Convention & Visitors Bureau names Koshofer VP, makes 2 other hires

Jamie Koshofer, former director of sales and marketing at the Westin Huntsville, has been named vice president of conventions by the Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau. The CVB also made a pair of other hires. Beth Ridgeway is the social media specialist and Mark McCarter was named convention sales manager. Koshofer will oversee the […]

MidCity Huntsville hoping to snare Trader Joe’s

Huntsville’s latest retail/dining/entertainment complex is hoping to snare a major market player. RCP Cos., the developers of MidCity Huntsville – the 100-acre mixed-use community on the site of the former Madison Square Mall on University Drive – has launched a Facebook campaign urging people to contact Trader Joe’s (www.traderjoes.com) to bring the store here. Last […]

Teledyne to start space-based imaging

A Teledyne Brown Engineering-built sensor system will soon be sending images from the International Space Station. Teledyne Technologies announced the successful launch of the DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS) to the International Space Station (ISS) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.  Over the next three months, the DESIS instrument, designed and built by the […]

As Alabama real estate goes boom, so does Amanda Howard agency

Coming off the announcement in June about becoming the newest member of Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates’ global network, Huntsville’s Amanda Howard Sotheby’s International Realty ranked 25th in the nation, according to REAL Trends.

Growing pains – Is the Madison County area growing too fast?

The announcements of big-time companies opening bring thousands of jobs. And those thousands of people will be getting back and forth to those thousands of jobs on highways that weren’t built to handle the extra capacity.

Ten Years in the Making: The Shoppes at Redstone Square

Timing. Luck. Vision. Nearly a decade ago, two visionaries – Jim Gendreau, owner of Tailwinds Development in Lake Mary, Fla., and Colliers International Director David Garnett – stood on a desolate corner at Huntsville’s westernmost point outside Redstone Arsenal Gate 7. Perhaps Redstone’s most discreet entry/exit point, Gate 7 sits at the corner of a […]

Drury Inn & Suites in Huntsville nears completion

For several weeks, motorists along I-565 and area residents have noticed a building going up along the freeway across the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and adjacent to Calhoun Community College. Inquiring minds wanted to know. Well, the answer is it is a Drury Inn & Suites and is slated to open in a few […]

Trump SBA appointee hosts area Small Business Roundtable

Dozens of Huntsville small business owners had an opportunity to take their concerns, ask questions and provide feedback on a wide variety of topics that affect their businesses directly to the White House, President Trump, federal agencies and Congress – and they did not hold back. Bruce LeVell, Region 4 advocate for the Small Business […]

The Cuban Cafe coming to Madison’s Promenade Point

A local eatery will soon bring the sights, sounds, and flavors of Cuba to the Madison/Huntsville area. The Cuban Café is slated to open in August at Madison’s Promenade Point shopping center, near the Walmart and Target on U.S. 72.

‘Strong community partner’ LG Electronics expands in Huntsville with solar panel plant

Life’s good in Huntsville – literally and figuratively. LG Electronics, a long-time player in Huntsville has business announced plans for a $28 million solar panel assembly plant. The plant will create 160 jobs and workers will assemble LG’s “Neon 2” series 60-cell modules. The high-performance solar panels will generate more than 17 percent more power […]