Madison City Hall Hosts Kick-off Comprehensive Plan Meeting

Like Huntsville, the City of Madison is on a rapid growth trajectory, with the growing pains to match. Madison City’s leaders are taking active steps to address its changing needs with the launch of Madison On Track 2045, a policy document for use by city leaders, developers, business owners, and citizens to make informed decisions […]

Huntsville City Council Adopts Redistricting Plan

Huntsville’s growth and development once again became evident with the unanimous approval of a redistricting ordinance at the Dec. 16 Huntsville City Council meeting.  The new district lines for Huntsville’s five City Council and Board of Education districts reflect significant changes in both growth and demographic diversity over the past 10 years. The ordinance will […]

Huntsville Redistricting Plans Formally Introduced

During its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, Dec. 2, the City of Huntsville moved forward with the formal introduction of four redistricting plans. During five City Hall public meetings in October and November, members of the public submitted three of these plans, with the fourth developed by the City of Huntsville Administration using input from […]

Huntsville City Council Proposes Redistricting Plan Following 2020 Census Growth

The redistricting team presented a new plan to the Huntsville City Council last night during the first of its regularly scheduled monthly meetings.  The goal of the Council meeting was to outline the new redistricting plan and set a path to achieve a “substantial equality of population among various districts” in order to maximize voting […]

Joint-Funding Effort Helps Open the South Huntsville Public Library

The highly anticipated South Huntsville Public Library opened on Monday after 19 months of construction. The new facility, located in Sandra Moon Community Complex, marks a new chapter for South Huntsville with a focus on community engagement.  City Council President Jenny Robinson stated that a library serves as a community’s living room.  “And because of […]

Huntsville City Council Approves 2022 General Budget; Boost for Culture and Business Development

Yesterday, September 23, the Huntsville City Council unanimously voted to move forward with Mayor Tommy Battle’s $245 million 2022 fiscal year budget.  As a recap for last week’s council meeting on the specifics of the budget, the council focused on questions regarding public safety, road resurfacing, mental health care, parks and recreation, and an increased […]

The City of Huntsville’s 2022 Budget: Workforce Development, Quality of Life, and the City’s Standard

Huntsville’s growth is known far and wide, and last Thursday, September 09, Mayor Tommy Battle introduced the City of Huntsville’s FY 2022 General Fund Budget to keep up with the City’s growth. “Now that the 2020 census has deemed us the largest city in the state, we will continue our goal to be the best,” […]

Northrop Grumman Opens Missile Defense Futures Lab in Huntsville

Northrop Grumman has chosen Huntsville for its flagship Missile Defense Futures Lab designed to quickly develop, test and field an integrated missile defense system. The lab joins the developmental center of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System at the company’s Cummings Research Park facility. The message could not have been clearer at […]

Rental Assistance Still Available while Eviction Moratorium Being Challenged

The most recent eviction moratorium is still in effect … for now. However, those in the Huntsville area who are having trouble meeting their rent payments would be wise to seek help from rental assistance programs as the moratorium’s future is still anything but certain. Last Friday, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich allowed the revised […]