracts awarded to Huntsville-Madison County and Alabama businesses. Each week, the Huntsville Business Journal provides you with an update to the various military contracts that local and state businesses are awarded. This entry covers contracts listed on the Department of Defense daily postings from Monday, October 17th– […]

The Historic Context of Mortgage Rates

The national real estate market has reeled at the sharp increase in mortgage rates, as 30-year fixed mortgage rates have topped 7% for the first time in over twenty years.  Sounds bad, and it has many wondering if numbers will continue to get worse. Freddie Mac has compiled the average rates on mortgages, organized by […]

Plans at Ditto Landing Include Singing Trail, Tennessee RiverTown

As manufacturing, eateries and businesses in general continue to bloom in Huntsville and Madison County, activity is also picking up at Ditto Landing Marina on the Tennessee River. The historic landing – it’s believed that Andrew Jackson and Davy Crockett ferried across the river during the Creek War (a.k.a War of 1812) – near Hobbs […]

Sit Down With Success: A Conversation with Kellie Andrews of the Huntsville Hub

Huntsville Hub owner Kellie Andrews always wanted to be in business. Prior to launching the Hub, she tried out a number of different roles while looking for her niche. The breakthrough came while reading a book entitled “101 Best Businesses to Start”–one of the case studies, ‘Shared Tenant Services,’ featured a secretary who launched her […]

State Business Leaders Still Sour on Economy

TUSCALOOSA, AL – For the second consecutive quarter, state business leaders have a negative outlook on the economy, according to the latest quarterly survey by The University of Alabama. The UA Center for Business and Economic Research’s latest Alabama Business Confidence Index, taken in early September, remains slightly negative following a similar outlook in the snapshot […]