Tag Archive for: Dale Strong

The Right Stuff: Local defense company celebrates success

The Right Stuff is a book from 1979 that was later made into a blockbuster 1983 movie of the same name. Nearly a half-century later, Radiance Technologies CEO William C. Bailey Jr. turned the phrase again during a ribbon-cutting ceremony that drew luminaries from near and far Monday at the engineering contractor’s campus in Cummings […]

Representative Strong secures $7M for Huntsville International Airport

Representative Dale W. Strong helped secure a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant for $7 million that will go towards terminal improvements at Huntsville International Airport. The grant funds were awarded from the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Airport Terminal Program. The grant will fund eligible portions of renovations at the airport such as the expansion of the concourse […]

State of Madison County is ‘Strong … on Solid and Steady Ground’

Despite a crippling pandemic, Madison County was able to sustain growth and success in 2020, Madison County Commission Chairman Dale W. Strong said in the annual State of the County Address. Strong spoke Wednesday to members of the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce in celebrating the accomplishments of 2020 and looking forward to 2021. The […]

Rime of COVID-19: Virus Hanging Like an Albatross Around Our Necks

Spike in cases said likely in two weeks when any protestors contract the virus.

Madison County Moving to Meet Continued Growth

Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong to deliver State of the County Address on Jan. 28

Region Mayors Come Together for History-Making Agreement

It looked like a gathering of Knights of the Round Table.   But it was mayors from Madison, Limestone and Morgan counties gatheredaround a circular high-tech table for a history-making pact. Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle; Madison Mayor Paul Finley; Triana Mayor MaryCaudle; Athens Mayor Ronnie Marks; Decatur Mayor Tab Bowling; and MooresvilleCity Councilwoman Leeann Barr, […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne Opens State-of-the-Art Propulsion Facility in Huntsville

Huntsville can expect up to 600 new jobs according to Gov. Kay Ivey, thanks to Aerojet Rocketdyne’s opening of a 136,000 square-foot rocket propulsion advanced manufacturing facility. “Between the capabilities of the Alabama workforce and your company’s innovation, our possibilities seem limitless,” Ivey said. “Aerojet’s continued expansion of its location in Huntsville will bring more […]

Huntsville/Madison County Chamber Wins Prestigious Award from Site Selection Magazine

The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber has been honored with a Mac Conway Award, which was revealed in the May 2019 issue of Site Selection magazine. The magazine’s Mac Conway Awards for Excellence in Economic Development recognize the top local and regional economic development agencies in the US for their roles in helping to deliver prosperity to […]

First avid Hotel in Alabama Breaks Ground at Town Madison

MADISON — Shovels in hand, the Breland Companies, Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong, and Madison Mayor Paul Finley joined the leadership team for avid Hotels to break ground on their first hotel in Alabama. “We are excited about this great location in the City of Madison and to be a part of Town Madison’s […]

A landmark groundbreaking for Madison, Duluth Trading Co.

  MADISON — It was a “less than perfect weather day but a perfect day for a groundbreaking.” With those remarks, Madison Chamber of Commerce Board President Carmelita Palmer opened a landmark groundbreaking ceremony Friday. The Duluth Trading Co., an innovative apparel retailer noted for its unique TV commercials (the store has a link to […]