April 1, 2020

Construction Workforce: Ready to Build

North Alabama Homebuilding Academy – Student Profiles By Claire Aiello, Vice President, Marketing & Communications Students at the North Alabama Homebuilding Academy (NAHA) have followed different paths, but they’re all learning important skills for jobs that are in demand in […]
April 1, 2020

Huntsville: A City in the Making, Part 2

A Different Kind of R&D Legal research helped develop Cummings Research Park By Wendy Reeves, Contributing Writer As Huntsville’s footprint races toward becoming the largest city in Alabama, Charles “Charlie” Younger reflects on his role in helping lay the foundation […]
April 1, 2020

SMDC’s New Leader

LTG Daniel Karbler says command has never been more relevant By Lira Frye, Contributing Writer – Director, Public Affairs, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command The man behind Army space and missile defense never expected to make the Army […]
April 1, 2020

Be Counted!

Huntsville/Madison County Employers: We’re Calling on You By Claire Aiello, Vice President, Marketing & Communications The 2020 Census is now in full swing. Last month, you should have received an invitation in the mail at your home address to participate. […]
April 1, 2020

HREGI Profile: Century Automotive

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

Educator Engagement

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

Huntsville: A City in the Making, Part 1

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

Workforce recruitment, training, hiring in full gear for 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

Stars Aligning: Exciting space year ahead for the Rocket City

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

Leaders of the Pack

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

Open for Training

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

Future Equity: Intern for a Day: Host a Student in April

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

Women’s Business Council 2020 President: Bonnie Powers

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

Fresh Faces: Allen Perkins, Madison County Schools

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 […]