Category: District 1
District 1 Town Hall Meeting Recap from October 16
October 17, 2018
The October 16 town hall was an important opportunity for community updates. The agenda covered recycling support provided by Operation Green Team at City-sponsored events and community cleanups planned in the coming months. District 1 projects were reviewed and progress was discussed on the North Huntsville Library, Berachah Park, and Johnson Legacy Complex. The discussion turned to Traffic Engineering and upcoming District 1 road improvements. Also, the agenda revisited street repaving with [ more ]
Read MoreHuntsville Launches Neighborhood Resource Center Pilot Program
August 29, 2018
Residence on Sonya Drive will become a positive force for community good The City of Huntsville is piloting a neighborhood program to provide enhanced community policing and city support. The Neighborhood Resource Center will be housed in a residence staffed by Huntsville police who will help to build resources around a neighborhood so that residents may be the champions of their cause. “We’ve been looking at programs that will help to rejuvenate [ more ]
Read MoreDistrict 1 Town Hall Meeting Recap from June 19
July 9, 2018
The June 19 town hall was an important opportunity for community dialogue. The agenda reviewed the survey results from the District 1 Survey with feedback from District 1 residents about opportunities and improvements for the community. The discussion turned to the repaving of Oakwood Avenue and current plans involving smoother streets in our district. The town hall also touched on plans for Berachah Park which were approved by Council in [ more ]
Read MoreOakwood Avenue Prepped for July Resurfacing
June 29, 2018
Crews will repave from Jordan Lane to N. Memorial Parkway Motorists using Oakwood Avenue will soon have a freshly paved road to travel. Utility crews recently finished work to replace an aging six-inch cast iron gas line with a new six-inch HDPE (high density polyethylene) gas line. With their work complete, the City is preparing to resurface the road, from Jordan Lane to North Memorial Parkway, beginning the week of July 9. “Huntsville [ more ]
Read MoreFacebook to Invest $750 million in New Data Center
June 14, 2018
Facebook announced it will invest $750 million to build a data center on 340 acres in North Huntsville Industrial Park. Once construction is finished, the data center will employ approximately 100 people. The company considered numerous locations across the country for the new data center and says it chose Huntsville for its quality of life, pro-business environment, and talented and available workforce. “We are excited to be joining the Huntsville community. As [ more ]
Read MoreCity Council – Meeting Highlights from April 26, 2018
April 26, 2018
Planning Council set a public hearing for May 24 on a request to create a new zoning classification called “Research Park 2 District” that would create a live, work, play node and include opportunities for mixed-use development where applied in Cummings Research Park East. Economic Development Council passed a resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement between the City of Huntsville and Gulf Services Contracting, Inc. for Construction services for Huntsville [ more ]
Read MoreNorth Huntsville Cleanup Canceled for April 14
April 13, 2018
This event has been rescheduled for Saturday, June 23. Due to the possibility of severe weather, the Annual North Huntsville Cleanup, presented by Council Member Devyn Keith and the City of Huntsville’s Operation Green Team has been canceled for Saturday, April 14. No makeup date has been determined. When a new date is scheduled, the information will be available on HuntsvilleAL.gov and via the District One and Operation Green Team Facebook pages. More [ more ]
Read MoreCity Council – Meeting Highlights from April 12, 2018
April 13, 2018
Planning Council set a public hearing for May 24 on a request to zone 659 acres of newly annexed property in Morgan County across the Tennessee River from Ditto Landing. The land, on the north and south sides of River Loop Road, would be zoned in two categories: approximately 352 acres as Resident 1 District and 307 acres to Commercial Recreation C-5 District. Introduced an ordinance to annex 345 acres of land [ more ]
Read MoreCity Council – Meeting Highlights from March 22, 2018
March 23, 2018
Infrastructure and Roads Council voted to approve a $7,560,203.21 contract with Reed Contracting Services to proceed with the Weatherly Road Extension. This new roadway, to include a pedestrian greenway, will continue Haysland Road from Grissom High School to South Memorial Parkway. See City Blog for more information. Authorized a contract to release $1.2 million in funds (the City’s 20 percent share of a $12 million road project) to the Alabama Department [ more ]
Read MoreSite Study Recommends Downtown Location for New Municipal Complex
March 16, 2018
City leaders have published the final report from the first phase of a site study and concept plan for a new municipal complex conducted by Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC), the architectural and engineering firm retained to work on the analysis in February 2017. The administration previously presented preliminary data to the City Council and the public during a work session on December 12, 2017. To conduct the study, GMC used space [ more ]
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