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How Huntsville Animal Services finds safe ‘forever families’

It’s an obvious point that Huntsville Animal Services is in operation to provide care and attention for animals. But equally important,...

East Clinton to Providence Classical: A preservation case study

Imagine the moments of tension and wonder. Like a nervous game-show contestant, what would be revealed? Slowly, surely the workers...

Performance and recreation space coming to former Grissom Campus

Students who will attend the new Grissom High School beginning next fall will enjoy spectacular new surroundings. Meanwhile, the Grissom...

Welcoming Dr. Matthew Akin to Huntsville City Schools

As the process to determine a new superintendent for Huntsville City Schools unfolded, Mayor Tommy Battle referred to the impending...

Helping our homeless – a point in time

It’s equal parts civic responsibility and sheer human compassion. It’s quite simply, as Turkessa Coleman puts it, “the right things...

From Gray to Gold – Revitalizing Madison Square Mall

For more than three decades, Madison Square Mall anchored Huntsville’s commercial corridor along University Drive and Cummings Research Park. The...

A conversation with Devyn Keith, Huntsville’s newest Council Member

The new guy on the seventh floor of City Hall is an athlete, an antiques buff, an intellectual, a self-described...

Training the Next Generation of City Leaders

Pictured above:  Mayor Tommy Battle greets the City’s fourth class in its Leadership Academy by telling them “You’re what our...

Barbara Bell records 50 years of service

Pictured above: Barbara displays her favorite desk chair – the one she’s used in her record-keeping in the Clerk-Treasurer’s office for...

Investment and good design.
How C6 zoning could reshape Huntsville neighborhoods

City planners are proud of their newest urban development tool and are preparing to give it a trial run. It’s...