Tag Archive for: City of Huntsville

HudsonAlpha’s Aims for Collaboration, Increasing Workforce Diversity, and Reducing Fertilizer Use

There’s nothing quite like a pandemic to shake up the best laid research plans. In late 2018, researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, in collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) were awarded a $3.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study nitrogen efficiency in sorghum.  Sorghum is a grain with […]

Renovated HSV West Runway Reopens in Time For Holiday Air Traffic

The second longest runway in the southeastern U.S. known as HSV West, or 18R/36L, has reopened to passenger and cargo air traffic at Huntsville International Airport, just in time for busy holiday traffic.  If any good came out of the slowdown in air travel over the past 20 months due to the pandemic, the opportunity […]

North Alabama Entrepreneurs Hone Your Dorsal Fin For Singing River Trail Launch Tank

The sharks are circling in North Alabama as the Singing River Trail announces the inaugural Singing River Trail Launch Tank business competition, presented by the regional Land Use Committee of Launch 2035. Targeting entrepreneurs from across eight counties in North Alabama, the Singing River Trail Launch Tank is modeled after the popular Shark Tank reality […]

Drake State and University of North Alabama Sign Learning Agreement

Drake State Community and Technical College graduates now have new educational options thanks to a partnership agreement signed with the University of North Alabama on Dec. 13.  Effective immediately, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the two schools will benefit all Drake State graduates seeking to complete their bachelor’s degrees at UNA by enabling […]

Northrop Grumman Wins $14.3 Million Contract in Support of Redstone’s FAAD C2 Program

The Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $14.3 million U.S. Army contract in support of Redstone Arsenal’s Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) program. Their FAAD Systems Network Components and Tactical Operations Centers are manufactured in Huntsville, and the FAAD program for the Army resides at Redstone Arsenal. The support contract […]

COVID Rental Assistance Program Enters Second Phase

The city’s COVID Rental Assistance Program, on hiatus as funding had to be approved through proper channels, is back in business. Emergency rental and utility assistance is offered to qualified tenants financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and after an initial launch that was delayed is again being offered. The second phase of ERAP, funded […]

Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment: A Huntsville Landmark Provides Lessons in Growth and Adaptation

Some of Huntsville’s most recognizable landmarks include its towering Saturn V rocket and the Neo-Formalist architecture of First Baptist Church, designed in homage to the Space Age with a soaring bell tower modeled after the von Braun team’s creation.  The city landscape of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries included similarly-shaped spires, created for […]

Huntsville Homebuyers Fight Back Against Corporate Cash Offers with RibbonCash

If you have tried to buy a house recently, you may have noticed the rules of engagement have changed. One out of every three homes in the country today are bought with cold hard cash, and yet 99 percent of everyday households need a mortgage to secure their home. Doesn’t quite add up does it? […]

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing Sweetening the Pot for Workers

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing has reworked their compensation packages going into 2022 to better meet the needs of workers and to attract new workers looking to change careers. Considering MTM plans to hire up to 1,300 additional team members through 2022, the openings for people looking for a better job, more opportunities, and upward mobility are […]

WEDC Foundation: Great Things Happen When Women Help Women

By advocating the collective power of encouragement, diversity, equity, and inclusion, women can literally move mountains. As November came to an end, the WEDC Foundation celebrated its 20th Anniversary through its annual fundraising event, Women Honoring Women. Women Honoring Women recognizes prominent women in the community who have created a legacy by overcoming obstacles and […]