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February 1st, 2017

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 [Read More]

February 1st, 2017

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 [Read More]

January 26th, 2017

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 [Read More]

January 26th, 2017

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 [Read More]

January 25th, 2017

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 [Read More]

January 23rd, 2017

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 [Read More]

January 18th, 2017

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 [Read More]

January 18th, 2017

See it – Click it – Fix it! The Huntsville Connect customer service app

From potholes to barking dogs, from neighborhood eyesores to broken parking meters, more than 4,000 incidents and problems have been [Read More]

January 11th, 2017

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Kenny Anderson was an elementary school student, living in a second-floor apartment in the 16-story LaGuardia Apartments on the Lower [Read More]

January 11th, 2017

Keeping New Year’s resolutions – Parks & Rec style

You’ve made your New Year’s resolutions, but there are already hurdles in the way of exercise. Time. Money. Convenience. The [Read More]