REI Co-op’s First Alabama Store to Join MidCity Huntsville Lineup

REI Co-op is opening its first location in the state at MidCity Huntsville, RCP Companies announced Tuesday. It is scheduled to open in fall 2019. REI Huntsville will also have direct access to MidCity Park, a 40-acre public park with a trail system, lakeside dock, and an outdoor amphitheater.

Successful Brands and Logos Stand Up and Say ‘Yay!’

In 2700 B.C., the ancient Egyptians painted images on the temple walls of livestock being rounded up and branded with the Pharaoh’s cartouche using a hot iron to sear it into the flesh. It was the first known example of a logo being used to permanently and unabashedly identify ownership and send a powerful message […]

Pies & Pints to Join Lineup at MidCity Huntsville

Pies & Pints, a specialty pizza and craft beer restaurant, will open at MidCity Huntsville, RCP Companies announced Thursday. MidCity Huntsville is the $500 million redevelopment at the 140-acre site of the former Madison Square Mall. Pies & Pints is an Ohio-based restaurant offering pizza, sandwiches, salads, and desserts along with an assortment of local […]

Welcome the Rocket City Trash Pandas!

In front of a packed Rocket Republic Brewery crowd, the Rocket City Trash Pandas was unveiled as the name of the new baseball team. And Ralph Nelson, the managing partner/CEO of BallCorps, LLC, the team’s owner, wasn’t particularly enthralled with the name when it was nominated.

Huntsville’s Connection to NASA’s Parker Solar Probe

Now that the historic Parker Solar Probe is charging toward the Earth’s sun, scientists are ready to use it to answer decades old mysteries about its core, surface and atmosphere. “This mission has been the dream of scientists since the beginning of the space age,” says Dr. Gary Zank, director, Center for Space Plasma and […]

Times Plaza to Join South Parkway Shopping Landscape

If you drive along South Memorial Parkway between Bob Wallace Avenue and Governors Drive, you’ve noticed a couple concrete towers rising about three stories above the ground. And, nearby, steelwork is also going up. The tower is a stairwell/elevator for Times Plaza.

Construction underway on Madison baseball stadium

MADISON – With the announcement of the new baseball team’s logo and nickname on the horizon, construction is underway on the new Madison baseball stadium. The $46 million stadium will be located within the Town Madison development off of I-565, next to the new Zierdt Road Interchange. With a capacity of about 7,000 people, the […]

Sangoma acquires Digium for $28 million

Huntsville-based Digium has been purchased by Sangoma Technologies, the companies announced Friday. Digium, founded in 1999, is the creator of Asterisk, the most widely used open-source communication software in the world. Sangoma, based in Markham, Ontario, was founded in 1984 and provides unified communications for SMBs, enterprises, OEMs and service providers. Sangoma agreed Thursday to […]

Madison baseball team’s Final Five mascot contenders announced

MADISON — And then there were five. The five finalists in the name the team contest have been announced by BallCorps, LLC, owner of the Southern League baseball franchise to be relocated from Mobile to Madison. The final five names were those receiving the highest number of votes from more than 15,000 online ballots cast […]

25 Area Businesses Ranked Among Inc. 5000

  Fresh on the heels of the Huntsville Madison County Chamber’s annual Small Business Awards celebration, several local companies received news Wednesday they have joined an elite group. The annual Inc. 5000 list was unveiled and it included 25 Madison County small businesses. “If your company is on the Inc. 5000, it’s unparalleled recognition of […]