Ahead of National Small Business Week, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced the 2025 nationally recognized Small Business Person of the Year award winners from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. Kim and Larry Lewis, owners of PROJECTXYZ, INC., were selected as the Alabama Small Business Persons of the Year.

HUNTSVILLE, AL; March 18, 2025 — The City of Huntsville, Alabama has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025, earning a spot in the Economic Development category. The City is named alongside the ranks of Waymo, Nvidia, Duolingo, and more. 

We hosted our pitch finale for the first cohort of the CRP DefenseTech Accelerator on March 6 and it was a phenomenal event. The four companies -- SpaceFactory, 6th Dimension, BrakeSens, and Ethar pitched their products and technologies to a crowd of investors and local business leaders.

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!

Starting on Saturday, March 1, employers in Alabama can reserve Childcare Tax Credits. If you're interested in this, please mark it on your calendar to act, because these are first-come, first-served. We've got the information you need to get started.

Congratulations to our latest winners of the Distinguished Service Award, Shane Davis and LaFreeda Jordan! Our 2024 Board Chair, Sameer Singhal, also handed the gavel over to our new Chair, Jeff Samz.

We are thrilled to announce that America's top Para-cyclists will return to Huntsville for the 2025 U.S. Paralympics Cycling Time Trial. The one-day event will be held on March 29, 2025 in Cummings Research Park, and will determine Team USA’s roster for the first two UCI Para-Cycling World Cup competitions of the 2025 season.

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!

Owners and key financial decisionmakers of for-profit businesses, share your recent experiences. How would you rate the financial condition of your business? Did your business seek financing such as loans or lines of credit in the last 12 months? Within the past 12 months, did your business sustain losses from a natural disaster? Take the 10-minute survey now.

The Rocket City will be well represented in the 2024-25 Leadership Alabama class! The organization named its newest group last week, which includes 10 Huntsville-area business leaders. One is the Chamber's very own Lucia Cape, Senior VP of Economic Development.

Chip Cherry, Huntsville/Madison County Chamber President/CEO, received the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives’ (ACCE) 2024 Chairman’s Award. The award was presented during ACCE’s annual meeting on July 17 in Dallas, Texas. The award is given annually to an individual […]