Tag Archive for: Mayor Tommy Battle

Avilution Opens Newest Facility Adding to Tech, Aerospace Growth of Jetplex Industrial Park

Huntsville’s evolution as an aerospace and technology hub took another step forward with the opening of Avilution‘s newest facility on the Huntsville International Airport campus. Formerly situated in a corporate airplane hangar at the airport, the aviation technology company Avilution now resides in a spacious, cutting-edge standalone facility nearby with a 6,000 square foot office and […]

Science and Technology Come Alive This Weekend at 2nd Annual STEAMfest 2021

Huntsville’s contributions to space, missile defense, cybersecurity, and engineering make it one the world’s most important centers for science and technology. All of it will be on display at the 2nd Annual Huntsville Science Festival’s STEAMfest 2021 this Saturday, October 30 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Admission is free. This year, STEAMfest 2021 is […]

$325 Million Mixed-Use Across From VBC Fits Downtown Huntsville Master Plan

It is perhaps the most glaringly empty lot in Downtown Huntsville, but it will not be for long.  The 11-acres on Clinton Avenue directly across the street from the Von Braun Center will soon be transformed into a $325 million mixed-use development featuring a mix of residential, retail, restaurant, bar, and commercial office space. Rocket […]

Toyota’s IFORCE Twin Turbo V6 Engine Got Some Motors Running at Toyota Alabama’s Line-Off Ceremony

To the driving beat of Steppenwolf’s classic Born to be Wild, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama got everyone looking for adventure at the plant’s Line-Off Ceremony when they officially unveiled their new IFORCE Twin Turbo V6 engine, made exclusively at the Huntsville plant, for all 2022 Toyota Tundras made in North America. The shimmering silver apparatus […]

National Cyber Summit Underway in Huntsville

The 12th annual National Cyber Summit officially begins today at the Von Braun Center, with experts from across the country in town to discuss cyber threats, security and impacts on economic development. The conference was part of Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle’s projects in the creation of the Cyber Huntsville Initiative. With the city’s history in […]

Part I of III: Huntsville Takes the Lead to “Rock-It” Back to the Moon

This is the first of a three-part series on the inauguration of the Artemis Lunar and Deep Space Missions Using the SLS Rocket, developed and tested here in Huntsville, and set to launch tentatively, by the end of the year from Kennedy Space Flight Center Growing up in the shadow of the Saturn V rocket […]

Q&A with Ben Lovett: Man Behind the Development of Huntsville Amphitheater

Member of Grammy-winning Mumford & Sons an entrepreneur at heart

Mayor: Good News on Horizon in COVID-19 Fight but Vigilance Still Urged

While Madison County and the nation are seeing a surge in positive coronavirus cases, the news wasn’t all negative at the weekly COVID-19 briefing at the Huntsville City Council chambers. The Alabama Department of Public Health announced earlier it received the antibody drug Bamlanivimad to treat virus patients. The Food and Drug Administration gave emergency […]

City Opens Haysland Road from Grissom High School to Redstone Road

Things are moving along in South Huntsville and they will be moving along a lot easier now. On Tuesday, “Phase II” of Haysland Road through the Hays Farm development was opened from Grissom High School to Redstone Road. Mayor Tommy Battle, City Council President Jennie Robinson, and Director of Engineering Kathy Martin cut the ribbon […]

City of Huntsville Housing Expo Goes Virtual to Help First-Time Homeowners

Owning a home is a central pillar to financial security, and the City of Huntsville’s Community Development Department hopes to make the process easier with its upcoming 2020 Virtual Housing Expo. Aimed at assisting potential and first-time homeowners in demystifying the home-buying process, the Virtual Housing Expo will take place this Saturday from 10 a.m. to […]