April 1, 2020
Tracy Jones President, Century Automotive Tell us about Century Automotive: Century Automotive is a third generation, family-owned dealership that began in 1969 when my father, John Shields II, came to Huntsville to open Royal Chevrolet. It wasn’t long before the […]
April 1, 2020
Chamber, partners share workforce opps with students To land economic big fish like the $1.6 billion Mazda Toyota manufacturing plant or the new $1 billion FBI office, a community must be able to offer a well-educated, highly trained workforce. With […]
February 6, 2020
A year-long look at the unique history of Huntsville/Madison County and moving forward into 2020 and beyond. Key figures share information, stories on Huntsville’s rise By Wendy Reeves, Contributing Writer The links between a Texaco star, newspaper route, gingko earrings, […]
February 6, 2020
North Alabama Homebuilding Academy preparing people to work in homebuilding industry By Claire Aiello, Vice President, Marketing & Communications and Katelyn Sides Baker, Workforce Recruitment Director In our December issue, we explained the findings of an extensive labor study recently conducted […]
February 6, 2020
By Mike Ward, CCE, Senior Vice President, Government & Public Affairs Looking at the year that lies ahead, 2020 is shaping up to be a banner year for space in the Rocket City with a combination of new space vehicles, […]
February 5, 2020
North Alabama legislators hold key leadership positions By Mike Ward, CCE, Senior Vice President, Government & Public Affairs Tennessee Valley legislators have never before held such a powerful combination of State Legislative leadership positions. For the first time in Alabama’s […]
February 5, 2020
North Alabama Homebuilding Academy preparing people to work in homebuilding industry By Claire Aiello, Vice President, Marketing & Communications For every person entering the trades, four are retiring. That statistic is from the National Association of Home Builders, and it really […]
February 5, 2020
By Lydia Pennington, Industry Relations Director Cummings Research Park (CRP), Chase Industrial Park, and South Huntsville Main Business Association (South Huntsville Main) have collaborated with businesses to create internship opportunities for local high school seniors this spring. Between April 7–14, more […]
February 5, 2020
The Women’s Business Council (WBC) is an organization dedicated to advocate for and promote women-owned businesses in the Huntsville/Madison County area. Bonnie Powers will serve as president of the WBC in 2020, and we’d like to introduce her.
February 5, 2020
By Claire Aiello, Vice President, Marketing & Communications Allen Perkins is the new superintendent of Madison County Schools. He was appointed to the position in November 2019, but has been with the school district for 17 years. He is a […]
January 31, 2020
Rose Allen President, INTERFUZE Corporation INTERFUZE was established in 2016 through the acquisition of two small businesses, each with unique expertise and over 30 years of exceptional past performance. Fueled by the acquisitions and an aggressive bidding strategy, INTERFUZE is […]
December 9, 2019
By Claire Aiello, Vice President, Marketing & Communications Dr. Patricia Sims wants you to know she is ushering in a new era at Drake State. Sims has been president of the school for one year, and is working to […]
December 5, 2019
“This labor market assessment may be unprecedented in its scope and scale. Our team conducted 94 employer interviews in north Alabama, including major public employers as well as companies across numerous industry sectors. The insights and findings from this type […]