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The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber honored local small businesses and individuals during the 36th Annual Small Business Awards, held at the Von Braun Center North Hall on Wednesday evening. Congratulations to all the winners!

Today, Mazda revealed the all-new CX-50, which will be made at Mazda Toyota Manufacturing in Huntsville. Production will begin in January 2022. MTM will hire up to 1,400 additional team members to join its existing workforce, eventually reaching up to 4,000 once production is in full operation.

Monday, the Chamber joined in celebration to honor Member Retention Manager, Donna McCrary. McCrary will be retiring at the end of September after more than 21 years at the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber. We will miss her dearly, and look forward to all the upcoming visits from her.

Local school systems are celebrating students who have reached the semifinals of the National Merit Scholarship Program. These young men and women are among 16,000 students nationwide who have the opportunity to continue in the competition for roughly 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $30 million offered in the spring.

Chip Cherry, CCE, has been elected to lead the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives for 2021-22. ACCE is the professional society supporting the women and men who lead local, regional, statewide and international chambers of commerce and related business and economic development organizations. Cherry is president and CEO of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber.

A number of Chamber members in the Huntsville area made the Inc. 5000 List released last week. KODA Technologies came in the highest for our Metro area, at No. 65, with 5,725% three-year growth.

Alabama A&M University officials announced on Aug. 18 that an anonymous, young alum has donated $2.2M to their beloved alma mater.  The actual gift amount totals $2,187,518.75, which is twice reflective of the institution’s founding year of 1875.

Sale fares are available at flybreeze.com and on the Breeze Airways app for travel from September 9 through February 14, 2022.

The FBI is looking for a local contractor (small business) to support minor construction, repairs […]

On Thursday, August 19, The Lioce Group will launch its new product line of EV Chargers and a partnership with SemaConnect, announced Nick Lioce, President and Anthony Lioce, Operations Manager of The Lioce Group.

Our guest, Josh McFall, CEO of Huntsville Area Association of REALTORS® discussed the current state of the housing market in Madison County, challenges to new construction, and what REALTORS® are doing to keep homes affordable and attainable in North Alabama.

Deloitte and the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber partnered on this report about the Defense Industry Base (DIB). According to Deloitte’s findings, in order to be more innovative, the DIB needs to be more diverse.