Mayor's Desk
January 3rd, 2025
Mayor Tommy Battle sees a future of promise and prosperity for Huntsville
As Mayor Tommy Battle looks to 2025, there is a lot to see. Indicators of prosperity can be found throughout [Read More]
September 20th, 2024
What Diversity, Equity and Inclusion means to Huntsville
The City of Huntsville’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) has a simple but critical mission: To make life [Read More]
June 23rd, 2023
Paris Air Show an opportunity to tell Huntsville’s story
Here in Huntsville, we like things that fly. Whether it has wings, rotors or a solid rocket booster, we’ve gained [Read More]
March 24th, 2023
Stick to data-based decision on Space Command headquarters
For decades, Congress and each Administration insisted that Department of Defense decisions about the location of important military installations be [Read More]
January 17th, 2020
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through service and opportunity
Service and opportunity. Two words I believe have come to define Huntsville. Two words that symbolize the life of Dr. [Read More]
October 28th, 2018
The benefits of employing the disabled in the Huntsville workplace
One of my top priorities as Mayor is to ensure that all citizens of Huntsville who want a job have [Read More]
August 31st, 2018
How city planning is like designing new missiles…and not because it’s a blast
One of the parts of my job as Mayor I enjoy most is getting out of the office and meeting [Read More]
July 26th, 2018
Investing in play – the powerful magic of city parks
Investing in our city parks is an investment in us. Our parks are places where we make connections and memories, [Read More]
July 19th, 2018
Huntsville – Future home of the U.S. Space Force?
Huntsville…home of the U.S. Space Force. Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? The Trump administration recently challenged the [Read More]
May 8th, 2018
Traveling to Japan deepens Huntsville-Mazda-Toyota connection
Mayor Tommy Battle and Chamber of Commerce CEO Chip Cherry returned from their 5th trip to Japan to meet with [Read More]