After 20 years, Toyota Motor Plant Still Growing, Producing, Hiring and Investing

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By the end of this year, Toyota Alabama will have the capacity to produce 900,000 engines per year.

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Roberts Joins NAI Chase Commercial Real Estate as Associate Broker

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David L. Roberts has been named associate broker with the Huntsville office of NAI Chase Commercial Real Estate. Roberts will be responsible for investment analysis, sales, acquisition and disposition, tenant services, valuation consulting, consulting service and client representation in Huntsville and surrounding markets. “We’re excited about Dave joining our team and broadening the level of […]

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Hicks Named Bank Independent Assistant VP Sales

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Amanda Hicks has joined Bank Independent as assistant vice president sales officer at the Huntsville Downtown Square location. A graduate of Athens State, Hicks brings more than 15 years of banking experience to Bank Independent with a focus on commercial lending. “I’m excited to offer commercial lending solutions to clients in the Huntsville market,” she […]

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

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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 […]

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

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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. […]

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United Way, Toyota Celebrate Milestone in Ride United Program

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Two factors – community growth and employer needs – have come together to give United Way of Madison County’s free “Ride United” program a lift in the past two years. Since its implementation here in 2020, Ride United has hit a milestone, providing nearly 3,000 free rides to and from essential services such as job […]

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

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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 […]

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City Expects to Net $650,000 from National Tennis Championships

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USTA Girls’ 16 National Clay Court Championships to be held July 11-18

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McGee Named COO for Applied Technologies Group

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Mark McGee has been named chief operating officer for Applied Technologies Group, the company announced. McGee brings a strong military and business background to ATG, according to a news release from ATG. He served more than 30 years in the Army, holding leadership positions at all levels from platoon to brigade, before retiring in 2010 […]

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Mor Room to Eat Mor Chikin at New Chick-fil-A Madison Location

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MADISON — Under a sky of parachuting cows, a ribbon was cut to not only launch a new Chick-fil-A restaurant, but to help ease traffic flow along U.S. 72. A little over a week ago, the original location of the Chick-fil-A at 7885 U.S.  72 in Madison permanently closed its doors after 22 years.   This […]

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