Huntsville Homeowners Lead in Home Improvement Projects in 2021

There is nothing like being stuck at home over an extended period to convince the average Alabamian that leaky roof is getting worse; that sticking door is a menace; those clanging pipes must go; and indeed, your family has outgrown your existing layout and you do need to enlarge the bathroom, knock out a wall, […]

Chamber Kicks Workforce Development Strategy Into Overdrive

It is a topic of conversation across the country but in Huntsville, workforce development is the greatest challenge city leaders face. Following the recent release of new 2020 census numbers now showing Huntsville as the largest city in Alabama, the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce has kicked their strategic plan for economic development and workforce […]

If You (Want to) Build it, Will Materials Come? Supply Shortage Hampers Construction

As a business, the construction industry in North Alabama is highly competitive; but as an industry, the contractors and builders are friends or, at least, casual acquaintances who come together to share ideas, discuss problems, and seek solutions that affect everyone across the industry. When the labor shortage for instance, began affecting the industry, these […]

Chamber President Chip Cherry and a Decade of Growth for Huntsville

Nearly 10 years into Chip Cherry’s tenure as president and CEO of the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce, the city of Huntsville has experienced continuous growth with no end in sight. Future job growth is predicted to be 40.9%, compared to the national average of 33.5%. Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city […]

Lee High’s Derrick Gragg Answers Second Call to be AD at Northwestern

Huntsville’s Derrick Gragg has returned to his professional roots as a collegiate administrator, leaving a senior position at the NCAA offices in Indianapolis to become the athletic director at Northwestern University. The two-sport Lee High School star and Vanderbilt University wide receiver has spent more than a quarter-century in athletic administration. Except for the most […]

Bob Jones Alum Candice Storey Lee Opening ‘Dores’ to Finance

When Bob Jones High School’s Candice Storey signed a basketball scholarship with Vanderbilt University, she figured to move on from Nashville once her eligibility was exhausted and her degree was secured. After all, relocating was a way of life in a military family. She attended 12 schools before entering the ninth grade at Bob Jones. […]

Pressing on Through Pandemic, Marvinia Adams named Catalyst Entrepreneur of the Year

Marvinia Adams, owner of Martinizing Dry Cleaning and this year’s Catalyst Veteran Entrepreneur of the Year award winner, has plenty of reasons to celebrate. After taking over the local dry-cleaning franchise in June 2019, Adams recently passed the two-year mark. In any other given year, this would be noteworthy, but during one of the most […]

Sitdown with Success: Ashok Singhal of CFD Research

Sitdown with Success is a feature of the Huntsville Business Journal on entrepreneurs and their keys to success. Our July subject is Ashok Singhal, founder of CFD Research. According to the textbooks, computational fluid dynamics uses complex computer algorithms for modeling and simulating the flow of fluids, gases, heat, and electric currents to make technological […]

Sitdown with Success: Mike and Charla Johnson of Terramé Day Spa and Salon

A Culture and Management Style That Promotes Success

Beyond the Cart: Huntsville’s Samantha Coots Finds Fulfillment While Fulfilling

Huntsville shopper honored for her essential work by Instacart