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]