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Mike Woeber, CPA is Chief Executive Officer of Corporate Tax Advisors, Inc. The company works exclusively with eligible companies to leverage tax incentives as a strategy for growing their businesses. We profile him in our February 2023 issue of Initiatives magazine.

We are very proud to announce that our own Erin Koshut, Executive Director of Cummings Research Park, is the 2023 President of the Association of University Research Parks (AURP) Board of Directors. Congratulations Erin!

Few Alabamians would call Huntsville a hidden gem. After all, it recently became the most populous city in the state. But what exactly does Huntsville—home to more than 216,000 people—have to offer visitors?

We would like to welcome a new member to the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber team! Lakeysha Brown joined our staff on December 12, 2022 as our new Director of Member Engagement. If she looks familiar, Lakeysha has served as our Lead Ambassador for the last three years in our Chamber Ambassador Program.

Here’s an updated list of the Huntsville-area companies that have earned the designation! If you haven’t taken the assessment yet, we encourage you to do so today!

Michael Kirkpatrick is Chairman/CEO of DESE Research, Inc., one of Huntsville’s oldest family owned and family managed small businesses in the defense and aerospace markets. We profile him in our December 2022 issue of Initiatives magazine.

Nominations are now open for our 2023 Best Places to Work® Awards! We promise it will take just a few seconds to nominate a company—even your own! The Chamber’s annual Best Places to Work® honors outstanding companies whose benefits, policies and practices go above and beyond.

This video showcases why CRP has had the success it has had for the last 60 years and why companies should and will continue to locate and grow in the Park for decades to come.

After hosting two successful Para-cycling road events with U.S. Paralympics Cycling in 2021 and 2022, the Huntsville/Madison County community is thrilled to announce our third year will bring a much larger race with international prestige and teams of athletes from approximately 40 countries.

The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber honored local small businesses and individuals during the 37th Annual Small Business Awards Gala, held at the Von Braun Center on Tuesday evening. Congratulations to all the winners!

We drew our three winners on December 1. Congratulations to Andrew Gilstrap, Tim Harper, and Angela Jeansonne — and thank you to everyone who played SHOP LOCAL-OPOLY!

Bocar Group adds a new plant to its manufacturing capacity in Huntsville, Alabama. Several government officials and senior executives of Bocar Group attended the opening ceremony, celebrating an important milestone in the Group’s history. With an investment of $176 million for land and construction, the site is already fully operational and will play an important role in meeting the growing demand for local and global markets.