Huntsville/Madison County Chamber

05/27/2026

Here is the second segment from Fox & Friends' live walk and talk!

Reporter Steve Doocy spoke with:
🚀NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center - Sharon Cobb and Steve Creech
🌇Downtown Huntsville, Inc. -Ron Poteat
🚗Mazda Toyota Manufacturing - Jessica Luther
🛻Polaris - Spencer Orr
🍽️Church Street Family Businesses, including Purveyor Huntsville - Stephanie Mell
🎼Huntsville Music Office - Matt Mandrella and Jazz McKenzie
👨‍🚀U.S. Space & Rocket Center - Pat Ammons

05/27/2026

Here is the first segment from this morning's Fox & Friends live hit from Cotton Row Restaurant in Downtown Huntsville.

Steve Doocy spoke with Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, Bruce and Jo Weddendorf of Straight To Ale Brewing, and Neil Lamb of HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.

05/27/2026

A little behind the scenes action from this morning's live segment with Fox & Friends in the Rocket City! A tremendous thank you goes out to all our partners who helped coordinate this effort and continue to show Huntsville in such a great light, including Downtown Huntsville, Inc., the City of Huntsville, Alabama - Government and others. We are very proud of the work our local agencies, organizations, and small businesses do. This was a great way to start the morning!

We'll share the video link once it's available.

05/21/2026

Congratulations to Tina Tucker who was named the new CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center earlier today! Tina will be transitioning into this new role from Pinnacle Solutions, an Akima Company.

We're so excited to welcome Tina Tucker as the new CEO of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center! The U.S. Space & Rocket Center Commission voted today to appoint the longtime Huntsville resident and current president of Pinnacle Solutions (an Akima company) as the Center’s leader. We look forward to her joining our team and sharing her passion for inspiring a lifelong spirit of discovery!🚀

05/19/2026

Our community's Armed Forces Celebration is coming soon, and the events are from June 5-13. Here's just some of the events happening that week:

📝Monday, June 8: Proclamation Signing

🎸Monday, June 8: Concert in the Park ft. U.S. Army’s Maneuver Center of Excellence Band

🍽️Tuesday, June 9: Armed Forces Celebration Luncheon

🥎Wednesday, June 10: Community Softball Game

👥Wednesday, June 10: Business After Hours - AFC Edition

Learn more about the week and other events ➡️ https://hsvchamber.org/2026-armed-forces-celebration/

05/14/2026

We are pleased to announce this year’s winners for the annual Best Places to Work® Awards! The winners were announced during a luncheon today in the VBC Saturn Ballroom. These companies win based on results from employee surveys, and many also use this employee feedback to improve.

⭐Micro Category - 10 to 24 employees
Ampersand (GOLD)
New Hope Children's Clinic (SILVER)
Iron Will Ventures (BRONZE)

⭐Small - 25 to 50 employees
Cahaba Federal Solutions (GOLD)
Offset Strategic Services (SILVER)
STaR - Systems Technology & Research, Inc. (BRONZE)

⭐Medium - 51 to 100 employees
QTEC Aerospace (GOLD)
Mission Driven Research (SILVER)
Crossflow Technologies, Inc. (BRONZE)

⭐Large - 101 to 250 employees
KODA Technologies Inc. (GOLD)
Monte Sano Research (SILVER)
TriVector Services, Inc. (BRONZE)

⭐X-Large - 251+ employees
Aviation & Missile Solutions (GOLD)
PeopleTec, Inc. (SILVER)
MTSI (BRONZE)

Congratulations to all of the companies honored today!

05/14/2026

Congratulations to Arts Huntsville on the debut of the beautiful new public art creation, SkyLume, at John Hunt Park! The kinetic sculpture is a permanent addition and debuted during halftime of the Huntsville City FC game. It is in the roundabout just outside Joe Davis Stadium and is a stunning enhancement to our community!

05/13/2026

It was a great afternoon honoring Gov. Kay Ivey at her final Alabama Update luncheon in Huntsville. Thank you, Gov. Ivey for all your support in our community!

05/11/2026

Our team enjoyed attending Madison Mayor Ranae Bartlett's first State of the City Address this morning at the Jackson Center. She has hit the ground running in her first six months in office, and shared a wonderful message about the spirit of collaboration in our community. Thank you to the Madison Chamber of Commerce for presenting this event!

05/07/2026

Congratulations to our Ambassador of the Month, Shauna Hill of Johnston, Moore & Weston! 🎉

Want to learn more about becoming a Chamber Ambassador? Contact Lakeysha Brown at [email protected] or go to our website at hsvchamber.org/engage/ambassadors/.

05/07/2026

⭐ Introducing our Movers & Shakers for May!

We'd like to thank our sponsor, DCS Corp for their support. Congrats to all those featured in this month's issue!

See all here ➡ https://hsvchamber.org/movers-shakers/