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Starting Your Small Business, Part 2: From Dreaming to Planning

This is the second of a multi-part series that will help prospective entrepreneurs to develop the tools they need for a successful business venture.  Now that you’ve completed your market research and determined that you have a solid concept with the potential for success, it’s time to move on to the next step of the […]

Local Business Leaders Honored During National Small Business Week

Small business forms the lifeblood of the Huntsville area community, and in recognition of that, the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce commemorated National Small Business Week with an event held Tuesday in the Chamber atrium.  Chamber Vice President of Small Business Ashley Engels-Ross kicked off the event, which recognized the importance of small businesses to […]

Comcast awards tech makeovers to three North Alabama BIPOC-businesses

With the arrival of Small Business Week in North Alabama, City of Huntsville leaders and businesses turn towards the hundreds of companies and entrepreneurs that make up a major backbone for Huntsville’s economy.  Along with this recognition comes various awards that help to highlight the importance of small businesses in Huntsville, as well as throughout […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne – Lockheed Martin Partnership Advances Hypersonics Technology

The collaboration between two giants of the aerospace industry, along with the government agency DARPA and the Air Force Research Lab, has produced a new, more efficient and cost-effective hypersonic missile platform.  The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, an air-launched hypersonic missile system, was successfully flight-tested. During its flight, it reached an altitude over 6https://www.rocket.com/5,000 feet, […]

The Brewers Cooperative Offers a Collaborative Experience for Beer Lovers at Stovehouse

After overcoming multiple setbacks and delays owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the much anticipated collaborations of breweries, The Brewers Cooperative, opened for business in April. Originally announced in 2019, The Brewers Cooperative is a 10,000-square-foot collaborative effort between Huntsville’s Straight to Ale Brewery, Salty Nut Brewery and Druid City. The collaboration also includes the Birmingham […]

AMCA’s Bi-Annual Show: A step into the past reveals Huntsville military present

During World War II and in the aftermath, Huntsvillle joined Tullahoma in Tennessee in the running to acquire some German ingenuity and labor when Prisoners of War were relocated to the United States and to get coveted engineers. Tullahoma seemingly got the better of it when 11 POW camps were opened there in the Volunteer […]

Audio Video Excellence Acquires Huntsville’s Audio Insight

Birmingham-based AV solutions provider Audio Video Excellence (AVX) announced that it is expanding into the Huntsville market with the acquisition of Huntsville company Audio Insight, located at 1229 Putman Dr. NW.  Founded by Huntsville native John Miller in 2000, Audio Insight focuses on designing and installing audio systems into homes and businesses across North Alabama […]

Gateway and Bullpen Celebrate Grand Opening of Laurel at Dry Creek

Huntsville’s soaring growth brings the need for new housing, and as the city’s expansion continues, residential development in west Huntsville is following suit. The latest addition came from Atlanta-based Gateway Ventures (Gateway) and Bullpen Real Estate (Bullpen), which celebrated the grand opening of Laurel at Dry Creek with charcuterie cones provided by Honey Box, live […]

The Great Return, and the Future of Work

Like many other American cities, Huntsville is beginning to emerge from the COVID-induced hibernation, with companies recalling their workers to traditional offices.  A great many of these workers are part of the Federal workforce, who are following the directives of the Biden administration.  At the State of the Union speech, President Biden called on workers […]

UAH’s Office of Technology Commercialization Connects Innovators With Investors

Huntsville is known for the advanced technology of its defense sector, with firms developing bleeding edge advancements in fields as varied as computer engineering, hypersonic ballistics, and material science.  Since the advent of the Space Age, Huntsville has invested a great deal of resources into developing the intellectual infrastructure that has made this concentration of […]