Mark McCarter

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Capital idea: Spirit of cooperation with legislative delegation benefits Huntsville

As most of the state was idling in a deep freeze in mid-January, Alabama’s lawmakers were meeting in Montgomery for...
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District 2 outlook: Assuring connection and recreation for residents

In the coming days, City Blog will take a look at what’s in store in 2018 in each of the...
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HUBZone companies finding The Catalyst to write more success stories

She was a single mom who landed a job as a part-time receptionist. Now, she’s working full-time as the HR...
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District 4 2018 outlook: Turning the old into new again

In the coming days, City Blog will take a look at what’s in store in 2018 in each of the...
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District 3 2018 outlook: Roadwork milestones, new-look for Ditto Landing

In the coming days, City Blog will take a look at what’s in store in 2018 in each of the...
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Toyota-Mazda announcement greeted enthusiastically by community leaders

It was 190 miles away from the epicenter, but the celebration was no less enthusiastic. One hundred or so community...
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Lessons learned in loss pay dividends as Huntsville lands Toyota-Mazda

Out of loss came victory. Out of loss came lessons and patience and perseverance. Out of loss came the right...
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BIG Picture impact: Toyota-Mazda project meets master plan vision

As Dennis Madsen, Huntsville’s Manager of Long-Range Planning put it, “A decade ago we had already started doing master-planning for...
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Raising the bar: How Huntsville fosters an exceptional and growing workforce

Six years ago, Mayor Tommy Battle watched with amazement a robotics demonstration at a Huntsville middle school, with the students...
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Huntsville police officer makes life-saving effort through stem cell donation

With no fanfare and little effort, Karl Kissich went through a simple registration process and “totally forgot about it for...