News & Updates
Restore Our Roads Moves Huntsville Forward in Infrastructure Planning
February 15, 2017
Huntsville’s major road network is undergoing nearly one-half billion dollars in improvements to keep up with the City’s continued growth and industrial development, thanks to the Restore Our Roads initiative and funding from the City’s capital plan. Projects include new overpasses and access roads on Highway 231 (South Parkway at Lily Flagg, Martin Road interchange, and North Parkway at Mastin Lake); improvements to Research Park Boulevard, Highway 72 West (University Drive) [ more ]
Read MoreCouncil Member Keith Eager to Expand Dialogue with HPD
February 15, 2017
UPDATED: 11:05 a.m., February 17th, 2017 to reflect an update in the initial report called in to HPD. The report called in was a robbery, not a burglary. This document has been changed to reflect that detail. On Monday afternoon, February 13, Huntsville Police Department (HPD) responded to reports of a robbery in the Terry Heights Neighborhood. Huntsville Police were given a description of a suspect and followed normal procedures to [ more ]
Read MorePolice Academy – Test of Physical and Mental Skill
February 15, 2017
Huntsville Police Academy: A ‘test of physical and mental skill’
Read MoreHuntsville Man Charged with Convenient Store Robbery
February 15, 2017
Huntsville Police have charged Joshua Boone, 29 of New Market, for the overnight robbery of a convenient store Officers responded to the Minit Man Grocery, 4001 University Drive, around 2:00 this morning. The clerk stated the suspect asked for change and then pushed them and took money from the register. He left in a Ford Explorer but was located by officers a short time later at the Kangaroo gas station on [ more ]
Read MoreHuntsville Man Wanted for January Shooting
February 13, 2017
Huntsville Police Department’s Major Crime Investigators are asking for the public’s help in finding 23 year old Adrian Washington. He is wanted in connection to a shooting that happened on January 27 in the area of Boswell Drive and Kennan Road. Officers responded to a shooting victim on Boswell Drive around noon on January 27. The victim was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the head and was transported to [ more ]
Read MoreJanuary 2017: Monthly Development Review
February 13, 2017
A new downtown hotel topped the list of non-residential permits issued last month. Residential permits and CO’s decreased year-over-year. Residential Permits (new construction) in Huntsville city limits: In January, 89 housing units were permitted, all single-family. The top tract for building permits last month was 109.01 (Hampton Cove), where 22 units were permitted. This is a 31.5% decrease over January 2016, when 130 housing units (70 single- and 60 multi-family) were permitted. Residential Certificates of Occupancy (new construction) in [ more ]
Read MoreStats & Facts – Week of February 6, 2017
February 13, 2017
Read time: 1 minute Housing findings from the 2016 Development Review 1,792 residential dwellings were issued building permits in Huntsville in 2016, up 2.3% over 2015. Single family lots approved increased 42.6% and multi-family increased 124%. Nearly $93 milion in new housing construction was permitted in 2016, up 18.8% from 2015. 3,030 homes were sold in 2016, a new high since records were first tracked in 1983. The average sales price of a home in 2016 was [ more ]
Read MoreNorth Huntsville Industrial Park Phase III Receives AdvantageSite Designation
February 10, 2017
The 67-acre North Huntsville Industrial Park–Phase III has received the Alabama AdvantageSite designation. The application process was managed locally by the Chamber in partnership with the City of Huntsville and with a team of local entities supporting and/or participating in the process. “This is an area of Huntsville we’ve been focusing on for many years,” said Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle. “We’ve put in the foundation and the building blocks to encourage [ more ]
Read MoreNorth Huntsville Industrial Park Site Earns AdvantageSite Designation
February 10, 2017
Huntsville’s “advantage” in the intense competition for jobs has been its infrastructure, pro-business environment and talented workforce, but now local officials have another tool in the economic development toolbox. Mayor Tommy Battle joined Council Member Devyn Keith, the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County and State economic development officials on Feb. 10 to announce a 67-acre tract in North Huntsville Industrial Park–Phase III has achieved “AdvantageSite Designation” from the Economic Development [ more ]
Read MoreArrest Made in Shooting Death on Callahan Drive
February 10, 2017
Huntsville Police Department Major Crimes Investigators have charged 49 year old Milton Tyson of Harvest, with the murder of 29 year old Marcus White. The murder happened around midnight Tuesday night on Callahan Drive. Officers responded to assist medical personnel for reports of someone lying on the ground. When they arrived they found the victim, Marcus White, dead from a gunshot wound. Investigators identified Tyson as the suspect, and he [ more ]
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