Tommy Battle

September 20th, 2024

What Diversity, Equity and Inclusion means to Huntsville

The City of Huntsville’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) has a simple but critical mission: To make life [ Read More ]

June 23rd, 2023

Paris Air Show an opportunity to tell Huntsville’s story

Here in Huntsville, we like things that fly. Whether it has wings, rotors or a solid rocket booster, we’ve gained [ Read More ]

March 24th, 2023

Stick to data-based decision on Space Command headquarters

For decades, Congress and each Administration insisted that Department of Defense decisions about the location of important military installations be [ Read More ]

January 17th, 2020

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through service and opportunity

Service and opportunity. Two words I believe have come to define Huntsville. Two words that symbolize the life of Dr. [ Read More ]

October 28th, 2018

The benefits of employing the disabled in the Huntsville workplace

One of my top priorities as Mayor is to ensure that all citizens of Huntsville who want a job have [ Read More ]

August 31st, 2018

How city planning is like designing new missiles…and not because it’s a blast

One of the parts of my job as Mayor I enjoy most is getting out of the office and meeting [ Read More ]

July 26th, 2018

Investing in play – the powerful magic of city parks

Investing in our city parks is an investment in us. Our parks are places where we make connections and memories, [ Read More ]

July 19th, 2018

Huntsville – Future home of the U.S. Space Force?

Huntsville…home of the U.S. Space Force. Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? The Trump administration recently challenged the [ Read More ]

May 8th, 2018

Traveling to Japan deepens Huntsville-Mazda-Toyota connection

Mayor Tommy Battle and Chamber of Commerce CEO Chip Cherry returned from their 5th trip to Japan to meet with [ Read More ]

January 3rd, 2018

Looking ahead to a 2018 and more smart growth for Huntsville

The one sure prediction I have for 2018 is that it will be a year of growth for Huntsville, and [ Read More ]