Next-Gen Inventors Get a Boost in Alabama Classrooms

Two classes were in session at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology’s Propst Center last week. In one, middle schoolers were working on summer camp projects downstairs. Nothing unusual there, but one floor up a second learning session unfolded – for teachers. The Invention Convention (IC), a state, national, and international program with competitions that begin […]

Federal Windfall or Fiscal Fog? Breaking Down the NASA Budget Shift

Huntsville is no stranger to federal twists and turns. From Saturn V to today’s Artemis missions, the city has long weathered Washington’s ups and downs while steadily expanding its aerospace, defense, and tech footprint. Now, as the Senate weighs amendments to the “Big Beautiful Bill” (H.R. 1), local business owners are rightly asking how Sen. Ted Cruz’s proposed spending […]

Transit or Development First? Huntsville Says Both

The age-old riddle about which came first, the chicken or the egg, was long ago solved. It was the egg. Eggs are prehistoric and predate the chicken, which is relatively new in the evolution of things. Sounds reasonable, but Dennis Madsen, manager of urban and long-range planning for the City of Huntsville, unveiled his own […]

“Here for Good”: Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville awards nearly $80k in grants

Words of inspiration can be found just about everywhere inside The Boys & Girls Club of North Alabama’s chapter on Fairbanks Street in Northwest Huntsville. Posters proclaiming educational-themed axioms like “Knowledge is Power,’’ intended to motivate and encourage students of varying ages taking advantage of programs offered by the club, cover many walls. It was […]

Go Build Alabama to Host June 17 Hiring Event

Go Build Alabama is scheduled to host a free hiring event on Tuesday, June 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Calhoun Community College’s Advanced Technology Center. The event aims to connect job seekers with opportunities in commercial construction. Demand for skilled workers continues to rise as commercial construction projects expand across North Alabama, […]

Global Tech Powerhouse Chooses Huntsville as U.S. Headquarters

Huntsville’s reputation as a leader in aerospace and military defense is well established. The city is a regional and national hub for high technology. Now, add global to the growing list. Titomic, already with operations in Australia and New Zealand, not only opened a facility in the area as it enters the U.S. market but […]

The New Reasons Why Employees Quit

Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the iHire 2024 Talent Retention Report have demonstrated some shifting trends in the current workforce pool.  Quit rates, the number of employees voluntarily leaving their position each month, hit an all-time high of nearly 3% in the United States in 2022. This period is now referred to […]

National Security in the Digital Age: INSA’s Common Threads Returns to Huntsville

For the fifth year, the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) brought its Common Threads event to Huntsville. This year’s theme, Cyber Threats & the Evolving National Security Landscape, set the tone for unclassified and classified programming at the Jackson Center.  At the event, public and private sector leaders came together to network and address […]

Department of Defense and DARPA host networking events in Huntsville

Defense researchers, innovators, and industry leaders convened in Huntsville for a Department of Defense SciTech Connect Networking Event, which aimed to strengthen ties across the defense, science, and technology community. DoD SciTech Connect is a new initiative launched in December 2024 by the U.S Government.  According to the DoD, this new platform was created to […]

Downtown Huntsville, Inc. seeks new executive leadership

Downtown Huntsville, Inc. (DHI) recently announced the resignation of President & CEO Rob Buddo. Buddo’s last day will be Friday, May 23, 2025, as he has accepted a new position in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. Buddo joined DHI in 2022. “Rob helped shape where we are today,” said Mark Russell, Board Chair of […]