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..."
Article Snip: "...Over in Huntsville, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing remains on schedule for a spring 2021 launch, assures Hostettler, an 18-year veteran of Toyota who joined the joint venture team in October 2018. The sprawling complex, which sits on about 2,500 acres of land, will have 3.1 million square feet under its roof when complete. Both Toyota and Mazda will build SUVs at the site..."
Article Snip: "...Aerojet Rocketdyne is ready to begin producing large solid rocket motor carbon fiber cases in the Rocket City following installation and calibration of a key machine at its new Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF)..."
Article Snip: "...Investment in both Madison and Limestone County are projected to generally impact the community positively, especially around the variables that signal upward mobility of the population..."
Article Snip: "...The Rocket City has grown rapidly over the last decade, while Montgomery has steadily lost population. Birmingham, the largest city in the state, has also lost population, and Huntsville is on track to overtake it within the next five years..."
Article Snip: "...Since the $1.6 billion auto plant was announced for Huntsville in 2018, several suppliers — many of them with Japanese roots — have announced their own projects in the vicinity. Five of them represent $440 million in capital investment around Huntsville..."
