Geist Named Executive Director of First Stop

Jennifer Geist has been named executive director of First Stop, the nonprofit organization to help aid Huntsville’s homeless population. She succeeds Tim Davis, First Stop’s executive director since 2019 who is retiring. Davis will remain on the Board of Directors. “We’re excited and fortunate to have Jennifer lead First Stop,” said Paul Pradat, president of […]

Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville a Winner at Huntsville Championship

Paul Barjon sank an eagle putt on the second playoff hole to win the inaugural Huntsville Championship on the PGA’s Korn Ferry Tour at The Ledges. He celebrated by sinking a Rocket Republic Six-Iron, the official beer of the tournament. Turns out Barjon wasn’t the only winner that weekend. The Huntsville Championship pledged to give […]

Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville Awards More than $70,000 in Racial Equity Fund Grants

The Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville has awarded some $71,460 in 2021 Racial Equity Fund grants. The 11 award recipients are addressing racial equity gaps to improve quality of life for all who live in the greater Huntsville community, the foundation said in a news release. Launched in June 2020, the Racial Equity Fund received […]

After a Year on the Sidelines, the Madison Business Expo & Kid’s Day Ready to Play Ball

MADISON — The Rocket City Trash Pandas have taken the field and the Madison Chamber of Commerce is ready to play ball! And, fittingly, the theme for this year’s pandemic-delayed Business Expo & Kid’s Day is baseball. After being sidelined last year, the annual event returns to The Insanity Complex on June 26 from 10 a.m. […]

Engineering Pioneer, Philanthropist Dr. Dorothy Davidson Dies

Team Davidson announces with great sorrow the passing of Dr. Dorothy S. Davidson, Executive Chair of the Davidson Technologies Board of Directors. Davidson passed away at home Tuesday, the company announced. Davidson was a vanguard, not only for women in her field, but a pioneer within the engineering industry as a whole. She began her […]

HudsonAlpha Breaks New Ground with Campus Expansion

The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is the epicenter of ground-breaking work in biotechnology and genomics. In keeping with that image, it hosted a rather unique ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of its campus. Not only was it masked and socially distant, but it also took place inside the Propst Center with the participants each donning […]

‘Heroic’ Partnership Helps Transition Veterans into Workforce

No one is better qualified than military veterans to fill some of the estimated 25,000 new jobs in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, construction, logistics, and technology Huntsville is projected to add over the next 18 months. To meet that demand, the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation have forged a […]

Huntsville Artist Creates Commissioned Works for Lockheed Martin

Jessie Andrews turns downtown utility boxes into murals

Alabama Association of Nonprofits Names Executive Director

The Alabama Association of Nonprofits has named Danielle A. Dunbar as executive director, the board of directors announced. “I am honored to have the opportunity to lead the Alabama Association of Nonprofits,” she said. “It is energizing to serve an organization that exists to sharpen nonprofits so that our industry can make life better in […]