Alabama A&M Receives Apple Grant to Expand Silicon and Hardware Technologies

Alabama A&M University has been named by Apple as a recipient of its new Innovation Grant. A&M is one of four HBCUs to be awarded the grant; the others are Howard University, Morgan State and Prairie View A&M. The $5 million Innovation Grant, which will be evenly shared by the four universities, is designed to […]

Goodall Homes Acquires Huntsville-Based Legacy Homes

Goodall Homes announced it has acquired Legacy Homes of Alabama, the largest private homebuilder in Huntsville. Founded in 2013, Legacy Homes has built over 1,500 homes and is on pace to complete over 400 more in 2021. Legacy Homes will maintain its brand in the market and the leadership team will retain their roles within the […]

Huntsville Real Estate Market Cools in May

The Huntsville real estate market has been red hot over the last few months. However, the latest report from the Alabama Center for Real Estate shows it may have cooled off last month. The average and median sales prices for homes last month dipped slightly from April while the number of houses for sale also […]

Redstone Federal’s Bentley Wins CIO of the Year ORBIE Award

Alabama CIO has named Redstone Federal Credit Union’s Terri Bentley a 2021 CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards winner. Bentley is the senior executive vice president and chief information officer at Redstone Federal Credit Union. “She breaks down silos, listens intently and respectfully, and combines her staff’s skills, talents and passion into real technological breakthroughs,’’ […]

Whatagreatidea! Iconic Hamburger Restaurant Cooking Up Plans for Huntsville, Madison

An iconic Texas hamburger eatery is spreading out in north Alabama as part of a recent expansion push, largely into the Southeast. Whataburger, which opened a restaurant May 10 on Beltline Road in Decatur, broke ground on construction of a store in South Huntsville about a week later and plans to start building in Madison […]

Michigan-based Orbital Effects Launches Rocket City Operations

A Michigan-based company is expanding in Huntsville, adding more than two dozen jobs as it establishes a location in the Rocket City. Orbital Effects brings cutting-edge radar satellite technologies to address the nation’s national security challenges. The company is hiring here, and will bring on 25 people to support its Huntsville operations. “Orbital Effects is […]

Crestwood Medical Center Appoints Strickland and White to Board of Trustees

Crestwood Medical Center recently announced that Dr. Warren Strickland and Bobby White have been appointed to the Crestwood Medical Center Board of Trustees. Each were named to a three-year term. Strickland is an interventional  cardiologist with Huntsville Cardiovascular Clinic and White is the general manager of Woody Anderson Ford in  Huntsville. “We are delighted and […]

City OKs Agreement for $325M Development on Former Coca-Cola Plant Site

The long-deserted site of the former Coca-Cola bottling plant downtown will soon come to life. The City Council unanimously approved plans Thursday to develop a $325 million mixed-use center on the 13-acre property across from the Von Braun Center on Clinton Avenue. The city said the Council’s approval is the first step in a partnership […]

MSFC Director Pleased with Fiscal Year 2021 NASA Budget

Singer says funding request gives Marshall programs the resources they need.

Google Grant to Aid Tech Job Creation in Rural North Alabama

Google has provided a $50,000 grant to the Rural Local Initiatives Support Corp. to create an Alabama Rural LISC chapter. Known as the Google Alabama Rural Works P3 Cohort, the company said the initiative will seek to identify and train a diverse workforce, focusing on historically underrepresented populations, in the state’s northern counties. “Rural communities […]