Business
January 12th, 2018
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 [Read More]
January 10th, 2018
Inside Story: How Huntsville landed the nation’s top job-creation project
Mayor Tommy Battle won’t likely forget the past holiday season any time soon. From Thanksgiving to Christmas, for hours on [Read More]
January 10th, 2018
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 [Read More]
January 10th, 2018
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 [Read More]
December 6th, 2017
BOCAR finds ‘first-class location’ in Huntsville for its first U.S. manufacturing facility
Ground was broken 20 miles away from the actual site, shovels ceremonially plunged into a pile of dirt under the [Read More]
October 9th, 2017
It’s academic: Educational partnerships boost Huntsville’s workforce development
Access to a skilled and available workforce is one of the most important aspects of economic development. It’s also one [Read More]
October 6th, 2017
What’s behind Huntsville’s booming development scene
The phones weren’t ringing. The email inbox sat empty when Jim McGuffey, the Manager of Planning Services for the City [Read More]
September 7th, 2017
Gaining ground in the lucrative tourism and hospitality market
When visitors arrive in Huntsville, we expect them to look up in awe under the Saturn V rocket at the U.S. [Read More]
August 25th, 2017
Sporting Synergy: Huntsville’s secret sauce for sports tourism
Sports tourism is big business for Huntsville. In this two-part series, City Blog Senior Writer Mark McCarter looks at the [Read More]
August 24th, 2017
Get to know Huntsville’s key players in Sports Tourism
Photo credit: Eric Schultz / Rocket City Photo Sports tourism is big business for Huntsville. In this two-part series, City Blog [Read More]