Tag Archive for: City of Huntsville

Christmas Light Show, Winter Wonderland Return to Toyota Field

MADISON, AL – Drive through a light show, experience a 15-foot high snow globe, cook s’mores and visit with Santa Claus at what is billed as “the biggest holiday celebration in North Alabama’’ at Toyota Field. “The Rocket City Christmas Light Show has welcomed over 45,000 cars of families to Toyota Field over the past […]

Destination Huntsville: Rocket City Attractions

The Huntsville/Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) has compiled the 2022-2023 Huntsville Destination Guide. The pamphlet details many of the particular attractions that visitors to the city really should come and see.  It’s no surprise that the first stop on the tour is the Space and Rocket Center. The Saturn V Rocket does tend […]

Jacobs Donates $200K to Support Drake State’s Frontiers Research Program and Industry Diversity

HUNTSVILLE, AL – On Wednesday, Jacobs presented the Drake State Foundation with a $200,000 commitment to support the college’s Frontiers Research Program. Notable speakers included Jacobs Critical Mission Solutions President Dr. Steve Arnette, Marshall Space Flight Center Director Jody Singer, Huntsville City Council President John Meredith, and Jacobs Space Exploration Group Team Lead Ayana Reese. […]

Chairman Dale Strong Presents $250,000 Check for Space Exploration Memorial

HUNTSVILLE, AL – The U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC) is hosting a news conference for a check presentation from Madison County Chairman Dale Strong to the NASA/Marshall Retirees Association (MRA) Thursday, Nov. 3, at 10 a.m., at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration. The Madison County Commission grant of $250,000 will support the MRA’s […]

Support Local Business and SHOP LOCAL-OPOLY This Holiday Season

HUNTSVILLE, AL – The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber is excited to announce the start of a new ‘shop local’ campaign called SHOP LOCAL-OPOLY. This campaign will offer participants the opportunity to be put in a drawing to win up to $650 worth of gift cards from our local businesses! The campaign is designed after the popular […]

AMIIC to Offer Free Additive Manufacturing Workflow Course

HUNTSVILLE, AL – As part of its efforts to support Army modernization and Alabama’s need for 500,000 skilled workers by 2025, the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center (AMIIC) has opened registration for a three-day course to introduce Additive Manufacturing (AM) Workflow.  The Intro to AM Workflow course will be held from Tuesday, November 15 […]

Don’t Believe the Hype, Quiet Quitting is Nothing New and There Is a Solution

Early in my career I worked at a very large corporation where it felt like we spent a considerable amount of time listening to conference calls. This was a multinational organization where the conference calls would have hundreds of participants, often with several people from the same location on the call. Sometimes the calls were […]

The Historic Context of Mortgage Rates

The national real estate market has reeled at the sharp increase in mortgage rates, as 30-year fixed mortgage rates have topped 7% for the first time in over twenty years.  Sounds bad, and it has many wondering if numbers will continue to get worse. Freddie Mac has compiled the average rates on mortgages, organized by […]

Plans at Ditto Landing Include Singing Trail, Tennessee RiverTown

As manufacturing, eateries and businesses in general continue to bloom in Huntsville and Madison County, activity is also picking up at Ditto Landing Marina on the Tennessee River. The historic landing – it’s believed that Andrew Jackson and Davy Crockett ferried across the river during the Creek War (a.k.a War of 1812) – near Hobbs […]

Sit Down With Success: A Conversation with Kellie Andrews of the Huntsville Hub

Huntsville Hub owner Kellie Andrews always wanted to be in business. Prior to launching the Hub, she tried out a number of different roles while looking for her niche. The breakthrough came while reading a book entitled “101 Best Businesses to Start”–one of the case studies, ‘Shared Tenant Services,’ featured a secretary who launched her […]