Article Snip: "...The military bases located in Alabama – from Rucker to Redstone to McClellan/Anniston and Maxwell/Gunter – have served our nation dutifully in times of peace and war, and they play vital roles in the economies, culture and quality of life in the communities in which they operate. Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery..."
Article Snip: "...“When we talked to the public years ago when Remington came in, we told them we had them protected,” Battle said. The city holds a $12.5 million lien on the Remington facility – a 843,175 square foot building formally known as the old Chrysler building..."
Article Snip: "...groundbreaking of a new 404,738 SF industrial building in the SouthPoint Business Park in Huntsville, Alabama. This will be the 11th facility developed by The Hollingsworth Companies in SouthPoint..."
Article Snip: "...The additional money will be used to incorporate cutting edge manufacturing technologies and training for 4,000 new workers..."
Article Snip: "...The news about COVID-19 in north Alabama wasn’t good Monday with more cases reported, hospital workers sidelined by the disease and some businesses failing to follow a mask order issued by Madison County health officials..."
Article Snip: "...It’s been a much-anticipated project pushed by Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle in recent years leading up to the announcement by Gov. Kay Ivey in April 2019 that it would come to fruition..."
Article Snip: "...Population estimates released last month by the U.S. Census Bureau show Huntsville has added thousands of people a year since 2010, leaping from a population of 180,000 in 2010 to over 200,000 in 2019. That 20,000 person increase is the largest of any city in the state over that time period..."
Article Snip: "...The development is immediately adjacent to the 550-acre mixed-use Clift Farm development. The project at 1150 Balch Road will be the company’s second multifamily community in the Huntsville area. Watermark at Bridge Street Town Centre, a 244-unit Class A multifamily community located at 6854 Governors West NW was completed in 2019 and is currently 86 percent occupied..."
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Article Snip: "...'If 2018 was the announcement year, 2019 was the year you really had to do the work. If you've been out to Greenbrier lately and seen 84 acres coming up under roof, seen the road work that's being done, everything to be ready for the Mazda Toyota production.... anybody who hasn't passed an orange cone lately, probably has not been looking, because there are orange cones everywhere, but, it just means we're growing.'..."
Article Snip: "...The city of Birmingham in 2016 had planned to raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour. Alabama lawmakers responded by swiftly passing a state law that blocked cities from implementing their own minimum wage..."
Article Snip: "...The council voted 4-1 to increase the city council positions and the mayor's office a 15 percent raise with councilwoman Jennie Robinson casting the dissenting vote. If Battle doesn't veto it, it will be the first raise for Huntsville's elected leaders since 2008..."
