Tag Archive for: City of Huntsville

HUBS Coop calls on sponsors to add bike-sharing locations

The Huntsville Urban Bike Share Coop, or HUBS Coop, is seeking a westward expansion. Plans are to add rental sites to the western side of the city. These will create a network of bikes and stations for access to Cummings Research Park, the MidCity District and environs like parks, greenways, and walking and bicycle paths. […]

ACCS Opens its New Innovation Center – Enrollment Begins for Rapid Workforce Training

The Alabama Community College System (ACCS) has recently opened its $10 million Innovation Center. Civic leaders, students, and industry partners were all on hand to celebrate the kickoff, an event that carries with it much significance for Alabama’s workforce needs of tomorrow.  According to business and workforce development leaders throughout the state, the need for […]

Aerobotix Contributes to Award Winning Mobile Robot

Huntsville based company, Aerobotix, was recently recognized for their part in an award winning collaboration with their Atlanta based partner, Compass Technology Group (CTG). Together, CTG and Aerobotix, an innovative leader in advanced metrology and robotic solutions, developed an adaptive radome diagnostic system which won the top Defense Manufacturing Technology Achieve (DMTA) Award at this […]

Patrick Dougherty’s ‘Stickwork’ to Opens at the Huntsville Botanical Garden

After clearing up the yard, have you ever looked at the gathered pile of branches, allowing your imagination to take flight? Have you envisioned large furry animals, secret hiding huts, or maybe even a long path of decorative walls, punctuated by bridges? If so, you can witness your imagination become reality on March 4th when […]

McThornmor Acres Added to National Register of Historic Places

Residents of Huntsville’s McThornmor Acres have a new reason to be proud of their neighborhood with the addition of their community to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).  Constructed in the 1950s, the design of McThornmor Acres reflected the City’s goals to create a modern neighborhood for the workforce of the space and rocket […]

THREE15 Opens Its Doors at Lincoln Mill’s New Dye House

Lincoln Mill’s new Dye House is busy with construction as its confirmed tenants are readying their spaces for business. Dye House celebrated the grand opening of its first tenant last week, a concept fitness studio called THREE15.  THREE15 welcomed visitors with drinks, hors d’oeuvres, giveaways, and more. The fitness-focused studio is a three-in-one facility that […]

Local community college awarded anonymous $200,000 donation

Over the past few months, the City of Huntsville and Madison County has continuously shown its desire for community engagement, connection, and growth.  Huntsville’s most recent example comes in the form of an anonymous $200,000 donation to Drake State Community & Technical College.  According to Drake State President Dr. Patricia Sims, the benefactor chose Drake […]

U.S. Space & Rocket Center Showcasing Astro Restoration Project

Two pieces of space history will be reuniting this week as part of an ongoing restoration project at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Earlier this morning, the Space & Rocket Center held a news conference showcasing the volunteer-led Astro Restoration Project, which involved the restoration of hardware flown on the Space Shuttle as part […]

HudsonAlpha Researchers Recognize Biomarkers and Potential Treatments for Ovarian Cancer

Despite significant gains made in cancer diagnosis and treatment over the last 50 years, ovarian cancer remains the second most common, as well as the deadliest, of all gynecological cancers in the United States. Ranking fifth in cancer deaths among women, it accounts for more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. […]

Topping Out celebrated at Downtown Huntsville project

A five-story building at 225 Holmes Avenue in downtown Huntsville, the future home of Bank Independent and Prince Holdings along with other to-be-named tenants, and lead construction firm Robins & Morton on Monday held a “topping out’’’ celebration. The topping out signifies the placement of the final beam and represents the structural completion and mid-point […]