Quality of Life

Digging into the details: Plans for the former Grissom site

Once upon a time, Grissom High was disparaged by rivals for its construction. “Got Windows?” read a popular T-shirt worn by Huntsville...

My 72-mile, 6 hour Huntsville Parks & Recreation adventure

This being Parks & Recreation Month in Huntsville, and this being 2017, hashtags must be employed. In this case, the...

Huntsville Aquatics Center makes a splash debut

At first glance, it looks like the contractors made a mistake. There, on the locker room walls at the new...

Run, bike or stroll – more play coming to John Hunt Park

With the promise of serving more residents and an increasingly active and diverse community, the City of Huntsville is embarking...

Von Braun Center Expansion – Time to Grow

We’ve all seen a multitude of changes in our community, especially in the travel and hospitality industry. There has been...

Relax, Play & Ride with new Downtown Huntsville stations

Relax.Play.Ride is a new creative place-making initiative from Downtown Huntsville, Inc (DHI),  involving the placement of four pianos and twelve chairs,...

13 + things to do this summer with Huntsville Parks and Recreation

Trying to find something to keep the kids occupied this summer? Or maybe looking for a distraction and some fun...

5 Reasons to Celebrate Travel and Tourism in Huntsville

Fun fact: May 7-13 was National Travel and Tourism Week. National Travel and Tourism Week is a campaign administered by...

Call it collaboration: Huntsville’s preservation successes a result of partnership

These old buildings weren’t built by one person. Nor are they remaining alive and vibrant just because of one entity....

Let’s play! Soccer at John Hunt Park

Don’t wear socks, you tell people. And they think you’re crazy. Then they don’t … and you aren’t. They heed...