City Stories

February 6th, 2017

Why do businesses ‘heart’ Huntsville?

The Huntsville-Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau conducts its annual #iHeartHsv social media campaign every February. City of Huntsville Business [Read More]

February 6th, 2017

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, [Read More]

February 6th, 2017

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 [Read More]

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 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 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 4th, 2017

Promoting a culture of ethics and civic trust in City Hall

It’s back to class for Administrators, Department Heads and Council Members to learn the latest ethics laws As City of [Read More]

January 2nd, 2017

Citizen Classroom: 
Why police do what they do

Huntsville Police train citizens and media on what it’s like to be a cop on the street Dangerous, complex scenarios [Read More]