Tag Archive for: City of Huntsville

Armed Forces Week: Music, Military Displays & Softball

At 8 a.m. today, Mayor Tommy Battle was scheduled to kick-start a series of free public events marking Armed Forces Week in the Rocket City with an official proclamation signing ceremony at the Huntsville/Madison County Veterans Memorial. The proclamation gives the community an opportunity to honor the service and sacrifice of men and women who […]

Gold Star Families Ceremony Leads Armed Forces Celebration

A salute to Gold Star Families will mark the kick off of Huntsville’s Armed Forces Celebration.  The Gold Star ceremony will take place Sunday at Toyota Field as part of the Rocket City Trash Pandas baseball game. Just prior to the first pitch at 2:35 p.m., an announcement will be made honoring the immediate family […]

City OKs Agreement for $325M Development on Former Coca-Cola Plant Site

The long-deserted site of the former Coca-Cola bottling plant downtown will soon come to life. The City Council unanimously approved plans Thursday to develop a $325 million mixed-use center on the 13-acre property across from the Von Braun Center on Clinton Avenue. The city said the Council’s approval is the first step in a partnership […]

Church Street Wine Shoppe Celebrates Relocation with Australian Wine Debut

Huntsville is a city of “firsts” and now the Rocket City has joined a “vintage” crowd with the U.S. debut of  Greenock Estate Australian wines. The occasion marked the grand relocation of the Church Street Wine Shoppe on Gates for one of Huntsville’s most endangered historic homes – the Humphreys-Rodgers House at 102 Gates Street […]

Bringing a Unique Taste to Downtown, DGX Open for Business

You don’t expect to find a grocery store in a downtown parking garage but, then, that is one of the things that makes Huntsville so unique. Dollar General’s DGX Huntsville has opened in the Greene Street parking garage at the intersection of Holmes Avenue and Greene Street. The store is designed to meet the unique […]

Progress Continues on Redesign of Joe Davis Stadium

The city of Huntsville and its partners at Chapman-Sisson Architects continue progress on renovation designs for Joe Davis Stadium, the city posted on its website. Known to locals as “The Joe,” the planned transformation of the stadium will give the property new life and make much of it unrecognizable to those who drive by each […]

Lamar Advertising Maximizing Regional Exposure With Jetplex Facility

Lamar Advertising of North Alabama has consolidated its regional operations into a new 15,000 square-foot facility in the Jetplex Industrial Park. The $4 million facility will house the 24 employees who work in Decatur and Huntsville’s Five Points locations. The location creates a centralized hub for Lamar’s seven-county service areas of Huntsville and Madison, Decatur, […]

Going for the Gold Brings Green to the Area

The Rocket City is quickly becoming the City of Champions and that means economic dollars for the area. Fourteen sports events over a three-month period generated an unprecedented economic flow into the city and area, based on calculations by Destinations International. Sports tourism for the Huntsville area produced more than $10.3 million in that span, […]

Amazon Joins Lineup of Huntsville’s Growing, Diverse Industrial Base

Huntsville’s industrial diversity continues with this week’s announcement of Amazon’s plans for a fulfillment center in the Rocket City. The giant Internet retailer is opening a 1 million square-foot center in the fall in the Limestone County portion of Huntsville. It is expected to create some 500 jobs. Amazon joins the likes of Facebook, Toyota, […]

CFD Research Breaks Ground on Laboratory in Cummings Research Park

Smiles and laughter were in abundance as one of the first post-pandemic maskless celebrations took place in Cummings Research Park. The celebration was for CFD Research breaking ground for a 13,265 square foot laboratory in Cummings Research Park.  The new facility, behind the company’s headquarters adjacent to the Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, will expand the […]